• blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof

    Hello @Katharine

    I agree entirely with you about Deadwood. I saw it as a brilliant rendition of the growth of civil society in the United States. It was (as I saw it) a Hobbesian world that was “nasty, brutish and short” that (over the course of three seasons) slowly lurched towards a civil society. I loved it!

    I agree entirely that it should…[Read more]

  • @Katharine

    Just to echo others, Two Cathedrals, the S2 finale is simply magnificent. But you do have to get there first.

    Other joys are:

    1) Writing out a character but never, ever mentioning it despite it making no sense at all;

    2) Emily Proctor’s utterly brilliant recurring turn as Ainsley Hayes (makes me sad she got the CSI Miami gig or we…[Read more]

  • Craig replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof

    @Katharine Just to join in on The West Wing conversation. I think that the last 6 episodes of Season 2 display perhaps the best dramatic storytelling ever shown on TV. Ever… Really… I think it’s that good.

    Of course, you have to watch Season One and Season Two to get there. But believe me, it’s worth it.

    It kinda lost it a bit afterwards but…[Read more]

  • @purofilion – there is a shake up at a critical moment that both broadens and deepens the Buffyverse.

    @Katharine – I fully endorse all that puro says about the West Wing. you can get the boxed set for less that £50 now. Totally worth it.

  • JimTheFish replied to the topic The Rose & Crown

    @pedant @purofilion and @ all — yes, indeed if we do a Buffy-fest great care must be taken not to spoil the later episodes for puro, or anyone else who hasn’t got that far. Though I suspect that once puro gets into the swing of the show she’ll want to race through all the seasons in quick order. That’s usually what happens.

    @Katharine — I know…[Read more]

  • @Katharine

    Apparently the official SMG fan site had a blanket ban on all shipping discussion (before Television Without Pity disappeared up its own fundament my user id was ShippingIsEvil, so obv this amuses me greatly). The old Usenet groups were often rendered unusable by moist 15 year-old girls of all ages and genders.

  • Mudlark replied to the topic Dark Water

    @Katharine

    as if she were passing him a code to remember, perhaps? – providing another reason for his refusal to say anything else on the phone to her from the Nethersphere.

    This possibility dawned on me earlier this morning, but you beat me to it.   The implications are deliciously timey-wimey 🙂

  • Whisht replied to the topic Listen

    oh @idiotsavon – and @katharine and basically @everyoneelse, personally I’m really grateful for your input (and others’) as its fascinating (and educating!).

    I don’t care if its an underlying theme from Moffat or not (ie Faust). I am really enjoying learning about Faust!

    I actually think I made a mistake last night with my crossword analogy to…[Read more]

  • idiotsavon replied to the topic Listen

    @Katharine
    Ha ha, I knew I was on thin ice the second I clicked on Wikipedia 🙂

    No Gretchen character in Marlowe then? And no question about Faustus’ ultimate damnation? … Hmmm. Don’t think I’ve got any way out of this. Seems I’m (quite unambiguously) wrong. (Sorry everyone!)

    Still. Onwards and upwards… Could still be a Faust theme going…[Read more]