The TV thread

Dude, we all age.

Not looking for a tussle, just saying what happens.

 

No shit?
I guess it's because Lowell hasn't been in a ton of stuff since she left Law & Order, so we haven't seen her gradually age the way we see a lot of other actors and actresses do. Waterston, for example, just looks like an older version of the guy we saw when the show signed off 10 or 12 years ago or whenever it was (and not for the better, either; he seems to have lost a lot off of his acting fastball). He's popped up here and there since then as well. Lowell just reappeared 20 years older and it was jarring. Her face looked a lot different, too, like she'd had some work done that didn't quite go the right way. Of the three returning cast members in this episode she obviously had changed the most in terms of appearance.

 

No shit.

 

'Hymie the Robot' was a character on a network tv show? Wow.

 

'People were repulsed and fascinated': An oral history of 'The Shield'

Oral history of The Shield.

 

Loved that show. Vic Mackey is too good of a character for that show not to come back. But it ended perfectly, so I don’t want it to.

 

I don't think six seasons of "Grace and Frankie" did any favors to Waterston's acting chops.

 

Jeffrey Donovan is a pretty god awful actor to me. It's vaguely okay on a "blue skies" TV program like Burn Notice, but christ, he's doing more than chewing the scenery on the new L&O. Unless they're setting him up to get fired or shot, a la Greevey in the S2 premiere, he's a bad fit for the show.

 

Didn't realize it, but he is continuing an L&O tradition in one respect. He was in two episodes of the original series, in 1995 and 2007, thus joining the long list of actors on the show who have played multiple roles at one time or another.

 

The ultimate one-actor, one-show, two-role guy.

"But first ... a number!"

 

I'm re-watching Season 2 of Daredevil before all of the Marvel series are removed from Neflix Monday. Among all the shows, that was the best season, the one that introduced Jon Bernthal as The Punisher to an already strong cast. The series is known for its amazing fight scenes, and there are two of them in that season, but this scene shows what really made the series work, the depth of the characters.

Edit: The comments on that clip led me to this one, a funny story about filming the scene. I hadn't even noticed what looks like a tear sliding down the face of Charlie Cox through the mask, but it wasn't a tear after all.

 

We watched L&O and almost came off the couch when Lowell appeared. I found a couple of stories about her online and she looked far worse on TV than in those photos. It looked almost like the makeup and styling on L&O intentionlly made her look old and tired. Perhaps that was the point.

The wife of the dead rapist-star was on the show in 2010 and played the L&O role of an opera star - Cara - who became invalid, with an abusive sister and loving brother. I've seen that episide enough in reruns to have immediately recognized her. My wife said I have an L&O issue.

Waterston made good money for his limited appearance. I don't care for the new ADA and his assistant. And if this is an updated show why the hell is a white dude still the ADA? They didn't seem to diversify or update a whole lot.