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Lord: please bless our Sunday nights with more Keefe. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::pray:

Like the drug addled immediate family member you hope against hope will straighten up and fly right, I begged the TWD gods to give me a satisfying resolution to this show. Why, oh why, did I ignore my intuition? Why would I think the flaming train wreck that is this show would magically turn things around in the 11th hour? This is why I don’t gamble.

It turns out the biggest twist in TWD’s plot is, in the end, you find out all the show’s writers are walkers too.

It feels like, given the tone and nature of the other episodes, this is a strange bookend to the first season. The outlier in the season is episode 07. It's so stylistically different given Panos Cosmatos's direction, it feels a bit out of line with the others. Why not reverse the order and give this episode a bit more weight? I'm not knocking "The Murmuring," at all. I think it's quite good. But putting an episode like this at the end of the run can sometimes be detrimental to its impact.

Everyone is expecting something grand, and this story is anything but. Bump it up in the order and the viewer is expecting a bit less out of it, which allows them to appreciate something like this story more. Regardless, it's another good bit of a great season. I'm excited to see what's next.

It’s rare I encounter an animated series that can find a rhythm in its first season, so kudos are due for Little Demon. The report between the characters is well established right out of the gate, a testament to its writers. It’s quite clever throughout and, notably, isn’t afraid of full nudity. I only mention that because it implies the show isn’t afraid to go places other animated series won’t. I’m eager to see how it grows with a second season. It’s solid stuff so far. I’ll keep watching.

Everything about the show is expertly put together, from the acting down to the cinematography. I read this in Indiewire and had to share:

Playing into Corwin and McKay’s mix-and-match archival style, the DP shot a variety of film stocks — 35mm, 16mm, and 8mm color and black-and-white — and even incorporated long outdated tube video technology (Ikegami ITC-730A and HL-79 cameras).

You can search Indiewire for the article, as I am seemingly incompetent; the way I add URLs in Markdown doesn't seem to apply here. In any case, awesome stuff.

I’m calling it - The Walking Dead… time of death, August 22nd, 2021 on AMC. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I feel, like so many animated series, Solar Opposites simply needs a bit of time to find its rhythm. When the jokes don’t hit or the references don’t connect, I find myself considering how much potential the show has. Too many productions get cut off at the legs because their premiere season didn’t fire on all cylinders from the first episode. Watch the show. Let Hulu bank the ratings. Let it go. I bet it will come back with a stellar, more refined second season. :wink:

I'm on the fence about this one. It took me some time (and patience) to fall in with its particular brand of humor. The cast has a lot going for it and the show finds a rhythm around the third episode. I stuck it out and, all in all, didn't find it to be a waste of time. That being said, it tends to go places many will find immature as opposed to taboo. If you find songs about menstruation in the style of "Everybody Hurts" to be over the top, you should skip this show altogether. Caveat emptor, let's say.

I feel it's still one of the best animated series to this day.

I still think it's the best incarnation of an animated Batman to this day. Others are great and come close, but 'The Animated Series' always seems to edge them out. Of course, I'm a child of the 80's. I may be biased.

Things really took off in the 2nd season of Superjail!. The psychedelic sequences lengthened and they fleshed out the main characters without losing any of the show's spirit. I still reach for this season when I feel like watching it.

It's one of those shows that had me in the first 30 seconds. I still put it on when I want to watch something that's guaranteed to make me laugh. It makes up the bones of all the irreverent Adult Swim shows that would come after it. "Don't you push that bowl off the...!"

I enjoyed this episode a lot, chiefly because Freddie Highmore is starting to channel Anthony Perkins' mannerisms more and more as everything derails. It's a lot of fun to watch him jam his hands in his pockets and lift up on the balls of his feet like the classic character we all know.

I think this is a good case study in a show being more than the sum of its parts. Sure - it's chaotic and vague at times. It doesn't always follow the guidelines of its own narrative. The ending is a stretch. But it tries valiantly to make a point about the power of coming together despite differences, and, for me, that was worth 8 or so hours of my free time.

The show ran as long as it had to to build its world and make its point - short and sweet. I still think it's great.

These are in a really loose ranking. I have trouble with things like "Top 10s", so I'll just clump them together and hope nobody takes it too seriously.

It's such a shame that Gandolfini isn't around to see the work he backed hit the air. I'm loving every minute of this show.

I think the strength in this series will lie with the way the story stacks the odds from the first minute on. They seem insurmountable... I can't wait to watch more.

It looks SO promising! Danny McBride definitely needs a solid backdrop and good people to bounce off of to excel. I really hope Walton Goggins is the guy that sparks that in him. I've been needing something a little like Eastbound & Down... anything up until it went off the rails.

To this day, my best friend and I refer to "BeBop Cola" in our conversations. We still laugh out loud about it too!

This was, and still is, one of the most hilarious first episodes I've ever seen from an "Adult Swim" show. Fig nuts...

If they were aiming at making the creature in this episode almost unbearable, they succeeded admirably. Well done!

Is it just me, or do others find it hard to get into these characters? I'm sticking with it, but this first season has been a letdown for me. They lined up all of their actors and production people perfectly. Everything about it screamed greatness. And then... something I can't put my finger on fell flat. Maybe the second season will up the ante. They can't all be winners.

I missed "Southland" until I found it on Hulu long after it aired. I was sucked in immediately. I love the pace of the show. It reminds me a bit of ER with its random mix of encounters/calls. It's a treat to find gems like this brought back to life via streaming TV. I highly recommend the show to anyone who likes cop drama.

"Silicon Valley" is one of those shows you might never laugh out loud to, but it provides a lot of clever humor at a certain pitch you'll learn to appreciate a lot by the third season. I especially enjoy (and get frustrated by!) the constant roadblocks that come out of nowhere as the characters fight to get their product to the market. It's a great addition to HBO's lineup - a succinct and carefully crafted comedy I look forward to every week.

I've never read the books and this episode blew everything wide open for me. It was a lot to take in. I wonder whether Ethan receives the same amount of information so quickly in the book. I thought about the show a bit after watching and decided to suspend my disbelief. Why not? I like all of the actors, characters, and the setting. I might as well take the ride.

All in all, I thought they adapted the source material suitably for a television show. That being said, I'm going to be one of those that say the series pales in comparison to the book. You should read it even if the show has been your first exposure to the story.