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[Monkeydog]

I hate to be like the guy that says "Final Fantasy 13 gets really good 30 hours in!" but I think it's worth sticking it out for a little longer.

WELL unlike Final Fantasy XIII. At least Breaking Bad from the start shows merit and the appeal that it'll pay off if you put time in it. :P

[Monkeydog]

It's been over a year since anyone has posted in this topic. Such a shame.

SUNDAY!

[toysintheattic]

It's been over a year since anyone has posted in this topic. Such a shame.

SUNDAY!

Well it's kinda been over a year since this show has been doing anything. :P

BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER

[Monkeydog]

It's baaaaack.

Yesssss.

Reaction:
Kinda disappointed but still pretty good.

[Donkeymog]

I stopped watching before season 3 because I was disappointed with the season 2 finale. But a friend was watching the last few episodes of season 3 and they were enjoyable enough.

First episode of season 4 was pretty boring, yeah.

[Monkeydog]

For the first time all season I can honestly say:

Jesus Christ. There is no way this show is ever going to end up in a happy ending after what happened.

[Vicious Parker]

It's on netflix now. I'll get to it after Mad Men. Promise.

[Monkeydog]

Oh em gees

[Monkeydog]

JEEEEESSSSUUUUS!

[toysintheattic]

So, I'm still kind of riding the wave of how that last episode made me feel, so I don't know if I'm going to go into spoilers or not. All I'll really say is that the last few episodes all could have easily been the season finale in their own right, with last night's episode darn near feeling like a finale for the entire show. Yet we still have two episodes left and an entire season after that.

This season has been good overall, but that last five minutes leading into that last shot has got to be one of the best television moments in recent memory.

[toysintheattic]

Spoiler

[Vicious Parker]

That spoiler may keep me from watching the show. That kind of freak accident death always makes me feel ill, no matter how much it's intended to be funny.

[Monkeydog]

/>That spoiler may keep me from watching the show. That kind of freak accident death always makes me feel ill, no matter how much it's intended to be funny.

Well A) That was probably the least important plot point of the whole episode. (well, it does become kind of major)
Also
B) He doesn't die.

[toysintheattic]

Sorry, I probably shouldn't have posted that. I think it might have even made me feel the same way if I had seen it like that. Not that it really makes much more sense in context.

[Vicious Parker]

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That spoiler may keep me from watching the show. That kind of freak accident death always makes me feel ill, no matter how much it's intended to be funny.

Well A) That was probably the least important plot point of the whole episode. (well, it does become kind of major)
Also
B) He doesn't die.

Wikipedia was wrong, then. But that was probably something to do with the new episode. I will probably watch this show eventually.

I could also point out that the number of people who get exploded in freak dynamite explosions on Lost is probably a lot more than there are per year in real life.

I can't explain it. Maybe it's a deeper thing. Like it makes me feel as if life has no meaning, since it can end with so little purpose. At least when somebody kills another (let's just stick to fictional philosophy), there is a purpose, whether malicious or not. At least I can feel something about somebody, rather than just that sinking feeling I get when this sort of thing happens.

Seriously, I've been thinking about this all day. I even considered making an expanded post about it, but we'll see.

[Donkeymog]

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That spoiler may keep me from watching the show. That kind of freak accident death always makes me feel ill, no matter how much it's intended to be funny.

Well A) That was probably the least important plot point of the whole episode. (well, it does become kind of major)
Also
B) He doesn't die.

Wikipedia was wrong, then. But that was probably something to do with the new episode. I will probably watch this show eventually.

I could also point out that the number of people who get exploded in freak dynamite explosions on Lost is probably a lot more than there are per year in real life.

I can't explain it. Maybe it's a deeper thing. Like it makes me feel as if life has no meaning, since it can end with so little purpose. At least when somebody kills another (let's just stick to fictional philosophy), there is a purpose, whether malicious or not. At least I can feel something about somebody, rather than just that sinking feeling I get when this sort of thing happens.

Seriously, I've been thinking about this all day. I even considered making an expanded post about it, but we'll see.

Spoiler

I stopped watching this show for a while at the end of season 2 for a similar reason. They'd been having flashforwards all season and in the last scene it's revealed that they're the immediate aftermath of a mid-air collision between two aeroplanes resulting from tenuous circumstances. It just felt so underwhelming and irreverent.

Oh and Ted is definitely dead. You seem him twitch after the accident but that's just random nerves firing from a broken neck. Saul confirms that he's dead in a later scene.

[Monkeydog]

Spoiler

I guess you're right. I guess I didn't pay much attention to what Saul was saying...and since he never really said "dead" it just flew right past me.

Also I have to agree with the end of season 2. It is underwhelming, especially compared to how season 3...and how this season is ending. I can understand why they did it, it's a huge symbolic thing, whatever, buuuuut...didn't really make for all that great of a finale.

[Monkeydog]

Also, if you watch the show...there is some kind of karmic reason for why Ted dies/doesn't die (I still am not 100% certain he is dead).

But it is interesting, I think he is like the only character in the show that just dies without being killed. I don't know. Maybe it didn't hit me so hard because I didn't think he died. (and still have a little doubt of belief because you never know with this show)

[Monkeydog]

Also, I have a question for Bean:

Are you enjoying the show more now that you've gone through season 3? (which is arguably the best season so far)

[toysintheattic]

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That spoiler may keep me from watching the show. That kind of freak accident death always makes me feel ill, no matter how much it's intended to be funny.

Well A) That was probably the least important plot point of the whole episode. (well, it does become kind of major)
Also
B) He doesn't die.

Wikipedia was wrong, then. But that was probably something to do with the new episode. I will probably watch this show eventually.

I could also point out that the number of people who get exploded in freak dynamite explosions on Lost is probably a lot more than there are per year in real life.

I can't explain it. Maybe it's a deeper thing. Like it makes me feel as if life has no meaning, since it can end with so little purpose. At least when somebody kills another (let's just stick to fictional philosophy), there is a purpose, whether malicious or not. At least I can feel something about somebody, rather than just that sinking feeling I get when this sort of thing happens.

Seriously, I've been thinking about this all day. I even considered making an expanded post about it, but we'll see.

I think I'm kind of sympathetic to that sort of feeling. Maybe not quite the same thing, but certain shows and movies that find comedy in embarrassing and uncomfortable situations used to leave me with a sinking feeling in my gut. Hard to explain.

Spoiler

I stopped watching this show for a while at the end of season 2 for a similar reason. They'd been having flashforwards all season and in the last scene it's revealed that they're the immediate aftermath of a mid-air collision between two aeroplanes resulting from tenuous circumstances. It just felt so underwhelming and irreverent.

Spoiler

Yeah I can way understand being disappointed by that. That's one of the few big problems I've ever had with the show. Just seemed sort of contrived, I guess.

Edit: Oh and yeah, I totally thought Ted was still alive, too, since they don't explicitly come out and say it. But yeah, I dunno. Stupid death for a stupid character.