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Vice Principals seems to have had the best comedy and drama mix (so far) last night. The season must end with one character in jail, right? :)
 
chaingunsofdoom said:
Vice Principals seems to have had the best comedy and drama mix (so far) last night. The season must end with one character in jail, right? :)
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Its growing on me, but i still think there is too much Mcbride and not enough Goggins. Ballers has been really good this season too.
 
Yeah Ballers is pretty good... and I barely even follow football.
 
Is It Worth Catching Up With ‘Outcast,’ Cinemax’s Robert Kirkman Series?
http://uproxx.com/tv/outcast-season-one-review-robert-kirkman/

The show itself, however, did not arrive until earlier this summer on Cinemax, and despite becoming the lowest-rated show on a “prestige” cable network, Cinemax had enough confidence in the series (and the Kirkman brand) to give it a second season before the first had even aired. As the dust has settled on the premiere season, which completed its run a few weeks ago, the question is if Outcast is worth investing in for the many who have not yet seen it?

The answer is yes. Mostly.

...The Outcast pilot, directed by Adam Wingard (You’re Next, V/H/S) and written by Kirkman, is strong. It’s good old-fashioned Southern gothic horror. Wingard puts the West Virginia setting (here played by Rock Hill, South Carolina) to fine use — the town looks like a trailer park has been dropped into the Blair Witch woods. It’s an unnerving hour, creepy and often disturbing, that lays out a few compelling mysteries: Why does Kyle Barnes have these powers? Why are the possessed drawn to him? And why exactly is he estranged from his family?

...The biggest draw here, aside from Fugit — who trades in the wide-eyed innocence and ’70s hair style of his Almost Famous character for denim, a thick beard, and a perpetually dour expression — is the outstanding character actor Reg E. Cathey, who plays the local sheriff. He has the unenviable task of toeing the line between his loyalties to his friends and his obligations as an officer of the law. He’s a skeptic, but a trusting one. Every scene he is in is better for his presence.

...Outcast is not for everyone — an affinity for horror, and specifically the exorcism subgenre is a must — but it’s better than some of its television cousins, like American Horror Story, because it remains tethered to a believable world. The dead stay dead, and it never relies on shocking deaths or surprise twists to keep us invested. In fact, the lack of twists through the first season and the anticlimactic finale may be its greatest weakness. It’s a character drama disguised as a horror story, and to both its benefit and detriment, it never strays from its mission to tell a story not about the supernatural elements, but the people who are affected by them.
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‘The Night Of’: Why the Killer’s Identity Doesn’t Matter
http://collider.com/the-night-of-killer-explained/

While I agree...I wonder where all these forgiving critics were when The Killing was on. Boy, they tore in and went on a personal vendetta to sink that show. But, for some reason, this show is getting a pass. Me...I want a true conclusion. More than that, I want a happy ending for Stone and the cat.
 
jerseydevil said:
‘The Night Of’: Why the Killer’s Identity Doesn’t Matter
http://collider.com/the-night-of-killer-explained/

While I agree...I wonder where all these forgiving critics were when The Killing was on. Boy, they tore in and went on a personal vendetta to sink that show. But, for some reason, this show is getting a pass. Me...I want a true conclusion. More than that, I want a happy ending for Stone and the cat.
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You do know the show is not about Stone and the cat, right?
 
orpheus said:
Cats are involved? :D

Not that I have HBO either way.

Another pointless post, lol. :fpalm:
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It was about a cat who was sad and homeless after its owner was murdered. It survived being alone on the mean streets, survived incarceration at an animal shelter (twice), and eventually found happiness with a lonely outcast in need of companionship. There was also something about a prisoner and a trial, but that was just an informal subplot. You would have loved everything except the subplot, which was completely unnecessary.
 
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Dexter said:
The plot with Chandra kissing Naz was ridiculous though.
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And then smuggling drugs to him in her cooter. And calling him as a witness. Those things really hit the wrong note for me because she went from being a very smart, level-headed young lawyer to a completely clueless, reckless one. The hung jury rang very false as well. This is NOT the kind of case that gets a hung jury, this is a slam dunk conviction for the most incompetent prosecutor, to say nothing of an experienced trial lawyer. The "I don't know if I killed her" was just the final nail in the coffin, he was toast before then. And still they did not convict??

The whole thing felt like a very tacked on "happy ending" that did not belong there. On the whole, a good series, but the choices at the end were poor.
 
Latest Vice Principals... funniest episode of the season so far (until the ending).
 
Glad I stuck with Vice Principals, it gradually improved into a pretty decent show, including and especially with Danny McBride's character. The program really does a good job showing that everyone has their own drama.

Second time I almost dropped a show with Busy Phillips and it ended up being much better than the first episode.
 
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