Vinyl...what's to come

If you didn't watch the series premiere of Vinyl last night you missed out.  Trust me when I say that the cost of HBO Now is more than worth it for this show alone...get on it!!  The music, the fashion, the drugs, the cast...it's a wonderful blend of reality & drama with some humor sprinkled on it & it's created by Mick Jagger & Martin Scorsese, you can't go wrong.  Here's what's to come this season...

Fall previews

Hey all, I'm so sad that fall TV is just around the corner...as much as I'm looking forward to some new shows I'm not looking forward to it getting cold.  Here's what the networks have in store for us in the coming season, enjoy!!!

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True Detective...True Confusion!!!

Thank you to Instagram @fuckjerry

Before I get going I need to preface this by saying that I started writing it before episode 5 & finished after episode 6.  So first of all let me just say that I was so excited when this season started because I could understand what everyone was saying but that still didn’t help in the confusion department.  I re-watched the first 2 episodes after they aired & it cleared up some of my initial confusion but now after 6 episodes I have new confusion & am not about to watch all of them again before the next one.  I’m guessing that I should have probably watched each episode twice from the get go but I digress…what the eff is going on & why are there so many stories crammed into such a short season?

1. Do we really need the story about Ray & custody issues?


2. Do we really need the story about Paul…like at all?  Yes his insanity which is brought on by his own terrors over actually being gay brings some excitement & yelling to every episode but aside from that he’s pointless right now.


3. Do we really need the story about Frank & his annoying wife trying to have a baby? Honestly, is there any point to him even being married on this show?

Now back to my zillion other questions first of which is…what day/month/year is it?  In last week’s episode time seems to have jumped 2 months but we didn’t really learn that until Ray was asked about testing clean & he said he’d only been drinking now for 60 days & that was like 2/3 of the way through the episode.  So for the first 40 minutes I figured a couple days has passed & nothing was making sense…not that anything was once I realized at least 60 days had passed but still, a time clue at the beginning would have been beneficial.  Like, we tune in & everyone has different jobs because of the crazy ass shoot out? Why? What transpired after that to land everyone either at a desk or off the force?  Was this mentioned in the episode? Probably but I was too busy trying to figure something else out I’m sure!

Next…and this goes back to my question about time but Ani & Paul I think were heading up north & she made some comment about the fact that their used to be a commune near there…well, 2 episodes prior the commune was up & running so even if it had closed within the last 60 days that’s pretty damn recent that someone would more likely say “just closed” than “used to be”.  Ani’s sister says she’s no longer in touch with the girls from the webcam business but doesn’t say how long it’s been since she left it.  Plus Paul’s “girlfriend” is now 4 months pregnant…and a few episodes before it ends we meet his mom…why?  I mean, is it just me or do you guys feel like new stories are starting while the only story that matters…who killed Casper (or Caspere, or Caspar…it’s spelled all 3 ways on IMDB) is flying all over the place?  Once this show is over I hope that every story ends up having a point & not that they were created purely to distract us.

So last we have this new investigation taking place because of some fishy info that was received by whomever the woman with the mole is…the DA? None of what she said made any sense to me but because of that woman we learned that Ray’s ex-wife’s rapist was found & arrested & that upset Ray because he thought he had killed the guy who did it when really, he was just cleaning up something for Frank.

Anyway…I’m so effing confused by everything that is going on & I feel like we’re being distracted by the truth with all of these erroneous storylines.  Does anyone else think that the answers have been right in our face all along but we aren’t seeing them because of the stupid adoption/custody stories?  We were just talking at work about who we think crow man is & there’s some interesting theories going around & here’s the top choices, what’s your pick?

Who is the "crow" man?

Frank

Frank's Wife (Jordan)

Rick Springfield (Dr. Pitlor)

Ani's Dad

Someone we haven't met yet

Someone we already forgot about

 

pollcode.com free polls

So another episode has passed & I’m even more confused now!  Ray went & met with the rapist of his ex-wife & I’m sorry but he didn’t appear to be a ginger either….the son is a fat 100% ginger kid & the only person on the show he could belong to would be Ray’s wife. 

Why did the show decide to tell us about Ani being raped as a kid now? The season is almost over & I don’t understand why they keep adding new stories!

True Detective trailer for tomorrow's episode

Check out this trailer for the upcoming penultimate episode of True Detective airing tomorrow on HBO at 9:00!

