My night of EPIC television...

[firthgal]

DUDES! DUDES! THE MARY/MARSHALL HUG OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!! I AM FLAILING OVER IN PLAIN SIGHT LIKE THIS IS SEASON 1! HOLY CRAP! MARY/MARSHALL! LOVE LOVE LOVE! Also, the episode itself was pretty darn good, though the bit about Mary's father was terribly predictable. But I don't exactly watch this show for its [not] gripping mysteries, you know? But anyway, this episode was wonderful all around. THE MARY/MARSHALL BEAUTY WAS SO, SO EPIC! GAAAAAH! Also, I always love how Marshall gets all closed-off in the background whenever he sees Raph being boyfriendly with Mary. I love that man so much for inserting subtext while he's not even the focus of the scene.

TRUE BLOOD! HOLY CRAP! See? That's always my reaction to the show. Anyway, I think I ship Bill/Eric now. I CAN'T HELP IT! THEY GAVE ME ADORABLE CANON FODDER FOR IT! I fall in love with Eric more and more with each episode. He's awesome. Also, Lafayette. I think I was kind of expecting what happened to him. Or what they were suggesting would happen to him, anyway. Andy, the detective guy that got demoted last episode? I think he's becoming my favorite character. He's just so freaking hilarious with his epileptic meth head dancing. &hearts Also, that scene between Jessica and her father? HO MY GOD! That was wrong on SO many levels. Oh, kinky vampire show, you are kinkier than I originally thought you were. As for Jason, as much as I enjoy ogling him (he unnecessarily took his shirt off this time!), he gets some of the most boring/cracked out storylines ever. Why do they ALWAYS have to separate him from the rest of the main cast? Argh. But it did give us the best line EVER:

"What was that shit with you breaking the American flag like you some Muslim Buffy with a dick?"

Bwahahahahahahahaha! Oh, I love it. LUKINATOR! YOU ARE THE ONE THING KEEPING THE JASON STORY INTERESTING!

Also, I watched the first ep of Merlin on NBC, and oooooooh how it made me remember the depth of my love for Arthur/Merlin! The boylove was so very canon! Also, for the first time, I noticed that Gaius mentioned Morgana's nightmares in the pilot. Yay for continuity! I HAD NO IDEA! Also, Uther was a sexy beast with all of his flirting. Gaaaah, him sucking on the giant strawberry. HELLO THAR INNUENDO! NICE TO MEET YOU! PLEASE COME AGAIN! I also forgot how ridiculous the early eps of Merlin were. I don't watch eps 1-6 very often, but I do remember loving them immensely, it's just that it seems like the entire tone of the show changed for the better halfway through the series. Anyway, I loved seeing Merlin on my TV, but NBC was having a hell of a time coming in clear, which makes no sense since I have cable. Also, golf ran over, so I'm sure quite a few people skipped Merlin purely because of that. THANKS A LOT, NBC! WHO FREAKING CARES ABOUT TIGER WOODS? BRING ON THE MERLIN, DAMMIT! But seriously, does anyone actually watch golf on TV? It's like one step above soccer on the "nobody cares" scale. Possibly one notch below hockey. I'm sorry, I'll stop. But seriously, golf? You delayed a premiere that you've been advertising the heck out of for golf? *sigh*

Also, earlier today, I watched the Dead Like Me feature film on Netflix Instant Watch, and I adored it. I had heard that it sucked, but I actually thought it was pretty good (you know, if you cut out the crappy Daisy scenes. I hated Daisy during the course of the show, and I hated her even more in the movie. Blech. Also, my annoyance with Daisy used to always rub off on Mason, and I LOVED Mason before Daisy got there. Ugh. Yeah, my Daisy dislike has not edged off AT ALL). So anyway, I was glad that they kept the film mainly focused on George and Reggie. And even though Rube wasn't there, his presence was still felt, and I somehow found the film super shippy for my George/Rube loving heart (yeah, I'm crazy). Also, all the lovely friendshippy moments between George and Dolores Herbig Brown Eyes! I had forgotten how much George came to love Delores over the course of the series. Now the film has made me all nostalgic for seasons 1 and 2 of Dead Like Me, so I'll probably end up doing a rewatch over the course of the next couple of weeks. Also, I saw that ship_manifesto had one for George/Rube (it was the only manifesto for Dead Like Me, which was surprising), so that pleased me greatly. I'll have to read it before my rewatch.

