"Anna, I can't comfort you. I'm on hold."

[jazzfish]

The first episode and a half of Slings & Arrows S1 isn't quite as funny as I remember the rest of the show being. I think it's because there's not enough Geoffrey. (Or Nahum, but there's never enough Nahum.)

Also, watching S&A after having watched the entirety of Due South is... disconcerting. It's the hair. WHY IS FRASER'S HAIR MESSED UP?

"Furthermore, I believe the government has no place in our bedrooms, and, by extension, our graves." Oh, Geoffrey. That last scene with the morticians is nothing short of brilliant.

I never did rant about Damages, did I? We watched the entirety of season 1. I ought to have liked it: twisty turny intrigue plot, lots of great female characters, good actors. Instead it was filled with characters the writers had no respect for, padding out the plot with needless chicanery and manipulation, and then in the last episode popping up a whole mess of new plot complications and out-of-character behavior so they could have a second series. Left a fouler taste in my mouth than anything I've seen (or read, or consumed in any fashion) lately.

Onward to more revising.

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[pictsy.livejournal.com]

When I made one of my friends watch S&A with me, I remember thinking It gets better! It gets funnier!

[jazzfish]

And it totally does! The second half of the second episode is so much better than what's come before, and I expect the rest of it will continue to be that good. (Only got through two episodes last night.)