July 2015

7/23/2015

How To Get Away With Murder RECAP 1x02


We've gotten a lot of stuff about this show in the past few days. I decided to start recapping this show again because of that. Thanks, Pete.

We start off with what previously happened. Wes met his hot neighbor Rebecca, Annalise is cheating on her husband, Connor was the first student to get laid on the show, Michaela is jealous Connor got the trophy, everyone wants to murder Asher, we began the most boring ship ever between Frank and Laurel, Bonnie is perfect as always, Annalise's husband gets murdered in the future, Lila is dead, and Annalise hasn't lost a case yet.

So, yeah. Lotsa shit.



Michaela, Connor, and Laurel are in the woods. Michaela and Connor are fighting because they're not as cool and constructed as Laurel and they should be ashamed of themselves.

Michaela says she never agreed to this, and I mean.... Michaela has a point. She just wants to be perfect Michaela Pratt, the girl who went to law school and is now a famous lawyer. Murder isn't exactly going to make you famous for the right reasons.

Connor tells Michaela to stop acting like a little bitch baby, and I wonder how the hell anyone on Tumblr can ship this. Connor is kind of an ass. I mean, I love the character, but he's still an ass.

Wes comes back with the trophy that isn't from track and field.

Then, flashback to two and a half months earlier (that's.... weirdly specific but alright) and Annalise is in her kitchen. She's reading up on Lila Stangard. This show has taught me that in order to be a lawyer, you should probably read up on the crime in your area.


Sam (Annalise's husband who later gets murdered) comes by and asks if there's any new information. Foreshadowing, man. There's not any new evidence, and Sam says it's probably because Lila's body was in that water tank for so long.

Annalise gives him that, "Bitch I know something's up with you and I ain't afraid of killing another bitch to find out" look and honestly, Viola Davis is such a great actress.

We get a hint that Lila and Sam had something going on.

Then, we get back to class at Middleton. Annalise says that she gets asked often if her clients are guilty or not, and she says she doesn't care if they are or not. Then, she says it's not because she's heartless- although that's up for debate- but because everyone lies.

Then she calls out our Secret Fave Asher Millstone.

She asks if he really is who he says he is, and he says that he can assure her that he would never hurt a fly. Which is true. He's a bit of a douchebag, but he's probably not the one who murdered her husband.

Connor rolls his eyes. I laugh. It's all good.

Annalise continues to interrogate him, because Annalise is good at it.

She says that nobody knows who anyone is, which is deep shit, man.

We move on to the case of the episode. Some rich woman who got stabbed in her master bedroom 16 times. Wes and Laurel aren't impressed. I'm not impressed. The alleged killer is her husband. His name is Max.

Apparently the couple met in Paris. He fell in love with her when she translated French for him. Woo. Can you tell I kind of hate this case?

The guy is kind of a creep. Keating 5 looks for clues, and the guy asks for a volunteer. He asks for the ladies, and both Laurel and Michaela are like, "Oh hell fucking no!" I agree. I agree, Laurel and Michaela.

Connor takes one for the team and volunteers. The guy goes over the forensic report while getting on top of poor Connor. All the other students look concerned as fuck.

Fucking TV drama law school.

The man starts pretending to stab Connor with Laurel's pen. Connor probably wants to get back to IT guy and not come back to this mess. I feel you.

We go back to Keating's place, and Frank is handing out things to help prove Max is innocent. Sure, he might be innocent, but he's still a crazy. Bonnie suggests something to Annalise about the case. She suggests to send the puppy to go get the 3rd officer from the crime scene.

Annalise thinks it's a smart move.

Go Bonnie! Forever and always!

The puppy is Wes. 

Connor suggests that Wes didn't actually earn his spot here. Laurel says to knock it off and stop calling him Waitlist. Asher suggests that Annalise is actually his secret mother and she just gave him up for adoption. Michaela responds and says sarcastically, "Because all black people are related."

Asher tried to defend himself, and Connor repeats what his original statement was. Bonnie comes by and asks why any of them are even here. Again, go Bonnie, call out the bullshit!

Laurel gives her a hopeless look.

