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bess marvin, girl detective
05/12/09

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What's the point of watching this show if we know already how it turns out?

Well, someone mentioned this on the NYMag boards but the journey of a girl's initial rebellion and subsequent tragic, slow transformation into the person she hates most: her mother is a brilliant premise. and like the wire, the writers already know how each character is going to end up, so they can actually tell a story that serves character rather than the audience. and for their intelligence and dedication, the audience is rewarded with plot that pays off in the end. oh but wait, this isn't HBO and it isn't being helmed by david simon.

Wait, it's on the CW? Helmed by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage of The O.C. you say? You're right RIchard, there isn't a point of watching this show.

P.S. Shiloh Fernandez is NOT hot.
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Carol Gardens
05/12/09

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Oh Lordy, that spin-off was atrocious. I seriously hope that the rumor that it has already been canceled is true. So, the often referenced Lily-in-jail secret is that she once hit someone on the head with a purse. And she once hung out with guys who looked like rejects from Sha Na Na. The only things I liked were Blair's prom dress and seeing that Andrew McCarthy is cute again (after a bloated-and-not-so-hot stage.) Of course, it could have been saved if Serena and Blair just started making out on the steps.
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The Queen of No
05/12/09

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No Doubt is a fucking abomination. Get off my shitty tv shows and go back to the HaruJEWCOO girls.
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El Matardillo
05/12/09

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Krysten Ritter is the bomb. I wish I was 22.
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onydchic
05/12/09

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This episode broke my heart. They tried to fit in so much of the spinoff nonsense that they turned prom (PROM FOR GOODNESS'SAKE) into a ridiculous, broken, rushed atrocity.

As for the spinoff. Here's to hoping it dies a fast, painful death and JS and SS are attacked by wild rats in their kitchens while they're popping down for more of whatever it was they drank when they thought up this episode. Damn you!
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Trulymadlyme
05/12/09

@onydchic: I thought the prom part was way worse than the LA part.
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EleanorRigby
05/12/09

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Seriously, let's think about this plot, writers. Somehow 80s Lily gets arrested for "fighting" at her future first husband's 80s coke party and then, 18 years after the fact (mind you, she's supposed to have somehow given birth to a secret lovechild with Rufus who is 19), finally comes to terms with her overbearing mother (whose dreams for Lily's life all managed to come true despite the little arrest "glitch" and a never before mentioned sister...) and puts her own daughter in jail to "teach her a lesson." I'm pretty sure sleeping with someone with whom she shares a secret half brother scared her straight like 5 episodes ago, Lil.
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Trulymadlyme
05/12/09

@EleanorRigby: It's 1983. So the timeline is totally workable.
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Trulymadlyme
05/12/09

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The point of the spin off is that Lily completely fails to become that free person. Utterly fails. It would probably be a show where the writers take a young girl full of that "finding myself" crap and slowly but surely turn her into the dead on the inside present day Lily. It would probably be one of the saddest (and fantastic) attempts if the show runner was willing to have balls to keep the story dark.
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Pepperoncina
05/12/09

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Stand and Deliver is an Adam and the Ants cover. A bad one. But nonetheless, we were, I think, to assume that this lovely blonde fairy name of Stefani was singing in an 80s type band with that guy who dumped her, only it's 1983, cuz the song is from 1981! So you see. Don't you?
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momo
05/12/09

@Pepperoncina: So essential No Doubt, a cover band was portraying a, well, cover band.
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Diziet_Sma
05/12/09

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What utter bollocks.
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Inhaler
04/01/09

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..but The Simpsons stopped being funny about 10 years ago. Sheesh.
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iplaudius
04/01/09

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If James Franco shaves his armpits in a hotel bathroom, but no one is there to photograph it ...
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GooberSaysHey
04/01/09

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Simpsons stamps? Exellent. I already have Simpsons checks and address labels, so all I need now is a vile of Matt Groening's spit to seal the envelopes and my bill-paying process will be complete.
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jackvinyl
04/01/09

@GooberSaysHey: vile indeed.
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Kid Twist
04/01/09

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Wow, every day lately, this feature seems to include at least one picture of a shirtless actor.
Thank you, Richard.
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Richard Lawson
04/01/09

@Kid Twist: I do my best.
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Spirit Fingers
04/01/09

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Um, does this mean this Brie person is no longer Pete's wife? 'Cause if it does this could mean interesting things for the show, and by interesting I mean, Peggy and the illegitimate child she denies/dreams of/wants to trap Pete with/not really. Yay?!
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Lizawithazee
04/01/09

@Spirit Fingers: I hope not! That would be jumping the shark if they actually get together, especially after the Season Two finale.

But if Matthew Weiner is like David Milch, when Brie's pilot fails, he won't take her back on the show.
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The New No. 2
04/01/09

@Lizawithazee: I'm pretty sure Pete's wife was leaving him in the season finale when she went back to her parents' home.
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Lizawithazee
04/01/09

@The New No. 2: I had forgotten about that after Peggy's glorious and devastating Pete smackdown. So I am comforting myself that they will never get together even if Pete's wife is out of the picture.
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Mediokra
04/01/09

@Spirit Fingers: I don't think Pete's wife is good at acting. At all. She has projection-y theatre voice.
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bytememehard
04/01/09

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Wanda Sykes can do no wrong in my book. Especially since she outed her sweet sassy self. I want to live with her.
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