OT: OT Thread Part III - BrianBoyle, please respond.

[HatTrick Swayze]

That awkward moment when a coworker saddles up in the urinal next to you, and "I Want It That Way" comes over the bathroom speakers.

How do you not start laughing in that situation.

 

[GoAwayGiannone]

****ing knew lawnmower man was involved. Called that from the beginning. The minute I saw the scars on him and they talked about the scars, it connected. Plus, he was a random speaking character that had no reason for existing unless he was involved later in the story.

Chekhov's gun, or something like that.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

That awkward moment when a coworker saddles up in the urinal next to you, and "I Want It That Way" comes over the bathroom speakers.

How do you not start laughing in that situation.

Music in the bathroom is actually a really good idea. It's not like you want to be hearing anything else in there...

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Chekhov's gun, or something like that.

Yep.

 

[aufheben]

Chekhov's gun, or something like that.

"Chekhov's gun is a dramatic principle requiring that every element in a narrative be necessary and irreplaceable, and that everything else be removed."

 

[highandwide]

are there any new shows coming up/debuting soon?

I feel like all I watch is Sunday night tv (The Walking Dead, True Detective, GIRLS, Looking) and hockey.

 

[Crease]

True detectives playing out exactly how I thought it would from episode two. Still waiting for the big twist to become apparent. Everything has been too linear thus far.

The last episode was great. Does lawnmower man have facial scars or was I seeing things?

No, he did. He's the spaghetti monster. Crease called it.

I don't expect a big twist in the final episode.

Errol (the lawnmower guy), according to the elder black woman Rust and Marty interviewed in episode 7, is the grandson of the Tuttle patriarch and is therefore either Reverend Billy Lee Tuttle's son or nephew. Errol's scars were given to him by his father. We also know now thanks to the interviews that Errol is related to a Childress (they're scattered throughout State PD) and associated with the Ledoux boys. Errol is also the worst of the men who abused the girl found in Ledoux's backwoods estate.

I don't buy for a second that Errol is the "Yellow King". In fact, I don't believe there is a Yellow King. I think the Yellow King is simply an icon that the cult revolves their beliefs around.

I also want to mention that Woody Harrelson's Marty Hart has been stealing scenes left and right since about halfway through the season. McConaughey is rightfully going to win a lot of awards for this performance but I've been loving what Woody is doing with his character. Seeing Marty sit there eating his crappy TV dinner saying how banal his life is now was probably the most devastating scene for me in the whole series

What's coming up in episode 8?

I think there is a strong possibility Cohle and Hart do not survive to the ending credits. And I think episode 7 did a nice job foreshadowing this possibility. Marty visits his ex-wife for the first time in two years just to "check-in". Maggie gets a weird sense from him. "Are you here to say goodbye?" She gets the same feeling we do -- that Marty and Rust are walking into some serious danger. And Rust says his "life's been a circle of violence and degradation, as long as I can remember. I'm ready to tie it off."

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Music in the bathroom is actually a really good idea. It's not like you want to be hearing anything else in there...

Haha I don't disagree about that! I think I would much prefer the elevator music route. I like to enjoy my BSB in private.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I love the fact that lawnmower man was cut off from telling police something interesting in both of his scenes so far.

 

[The Dark Passenger]

are there any new shows coming up/debuting soon?

I feel like all I watch is Sunday night tv (The Walking Dead, True Detective, GIRLS, Looking) and hockey.

Resurrection on ABC on 3/9. Might give that show a shot.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Modern Family is well worth a view if you want a sitcom to watch.

 

[Bluenote13]

'Broad City' on Comedy Central has been pretty good. Not for everyones taste though

 

[Fitzy]

I've started playing soccer again after like 8 months of lazy

Running feels more comfortable every day

Those first two weeks back, though. Getting back in shape feels like dying.

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

Crease, I still don't fully agree.

It's not just lawnmower man, and something drastic will happen, in my opinion.