Back in Annalise's office, she interrogates Wes. She says that Frank says that Wes is having second thoughts about the job, and she usually agrees with what Frank says. Hopefully not about banging law students, but I digress I suppose. Another day, another blog post.

Wes says he's happy to be here. That doesn't mean much from someone from Ohio. We could be one inch off the Ohio border and think it was fucking fantastic compared to The State of Corn. 

Annalise hands him more responsibility. Which is a good thing. Wes needs to feel important because he is important. After forcing him to do that, she tells him to get out. She can't let anyone know he's her secret fave. Although, everyone already knows.

She just has to pretend it's not true.

Also, I kind of forgot Connor has the trophy from the last episode. Keep that in mind.

Wes has to go get the supplement for the arrest report without naming names. Got it.

The woman helping Wes just assumes he's working for someone else. Amazing.

We get to look at the scratches on Wes's wall again. At this point, I still think that Rebecca's crazy rabbit X tiger sex theory is still the best theory. There's a knock on his door. It's 3:46 A.M. and Wes was studying. What the hell?

It's Rebecca. She needs to use his shower. Somehow, this reminds me of some fanfiction. We learn a bit about the guy who lived there before Wes did; his name is Rudy. Or was. We don't know if he's dead or alive yet.

Rebecca takes off her towel and catches Wes looking at her naked. That's probably the first girl he's seen naked. I can tell by his awkwardness.

 We know these two are going to sleep together.

We get a flashforward to the woods. Wes tells everyone to shut up. We go back to the coin situation. Everyone thinks it's dumb, but Wes tells them that nobody else has a better idea.

Heads, they get the body. Tails, they leave it where it is.

Everyone agrees and stares at the coin being flipped. Wes catches it.

It's tails. Wes says it's heads. I mean, who leaves a body? Didn't we learn anything from Misfits? 

Breaking news on the Lila Stangard murder from the television, though! Police released information that declared this a homicide.

Asher tells everyone that the best part of the fact Lila was in the water tank is that corpses shit themselves. So all the sorority girls were drinking poop water. Thanks, Asher. Really.

Wes gets told to shh. He remembers Lila's boyfriend from Rebecca's apartment.

Annalise asks Wes if he did what he was told, and he hands her the papers. She's proud of her little puppy from Ohio. That sounds a lot creepier and a lot weirder than it was meant to be. I'm sorry.



Wes was studying the files last night when his hot neighbor needed to use his shower. He found a discrepancy. Which helps the case. Go, Wes!

Michaela starts spouting off stuff and Connor interrupts her. He says he can figure out how to discredit the witness. It's time. 
OUR FAVE. 

He's hacking into stuff. Go, IT guy, you go! 

Connor plans a date with him. They're going to dinner. Then, there's a 'reward' they're talking about. I know not a lot of little tykes follow my blog, but I'm not going to risk it right now. Maybe later in the post.

The witness is a woman that was best friends with the deceased wife. She claims Deceased Wife wanted to divorce Max. All I can think about is Max from Life is Strange. I know I'm publishing this on Thursday, but it's Sunday while I'm typing this up. I just want Chloe and Max.

IT guy found a post she wrote at the anniversary two months back about how in love they are. Oh, shit. 

Michaela whispers to Connor and asks how he finds this crap. Spoiler: by sex. Totally by sex.

They need a neighbor who saw Max walking outside when the murder occurred. Annalise tells Frank to take who he needs. He picks Prom Queen (Michaela) and Doucheface (Asher) but doesn't take Laurel.

Poor Laurel. She's been seriously ignored so far. Everyone has been interrupting her.

Doucheface is digging in the trash while Michaela whines. Frank just knows that this is his job. He just bangs the law students on the side for fun.

Frank tells Michaela to suck it up. Agreed. Asher finds a receipt from a strip club. Frank already knows all about that strip club. I could believe it.

So we go back to the courtroom. The neighbor who went to go see some women dancing and stripping (it's 3:10 A.M. shut up) says it's very possible that he saw Max walking that night.

The prosecution has rested. Laurel volunteers to write up the prep questions for Max's daughter.

