Elinor, Tues and I are watching. Elinor is all caught up, Tues needs to watch this week's, and I've only seen the first episode of the season thus far
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I'm enjoying this season a lot more so far. It feels less like Studio 60 at its worst and more like TWW, especially the second episode with its strong echoes of "Take This Sabbath Day." Maybe Sports Night is a better comparison, but maybe not. It's about a TV production team, but its lofty-mindedness makes it much more akin to TWW.
I like the Genoa story unfolding in this quasi-flashback fashion. We know Marcia Gay Harden is there because things have gone bad, but we don't know how (at least I haven't figured it out). I like Hamish Linklater's role much more than Grace Gummer's (yes, one of Meryl's daughters).
(Though if they kill Gary Cooper I'm going to rage.) He had such a great line in the most recent episode, didn't he Mary? It's in the scene where they're talking about the medications he and Maggie have been prescribed for the Africa trip. It's been established that Maggie takes a different one because she's (incredibly) fair-skinned, and he says "I don't have fair skin ... I have soft skin." Chris Chalk's delivery was utterly delightful.
I'm enjoying the Don/Sloan dance, too. They're a much better match, in so many ways, than Don/Maggie.
I find myself waiting for Jim's Romney adventure to end. This part of it -- reporters not challenging candidates, as they should -- is verging on anviltastic.
I SO AGREE about the theme. I love it so much and, in fact, I had read that they DIDN'T change the theme so when I heard the remix I was sad. But if you watch the end credits, they play the original version. :/ I think the change to an uptempo version of the theme was a good move. (ducks) It speaks to the change in the way they seem to be going about things this season, IMO. A little less pretentiousness couldn't hurt a Sorkin show. ;-)
I like the Genoa story unfolding in this quasi-flashback fashion. We know Marcia Gay Harden is there because things have gone bad, but we don't know how (at least I haven't figured it out). I like Hamish Linklater's role much more than Grace Gummer's (yes, one of Meryl's daughters).
(Though if they kill Gary Cooper I'm going to rage.)
He had such a great line in the most recent episode, didn't he Mary? It's in the scene where they're talking about the medications he and Maggie have been prescribed for the Africa trip. It's been established that Maggie takes a different one because she's (incredibly) fair-skinned, and he says "I don't have fair skin ... I have soft skin." Chris Chalk's delivery was utterly delightful.
I'm enjoying the Don/Sloan dance, too. They're a much better match, in so many ways, than Don/Maggie.
I find myself waiting for Jim's Romney adventure to end. This part of it -- reporters not challenging candidates, as they should -- is verging on anviltastic.
I SO AGREE about the theme. I love it so much and, in fact, I had read that they DIDN'T change the theme so when I heard the remix I was sad. But if you watch the end credits, they play the original version. :/
I think the change to an uptempo version of the theme was a good move. (ducks) It speaks to the change in the way they seem to be going about things this season, IMO. A little less pretentiousness couldn't hurt a Sorkin show. ;-)
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