Feel free to spoiler tag this.
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I wouldn't characterize the 'American Pie' conclusion of the episode as 'emotional,' certainly not compared to the 'Lullaby' part. But it was very heartfelt, appropriate and impressive.

You could feel the care that went into crafting the entire montage.
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I think this was probably the weakest season. It was still very good. Just not as good as the others. Ruby Hartley was great as Stiorra. I may have had a stroke, though, because I can't remember who the hell her mother is supposed to be. I don't remember Uhtred having a kid with a Dane.
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Uhtred married a Dane named Gisela and they lived at his estate in Cookham

Uhtred and Gisela form a close bond and eventually the two marry and have three children. She died in child birth.

I am, Lord. I am well, my family are well and there's peace, this is all I ask."
—Gisela to Alfred after he asks if she is content with life in Cookham.





https://the-last-kingdom.fandom.com/wiki/Gisela

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Ahh, thanks. Thought she was Saxon for some reason.
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I just finished Season 3 when I saw there was one a few days ago. I thought Season 1 could be hard to follow at times and a bit boring. I had to look up some history on things that were going on to have it makes some sense. However, Season 2 is much better than Season 1. I thought it was magnificent. Tonight, I just finished Season 3. Also better than Season 1. It was a bit darker but still very good. I'd have to vote Season 2 the best of the three, but they are both very close.

Don't think there's going to be another season from what I've read. If you've read the Rise and Fall of the Medici's there's not a whole lot after that period that would make great drama imo. They'd have to butcher it too much.

You should see all three, especially the second one, which is excellent and follows the history pretty faithfully, unlike Season 1.

It's a great series. I loved famous historical characters such as the artists, both daVinci, then Michelangelo as a teenager in Season 3. Then the women who posed for Botticelli's famous Birth of Venus painting and many of his other paintings, the cousin of Americus Vespucci in Season 2. Season 3 we see Machiavelli. Being an art school grad, who had to study that period it was right up my ally.

Birth of Venus by Botticelli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bi...t_-_edited.jpg
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I’ll check it out. Thanks. I might have to re-watch season 1. I can’t remember a damn thing about it at the moment.
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Now that everything is going to hiatus, and still being locked down, I circled back to try out Get Shorty the series. Only watched 5 episodes thus far, but it is more impressive than expected.

It's fairly trod ground in terms of concept, and loosely based on the movie. Basically, an enforcer for a small time mob interest gets ahold of a script that he reads and falls in love with. He takes it to a producer he heard about and tries to get away from mob life and turn his life legit by making a movie.

So you have criminals dealing with corporations dealing with creatives, and nobody knows the whole story that the viewer gets, and they all kind of slide by each other oblivious to different dangers alll around them.

What makes it shine though is the effective employment of deadpan surrealism. Lots of mundane and insane things happening on the same screen at the same time, kind of reminiscent of the dark humor of Pulp Fiction, particularly Jules and Vince's scenes.

I don't want to detail too much, because the best fun of the show is catching it as it happens, but it really does subtle humor well, at least thus far.

I'd heard plenty of good about it, and wanted to put in my voucher. Seems like it didn't get a lot of buzz, since it was an Amazon/Epic production instead of Hulu or Netflix or HBO.

The 'studio head' dealmaker chick is hot, and it took me forever to place her. Because I'd only seen her one other place. She's Megan Stevenson, who played AJ, the sidekick who gave Forrest his tasks and bounced the studio questions off him in Review.


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Big fan of "Get Shorty" better late to the show than not showing up at all.


Ray Romano is great in his role.


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Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Now that everytthing is going to hiatus, and still being locked down, I circled back to try out Get Shorty the series. Only watched 5 episodes thus far, but it is more impressive than expected.

It's fairly trod ground in terms of concept, and loosely based on the movie. Basically, an enforcer for a small time mob interest gets ahold of a script that he reads and falls in love with. He takes it to a producer he heard about and tries to get away from mob life and turn his life legit by making a movie.

So you have criminals dealing with corporations dealing with creatives, and nobody knows the whole story that the viewer gets, and they all kind of slide by each other oblivious to different dangers alll around them.

What makes it shine though is the effective employment of deadpan surrealism. Lots of mundane and insane things happening on the same screen at the same time, kind of reminiscent of the dark humor of Pulp Fiction, particularly Jules and Vince's scenes.

I don't want to detail too much, because the best fun of the show is catching it as it happens, but it really does subtle humor well, at least thus far.

I'd heard plenty of good about it, and wanted to put in my voucher. Seems like it didn't get a lot of buzz, since it was an Amazon/Epic production instead of Hulu or Netflix or HBO.

The 'studio head' dealmaker chick is hot, and it took me forever to place her. Because I'd only seen her one other place. She's Megan Stevenson, who played AJ, the sidekick who gave Forrest his tasks and bounced the studio questions off him in Review.

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Got to the season finale.

OF COURSE Brandon has a Juicero!!!!

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-shutting-down
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So far Trial By Media is great. 1 hour docs on famous trials. First was the Jenny Jones talk show murder, the second was the NYC subway vigilante. Both did well to showcase boths sides and have been super interesting.
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been watching the GoldBergs lately, that shit is funny. Anyone who grew up in the 80's would get a kick out of it i think. Alot of nostalgia.
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It's not a groundbreaking show, but it's a very competent, well-written sitcom.

You can't really binge it because the mother becomes a bit much [I mean her character is a bit much, but also the episodes get repetitive because it's reliably that she sticks her nose in somewhere, people get mad, and in the end they realize her heart's in the right place and love is what matters, . . . but still, a bit much all in a row].

Otherwise, the structure and characters are great. Lots to bounce bits and lines off of. And if you don't OD on the format storyline, the conclusions can get you a little misty-eyed every once in a while.

And the great thing at the very end is when the creator/writer shows a little clip rom his childhood home movies that inspired the previous episode, or where the characters interview the real life people who inspired him.
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Yeah, the mom can be a pain in the ass most of the time, once in a while she's decent, but the the shit the brothers get into, make me laugh my ass off. The big tasty and little yum yum episode make me laugh my ass off. The episode with trying to watch the scrambled porn channel hits close to home! lol
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Is the show Devs worth checking out?? The trailer made it seem pretty cool/mysterious (from the director of Ex Machina & Annihilation ) but I don't have HULU.
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