I love Jessica Jones and her also in the bi**c from apartment 23 so I will watch all of this. I haven’t seen orphan black so I have no expectations and I will do no comparisons.
Looks like an English version of “Blood Free”
It's so hard to heap enough praise on this show and do it justice. The complexity of the story, the beauty of the land. The cinematography, direction, acting from the stars to the extras, and crew giving 100% to the production of this masterpiece, it's such a pleasure to watch.
Such a beautifully told story.
People of the earth can you hear me?
Came a voice from the sky on that magical night
And in the colors of a thousand sunsets
They traveled through the world on a silvery light
Congressional GOP are (still) in disarray
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This episode is definitely slower than the first two but still keeps up the quality and further builds the mystery around Jo and what happened on the ISS. The story is very intriguing I must say. I also noticed that this episode was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, who directed my favorite German film „Der Untergang“. So this is nice to see as well.
All our suspicions about Other John & Other Jane are confirmed! They were always meant to kill John & Jane -- the first time just unexpectedly didn't work out.
Jane had one bullet left at the end but there were three shots fired when she confronted Other Jane outside the Panic Room, which sounds grim. But if they want another season, Jane got hold of Other Jane's gun, shot Other Jane, possibly Other John again.
John's mom knows more about life than any of these other people.
I'm still mad about Max.
Oliver was nasty to Mabel this episode. I think it was building up to the fight between the trio. I like them together but it’s nice that we’re getting different dynamics from seasons 1 and 2.
“It’s only when you’re alone that the real haunting begins. “
The only real clue in this episode is that KT's office was locked on opening night. And since they emphasized the shredder with a close-up, I think someone went into her office opening night to shred something. :thinking:
That last scene… Loretta is Dickie's mom. She abandoned her kid which is why she feels cursed. In the scrapbook with the Ben Glenroy clippings all the photos have Dickie in the background.
Too many clues are leading us to Loretta and it's only episode 5, so I doubt she's really the killer
I aspire to have as much energy at 74 as Meryl Streep does.
I think we can all agree that Ben was actually talking to like a plate of cookies off camera and not a person in his dressing room. The question is then, who put them there and were they spiked?
Anyone else get Lucille and Buster Bluth vibes from Cliff and Donna?
“I come from television so I was trained to not question a script.”
Everything is not what it seems, so, I don't think Kimber did it, it is too soon to reveal the killer. I expect next episode they'll focus on Kimber but towards the end, focus will shift to someone else.
Meryl Streep and Ashley Park's voices in that lullaby was so great. Season 3 is amazing so far.
“I can’t cry.” “Why? Are you on Xanax?”
Theory: what if the two attempts on Ben's life were committed by two different people, potentially with unrelated motives?
I really liked Jesse and Selena's chemistry.
“The people who figure their shit out right away are boring. The late bloomers? People like us? We make the world go ‘round. You can afford to take your time, Mable. What you cannot afford to do is waste it.”
What an amazing first two episodes, I can’t wait to see where this season goes!
Definitely didn't see that twist coming in episode 1. So many potential murderers. Someone attempted to kill Ben at the theater, but failed (maybe poison by cookie?) and then succeeded the second time. I have to say, other than feeling pretty sure that Loretta is not the killer (it feels too obvious), this is wide open for me so far.
This show really doesn't miss - the costuming is always on point, same with the set designs, it’s all perfect.
Meryl & Paul were an amazing addition.
Above all else, this season is about how certain types of men treat women, how they build structures under and within the patriarchy that give them impunity to do so, and how women either accede to these conditions—or push back and are punished. This episode is the most clear-headed articulation of that thesis (if I'm correct in describing it as such), and it's absolutely devastating.
"We never get paired up anymore"
Boom, flashback episode with anything but that pairing.
Self-deprecating, self-aware, meta acknowledgement episode, here we go.
Great example on why this season is the best season so far by splitting up the main quartet, especially Beckett and Boimler.
Which was my biggest problem with the previous seasons as that coupling held this show back.
But this season has been consistently pretty good because the group was split up and made a lot of independent character development possible for each one of them.
It was very weird to be eating spaghetti while watching this episode. But wow, mindblown.
Did anyone else pick up on slightly Succession(ish) notes in the dinner scene? The Prospero kid is so obviously doing a Kendall Roy impression. Similarly Kate Siegel is going for a Shiv Roy character. Succession, Haunting and Dopesick combined.
I need a character name cheat sheet to refer for this. I was lost with the scenes of the siblings one by one all talking about each other and their spouses before we even met them.
I'm not a writer, but I imagine writing the first episode of a sitcom is no easy undertaking, nevermind a revival of one 20 years after the first run finished.