Annalise already acknowledges that Frank is interested in Laurel in some way. Yawn. Can we please go to Hot Neighbor Rebecca or Nerdy IT Guy? I liked those pairings more.

Michaela laughs at Laurel, which is funny because other than in the courtroom, she's a whining mess. Frank, however, tries to pretend he doesn't know shit. I'm calling bullshit- he knows where he puts his dick and he don't care what we have to say about it.

We see Annalise's boyfriend arrive. He looks uncomfortable. Annalise says she'll meet Bonnie back at the house.
Bonnie knows what's going on.

Boyfriend tells her to be careful embarrassing cops on stand. Annalise starts getting all mushy and asks why he hasn't been returning her calls. He's not having it. He says that he blackmailed her, and he's done with her crazy.

He threatens her and tells her that he'll tell Sam about the oral sex on the desk. Also, all the other things that we haven't seen yet. I wonder if he did Connor-type stuff to her. Actually, I'm not wondering. I'm horrified.

my face rn

Flashforward. Wes at the convenience store. He's buying lighter fluid. He buys a prepaid phone and is calling someone. Probably the corn from Ohio. He tells the corn he's taking care of it and that he'll protect them.

Back to the present. Sam is in the shower. Annalise grabs his phone and starts to look through it. We have some friendly messages between Lila and Sam on his phone. Nothing too extreme like a dick pic or anything, but enough to let sharp ol' Annalise to think something went on.

Why doesn't this sorry ass fucker have a lock on his phone? 

Annalise tries to hide the fact she was looking through his phone, but Sam is a physiology professor, right? He suspects shit immediately. 

Annalise puts the phone down.

Back to Wes. He's going home with his bike, thinking about the corn fields he misses. Rebecca is off to work, and Wes is coming home from work. He calls them two ships in the night. Then he brings up Griffin. He asks if Lila was her friend, and Rebecca says she wasn't. Then she asks if he's a cop. 

Can we just admire how good Rebecca looks in this episode though? Seriously.

Of course, this doesn't go well.

Back at Keating's. Laurel has the prep questions. She hands them to Bonnie.

Laurel starts talking about why all of the Keating Five are here. Connor and Michaela are both top of the class (obviously) and Asher's dad got him in here. Meanwhile, Wes gets along great with Annalise, and Laurel suggests that the reason why she's in Keating Five (sounds like a fucking superhero name honestly) is because Frank picked her and not Annalise herself. Bonnie says the most beautiful thing ever.
"I look nice, I know, but that's just my face."
Bonnie tells her off. She tells her to stop wasting her time on Frank and use her time getting Annalise to actually learn her name. It's harsh, but what can you expect from Paris Geller? Honestly. Then Bonnie tells her that she's done speaking with her.

So we're back in class. Jesus fuck, this is like a roller coaster of drama. Like high school.

Annalise starts to talk about character witnesses. She says it all comes down to pretrial prep.

Back to creepy Max guy. We're introduced to his daughter Eloise (however the fuck you spell that) who dropped everything to come here. She's getting a master's in poetry, so there's not much to drop. Her words, not mine.


  Of course, since Max has earned his spot as Creepiest Motherfucker, he has to be even more creepy and suggest that Wes and his daughter should make beautiful babies. While they would make beautiful babies, Rebecca and Wes would make even more beautiful children. Plus, Rebecca seems to have family issues, which is a lot better than creepy father Max.

At least he didn't suggest Connor.

Interrogated by Bonnie, Eloise says that if her father killed his wife, she'd insist he'd get the death penalty.

It transfers well to court.

We learn Eloise's bio mom died in a car crash. But, two seconds later, we learn that someone here is full of shit. Max and Stabby Wife had an affair. Max killed Eloise's biological mother with a hunting knife.

Of course, Annalise gives him that you-stupid-fucking-idiot-I-fucking-hate-my-job-so-much-I-am-about-to-get-away-with-murder-on-your-ass look.

Eloise is hurt.

