You may have noticed (who wouldn’t) that the frequency of my posts has dropped dramatically over the last couple of weeks, well the reason is two-fold. First of all, I’ve been moving house and my access to computers has been limited the last week, both at work and at home. That is all set to change any day now when I splurge on a macbook.. maybe. I’ll wait to see what Steve Jobs has to say on Thursday.
The other reason is that the US TV season is over, and i am taking a bit of a break from constant TV watching. At the moment there are only 3 shows on my schedule.
The last Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (S01E18) I watched was absolutely fantastic, and I won’t let anyone tell me otherwise. It is a real shame it couldn’t find an audience. Or the audience found it, compared it unfavourably to West Wing and changed channel. The scene where Tom Jetter finds out his brother is being held hostage in Iraq was quite moving. If you are in the UK and have avoided the download, it starts on E4 June 30th.
This weeks episode of Entourage (S03E20) was less of a finale and more of a new beginning for the boys. I’ve been bitching for weeks about the lack of actual movie-making in season 3, but it seems as if everything is finally coming together. Although i’m pretty sure Sloane is about to kick Eric to the curb. In a strange move for HBO, they are starting Season 4 the Sunday after next, so not long to find out if I am right.
As we head towards the final episode of The Sopranos, it is starting to dawn on me how big a loss this show will be to HBO, and my personal viewing habits. The show has become the drama I compare not just TV shows, but gangster movies to and hold up as an example that cinematic quality can be brought to the living room. What will happen to Tony Soprano? If it is anything like the death of Bobby Baccala in this weeks episode (S06E20), it will be ruthless. Watch it after the jump. Viewer discretion is something something…
Watched the Sopranos ep last night and when they whacked Bobby i started crying. proper crying, real tears, my girlfriend came in and asked if I was ok, and I could barely speak, then they go and hospitalise Silvio ‘The Lip’ Dante.
As you said it’s starting to dawn on me that there is only one hour left of this magnificent show, and that is depressing.
Also, followed my Sopranos tearathon off with episode 18 of Studio 60 and blubbed like a small girl at Tom’s reaction to the news about his brother.
I am an emotional wreck.
No you’re not a wreck, it’s great that there is TV out there that can do that! I never thought that Tom could make me feel any emotion other than “meh”, but great writing put me there. Fantastic.
Just a shame that the two shows that were able to do this are drawing to a close.
I thought that about Tom also, and the ‘brother in Iraq’ sub-plot felt shoehorned in earlier in the season, glad it is now paying emotional dividends.
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