FNL #2.03, Mad Men finale
Friday Night Lights #2.03:
I love this show so hard. My fannishness about it (which kind of deserted me midseason last year) has totally returned. This may be proportionate the amount of screen time Tim/Lyla is getting. >_> Yep, I'm one of those fans. :x
It can't be said enough: Connie Britton is so fucking awesome. Everything about her performance the last two episodes has just been so... captivating. And her reaction to Julie coming home late felt so real. I reallyreally love Glen, too. ("Did you trying turning it off and then back on again?" is always comedy gold. Bwah.)
I often see people making an argument against FNL that basically goes like this: "ohhh, it's clearly aimed at RedStaters. I don't see why anyone else would like it!" Which, uh, is clearly the opinion of someone who has never seen the show. 'Cause I'm a liberal, atheist English chick and I like the show because it's good television. All that said, it does hit my American Studies kink so very hard. Nnuuugh. (Shutup. I get to use my degree for exactly nothing else. Let me enjoy geeking out over TV. \o/)
I, for one, loved all the church-related scenes in this episode. I don't know how I would feel about it if I were religious, but I still think the writer/director handled it remarkably well. It was the right mix of ludicrous and moving and I loved it.
Hands down, the best scenes in this show are arguments between Street and Riggins. They never fail to reduce me to a jibbering mess.
WHAT HAPPENS IN MEXICO STAYS IN MEXICO. Oh yeah, I Wentz there. ;) (Seriously, all I ever want out of FNL m/m slash is boys having sex as part of a bonding-ritual-gone-awry and then having really complicated feelings about it afterwards.)
On the subject of TV shows that I love, my sum thoughts on Mad Men #1.13 would be: WOW, IT SUCKS TO BE A WOMAN. O__O For the record, Peggy shot to the top of my favourite characters list when she made her, "I try to do what's right and everyone hates me for it" speech in the previous episode. Gahhhh. :( <3 /o\ \o/ (That was my complex feelings on the subject told in emoticon form. Did it successfully convey my feelings? ...no?)
Anyway, I heartily recommend marathoning Mad Men if you haven't seen it yet. I was very, very pleasantly surprised by it. Not only does it have solid performances and engaging characters, but (despite my skepticism at the start) it really does act as a fascinating parable for our society now.
I love this show so hard. My fannishness about it (which kind of deserted me midseason last year) has totally returned. This may be proportionate the amount of screen time Tim/Lyla is getting. >_> Yep, I'm one of those fans. :x
It can't be said enough: Connie Britton is so fucking awesome. Everything about her performance the last two episodes has just been so... captivating. And her reaction to Julie coming home late felt so real. I reallyreally love Glen, too. ("Did you trying turning it off and then back on again?" is always comedy gold. Bwah.)
I often see people making an argument against FNL that basically goes like this: "ohhh, it's clearly aimed at RedStaters. I don't see why anyone else would like it!" Which, uh, is clearly the opinion of someone who has never seen the show. 'Cause I'm a liberal, atheist English chick and I like the show because it's good television. All that said, it does hit my American Studies kink so very hard. Nnuuugh. (Shutup. I get to use my degree for exactly nothing else. Let me enjoy geeking out over TV. \o/)
I, for one, loved all the church-related scenes in this episode. I don't know how I would feel about it if I were religious, but I still think the writer/director handled it remarkably well. It was the right mix of ludicrous and moving and I loved it.
Hands down, the best scenes in this show are arguments between Street and Riggins. They never fail to reduce me to a jibbering mess.
WHAT HAPPENS IN MEXICO STAYS IN MEXICO. Oh yeah, I Wentz there. ;) (Seriously, all I ever want out of FNL m/m slash is boys having sex as part of a bonding-ritual-gone-awry and then having really complicated feelings about it afterwards.)
On the subject of TV shows that I love, my sum thoughts on Mad Men #1.13 would be: WOW, IT SUCKS TO BE A WOMAN. O__O For the record, Peggy shot to the top of my favourite characters list when she made her, "I try to do what's right and everyone hates me for it" speech in the previous episode. Gahhhh. :( <3 /o\ \o/ (That was my complex feelings on the subject told in emoticon form. Did it successfully convey my feelings? ...no?)
Anyway, I heartily recommend marathoning Mad Men if you haven't seen it yet. I was very, very pleasantly surprised by it. Not only does it have solid performances and engaging characters, but (despite my skepticism at the start) it really does act as a fascinating parable for our society now.