The people who got me into watching WEEDS all moved on from it a long time ago, too.

The people who got me into watching WEEDS all moved on from it a long time ago, too.

I like the idea of Jay Pharoah doing Obama but the material and take is pretty similar to what Armisen was doing.  Those pauses are not funny.  After seeing a few YOUTUBE vids of Pharoah's Obama, I was expecting him to bring some of the same *swagger*… but his version on SNL seemed almost to be an impression of…

I like the idea of Jay Pharoah doing Obama but the material and take is pretty similar to what Armisen was doing.  Those pauses are not funny.  After seeing a few YOUTUBE vids of Pharoah's Obama, I was expecting him to bring some of the same *swagger*… but his version on SNL seemed almost to be an impression of…

I will.  It's undeniable the man's got great vision.  He deserves a broader audience.

I will.  It's undeniable the man's got great vision.  He deserves a broader audience.

It's structurally episodic.  I think it's difficult to sustain a longform narrative with his style.  Doing it all on his own, trying to keep himself interested in it.  I remember loving his shorts and then being disappointed by this feature when I saw it years ago… but it's still an amazing feat with some incredible…

It's structurally episodic.  I think it's difficult to sustain a longform narrative with his style.  Doing it all on his own, trying to keep himself interested in it.  I remember loving his shorts and then being disappointed by this feature when I saw it years ago… but it's still an amazing feat with some incredible…

omg, i love SUNNY…

omg, i love SUNNY…

cub — i just used the term "shit the bed" to describe this before reading your comment.  WHO ARE YOU?
I loved the series up to a point but felt it floundered this season and sooo did not stick the landing with the finale.

cub — i just used the term "shit the bed" to describe this before reading your comment.  WHO ARE YOU?
I loved the series up to a point but felt it floundered this season and sooo did not stick the landing with the finale.

They really shit the bed, I'm afraid.  What did Michael actually do?  He was homeless and then it seemed it got into dealing drugs but then it was all left entirely vague.  And yet he seemed well-off and clean.

They really shit the bed, I'm afraid.  What did Michael actually do?  He was homeless and then it seemed it got into dealing drugs but then it was all left entirely vague.  And yet he seemed well-off and clean.

Yes, I was going to mention Sopranos but I didn't want to court Soprano-defender flames.  I hated those self-indulgent sequences and didn't buy them at all.  I feel like most dream sequences in film/tv have been conceptualized by people who've never had an actual dream.

Yes, I was going to mention Sopranos but I didn't want to court Soprano-defender flames.  I hated those self-indulgent sequences and didn't buy them at all.  I feel like most dream sequences in film/tv have been conceptualized by people who've never had an actual dream.

There's got to be a better way to do greenscreen.  The lighting was awful.  Were all the dock scenes this poorly lit?

There's got to be a better way to do greenscreen.  The lighting was awful.  Were all the dock scenes this poorly lit?

One of my screenwriting teachers at NYU used to advise, half-jokingly, that the way you show a female character has undergone a change is by giving her a new hairdo.  And thus in the Damages epilogue, we see Ellen with a warmer hairdo and Patty with a blonder, more severe one.  That's Patty's punishment!

One of my screenwriting teachers at NYU used to advise, half-jokingly, that the way you show a female character has undergone a change is by giving her a new hairdo.  And thus in the Damages epilogue, we see Ellen with a warmer hairdo and Patty with a blonder, more severe one.  That's Patty's punishment!