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B.B. Rodriguez posted:How so? It's the same show since day one. I don't think you understand what that term means. Something something Simpsons, something something, Supernatural, something something Dark Side, something something complete.
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Solice Kirsk posted:On next week's episode Jake and Holt use Boyle's time machine to stop Rosa from blasting off in the broken rocket that's supposed to take her and Pimento to their International Space Station honeymoon. Gina and Sgt. Jeffords try to write a book. You appear to have this show and Castle mixed up
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I will remember this season as having the most convoluted plot contrivances to cover a pregnancy ever. I salute thee.
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Apr 25, 2016 02:55
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:How so? It's the same show since day one. I don't think you understand what that term means. Jumping the shark now pretty much means "I don't like watching this show anymore"
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Apr 25, 2016 15:55
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WhyteRyce posted:Jumping the shark now pretty much means "I don't like watching this show anymore" It's always been not the best term, because it encourages a mentality where you're waiting for the show you like to start sucking so you don't get fooled into still enjoying it. TV shows do have declines, obviously, but it's sort of silly when people rush to be the ones to declare "shark jumped".
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Apr 25, 2016 17:10
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Maxwell Lord posted:It's always been not the best term, because it encourages a mentality where you're waiting for the show you like to start sucking so you don't get fooled into still enjoying it. TV shows do have declines, obviously, but it's sort of silly when people rush to be the ones to declare "shark jumped".
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Apr 25, 2016 18:01
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WhyteRyce posted:Jumping the shark now pretty much means "I don't like watching this show anymore" I know and it just bugs the poo poo out of me when I see it, so I make it a point to call people out when they do it. Usually there is no answer as to 'when' it happened, the show usually just 'sucks now'. I would argue that this season hasn't been as good as season 2, but it's still an immensely better sitcom than anything else out there.
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Apr 25, 2016 20:11
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:I would argue that this season hasn't been as good as season 2, but it's still an immensely better sitcom than anything else out there. Just off the top of my head, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Broad City and Archer are all better. Not that there's anything wrong with Brooklyn Nine-Nine, it's just not the best.
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Apr 26, 2016 03:44
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Woah, Archer stopped sucking?
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CharlestheHammer posted:Woah, Archer stopped sucking? It's not terrible anymore, but it's not great like the first few seasons, and it's nowhere near as funny as B99.
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Apr 26, 2016 09:34
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There's a lot of really funny shows on TV, and B99 is one of them. I wouldn't say there's any single stand out right now.
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It's not a sitcom, but the tone and visual gags of Limitless bring me the most joy every week (that CBS airs the drat show).
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Comrade Fakename posted:I will remember this season as having the most convoluted plot contrivances to cover a pregnancy ever. I salute thee. Frasier hid Jane Leeves' pregnancy by having Daphne get fatter and fatter, while Niles (Niles and Daphne had recently started finally dating at this time in the show's run) was so in love he failed to notice. Finally, when Frasier confronted Niles about this, he realized it was true, and they both confronted Daphne, who then went to fat camp (until the actress came back from maternity leave). So...sorry, it can't beat that. No shame there, though. It's some stiff competition.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Sgt. Jeffords try to write a book. What, the kids book for his daughters doesn't count?
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thrawn527 posted:Frasier hid Jane Leeves' pregnancy by having Daphne get fatter and fatter, while Niles (Niles and Daphne had recently started finally dating at this time in the show's run) was so in love he failed to notice. Finally, when Frasier confronted Niles about this, he realized it was true, and they both confronted Daphne, who then went to fat camp (until the actress came back from maternity leave). I don't know why people had a problem with that plotline. It might have seemed odd at first but the episode Daphne Returns dug into the reasons behind it and the nature of their relationship in a way that I thought worked really well.
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Maxwell Lord posted:It's always been not the best term, because it encourages a mentality where you're waiting for the show you like to start sucking so you don't get fooled into still enjoying it. TV shows do have declines, obviously, but it's sort of silly when people rush to be the ones to declare "shark jumped". You're not a true member of the fandom unless you believe this, though.
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BreakAtmo posted:I don't know why people had a problem with that plotline. It might have seemed odd at first but the episode Daphne Returns dug into the reasons behind it and the nature of their relationship in a way that I thought worked really well. I'll be honest, I don't remember much about when she came back. Just that it felt really weird when they sent her away, in a, "You're pregnant? poo poo. Alright, we'll just make your character fat. Don't worry, she'll get better." kind of way.