Bonnie reads off crazy shit from the files. Basically, he was found not guilty from killing Eloise's bio mom in Switzerland. He ran away with his daughter and Stabby Wife and created an entire new identity. Only in TV law dramas. Really.

Annalise sarcastically says it's charming.

Eloise flips out and says that she hopes that the jury decides to kill him. Asher whispers and says he agrees.

Annalise says that if Max lies to her again, he no longer has an attorney. She makes Frank find out who slipped in that whole 'Killed my first wife' stuff because they could be a possible suspect. She tells the rest of them to prove she wasn't wrong for hiring them.

Connor is back at her place on the phone. IT guy is mad he skipped their date. Michaela smugly asks him if he's having boyfriend drama. He says something that we need to keep in mind through these recaps.
"I don't do boyfriends" -Connor Walsh, How to get Away with Murder Season One, Episode Two
 Of course, Oblivious Asher just goes, "Wait, you're gay?" I know many Oblivious Ashers in the real world.

Also, IT Guy=Oliver.

There's an awkward conversation between Bonnie and Sam. Sam asks where his wife is, and Bonnie tells him where she is. Also, she says sorry about the fact his student y'know, got murdered. He says thanks and she gives him a hopeful smile. Don't do it Bonnie. Don't do it.

 Annalise hands Bonnie a paper for the motion to surpress.

Sam asks how court went, and Annalise drinks and tells him her client is a liar and she doesn't think she can win this one. Annalise, this is a court/murder drama! You'll help Max get away with murder! You'll win!

Annalise then asks if he was screwing Lila. The students, of course, are all interested in this. Paris/Bonnie has to be the kindergarten teacher in the situation and tell them to get back to work. She probably double majored.

Annalise goes all crazy, and we learn that Sam has cheated on her before. Sam totally lies to her and says nothing was going on between him and Lila. Annalise says she's sorry, it's just the fact that the case is making her this way.

Then, they kiss and I look away because I am literally grossed out by them.

Frank comes in. I never thought I would be happy to see his face.

He says that there's something Annalise needs to see. Probably her husband cheating on her with her clients. Wouldn't that be some shit?

Sorry, I'm hanging out with someone too much. 

They're back at the crime scene. Not the woods. But Stabby Wife's murder. Y'know, the place where Connor was stabbed with that pen?

People suggest all sorts of stupid shit, and Annalise isn't impressed. Laurel says something intelligent.

She suggests that he's a hunter, so he knows how to kill. Meaning he knew how to slaughter. So the murder of his first wife could be him, since there was only one gash in her neck. However, the Stabby Wife was stabbed 16 times. A hunter wouldn't need to stab that many times.

Back in the courtroom. Bonnie is being used as a demonstration for the courtroom. He pretends to slaughter her so everyone knows that it couldn't be him who killed Stabby Wife.


Everyone is uncomfortable with seeing him pretend to slaughter Paris Geller. Annalise asked if the way he just demonstrated was how he killed his first wife. He says yes without hesitating.

The next witness says that the two murders could not have been done by the same two people. The first one was done by someone with a knowledge of anatomy. The second one was sloppy and whoever did it should be ashamed of themselves.

Wes looks at Eloise suspiciously, and it's not because he's wondering what their babies would look like. Yes, it's that kind of crazy now.

Defense rests. Wes gives out his theory. Annalise pretends not to know and says his theory is interesting.

Remember that time I was excited for Frank to be on screen? That stuff he had is important. Eloise dug up the story on how her mom died apparently. So Frank found the IP address of the computer that the information slipped from to the DA and it traces back to Eloise's.

Holy shit.

Back to the courtroom. They're leaving, and Annalise turns around. She tells Laurel to speak up more, because she likes her ideas. I like her ideas, too, so I totally agree. Also, she says to watch out for Miss. Castillo and Mr. Gibbins, because the quiet ones are usually the most dangerous.

Level up!

Michaela isn't caught up to speed, so she wants to know why she got down-ranked on Annalise's faves. She was at least a three, but now she's #4. She's near Asher.

Frank tells Bonnie he told her that he had good taste. Bonnie says that they're not having this conversation. Frank suggests that they should worry about Bonnie making a move on someone more than him banging the law students, 

Back in the courtroom. Max is found innocent. This gathers a lot of press for obvious reasons. 

