Um, BALLERS, anyone???

Shows on this list that I didn't find terrible: HAPPYISH (it was surprisingly charming at times, heartfelt/feelgood in a different way, and often pretty funny), THE BRINK (I get that it could have been better, but some of it was not terrible) and THE COMEDIANS ( I actually found myself laughing out loud at some stuff,…

whoa, did David Fincher steal your girlfriend or something, dude?

right, except when your brother is such a bad addict/alcoholic that he steals from the company, puts you at severe liability, causes financial/personal/interpersonal disasters, risks others lives/livelihoods through his inability to stay sober, doesn't show up, makes others cover for him, and ultimately derails said…

you're right, I should have included that in my screed. I blame my generation (I'm almost 40) and our parents as much if not more than the actual younger ones. They were the ones who were taught, raised, educated, unpunished, and imprinted w/ all of the "everyone is a unique snowflake" bullshit and brought up to…

Helen's parents, yes, absolutely- the impression I got was they bought back in the 80s or even earlier, when Montauk was still kinda hippy-dippy and dirt cheap. People bought homes and property for 18k that are worth 23 million now. Max…seems more like a Hamptons guy, but he also has that laid-back surf thing going…

my aunt (dads sister) is one of those crazies who spends what appears to be the majority of her day posting about Muslim Obama who hates America and wants to murder the military men in Iraq. She is one of the dumbest and most ignorant people I've ever known- terrified to think I'm related by blood. She is also…

this week in the paper was an article about Oberlin College- Lena Dunhams alma matter, as well as a notoriously famous uber-liberal college (note: I'm a super bleeding heart liberal substance abuse counselor and writer)- and the outrage on campus over the use of "authentic" cultural foods. Like "Sesame Chicken",…

I think they did say it at some point, if they didn't I'd be surprised. Anyone native born- and even transplants with that entitled feeling after living here more than 5 yrs- call them that. I've been both- I grew up on Eastern LI but moved to the city when I started college, so I get both ends of the spectrum. I've…

i dont know, but I'm ok w/ Allison's death- sometimes in "real life" the payoff is not what we want, we get burned, there isn't time for a big meaningful talk- people die in accidents, suspects are killed before they reveal a plan or reason, Saul doesn't get his satisfaction of telling her how she'll rot in jail or…

The lobster Roll is an institution in that town, and has been for probably 30-40 years. EVERYONE goes there- locals, tourists, citiots, working-class people. Its got fresh seafood (the roll) and burgers and beers. Its located on the main road at the start/entrance to town. Its known by ANYONE who has ever set foot in…

in fairness, the main road in Montauk (Montauk Hway) is literally the only West/East road there. If you are anywhere in the town, you'd take that road to go east or west to other areas/roads. The actual Lobster Roll (its real) is on Montauk Hway, and if my memory of where they all are based on actual geography is…

Or getting Schillinger'd like on OZ.

Recall that in Noah's version of the night the song, the confrontations, the Scotty stuff- none of that happened. I got the most differences in this episode tonight between their two memories/perspectives of the episode, of any since the show began: I think Alison's version is convenient, sure, because it puts Scotty…

I live on the east end of LI, and in the off season, Montauk is virtually a ghost town. I used to go out in February every year for that reason- spend a few days walking the beach, eating at the (literally) 2 open restaurants ( a pub/bar that was in a scene, on Main Street (where Alison met Luisa and Cole) and the one…

maybe Luke hid her and did a mind-wipe type thing? Removed her from memory, to hide/safeguard her? (Like Wolfram and Hart did re: Connor on ANGEL?) or we were discussing, maybe Rey and Ben are twins/siblings, and Han/Leia didn't even know she survived? Was taken at birth and dad/mom were told she died, or was…

I loved that my 10 yr old daughter came out of this movie all bad-ass about Rey. "She was awesome!" and "She kicked Kylo Ren's butt" and all. It was nice to think she'd come away loving Star Wars, finally, after 7 or 9 years of trying; it was awesome to see that she did and also has a strong, tough, equal-footing…

my 10 year old daughter yelled "I know him! That's the Dad from Age of Adeline!" when Han had been on screen for about 5 minutes. The whole theater cracked up. I silently sighed thinking "how does my daughter not know him from Star Wars and Indiana Jones first?" (In fairness she did recognize that "the guy from Age of…

But I think one of the things that is important is the passing of time. Han has aged- and grown, and matured, and become a father/dad- and then lost that- and in his final moments, knowing his son will potentially kill him (or use this moment to salvage the humanity he has left and "come home" to Leia like Han…

I was thinking about this in the shower today while I got ready, 2 days after seeing it. Adam Driver as Kylo could have been such a misstep- if we don't buy into him, his performance, his passion/soul, the whole arc he goes on with his father- and the end- don't work, feel cheapened, destroy our childhood memories…