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Post #1741 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 3:26 am

mediocrityrules · Post #1742 » by **mediocrityrules** » Sun Jun 30, 2024 12:52 am

Martin Mull just seemed to be around forever, and it felt like he popped up in just about everything I watched in the 80's-90's and a little bit in shows this century.

KidA24 · Post #1743 » by **KidA24** » Sun Jun 30, 2024 5:25 am

Clue is forever.

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stellation · Post #1744 » by **stellation** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 3:22 am

machu46 wrote:This week's episode of The Acolyte was pretty good

I thought it was going to be very Disney-ified in the first episode or so.

Spoiler:

Ron Swanson · Post #1745 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 1:39 pm

I'm almost 20-years late on this, but yes......Six Feet Under is indeed the greatest finale episode of all time, and I'm not sure anything else comes close.

buckboy · Post #1746 » by **buckboy** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 3:13 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:I'm almost 20-years late on this, but yes......Six Feet Under is indeed the greatest finale episode of all time, and I'm not sure anything else comes close.

Outstanding for sure. I still like the Sopranos better <ducks>.

Post #1747 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 3:16 pm

Six Feet Under ending, fantastic. Sopranos ending, weak, lame.

Licensed to Il · Post #1748 » by **Licensed to Il** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 3:26 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Six Feet Under ending, fantastic. Sopranos ending, weak, lame.

Wasn’t a huge point/theme of the Sopranos that Tony’s life was unsustainable and no matter how hard he tried to manage it all, one day he was going go get killed by a mobster or fed? And so his angry wife, feuding relatives, aimless kids, sessions with the therapist… it all was meant to make Tony relatable to the average modern man but of course the key difference was that Tony wasn’t running an insurance office like some of the viewers.. he was running the New Jersey mafia and because of that no matter what he did one day it was just going to end suddenly?

I think in that light, the ongoing tension of the show, the ending made a lot of sense. Id even argue it had to end that way.

Ron Swanson · Post #1749 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 3:33 pm

I've loved series endings that were both definitive (Station Eleven, The Office, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as well as open-ended/interpretive ones (Sopranos, The Leftovers, Seinfeld), but I think the definitive endings always get more love because it speaks to the audience's desire for closure. No more ultimate closure on the main characters and overall, life, than the last 10-minutes of Six Feet Under. It had me and the GF in a puddle of emotions by the end.

Matches Malone · Post #1750 » by **Matches Malone** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 4:15 pm

My body is ready. Please don't suck! :pray:

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buckboy · Post #1751 » by **buckboy** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 4:22 pm

Licensed to Il wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:Six Feet Under ending, fantastic. Sopranos ending, weak, lame.

Wasn’t a huge point/theme of the Sopranos that Tony’s life was unsustainable and no matter how hard he tried to manage it all, one day he was going go get killed by a mobster or fed? And so his angry wife, feuding relatives, aimless kids, sessions with the therapist… it all was meant to make Tony relatable to the average modern man but of course the key difference was that Tony wasn’t running an insurance office like some of the viewers.. he was running the New Jersey mafia and because of that no matter what he did one day it was just going to end suddenly?

I think in that light, the ongoing tension of the show, the ending made a lot of sense. Id even argue it had to end that way.

The show is about Tony. He's dead. It's over.

Did we really want to see his brains splattered all over his wife and children?

Perfect ending.

To be clear I would put Six Feet Under second. Also fantastic.

Post #1752 » by **Prez** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 5:09 pm

The Americans series finale was incredible and worth a mention.

Post #1753 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 5:14 pm

Prez wrote:The Americans series finale was incredible and worth a mention.

I thought that was pretty well done too. They had a lot of options and it was a good choice.

Licensed to Il · Post #1754 » by **Licensed to Il** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 5:16 pm

The Bear

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Post #1755 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 5:24 pm

I liked the ending of both The Sopranos and Six Feet Under. Six Feet Under's ending worked for them because it basically fed into the same narrative structure of the show, which always began by showing how the corpse in the funeral home met their demise. It only made sense that they did so for all of the main characters.

The Sopranos's ending was obviously not as explicit, but I think there were plenty of clues that made it clear that it was a definitive end for Tony. And, for that matter, for most of the guys around him.

BUCKnation · Post #1756 » by **BUCKnation** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 6:07 pm

Licensed to Il wrote:The Bear

Spoiler:
I loved the episode about how Tina came to work at the restaurant. Great use/callback of Mikey. Those type of episodes (Richie had one, Marcus had one) add a lot to what makes it a great show, IMO. Shows why people stay on at difficult workplaces.

Spoiler:

Licensed to Il · Post #1757 » by **Licensed to Il** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 6:09 pm

BUCKnation wrote:
Licensed to Il wrote:The Bear

Spoiler:
I loved the episode about how Tina came to work at the restaurant. Great use/callback of Mikey. Those type of episodes (Richie had one, Marcus had one) add a lot to what makes it a great show, IMO. Shows why people stay on at difficult workplaces.

Spoiler:
Bernthal and the writers do such a great job of portraying how magnetic Mikey was, while also being able to convey how troubled he was at the same time.

I think the plausibility of every character connection (as in, why do these people work here and why do these people put up with one another) hinges on the exact thing that you just wrote. And they really do pull it off. Great casting, great acting, great writing.

Post #1758 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Jul 2, 2024 12:11 am

I don't like full season dumps, but I'm listening to a pod about The Bear's first half and I realized I would have wasted so many hours consuming pods and reading blogs about this season if they had released it weekly. I'd forgotten about it by Sunday and I'm only listening to The Watch pod tonight to see if I was alone in my reaction that the show wasn't good.

Licensed to Il · Post #1759 » by **Licensed to Il** » Tue Jul 2, 2024 2:59 am

ReasonablySober wrote:I don't like full season dumps, but I'm listening to a pod about The Bear's first half and I realized I would have wasted so many hours consuming pods and reading blogs about this season if they had released it weekly. I'd forgotten about it by Sunday and I'm only listening to The Watch pod tonight to see if I was alone in my reaction that the show wasn't good.

I think it would be fair to say this was the weakest of the three seasons. I think its fair to say there was a particularly uneventful episode or two. I would not say the show wasn’t good. You’re not way way off. But the show is still good.

Post #1760 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Jul 2, 2024 3:03 am

Licensed to Il wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:I don't like full season dumps, but I'm listening to a pod about The Bear's first half and I realized I would have wasted so many hours consuming pods and reading blogs about this season if they had released it weekly. I'd forgotten about it by Sunday and I'm only listening to The Watch pod tonight to see if I was alone in my reaction that the show wasn't good.

I think it would be fair to say this was the weakest of the three seasons. I think its fair to say there was a particularly uneventful episode or two. I would not say the show wasn’t good. You’re not way way off. But the show is still good.

I thought the first episode and the sixth were incredibly good. Finale had some great moments. Rest of the season was a lot of wasted time. When you remember the show was only supposed to be three seasons but FX wanted it stretched to four, you can see all the filler.