I liked this episode, it had a lot of setting up to do, which it did well and whilst trying to inject the classic frasier moment of "frasier doesn't know what's going on in the other room".
It wasn't the tidiest episode, but I'll put that down to the cast settling in. The in-memoriam moments are very good and they don't shy away, but also don't go over the top.
I've high hopes for this revival, the 2nd episode is better, hopefully the trend remains :fingers_crossed:
While brief seconds were mildly amusing, and I acknowledge they tried to do something different here, I have to agree this was extremely odd and didn't land or water at all.
It's not accurate to the books in the sense that it follows the events word for word, but it feels like the WoT I read. It managed to tell a different story that still managed to capture the spirit of the books.
Really pleased it managed to find it's footing, I really hope it sticks the landing.
Wait, what?? WoT TV is actually palatable?! More than that, this was compelling.
They’re still playing fast and loose with the story, but somehow it’s coming together in a significantly more coherent fashion that’s simultaneously (somewhat) faithful to the books.
Not sure if they hired writers from early GoT season, but whatever’s going on, this is excellent.
Only issue I have is that they set an extremely low bar for themselves with the finale of the first season, so I’ll wait until this season is over to pass true judgement.
Strong start, and I say that acknowledging that Asimovian truism is obvs not their goal. I legit love where they’re taking the whole “prophecy” narrative, since that aspect of the OG story would be hard to convey as a TV show..
Making it a battle of rebellious, savant-tier genius vs a technologically elite Empire of forgotten dreams—whose ruler is a clone controlled by an actual robot—really makes it feel relevant to our experience: moneyed royalty building an algorithmically-powered, AI driven—chatGPT, Google Bard, etc)—but potentially distopian future… Pretty excellent.
Beric Dondarrion getting shot by Bilbo Baggins
ohmygod no! How did that happen? I just watched an episode of my own life played by Kayla Lorette!!?
So deliciously, hilariously meta, especially as it piles on the layers towards the end. I imagine Salma Hayek having a grand old time delivering some of these lines lol "I am a dyslexic, talented actress with questionable English! ...Doesn't my asshole have any rights?!"
This episode was quite interesting. We get some of the Roys melting down, and while in the past it's been fun to watch, here, it's a bit sad. But still, we do see the competent ones fight back against poor decisions, which is a pleasant change of pace. We also see some surprisingly good cinematography here, which has never been the series' strongest suit.
Marcia: “Look how far you’ve come.”
Willa: “Look at us both.”
In the fourth episode of the fourth season, we finally witnessed succession in Succession. Whoever in the writers room thought of Logan's underline on Kendall's name that also looked like a strikethrough - give them a raise! That was GENIUS! And then Kendall taking a photo of it and dwelling on it because even after Logan's death, he's desperate for his dad's validation.
Now I get why Shiv rejects that glass of champagne at the entrance of Connor's wedding.
I did not take Marcia as a spit handshake kind of woman.
Am I the only one that forgot Roman was COO?
"I’m done helping old ladies cross the street." - Damn, Roman.
That final shot of Kendall smirking was incredible. He is Logan 2.0 and Hugo is the first to know this. :dagger_knife: :dagger_knife: And the fact that they just revealed his middle name is also Logan. chef's kiss
this episode is even more impressive when you learn they shot about ~20~30m of it as a one-shot on PHYSICAL FILM (hiding canisters of film around the set to swap out) and had the confidence to walk away from keeping it a 1-shot and edited in more of tom's side than planned
i like a 1-shot as much as the next guy but it can be SUCH a showy look-at-me technique (and everyone feels like they're trying to work one in post-Birdman/True Detective without it really supporting the storytelling), much credit to them for having it in hand and deciding against it
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/succession-director-logan-roy-death-season-4-1235578079/
Wrong again, I guess. It's Sims who is in charge of surveillance. But not for Judicial I think. He talked about the Janitor's once - those must be "They".
Holston knew about the cameras and now it's obvious there was a lot we didn't see. I don't think They knew that he knew. But why go out to clean instead of trying to oncover the lies ? Now Nichols knows about the cams, too. And They know she does. The bullseye on her back got considerably larger.
Can't wait too see how this plays out.
what a boring episode
what a boring season
the truth is was it even that interesting to begin with ?
what is the purpose so far ? nothing is happening on every episode
That was one sublimely, divinely cringey episode. Show's most impressive feat yet may be the ability to make us be in the shoes of Logan Roy (of all people!), even if briefly, for once; I can almost feel his every subterranean cringe from each agonizing stumble at that dinner table so acutely.
I know this shattered Kendall’s soul (at least what’s left), Vaulter was his baby. And I imagine this is what happened at Buzzfeed News