Michaela says that she doesn't like this part. Which is okay because she doesn't like any part of anything other than being better than other people. I get it, you're perfect. It's fine.

Max and Annalise are talking. Annalise tells him that he could have just pinned it on his daughter and have been over with this a lot more quickly. Max says he'll find a way to punish his daughter for this. 

Max says something creepy and walks away to join his daughter. 

We're back at our fave's apartment. Oliver!
Oliver isn't buying Connor's shit and says he doesn't care what his boss needs. Connor says he's here for dinner and holds up takeout. Oliver says that he's not going to get down on his knees like some sad twink, and Connor informs him he's too old to be a twink. This doesn't go well for Connor, and he gets the door slammed in his face. 


Of course, that door comes back open. But only if Oliver gets to top. Don't ask me what a top is in the comments section, please. 

Then, sex scene. Kind of. Not as graphic as last episode's. It's more implied than anything. 

Annalise goes back home to her sorry ass husband. 

Sam wants to celebrate her win. He goes down to the cellar to go get a bottle, and tells Annalise not to move. Annalise sees the phone and moves to go look through it again. 

Sam has deleted all of the messages, which makes it look even more suspicious. Yeah, he put his dick in that girl. Annalise and I both know it. 

Annalise is angry and starts looking through the trash files on his e-mail. 

Sam walks in with the bottle, and Annalise says that she has to go meet a client from jail. We know that's bullshit but what television couple hasn't lied to each other? 

Instead, we get Annalise's detective boyfriend and her chatting. Annalise wants to talk about the Lila case, but Nate tells her that he's not on that case. 

She starts freaking out about Lila and Sam. 

Annalise goes back home to her husband and makes up another lie that her client got off on a misdemeanor. Sam asks her if she's sure their relationship is okay. This is television, of course it's not. But, since this is also television, she's going to lie and say no.

They get sexual and I can't watch. 

We go back and forth between Nate's and Sam's scenes.

"We're all capable of terrible things."
 Annalise demands that Nate figures out where San was the night Lila was murdered. Nate agrees, because he just loves screwing her so much or something. I don't really understand them, but it's better than Sam.

Then, Rebecca gets arrested. So much for Wes X Rebecca babies this episode, amirite?

Wes tells her not to say anything to them. He goes into his apartment and watches the news on his laptop. Apparently Rebecca has a previous criminal record. Way to go, Wes!

All Wes can remember is her taking a shower. He remembers that she put something somewhere. He goes into the bathroom and finds a cellphone. Finally, someone knows how to lock their fucking phone around here.

Flashforward.

Wes rides his bike to some shady motel. We figure out that Rebecca actually has something to do with the murder of Sam now. Also, we get a cute scene of Rebecca without makeup and her hair all curly, while Wes is still the adorable puppy he always is. Other than, y'know, murder.

Wes promises not to leave her. God damn, they're like vampires. Is this what murder does to people?

It's over. Thanks for reading!

7/14/2015

People


Hey Blogger!

So I need more television shows to watch. I've gotten to the stage where I'm rewatching shows. That's a bad sign. If you have any suggestions, comment down below.

I just want to let you know that I'm alright, and I hope you're alright, too.

I mean, I may be a bit emotional because we're getting a lot of HTGAWM stuff and Margot Robbie is all over my Tumblr dashboard, but really, I'm okay. Except for [insert name here] dying in Misfits UK. That was not okay. Also, Mickey Milkovich from Shameless US. That's not okay. Also, Dana Fairbanks in The L Word. Fuck that.

Just... Anyways.

Today I'm going to talk a little bit about people.

Think about the most three-dimensional character you've grown to know and love on television. It's probably Mickey from Shameless, but really, it doesn't matter who it is. All that matters is that you have someone in mind.

People are three-dimensional. We have a lot of shit we hide from others and suppress until a late night of confession time reveals it. I mean, I suppress things by watching television shows and posting about it on a blog on Mondays. You? You probably hide it by keeping tabs on the people who have done you wrong.

