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timp
Sep 19, 2007

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Watched the pilot tonight, loved it

Much like these ladies of the night are whores for money, I am a whore for HBO prestige period dramas

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timp
Sep 19, 2007

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Sorry if this was obviously stated, but what was the deal with the prostitutes and the sheets they were showing to the cops? How did it keep some of them out of the paddy wagon?

timp
Sep 19, 2007

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DariusLikewise posted:

Pretty sure Vincent is going to end up shooting porn in the back of the bar with Candy to cover the $1000/week rent demanded by the mafia

Yeah there's no loving way his mustache is getting out of this without starring in at least one porno

timp
Sep 19, 2007

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Your Gay Uncle posted:

In the second episode when all the prostitutes were getting put into the paddy wagon, what was going on? They could only be arrested once every 30 days or something?

Yes except once every 48 hours. No idea why it worked (works?) that way but yeah that's what it was.

timp
Sep 19, 2007

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Caufman posted:

He's a smart fellow, that Vincent. He can play a wise guy just as well as a wise guy can play him. Vincent's even got some tough muscle in his corner. Not a crime family, but he's definitely got teeth that need respecting.

On the other hand, Frankie is a dead man walking. If an irate creditor doesn't get to him first, the superclap will.

edit: I haven't seen the latest episode, so I'm behind on the current events.

Oh yeah, Frankie's days are numbered. No way his swagger and big mouth get him anything other than a tragic and completely avoidable death.

I just hope that we get some sort of fun twin switcheroo scene before his time comes. Maybe it'll even contribute to the cause of death

timp
Sep 19, 2007

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3Romeo posted:

For the sake of the story, I hope they don't get it - or if they do get it, it becomes a tangentially related subplot. HIV/AIDS/back-then GRID is an important topic, but it's been covered in a number of excellent movies and television series where the disease is the focus (like Dallas Buyers Club or And the Band Played On).

It's kind of like the part in the last episode where Frankie and Black Frankie are following the money: the entire time I felt like they were going to gently caress things up, but nothing bad happened, because something bad happening in that sort of sequence is what you expect. It's plot. If Simon did something like that I'd be disappointed. The real problems come after you can't do anything about them.

Yeah, totally! I kept expecting them to be wrong about the skimming they thought they saw in some way but nope, just simple observation and reporting. It may be boring to some, but to me it's kind of refreshing to just see simple plans carried out in a TV show. It's sort of like one of the things that makes Mike fun to watch in Better Call Saul. The intrigue comes not from some heroic action or quick reflex, but from watching them carry out their plans and appreciating the work that goes into a plan like that.

timp
Sep 19, 2007

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The TV IV > The Deuce: Another Day, Another Buncha Dicks!

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Henchman of Santa posted:

Sad we’ll never see Method Man in that wig again

Why wouldn't be? Reggie Love (Tariq Trotter) was the one who got gunned down, not Rodney (Method Man).

Or maybe you're saying that because of the reported time skip between seasons?

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