i'll give you that, storywise quite a few things went askew in S2, but it remained entertaining. dougie is not entertaining. it's like an embarrassing uncle at thanksgiving dinner who just doesn't stop telling the same old horrible joke.

don't get me wrong, i still think lynch has *it*, whatever that *it* is — ep8 what, simply put, majestic. a TV masterpiece. (and i can almost forgive lynch even that stutter technique to evoke certain emotions.) and when he's in the right mindset, he can tell a story like nobody's business.

never once during the original series did i feel like throwing my remote at the TV. or just turning it off. i remember that the original TP also played on a lot of tonal registers, but it also knew how to keep up the momentum, it very rarely idled — most probably because most of the characters were relatable in a way,…

it's funny as badalamenti is still credited as the composer. but it's true, lynch uses much less music this time around. which, generally, would be a good thing in my book (i don't like how some — well, most — directors use music to stir up emotions instead of relying on story, characters and performance), but yes,…

serious reply: of course i did. i loved it.

my problem is, the original TP had a certain rhythm. with this one, there's also a certain rhythm, but i can't help but feel that this could have been much better with fewer episodes and a tighter editing. if lynch had had to work with the originally planned 9 episodes, my feeling is that it would have been much…

b-? i'd really struggle to give it anything better than a d+. look, i get lynch's concept, but for something to be this tonally all over the place, and then so badly edited together, it's a bloody crime against the viewers. this, and basically all the episodes so far except for 1, 2 and 8, reinforce my feeling that…

lynch is seriously testing our patience, and he's doing it with an evil laughter. it fits. but… apart from the visaudial stuttering technique seen first in good coop's escape and subsequent appearance as dougie, and repeated here at the convenience store.

zathras from babylon 5 says hi and wants his character back. which shouldn't be a problem now that we know it's the master, really.

maybe the pop-cultural irony is amiss here.

also, i really dug it in the beginning. like, up to ep 4. so i pretty much doubt that trying again from the beginning would change my opinion regarding the recent few episodes.

the thing is, to my utmost surprise, it's not really good. and that's the issue.

and to clear up some points:

you, sir, are a gentleman.

ok. *picks up gauntlet*

may i be the one who calls on the emperor's new clothes?

OK, that's a valid point… Up until you start assessing survival options. Bobbi sort of had to think on her feet. If my timeframe is correct, in the span of one or two days the following has changed in Bobbi's life:

What step? Actually, she's been treated quite kindly by earthers up to that point, and it's just possible she's started questioning whether Earth and Mars should really be enemies, and if the image she had had in her head before about Earth and Earthers are wrong.

Bobbie was in character throughout. I don't get what your woes are about, Zack. Imagine your whole life is about being a marine, serving your home. Then something nigh-unexplainable happens, and your whole unit is killed in front of your eyes. Then they save you and tell you what you saw is impossible and something…

well that's just it. why do all american tv shows have to autotune any singing? i have a musically sensitive ear, so false notes do irritate me to an extent, but i have nothing but pure hatred for the autotune artifacts. let them have normal human voices, please!