In conclusion, I lazed around way too much today. But I did cut the grass, so that's something.

Comments

[fatherleary.livejournal.com]

I've been so not into it this season that when Mary started to really cry and Marshall moved, then stopped I had my hands over my mouth. It's SO much better when you're not expecting/waiting for it!

The last time he says "come on" when she's accusing Eleanor, omg, it's so personal and protective of her. I love that of everyone she's so open to Marshall with her feelings about her father(who is TOTALLY in witsec by the way). Won't see that crap with Raph! It's just one step closer on the way to them actually being with each other.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

YES! YES YES YES TO ALL OF THIS! It was so, so wonderful. And I loved that Mary actually listened to Marshall when he was trying to tell her that she was being rude to Eleanor. If anyone else had said any of that stuff to her, or tried to share in her pain about her father, she would have bitched them out and ran away. But with Marshall? She saw the wisdom of his words, and then she shared her burden with him. She shared her burden with him! She rarely even does that with her own family. It was so, so wonderful! A seriously moving Mary/Marshall moment that was completely unexpected and felt very natural and just... GUH! I LOVED IT!

[inthegiggleloop.livejournal.com]

The golf on NBC made me angry enough to call my mom and tell her I should have went out for pizza with her and just watched the recording, but minutes later Merlin came on and I loved it. Ahh! The strawberry bit was just made of sexy.
Right after I watched Merlin I searched Morgana on yahoo answers and one of the answers made me laugh. Someone said they didn't like the name Morgana because it has organ in it, and it kind of made me think about Repo!, but I'm probably just crazy.

I also enjoyed the Dead Like Me movie, and thought the end was perfect. I haven't actually seen much of the show, but I have seen enough to say that the show Daisy wasn't my favorite, but she was so much better than the new girl in the movie.

This is kind of random, but I found a Buffy/Giles story that also happens to be a Manchild crossover and I thought you might enjoy it. It might also be because I just watched an episode of Manchild.
Here's the link if you want it.
http://buffygiles.net/b/buffygilesandm.html

I hope you have a great week.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha, that is the most random reason to hate the name Morgana.

Oh man, I was mad addicted to Dead Like Me back when it was on. It used to come on at the same time as Monk, so I was always torn on which show to watch. Luckily I got my parents watching Monk, so I was able to watch that live and record Dead Like Me on my VCR. Aaaah, good times, good times. I was so bummed when Showtime canceled it. I am still bitter towards that channel.

I LOVE that Buffy/Giles Manchild crossover fic! Buffy/Manchild crossovers are always a good thing. I really love this one, too:

http://www.dwordslist.net/olderMen.html

Utterly ridiculous, and yet I read it in one day.

[inthegiggleloop.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm kind of glad they thought that because if they didn't I wouldn't had gotten the giggles last night.

I really loved the episodes my sister let me watch on her DVD's. I'm glad you got to record it and all. Have you ever watched Wonderfalls or Pushing Daisies? I can understand your being bitter to showtime. I'm the same way towards ABC, because they canceled Pushing Daisies.

Me too. I thought it was just so fun.

Thanks for the link. I shall read that one soon.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

I've seen a few eps here and there of Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies, but they really didn't do it for me. :/ Especially Pushing Daisies. That one was a little too cutesy for me (I did enjoy the pilot though, I remember that. It was one of the best pilots that have been made. But I got tired of the show after about 4 episodes).

[inthegiggleloop.livejournal.com]

It is a bit overly cutesy, but I love all the creative deaths and references to things other shows probably wouldn't normally reference. I think I liked the way they could make a relationship with no touching more romantic than a normal relationship, so sometimes the cutesy stuff was cool to me because it shows you that a relationship doesn't need to be physical.

Also, my favorite character on the show was only in two episodes.

[15lbpurebunny.livejournal.com]

My long-awaited diagnosis:

Just. Plain. Nuts.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Whatevs. You love The Firth.

[15lbpurebunny.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I do. But you're still nuts.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

For Chick-Fil-A.