And check out this interview with Michelle Monaghan about episode 6 on HBO.com.

True Detective...teaser & poster!

In just a little over a month the new series from HBO, True Detective premieres & I can't wait.  This is the show starring Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson who play two Louisiana detectives whose lives keep colliding as they spend 17 years searching for a killer.  It all starts in 1995 when they are investigating a bizarre murder and continues on with the reopening of the case in 2012.  

HBO has brought us great shows like The Sopranos, Sex & the City and Big Love and I think this show might rank up there too & we only have 38 days until the premiere.  So check out the teaser below & tune in on 1/12/14 at 9:00 PM.

Getting On premieres tonight on HBO

The new series Getting On debuts tonight on HBO. In advance of the upcoming premiere, we have two funny new clips and key art for the series (attached) to share with you!

At the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of Mt. Palms Hospital in Long Beach, Cal., the staff attends to the needs of female patients who are often "getting on" in years, while dealing with the challenges of a health-care bureaucracy in need of an overhaul. Even as they attempt to serve their charges under less-than-ideal circumstances, the lives of this ragtag crew are complicated by conflicting agendas, both professional and personal.

Cast regulars include: Laurie Metcalf as Dr. Jenna James, who once hoped to become a medical-research star, but has instead been sentenced to purgatory at the facility; Alex Borstein as Nurse Dawn, whose personal shortcomings and obsession with finding a boyfriend undermine her need to excel in her job; Niecy Nash as Nurse DiDi, whose easy rapport with patients should be an example to her superiors, but isn't; and Mel Rodriguez as Patsy De La Serda, a reform-minded supervising nurse of ambiguous sexuality. Guest stars include Molly Shannon, Daniel Stern, Harry Dean Stanton, June Squibb and Irma P. Hall.

This new comedy series Getting On, based on the BBC series of the same name was created for American television by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer (co-creators of the acclaimed HBO series "Big Love"), the show follows the daily lives of overworked nurses and doctors as they struggle with the darkly comic realities of tending compassionately to their aging charges in a rundown, red-tape-filled hospital extended-care wing, blending outrageous humor with unexpected moments of tenderness.

Check out the trailer & clips below.

Ja'mie: Private School Girl premieres tomorrow

Tomorrow on HBO at 10:30 it's the premiere of Ja'mie: Private School Girl, from Australian sensation Chris Lilley.  The six-episode comedy series bring us to the final months of high school for Ja'mie who is back on the lush manicured lawns of Hillford Girls Grammar after enduring the trials of Summer Heights High public school.  But the "queen bee" isn't resting on her laurels, she has her sights set on winning the Hillford Medal which is given to the "Best Girl in Year 12".  She still has to deal with being the best-known & most-feared girl on campus while still juggling her academic & charity work, social like & her family relationships.

Check out the clips below & keep your eyes on @DVRSlave on Twitter for a bunch of gifs that I'll be releasing all day & tomorrow!!

REAL Sports with Bryant Gumbel is back tonight

Now in its 19th season, REAL Sports with Bryant Gumble, TV’s most honored sports journalism series and the only sports program recognized with a prestigious 2012 George Foster Peabody Award, presents more enterprising features and reporting when its 199th edition, available in HDTV, debuts tonight at 10:00 on HBO.

HBO Real Sports: Reggie Jackson
Bryant Gumbel goes one on one with Hall Of Famer Reggie Jackson in an engaging interview.

HBO Real Sports: eSports
Soledad O’Brien went behind the scenes with the League of Legends World Championships where the competition had the eSports world buzzing. 

HBO Real Sports: Chris Paul
An introspective look at the newly elected president of the NBA Players Association and the catalyst behind the Clippers remarkable turnaround. 

HBO Real Sports: Jaclyn Murphy
Correspondent Frank Deford reconnects with Jaclyn Murphy and her family to update her inspiring story. 

True Detective, coming soon to HBO

Courtesy of HBO, check out the info & trailer below for the new series starring Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson. TRUE DETECTIVE is written by Nic Pizzolatto and directed by Cary Fukunaga. It centers on two detectives, Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Harrelson), whose lives collide and entwine during a seventeen-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana. The investigation of a bizarre murder in 1995 is framed and interlaced with testimony from the detectives in 2012, when the case has been reopened.