The TV thread

The last few episodes of "Sunny" have begun to push the envelope with me -- especially the leprechaun episode. It gets hard to enjoy characters when they show absolutely NO redeeming qualities.

 

That sums up my thoughts about Family Guy, which went from a family of screwed-up but well-intentioned people (except for Stewie) who loved each other at the end of the day to unrepentant, evil jerks. Early Peter and Meg, in particular, were relatable. Now you kinda wish they'd all die fast. At this point they'd be better off running 22 minutes of Conway Twitty every week.

 

I did not care for the first three episodes at all initially, though a second viewing seemed to help. Still, I'm not sure the PI angle helps them as much as it should, and it's basically turned Pam and Carol/Cheryl into walk-on roles. They don't have to be chained to a spy agency (I may be the only person on Earth who thinks the Archer Vice season held its own, but that might be a product of having watched the first five seasons in like 10 days, and thus not having the emotional attachment to good 'ol America-loving ISIS as much as someone who watched every episode when they were initially broadcast). But if things don't get better soon, I hope they have a plan to get them back in the good graces of the spy community (join/resurrect ODIN?)

 

I can't even tell you the last time I watched Family Guy. I haven't watched any of the recent stuff, and I think the last new episode I watched was the one where Stewie and Brian get locked in a vault at a bank for a weekend.

That show went downhill fast. And that's a damn shame, because the show was great early on.

 

Seinfeld's mom was in Moonlighting.

 

The Costanza-like fella and his reference to "How" ...

 

Agents of SHIELD season finale was weak, but at least they actually put the heavily-advertised death in the episode rather than fucking with their viewers. (I'm looking at you, Walking Dead.)

The show continues to be diverting, but uneven.

 

Technically, they said an agent was going to die. Lincoln said in the show he didn't want to be an agent. So technically...they lied!

 

Did they? Or did they simply say it would be somebody wearing an agent's jacket? I read in advance of the episode the victim would be wearing the jacket and would have Yo-Yo's necklace.

 

Almost every teaser preview said "an agent. Will. Die." (or something like that). I'll see if I can find one somewhere to confirm.

I'm joking a bit...but it would be a small cop-out if they did promote it this way and then kind cheat by using someone who technically wasn't an agent.

**EDIT: Nope, just "Find Out Who. Will. Die." used in all the lead up promos**

 

Also, if I wanted an old-fashioned Marvel No-Prize, I could point out that even though Lincoln had stated his intent to leave, he hadn't had the chance to make it official. Wasn't he still technically an agent at the time of his death?

 

I thought he was not an official agent ever. Just a part of Daisy's team of Inhumans. Coulson was still having him watched and he was a probie, if anything.