While I'm slowly letting go of Marty as a suspect, I still firmly believe the key to this is him. Rust says time is an endless circle where everything happens over and over. Marty says the answer was right in front of him. He's lost contact with his daughter again. They made mention that she was an artist with a new boyfriend. She's still somehow connected I think. Her BF likely being a part to this.

Also, lawnmower man did not kill Tuttle. Whoever killed Tuttle is still out there and I think we find that to be a big twist. That's definitely a loose end, as is the daughter's involvement.

Finally, I do think there will be some death. Rust wants to end his life, Marty gets his repentance on screen where the viewer connects to him. Both of those are cinematic death sentences. I'll be interested to see what they have in store. I truly believe the climax and twist will shock us.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Those first two weeks back, though. Getting back in shape feels like dying.

Agreed. Today was my second day of Focus T25. 15 minutes in I was pretty sure I was dying. Although the first two are high intensity, Im not really sure how I feel about the program as a whole so far. Want to give it an entire week to go through every exercise before I make a judgement. Tomorrow is core day and I am very excited for that one.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Anyone watch The Walking Dead?

Religiously. Darryl and Beth are definitely going to do the dirty at some point. Im wondering how long before the group reunites in some fashion. Yesterdays episode, although somewhat powerful was the first episode I found a bit boring.

 

[Kakko]

Those first two weeks back, though. Getting back in shape feels like dying.

Oh yeah, it feels like dying.

But every day, I can run longer before I start dying

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Religiously. Darryl and Beth are definitely going to do the dirty at some point. Im wondering how long before the group reunites in some fashion. Yesterdays episode, although somewhat powerful was the first episode I found a bit boring.

I thought this too. lol

Can't wait for everyone to get back together. I liked the last episode but I felt like it was anti-climactic. They do that a lot.

Getting back to the nasty, I hope they don't. She is quite young and I know it's the end of the world and all but that is just weird. Plus, zombie Chris Hansen has better things to do.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Daryl and Beth

Big brother and little sister.

Hopefully.

 

[GoAwayGiannone]

I thought this too. lol

Can't wait for everyone to get back together. I liked the last episode but I felt like it was anti-climactic. They do that a lot.

Getting back to the nasty, I hope they don't. She is quite young and I know it's the end of the world and all but that is just weird. Plus, zombie Chris Hansen has better things to do.

Can you believe the actress for Beth is 30? She sure fooled me.

 

[aufheben]

Go for it Daryl.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Can you believe the actress for Beth is 30? She sure fooled me.

Whaaaaaaat? LOL Literally, what?

I thought she was maybe 18 playing a younger girl, but 30? ****, Ok, maybe they will do the nasty. That's still weird to me. lol I honestly think Daryl wouldn't do that though. He's got too much on his mind and doesn't seem to be that kind of guy, although my fiance disagrees with me.

If this scenario happened in real life Beth would have had 25 kids by now...

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Honestly I don't get the zombie love in movies/games/etc. That ****'s been beaten into the ground.

 

[GoAwayGiannone]

Whaaaaaaat? LOL Literally, what?

I thought she was maybe 18 playing a younger girl, but 30? ****, Ok, maybe they will do the nasty. That's still weird to me. lol I honestly think Daryl wouldn't do that though. He's got too much on his mind and doesn't seem to be that kind of guy, although my fiance disagrees with me.

If this scenario happened in real life Beth would have had 25 kids by now...

I just looked it up, she's actually 28. I swear I remember seeing 30. Still way older than 16 haha. I agree though, the episode was pretty boring. I'm so interested to find out what Joe Dirt knows about and how the whole virus started.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

I just looked it up, she's actually 28. I swear I remember seeing 30. Still way older than 16 haha. I agree though, the episode was pretty boring. I'm so interested to find out what Joe Dirt knows about and how the whole virus started.

I think there's something else going on with Danny McBride there. He seems sketchy, like he knows of something else in Washington and is using the cure as an excuse.

Let it be known, I haven't read the comics, so if I'm way off base, I apologize.

TWD does that sometimes. They seem to focus an entire episode on two people walking 10 feet down the road. I love the dialogue, action, sets, acting, and everything else. It's just a let down that you have to wait another week to see if they made it down the road.