TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[heyzeus]

Just started watching Weeds. I know, I'm like a decade late to the party. It's okay. I'm into Season 2 now though, and is the show ever going to reveal why this suburban widow decides to start selling weed?

another show i gave up on. i really enjoyed the first season. i think i stopped after season 2...

i think this is the basic reason for why she starts selling, unless something comes up in later seasons

Nancy starts to sell marijuana to maintain her upper middle-class lifestyle originally provided by her late husband's structural engineering salary.

Right, I guess so. But what I don't get is that they never even address why she doesn't just get a job, like everyone else whose spouse dies. Or fire her housekeeper/sell the gigantic house. Or why they didn't have life insurance.

Btw, it is now officially a tv cliche to throw in the shocking discovery that the new boyfriend/family member of the drug dealing protagonist is OMG A DEA/FBI AGENT! Weeds. Breaking Bad. I know there are others but I forgot.

[Schlich]

I thought it was pretty obvious she just did it for the thrill. Definitely wasn't about self-preservation.

[Vidor]

Interesting Deadspin article on how the town of Vinci on "True Detective" is a thinly disguised portrayal of the very real Vernon, CA.

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/lets-e ... 1715997419

[Freed Roger]

watched the first couple episodes of "Peaky Blinders" on Netflix. BBC gangster drama 1920s England. Seems like something I've seen before, but in a different setting. It's good - but it doesn't deserve the 8.8 rating it gets on IMDB.

Aside from the music (the White Stripes and that song from Dumb and Dumber for an early 20th century England, really?), I like this show a lot. It's worth a look for any Boardwalk Empire fans.

Now that you say it, the music is overused. Every gang fight, every time Tommy walks down the lane - cue the slow mo and Nick Cave.

Just finished season 1. I'd put it at a 7/10. Some good characters -Some weak characters -in that they seem too borrowed from other gang dramas/not unique. They are bastardizing the hell out of Fredo character with the older brother Arthur. At times the unhatching of the plot twists seems disjointed and/or too hastily developed. Still, the elements and setting for this keeps me engaged - IRA, Commies, the British Crown, etc.

From what I read, Tom Hardy gets a role in season 2.

[thrill]

From what I read, Tom Hardy gets a role in season 2.

It's very minimal.

[JL21]

Pretty crazy lesbian fractal scene in tonight's Hannibal.

[Jocephus]

Pretty crazy lesbian fractal scene in tonight's Hannibal.

boobs?

[JL21]

Sadly, 'tis an NBC show, so no.

[GeddyWrox]

Late to the party, but just finished binging Daredevil. GREAT show! Bummed I have to wait til next year for season 2!

[cardinalkarp]

Just started watching "Mr. Robot" on USA. Only made it through the 1st episode so far but it seems intriguing.