maybe lifetime's expectations are low. right?
...right?
pleasekeeplettingmewatchthis,television
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Friday, 12 June 2015 05:46 (eight years ago) link
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/unreal/s01/Currently charted as the best new show on television! Don't know anyone outside of this thread that's watching it!
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Friday, 12 June 2015 05:52 (eight years ago) link
Can't imagine this isn't gonna get canned quickly
If it maintains the quality I've seen so far, one batshit insane great season might be all we need. Kind of like Sex House.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 June 2015 06:17 (eight years ago) link
Devious Maids has been on for 3 seasons, i don't think the bar is high to get renewed on Lifetime
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Friday, 12 June 2015 06:33 (eight years ago) link
tried explaining how great this show is a couple times today, ppl are not receptive to the idea of "like it's scripted but its about the bachelor sort of but its cynical and subversive but but but and and and"
eyes glaze over so hard
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Friday, 12 June 2015 06:49 (eight years ago) link
35m into ep4 and this show is fucking unrelenting
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Friday, 12 June 2015 06:50 (eight years ago) link
not a plot spoiler, but hard to unsee this... (i wrote it on a screenshot to keep it away from those who wish to not-see the un-unseeable)http://i.imgur.com/vteReBe.png
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Friday, 12 June 2015 06:58 (eight years ago) link
I tried abt 1/2 of the 1st ep & didn't like it, didn't see myself liking it going fwd. more not my thing than thinking its a bad show or w/e
― johnny crunch, Friday, 12 June 2015 11:30 (eight years ago) link
watched the pilot, this show is like 1000x bleaker than Hannibal. not sure I can keep going w. it, seems bleakly nihilistic and not much else
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Friday, 12 June 2015 11:38 (eight years ago) link
Episodes 3 and 4 didn't really deliver on the promise of the first two imo, but of course I'll keep watching.
Has Craig Bierko ever played such a degenerate before?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 14 June 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
last episode was maybe a little weaker but the "why don't you get money from your folks" sequence and the clear motherly manipulation by her producer felt complicated and unique; looking forward to finally catching up with you online binge types tonightthe cheezpuff markers and fallout (so to speak) was brutal
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 June 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
villains and douchebags are kind of Craig Bierko's career niche. when has he not played a degenerate of some kind?
― some dude, Monday, 22 June 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
Hmm, dunno. I guess I haven't seen enough of his work to remember the type character he typically plays. I mainly just remembered him starring in the revival of The Music Man.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
E5 tonight.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 29 June 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
Fourth episode got a little soapy and wobbly but i have unrealistically high hopes they can right the ship a bit.I also REALLY don't want a love affair side story with Rachel and Adam, fuck that noise. They appear to have demolished that with him proving himself to be an actual whore but hey, who knows.
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
Renewed! Now let's get Lifetime to pick up Hannibal...
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 6 July 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
yay!
fifth ep was interesting... bit clumsy but i liked it ok
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 21:36 (eight years ago) link
CZ's depiction of her real life counterpart is 100% accurate
― nomar, Monday, 6 July 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
wait who is cz & who is her real life counterpart
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
i've been scared to touch ep 5 in case it nose dived... it's good?glad to hear this got picked up; I can commit with abandon now.
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 July 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
it's good! it's just a bit after-school special
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
constance zimmer, who plays the executive producer, who i think is pased on lisa levenson
i gave up on this show after the fourth episode btw
― affluent white (Lamp), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link
they seem to be moving away from the rachel/adam love interest which is good
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
i think the most interesting thing to me about this show was how it portrayed its characters relationship w/ 'work' and how it well it nailed the sick relationship the professional class have w/ work/careers. i also liked the more procedural parts of the show. not all interested in characters/relationships though
― affluent white (Lamp), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:32 (eight years ago) link
cosign
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:33 (eight years ago) link
yup
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link
we need a nihilist channel
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
aaand we're back, this ep upped the crazy again
and I may have lied abt not being interested in character romantzes, camera dude is kinda phwoar hott
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 05:50 (eight years ago) link
Finally catching up on this. Haven't read the thread yet, but this show is exceptionally well acted and written. As my wife pointed out today, it's almost strange to watch a show where almost every character is as complex and multifaceted. No clear baddies, no clear goodies, lots of motives and muddled morality, all very weirdly plausible. Everything about it has been totally on-point. It's been a great ride so far.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 October 2015 03:41 (eight years ago) link
:D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 October 2015 03:43 (eight years ago) link
OK, just skimmed. Glad others like this. I like that someone mentioned "Dead Set," which I thought was flat brilliant but still working in the world of metaphor, however intelligently. As "reality," this show is similar but totally different. I've got one ep to go, and sort of wonder how they can stretch this into another season! It's sort of intense.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 October 2015 03:45 (eight years ago) link
lol
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/05/fake-bachelor-show-worked.html
"On last summer's excellent first season of UnREAL, a scripted drama about a Bachelor-style reality-TV show, Freddie Stroma played the Bachelor and Johanna Braddy played one of the contestants. Now, according to People, Stroma and Braddy are engaged in real life, making UnREAL a successful matchmaking show and The Bachelor, well ... The Bachelor."