But you have things that make you laugh. You have things that make you angry. You have things that make you cry. You're allowed to feel all those things.

You're a person. You deserve as much respect as you give to others. You deserve to live a full and happy life. You deserve proper treatment no matter what your socioeconomic status is.

See, I don't like a lot of people. I think people say dumb things that they don't properly think about, especially online. I'm not afraid to admit that I disagree with a lot of people especially the ones who are making fun of others based on appearance will you just shut the fuck up you piece of shit  but I understand there's a lot of factors that made that person the way they are today.

Most of the things that made people the way they are today isn't stuff that they're going to tell you right off the bat.

It's like television. You have to reach the third season to get the dramatic backstory. Like Norma from OITNB. Sometimes, you may not even get the dramatic backstory with certain shows or people. 

So, sometimes, you just have to watch for signs. Other times, you just have to be nice. Sometimes, you don't even get any of that. People are so different and diverse that I really can't simplify them down to this post.

So, just be as respectful to others as they are to you. People all react differently to stuff. 

You can only control you. 

Don't be that person that adds to the dramatic backstory. Unless you're the person pulling them out of the dramatic backstory into an MS Paint rainbow-filled scene.

Just think about what you wouldn't want someone to say to you when you're sad, happy, angry.... I think you'll get far.




7/07/2015

Shameless Opinions


Y'know, I should have seen it coming. I was going to get sucked into this show. Everyone on Tumblr was raving about this show since before I could remember. When I found out the plot, I knew exactly how much I was going to love this show.

See, I like shows revolving around a family. It's a not-so-guilty pleasure of mine. I've gotten a little bit more picky, however- I really can't watch The Fosters anymore after all the stuff about Brandon and Callie and I really don't think that a lot of the other family dramas out there are entertaining enough to watch.

So when I found out that Shameless was about a family in Chicago with an alcoholic father, a motherly sister, a smart but lazy son, a gay son, a little sister too eager to grow up, a delinquent son, and the little baby son, I was instantly going to watch it. I knew about some of the characters not in the family, such as the Milkovichs and Jimmy/Steve/Jack (seriously) and I was going to watch for them, too, of course! I already knew about one of the most popular pairings of the show, and I was excited for that. Let's just say, I was so eager to start this.

I think the character I fell in love with first was Fiona Gallagher, the sister that dedicated her life to her siblings. She's played by the lovely Emmy Rossum and man, she's a fucking amazing actress.

I also liked Ian Gallagher, the military-obsessed gay son. I kind of figured I would like him.

It took me a bit to warm up to Carl, which is funny because he's probably that character that I liked the best (in the family) after the last season. He's absolutely hilarious and I don't know why it took me so long to realize it. Now that I'm reblogging stuff over on Tumblr, I realize I missed out on something amazing while watching.

Debbie and Liam didn't really do much of anything to make me think any way about them in the first season. Now, I hate Debbie with a burning passion these days, and Liam still doesn't have much of a story to work from.

Fiona had my heart the second that she was talking to her family. You know, the family she's given up everything to raise. She gave up so much for these kids when her father and mother couldn't, and I just love her so much for it. Sure, she has fun and dates around, but she's young and we all need some fun in our lives when we're young, right?

Her best friend, Veronica Fisher, is another character I kind of instantly liked. She's hilarious and sexual and she has one of the best relationships on the show. I can't say I like a lot of the relationships on the show, but I can say I really like Kevin and Veronica together. Also, this scene is hilarious and I will fight anyone who doesn't agree.


Lip Gallagher, the second oldest kid, had some scenes that made me roll my eyes (getting that one hot girl from school to suck your gay brother's dick, anyone?) but I can agree that he's not the worse out of the Gallagher clan. He's had some hilarious moments, but nothing beats the, "Circle doesn't start with s?" Nothing.

Ian Gallagher was one of my faves for a long time. After a point, though, my love died down. I much prefer Mickey nowadays, but I'll talk about him later. 

