Favorite thing (10/26/14-11/1/14)

Two For Grace: Hey Noop. Anything tickle your fancy (or tickle anything else for that matter) on the television this week?

Noop Gingrich: Didn't see much tickling on TV this week, another disappointing seven days for borderline inappropriate physical contact. But I'll tell you what, it's a great time to be a slow motion aficionado.  (That's Spanish for "tornado of affection.") My favorite thing of this week is just that. There was a ton of great television the past few days but this week had copious amounts of slow-mo. 

Wentworth Miller: Only slightly less
absurd a name than Leonard Snart?

The Flash's fourth episode "Going Rogue" was easily the best yet and the only reason it's not the FTAW is because I'm connecting dots here!

For "Going Rogue," the hour was robust with slapstick humor ("wanna see how fast I can run backwards,"), launching subtle joke after subtle joke (The bit with Leonard Snart's name, "nobody goes through the tour twice," "really bad diarrhea."), there was splendid character development, a crossover, and more frames per second than Peter Jackson's butt hole! Slow Motion showed up right away in the initial heist, again in the first showdown with Captain Cold, and then tastefully one last time in the attack on the train. 

Quick shout out to Wentworth Miller as Captain Cold. He may barely have a forehead but man was he menacing, brutal, and made a lasting impact. I also like the goofy way they name the villains. The cherry on top was how Iris and her boyfriend are scolded at and made fun of the entire time. 

TFG Interjects Himself: Flash's rogue gallery is one of, if not the best. In the comics there is a very interesting comradery where these villains actually care for each other (as opposed to rogues in different titles who form only shaky alliances at best), with Captain Cold being a "mother hen" of sorts.

Noop: Then we had Agents of Shield. Another solid episode as their now compelling story rumbles on, but the moment that stood out was Adrienne Palicki's Mockingbird spin moving through the dust of a disintegrating Hydra agent to smack the crap out of another Hydra agent. 

There was also Broadchurch aka Tennant in America! A serious crime drama about a town falling apart. Serious but not enough for me to ignore the pointless slow motion they snuck into the episode this week. It was just a family kicking a soccer ball but damn was it slowed down. 

I may have cheated but I can't help but love overused slowmotion! Ok, Two For Grace, you're up. Where is your plus-one landing?

Rope Dart Knife: You might have better luck winning the
 lottery than not stabbing yourself with one of these.

TFG: Oh we haven't talked about Gracepoint yet (a.k.a. Broadchurch USA). The show that gets better as the characters get worse. Runners up for my favorite moment of the week are Walking Dead, which featured the "tainted meat" scene, one of my favorite moments in the comic and presented very nicely on television. SHIELD, continuing to be my favorite show of the season, didn't make my #1 this week, though it did include a knife-rope (also known as the "Rope Dart Knife", apparently). You know, a rope that has a knife at the end of it that no one in real life could actually use without instantly stabbing themselves. As ridiculous as it was, very fun to watch in action.

Noop: 100% agree with you on knife-ropes. They're the real life equivalent of lightsabers. Not only can they actually exist (a kindergartner with access to a kitchen could muster one up accidentally) but also that it will most definitely be landing in an eye socket.

TFG: My pick of the week, though, goes with this clip on the daily show in which Danny Trejo portrays (in traditional Danny Trejo fashion) the threat Latino immigrants present to our nation starting at the 4:20 mark in the following video:

The Daily Show
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Noop: That  Daily Show segment was fantastic. Madrigal might be the best correspondent they have at the moment. I'd also like to point out that there is a healthy load of slow motion in that hilarious clip as well. All in all, a truly spectacular week for television!

Favorite Thing of the Week (10.11.14 - 10.18.14)

Be Advised: The following may contain spoilers of all sorts. We are a diversified pair of watchers and we are up to date. 

Noop Gingrich: Hey ToothFurGrapes, what was your favorite thing you saw on tv this week?

Toothfur, I mean, Two For Grace: Well SHIELD hasn't lost any steam for me and Flash is already making its way up the ranks, but my favorite thing of the week has to go with the Walking Dead Season 5 premiere.