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thrawn527 posted:So...sorry, it can't beat that. No shame there, though. It's some stiff competition. It's better than what they did on on New Girl, where they just completely wrote the main character out for several episodes while replacing her with a goddamn terrible storyline starring Megan Fox.
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Guy A. Person posted:It's better than what they did on on New Girl, where they just completely wrote the main character out for several episodes while replacing her with a goddamn terrible storyline starring Megan Fox. That storyline made me give up on New Girl. Haven't watched since. So that wins my "Worst Pregnancy Cover-Up" award.
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Phylodox posted:That storyline made me give up on New Girl. Haven't watched since. So that wins my "Worst Pregnancy Cover-Up" award. You're dumb because it was way better without that hipster MPDG bullshit shoehorned in.
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:You're dumb because it was way better without that hipster MPDG bullshit shoehorned in. You're entitled to your opinion, but within about fifteen seconds of Megan Fox appearing on the show it just veered straight into the most hackneyed, terrible sit-com cliches ever. New Girl was never, like, fantastic television, but that was just some straight up sub-Two and a Half Men level stuff going on right there.
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Phylodox posted:You're entitled to your opinion, but within about fifteen seconds of Megan Fox appearing on the show it just veered straight into the most hackneyed, terrible sit-com cliches ever. New Girl was never, like, fantastic television, but that was just some straight up sub-Two and a Half Men level stuff going on right there. Megan Fox is hot...
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thrawn527 posted:I'll be honest, I don't remember much about when she came back. Just that it felt really weird when they sent her away, in a, "You're pregnant? poo poo. Alright, we'll just make your character fat. Don't worry, she'll get better." kind of way. Long story short, the return episode has Niles and Daphne having a fight when she mentions how her spa therapist put the blame for her weight gain on the knowledge that Niles had held a torch for her for seven years and the pressure that put on her. Frasier and Niles have a long discussion complete with flashbacks of the major Niles&Daphne moments, with Frasier pointing out just how telling it is that Niles just didn't notice that Daphne had gained 60 pounds - he wasn't seeing her, he was just seeing the perfect goddess in the red dress. The episode is a turning point in their relationship, where Niles finally starts actually seeing Daphne for the wonderful-but-flawed human being she is instead of his fantasy woman.
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:Megan Fox is hot... Parachute account gets it ^
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The Megan Fox Arc was worth it for Winston & Nick tying themselves in knots deciding who is going to sleep with her.
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Finally caught up. So Figgis is Pemento, right?
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Shakugan posted:Finally caught up. That was my initial thought, but it really doesn't jive with the show. They could make that work, but they would have to really work at it.
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Shakugan posted:Finally caught up. Wait, what?
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Phylodox posted:That storyline made me give up on New Girl. Haven't watched since. So that wins my "Worst Pregnancy Cover-Up" award. Yeah same here, I still intend to catch up but man that sucked all the momentum out of the season. Falun Bong Refugee posted:Megan Fox is hot... Well good news because that is the entirety of the plotline for the 4 episode arc.
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Shakugan posted:Finally caught up. Had the same thought. I don't know how it would work, but something about the way the hidden voice phone call at the end came off made me think of Pemento.
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Guy A. Person posted:Yeah same here, I still intend to catch up but man that sucked all the momentum out of the season. Those episodes of new girl were much better than expected. so much so that when Z.D. returned it was actually kind of awkward. The show might actually be better off without her.
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TommyGun85 posted:Those episodes of new girl were much better than expected. so much so that when Z.D. returned it was actually kind of awkward. The show might actually be better off without her. I'll agree that ZD is one of the weaker aspects of her own show (depending on how much you like her very specific brand of humor) but at the same time the Megan Fox episodes revolved entirely around her being overwhelmingly, hypnotically sexy to everyone and that was the one joke. And while I'm not one of these goons who is going to lie and act like she's unattractive, it's also not like she's ridiculously more attractive than Cece or any of her model friends or whatever. It just got immediately old.
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Shakugan posted:Finally caught up. Figgis is Boyle.
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anotherone posted:Figgis is Boyle. No way, if that was the case he would threaten Jake and himself so they could be together in witness protection.
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Figgis is Chris Parnell.
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twistedmentat posted:Figgis is Chris Parnell. Glad I wasn't the only one thinking it. If only they hadn't used him as Jake's lawyer girlfriend's boss last season.
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X13Fen posted:Glad I wasn't the only one thinking it. Oh gently caress how could I forget that that was a complete slam dunk of an episode.
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