I liked Debbie in season 2-3, but after that, no. We get it, teenagers are annoying and want to grow up. However, why didn't someone tell her ass off for trying to get pregnant? No, the Fiona conversation doesn't count. She's fucking fourteen living in poverty. She's also fucking stupid, because no amount of hormones in the body makes you think that having a kid whilest living in poverty is okay. This isn't The Pregnancy Pact. Plus, there's like, how many babies in the show already?

Carl, again, love him to pieces now. He's so sweet and actually understands consent (unlike some of the characters)  and takes in homeless kids from the street. Also, when he was trying to figure out how gay sex works was one of my favorites. Let's just say he's a gift to the show. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Frank sucks. Well, except in the fifth season. I actually liked his storyline for the most part in that season. Probably because all the other storylines in that season sucked ass. Other than that, fuck Frank.

I'm just going to write this one paragraph on all of Fiona's romantic interests. In one word, I can sum them all up: no. They're wearing the amazing character of Fiona down. They all look the exact fucking same and there's too many of them that I can't even remember their names a majority of the time. Gus, Jimmy/Steve/Jack, and Tony. Remember Tony? That guy who wanted to make ghetto trash babies with her? Well, I don't even remember what happened between them because there were so damn many of these guys. Why can't they go away? It's honestly pointless to write her storyline for a season based on some bullshit love triangle with some dark-haired, loving guy. She's possibly one of the most interesting characters on the show and yet nowadays the only thing she gets involved in is some affair with some guy nobody can even remember by the next. 

The only one who actually matters is Jimmy/Steve/Jack. He took care of the kids and actually had an interesting plot for awhile. Coming back for like two episodes in the fifth season was stupid, even if he did bring a pretty hot girl to stalk Fiona. I would have preferred Fiona to cheat on her rather than Jimmy/Steve/Jack on her boring-ass musician husband. It would have been more interesting, honestly. 

See, even Lip's romantic interests are more interesting than Fiona's. At least they get a plot a majority of the time. Karen Jackson had her daddy issues and her pregnancy. Mandy had that whole Ian thing going on and everything. Even Amanda was more important than Sean/Gus/Tony/Boss guy/Boss guy's brother. 

Ian and Mandy's friendship is more important to me than Fiona's love life right now. We get it, she's young and dates a lot of guys. We get it, Shameless writers, you've forgotten somehow to make a romantic interest on the show interesting if they're connected to Fiona. 

For fuck's sake, why couldn't we have kept this going on throughout the whole series?

Even when Mickey Milkovich came in for the first time, and yelled, "Ian Gallllllaggggghhhhherrrrrr!" I found that more interesting than the romantic interests of Fiona Gallagher. Seriously, why not make a season about her becoming responsible again? Why can't she do that with a boyfriend? I mean, writers, you were able to do that when Jimmy/Steve/Jack was around. You were able to make it interesting. Why can't you do that now? 

Speaking of Mickey Milkovich, if that's how he's going to be written off the show, that's total bullshit. Even that doctor Frank was hanging out with got a better sendoff than him. That pisses me off in new fucking ways I didn't know I could be pissed off in. And I'm an angry person.

Think about it this way. There is a character that was cherished for years. He's probably one of the most developed characters in the show. And he's going to be killed by a dumb hick half-sister who tried fucking her dad at some point with poor aim. Are you fucking kidding me? Why can't he disappear for a little bit and come back later like Jimmy/Steve/Jack did? I get it, the actor has other work to do. Even his prick father got written off better than what everyone else thinks he's going to be written off. I wish the actor the best of luck in future endeavors, though. 

I get it, Ian's sick. There's a lot of shit that Ian's going through right now. He needs to take his medication. However, that's no excuse for the shitty way Mickey's going to be written off. 

Also, for anyone who might say that this is supposed to be dark comedy, again, the women that Frank slept with got put on a bus to Shameless Heaven better than this. There's something to be said about that. 

Why can't we go back to this shit?