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
this appears to be getting media traction; i'm seeing it cited as MUST SEE TEE VEE in many of the slews of summer season roundups
― ulysses, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 14:53 (seven years ago) link
I moved this to the top of my 'to see' list today off the back of all those roundups. Just watched the first episode and thought it was a very solid pilot - definitely the most promising of all shows I've started (and usually abandoned) watching in the last year. It reminds me of what The Newsroom might have been like if it hadn't been absolutely hateful, and I can totally see the Dead Set comparisons.
I'm going to watch the next episode. It is as exciting as watching a new season of something like The Bachelor, but without all the self-doubt ("I'm just watching this because I like characters...?") and subsequent loss of thought.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
Season two starts tonight! Reviews are super positive.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 June 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
Very excited! I'm up to date now. I love the insular morality in this show... I'm fully rooting for Rachel and Quinn to get whatever they can out of life by whatever means necessary.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Monday, 6 June 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
this show turned out to be kind of amazing yeah
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 6 June 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
eeeee
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 June 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
catch the football and talk about your father
― imago, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link
moneydickpower
kind of a weird tone for this ep/season but i'm willing to go with them on this journey. MRA chet vs dana is very promising though, i gotta say
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:14 (seven years ago) link
just feels like they got more audacious
― imago, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
well they're as morally degenerate as ever so i guess i'm in for season 2
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
I watched the 4 streaming episodes of this last year they used to jumpstart viewership, but never went back to see the rest. Gonna have to, I guess, if so many people I know/like are this into it.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:50 (seven years ago) link
do it do it
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 June 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, season one goes to some surprising places, not all of them dark (though most/many of them).
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 01:11 (seven years ago) link
So, I saw the first 2 eps of this and I had to bail on it. I just couldnt deal. These people are all relentlessly horrible and should all die in a fire.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:15 (seven years ago) link
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:26 (seven years ago) link
It made me SO MAD! lol :(
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:34 (seven years ago) link
Maybe they do all die in a fire and now you'll never know.
There's definitely a lot in common with a show like "You're the Worst," with horrible people still capable of nuance and our empathy. But yeah, it's dark.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
This show has gone particularly crazy and crazy dark this season. It's also pretty uneven, but I'm not sure they can tell the story they're telling any other way. It's like it's built to be unstable and erratic.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 July 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
season 4 (the final one, eight episodes) just landed on hulu
― maura, Monday, 16 July 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
onar where’s my tell-all expose :(
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 01:52 (five years ago) link
omar, even
There’s a 77 thread where I answer questions iirc... 🤫
― omar little, Tuesday, 17 July 2018 02:43 (five years ago) link
ty
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
i thought s3 was a marked improvement on s2, but i dunno...
― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 04:30 (five years ago) link
best part was the marissa nadler song at the end
― maura, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
We loved the first season, tuned out halfway through the second (police shooting?) and never gave a shit enough to tune back in, including the third season, which I'm not sure my wife even knows existed.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
VG if you have any specific q’s I can maybe answer them either on the my 77 thread or via pvt msg, depending on how specific and naming names they are...
― omar little, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
roger that <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 July 2018 05:21 (five years ago) link
OK I just got into S1 on an airplane. This show has probably more omg moments per episode than Breaking Bad. SO MUCH happens in each ep! It's fucking insane! I finish an ep and I feel like I've just seen, like two movies
The reality star is SO PERFECT. EVERYONE is perfect. The casting is MIRACULOUS. This really is my favourite show. I was talking to Nick Quah (!) and he told me he's not as into a couple of the later seasons but dammit I will ride so hard for this show I don't care
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
<3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 05:38 (five years ago) link
that first season is incredible
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 26 November 2018 08:56 (five years ago) link
it's basically 100% perfect tv. still haven't gone in on season 2, not sure I'm emotionally prepared
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 November 2018 10:45 (five years ago) link
I quit a few episodes into season 2 can’t remember why tho.
― Spottie, Monday, 26 November 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link