Noop: I did enjoy this week's Flash, their villain was quite well portrayed. I know you havent seen Fringe too much but that story was very Fringesque. On to your favorite thing! Walking Dead Premiere. Hold on a second while I go watch it... (2:39 PM)

Noop: Aaaand we're back! (4;00 PM) After having skipped virtually the entire fourth season, I'll agree with you that this was a solid episode. I did have a problem with how Rick, Daryl, and Glenn got lucky by that bat dude halting his swing two or three times just as he got to Glenn, (Quick shout out to blond Oswald Cobblepot there dying first) but aside from that, really good episode. Last I remember, Carol was separated and the baby was presumed dead. As far as I can tell, they done resolved that plot swiftly within two episodes. I was a bit lost with the whole Terminus thing and to be honest, it felt a lot like the Woodbury situation. My question to you, do you mind that there is no discernible end to this chaotic show, i know they mention a cure but come on, you really think that's gonna happen?  As good as the premiere is, are you not weary of the same old same old? It's like sports, all I need are the highlights and I'll be satisfied.

TFG: You know the formula for The Walking Dead seems to be great premiere, followed by a major slow down in pace, a shock in the mid-season, more drull, then a great finale to keep me from leaving. My hope for season 5 comes from being rid of the annoying characters. You know, Lori, Andrea, Dale, Hershel- all the characters that were great in the comics and unfortunately made everyone cringe when they had screen time (okay Hershel wasn't that bad). Even Carl took a seat so far in the background of this episode that I blissfully forgot he existed. Best of all Tyrese finally makes his debut as awesome. He was my favorite in the comic and I have been sad until now at his whiney paranoia in the show. But in regards to your "will it ever end" point- I think you're out of luck there. Robert Kirkman's whole idea behind the source material was "you know what I hate about zombie movies? They end. I want to tell a story that keeps going." Not a direct quote, but that's the jist of it. Of course the series will end eventually, but I'd be surprised if there's any true resolution to it.

Noop: Yeah, but how do you feel about that? Knowing that this is the type of show whose ending will piss people off regardless of what it is. 

TFG: That's the nature of the beast, right? Ever since Roseanne completely effed with my mind I realized I need to just enjoy the ride and not worry about the destination. I could see this show successfully ending the personal drama (of course Rick is going to somehow die saving everyone), with hints at humanities salvation in the future, well after the series actually ends. But how do I feel? I don't. Thanks Roseanne.

Noop: What would you say was the best kill this week. My vote goes to a dookie-faced Carol exploding a gas tank with a firework. That was the pyramid's tip. 

TFG: Smaller scale, but I'm going to repeat myself and say Tyrese is awesome. He took out a whole zombie horde like a champ. Sure it was off camera, but that was part of the glory of the sequence. Just being stuck outside and slowly the zombie pounding turning to silence. Beautifully done. Oh and then that tackle. He's the MVP of the episode for me.

Noop: That was pretty sweet. It has shades of River Tam's Reaver massacre. 

TFG: Time to watch Serenity again.

Noop: As River would say, "My turn." My favorite thing of the week was from Supernatural. I don't think you watch the show but it was from the second episode of their tenth season called "Reichenbach." Not the entire episode, which was good, but the part where Dean, who is now a demon, lets a guy live not because it was merciful but because it was a fate worse than death. I love me some proper evil. 

TFG: Dean's a demon? As in an evil hellspawn? Man, I have some catching up to do. Well I can at least watch the newest episode and try and figure out what's going on...

TFG: Okay, watched. The beginning was a bit confusing for someone who is still making their way through season 3, but I'll be damned if that fight at the end wasn't one of the greatest things I've seen on TV in a while. Well filmed and the music fit just right, unlike my prom date's dress (who am I kidding, I never went to prom). The stakes seem pretty high with demon Dean, huh?

Noop: Nice vampire pun? That is pretty funny how you just skipped 7 seasons. FAVORITE THING OF THE WEEK!