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i think the joan dinner reminded him that there's more to live for than megan

jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:34 (fourteen years ago)

also tooling around in a jag and megan freaking out with the spaghetti
he likes domesticity but is trying to determine how to balance his life now that megan isn't the constant.
tried making everything a playground, now will try to make his life a battlefield
dude has trouble with half measures

jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:35 (fourteen years ago)

given that the mid-60s was when pop culture REALLY went into overdrive, this seems entirely appropriate
Yeah, this is true.....

*tera, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:41 (fourteen years ago)

megan is awesome you goon

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:41 (fourteen years ago)

xpost

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:41 (fourteen years ago)

I like Megan a whole lot more, her charm is diminishing.

*tera, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:49 (fourteen years ago)

Kinsey is such a pathetic Krishna lol

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:57 (fourteen years ago)

i liked the joke about him working at A&P.

tim machine (get bent), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:00 (fourteen years ago)

still cracking up every time I think of "there's an airplane here to see you."

s.clover, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:03 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, laughed so hard at that

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:10 (fourteen years ago)

we need gif-age of that

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:11 (fourteen years ago)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4e1eus8581qbyqaao1_500.gif

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:13 (fourteen years ago)

HOORAY

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:14 (fourteen years ago)

with "666" in the background behind the blinds

tim machine (get bent), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:16 (fourteen years ago)

wanted a longer one w text, but that's all the internet seemed willing to provide

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:16 (fourteen years ago)

spooky xp

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:16 (fourteen years ago)

weird - what is that doing there?

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:17 (fourteen years ago)

*meant I LIKED Megan a whole lot more....not so much now.

*tera, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:24 (fourteen years ago)

tumblr comes through:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4d6o8eoQW1rrq2fxo1_500.gif

producer / dj / humanitarian (reddening), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:43 (fourteen years ago)

and another good one i found on my tumblr journey:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hatxZUsk1rntmico1_500.gif

producer / dj / humanitarian (reddening), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:44 (fourteen years ago)

lol at the lamp gif, i'd forgotten about that

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:47 (fourteen years ago)

he played that very well, the lag between perception and comprehension

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:47 (fourteen years ago)

omg subtitled gif even greater than I hoped

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:48 (fourteen years ago)

hare krishnas was hilar

littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:52 (fourteen years ago)

Weiner, Gilligan, and Milch talk about TV: http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201206/roundtable-discussion-matthew-weiner-vince-gilligan-david-milch?currentPage=1

Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:47 (fourteen years ago)

i hope that's a convincing interview!

littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:05 (fourteen years ago)

hare krishnas was sort of dumb, but not out of character for this show to do something for the lols. it doesn't take itself very seriously at all, least of all this season. it is 100% soap opera now.

ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:13 (fourteen years ago)

lol what was it before

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:16 (fourteen years ago)

back to the soap opera thing zzzzzzzzzz

Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:19 (fourteen years ago)

it's always been a soap opera. just with clothes and furniture that you covet.

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:20 (fourteen years ago)

^^^

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:22 (fourteen years ago)

Gukbe otm

raw feel vegan (silby), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:24 (fourteen years ago)

i think the better word is "melodrama"

ryan, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:29 (fourteen years ago)

weird - what is that doing there?

It's a famous building. DC Comics was there for a long tiem.

seven league bootie (James Morrison), Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:25 (fourteen years ago)

that's what I was wondering, whether they were in the same building as DC comics!

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:49 (fourteen years ago)

a) the building would have to be several blocks long and turn a corner if so

b) DC didn't move there 'til the 80s

┗|∵|┓ (sic), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:05 (fourteen years ago)

loved this episode! Christina Hendricks is a GREAT actress! Love her and Don!

Harry was ALMOST likeable. But not quite.

homosexual II, Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:31 (fourteen years ago)

Ya know, Harry probably got some weird VD from that Krishna chick.

Also omg: he's fixing to be a dad AGAIN.

Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:52 (fourteen years ago)

I kind of loved that Harry actually got into the chanting, that made me happy - like hooray there's hope for him somewhere in his meek existence, lol

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:06 (fourteen years ago)

from that GQ piece, so good that I had to share somewhere:

GQ: Given all the time in the world, would you choose to work this way on your shows, or would you prefer to write everything yourself?

David Milch: That's a good one. All the time in the world? The "B" answer is, I'd write it all myself. Which is to say that in my vanity and egoism, I would think that that would be the way to proceed. And I know deep down that the better answer is: Even having all the time in the world, it's better to collaborate with your brothers and sisters. It's ultimately the richest experience. But there's a kind of intolerant economy that happens: "Just let me do the fucking thing myself."

Mordy, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:29 (fourteen years ago)

this series *started* as soap opera. seriously ppl.

s.clover, Thursday, 24 May 2012 04:29 (fourteen years ago)

i think people are operating with different definitions of "soap opera" and thus are talking past one another. what's your definition?

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:07 (fourteen years ago)

I don't think the guy from the Sopranos was trying to make the next Passions.

polyphonic, Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:09 (fourteen years ago)

we've already been through this several times.

Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:13 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah it always has been soap but definitely had more ongoing serial arch in past seasons. This season could go on forever, so sparse is the plot.

ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:14 (fourteen years ago)

Arc* not arch

ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:15 (fourteen years ago)

I don't remember us actually discussing in this in depth even if I know people have said the show is a soap opera a lot.

ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:19 (fourteen years ago)

Maybe it was previous seasons. It's a *thing*.

Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:23 (fourteen years ago)

this season is def the least soap-opera-y it's been, which I'm not sure I like. But like, say in the first season, all that suburban housewife/cheating husband/peggy pregnant stuff, TOTALLY soap opera

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:25 (fourteen years ago)

hell the overall arc is STOLEN IDENTITY

classic soap opera

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:26 (fourteen years ago)


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