There's a difference between making your characters do stupid things, and making the characters completely unlikable. They've officially done that with season 5. Their characterizations are so fucked up. I mean, I can understand some of the shit Ian does (I understand that feeling of feeling so numb while on pain medication) but uh... Fiona has the most boring plotlines of the show these days and hasn't even really taken proper care of her kids these days. Lip is becoming more likable, but damn, the hot professor storyline is a bit stupid. Honestly, nobody cares. Debbie is a literal fucking rapist with dumb teen mom drama and she's not going to realize how wrong she is. Carl is in juvie (but I can understand why- the actor has to attend high school) and Liam is probably old enough to have an actual storyline but doesn't get one. Sammi isn't a Gallagher, no matter what anyone says.

And Veronica and Kev were one of my favorite couples on the show. That was ruined by some lame storyline. C'mon, Kev would never do what he did in season 5. He might be dumb, but he's a lover. He'd do anything for his business, kids, and his wife. 

Also, does anyone actually think the show is genuinely funny in season 5? Season 5 was sad because Ian was dealing with his mental illness. One of the best couples broke up. Debbie raped her friend. Carl got put in juvie and it seemed like nobody really gave a shit. Shelia, Mandy, and probably Mickey, characters that have been there since the beginning, all got written off that season. There were really no jokes or fun things going on. Everything was either depressing as fuck or reused. 

I miss when we got good things that I'll probably repeat on my death bed, such as the famous:
““Fuck you don’t worry about it. I’ve been staying at Ian’s since you’ve been in the can bitch. Guess what we’ve been doing, daddy. We’ve been fucking. And I take it. He gives it to me good and hard and I fucking like it…fuck you, I suck his dick! I fucking love it!”


Also, when did iPhones get so cheap for a family that doesn't have a steady income? This never got explained, but Jesus Christ, it should have. I know they have prepaid iPhones, but still, those ones run for how much? I don't understand anything on this show anymore.



Season 1-4 were perfect. They were great and practically the pinnacle of television. They were absolutely hilarious and original and made me so, so happy.

But now? Don't watch Shameless. It'll give you a crazy idea to watch season 5.

7/06/2015

Amazon Reviews Monday Pt. 2


Sorry for the lack of posts as of recently! Life and writing other things have totally gotten in the way. I'm so sorry. Anyways, today we're looking at Queer as Folk, Blue is the Warmest Color, and Glee.

Don't lie. You watched the rest of the episode.
You were watching a show on Showtime. Did you really think it wasn't going to have a soap opera crisis every episode?

Blue is the Warmest Color-
Jesus fuckign CHRIST
"Dual standards of the gay community and liberal film industry" is the exact way I know I'm going to hate your review. Sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover. Or, uh, title.
Probably sat down and watched through the whole thing.

Glee had some interesting ones. 
Me and this poster are the same. I hate this show, too.

Was the 1/4 of a star because Jane Lynch is on this show? Or Naya Rivera? Because, you know, that's why I have to give it 1/4 of a star.
Fucking SAME


7/01/2015

Gah


I haven't posted in the past few days, so I missed the little rainbow celebration for my country legalizing gay marriage. So, belated rainbows for everyone? I was just binge-watching Shameless US and writing my story.

But Shameless. I love it so much, except season 5. Personally, I would have been okay if the series had ended at 4x11. I love Mickey so much, though. He's my favorite out of all of them. Jimmy/Steve/Jack is my least favorite and I wish he would just go away. 

I might write a post about my thoughts about that show, but not now.

I know that we have a long way until everyone is considered equal, especially the trans part of the LGBT community, but I think same-sex marriage is pretty important. When married, you have rights that you should never be denied. I think everyone deserves the right to marry whoever they want at the end of the day.

I also want to say that for the people who lived in the USA, who have died in the fight for acceptance, I wish you were here to see everything that we've achieved.

It's so important to have the right to marry and the right to simply be. I hope that, for all the other countries who don't quite have that right yet, that they step up and give people those rights.

For everyone who thinks that the USA shouldn't have let this happen:

You are not edgy or special for posting about it on Facebook. The USA isn't run on Christian values. Now, since you probably didn't pass an 11th grade government course, Obama wasn't the one who decided this. Also, the standard, "If you don't like gay marriage, don't get gay married!"

And for all saying that marriages are doomed because of this, well............