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ayayrawn said:
It's only the first three episdoes so far, and they'll do weekly episdoes for the rest of this season.
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Ah well, maybe I will just rewatch last season then. TBH, it’s probably for the best. I usually burn through em too fast anyhow. The week to week release of the Mandolorian has keep me from binging and that seems like a good thing.
 
gouis said:
Easily the best streaming app imo.

The entire HBO catalog, studio Ghibli, tons of great classic and recent films, whole sections devoted to adult swim cartoons. It's wild.
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Yeah, and now that they are gonna start offering all of WB’s first run movies, the cost is reasonable. Cheaper than a MoviePass subscription.
 
The Flight Attendant has played its cards very well and rolled the story out nicely. I will say, within ten minutes of Ep07 (Hitchcock Double) and Miranda mentions Felix and then Buckley calls her and insists on continuing their "relationship", I was like "Oh yea, Buckley is definitely Felix". They just played those scenes so close together. Episode 8 tomorrow!

Also let’s talk about Rosie Perez! Nice to see her flex nuts in a meaty role!
 
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As noted in my previous post, I've yet to watch the final episode. I will watch it later. But I have a prediction of how they'll wrap up Megan's (Rosie Perez) story (in a general sense - I have no idea precisely how it's going to play out). Early on, when she was first dealing w/ her Korean handler and talking about "facial recognition" and then when Cassie took the Portland to Maine flight and saw the battery packs that were presumably for RPGs or MANPADS, I figured that these parallel stories would inevitably converge. That is, Lionfish/Unisphere involvement w/ weapons has to do with whatever schematics/info Megan was getting from her husband's laptop. It wouldn't make sense for Megan's actions to remain discrete - it just wouldn't be a fleshed-out standalone story. But it works fine enough as a sub-plot. Given that the show has created some sympathy for Megan, in so far as she feels unwanted/unseen and looks up to a trainwreck like Cassie, I predict she'll have a "happy" resolution. I predict that however Cassie resolves her situation - for better or worse - it will allow Megan to avoid detection and rise above any suspicions from her husband (as she hasn't explicitly admitted anything to him yet and the show has portrayed him as extremely gullible). I'll see if my predictions are accurate later.
 
Okay, so I was wrong about my general prediction regarding Megan's plot. However, it was used as a vehicle for the deus ex machina that was Shane saving the day (i.e. why a CIA agent was there). All in all, I really liked the show. I thought Kaley Cuoco gave a spectacular performance. I also liked the way they built the world in her mind and how she spoke with Alex; but also the limitations of his personality, in so much that it was only based off of the short time she knew him and what she could glean from her detective work. Likewise, I like how that space was at times a place to work out problems and deliberate, and at other times a place of torment focusing on her troubling past, drinking problems, and destructive personality. Going back to the finale...I'm glad Enrico didn't die. Although a minor character, he was sweet and no one wanted to see him die (kind of like had Max died). HOWEVER, that deus ex machina of Shane - oof! I haven't read the book this is based on, so I don't know if the show writers took liberties or this is the same plot device the book's author used. Basically, I don't know who to blame for this piece of, I don't know, laziness? Lack of imagination? Okay, I couldn't write anything better, but still....And it wasn't so much that Shane was a CIA agent. Okay, fine. But show me anywhere else in the season that even alluded to it. Really, show me 'cause I may have missed it. Were there any sort of clues that Shane had this deeper role? If so, then, fine, I missed it. If not, then I hate the "poof!" of here comes the gun-wielding agent to save the day. Didn't ruin the whole thing for me, but I'm meh about it. I do see that it's been renewed for a second season. I hope to see more of Megan/Rosie Perez.
 
I watched some stuff these days:

Rompan Todo is a documentary about the story of Latin rock. It has recevied a lot of backlash because there are LOOOOTS fo stuff missing, important stuff. But if you know very little about the rock in Latin America, this is a good start.

Sweet Home is a Corean serie about people who get trapped in a builiding while people become monsters. The first three episodes are good, the rest is boring AF. Like, The Walking Dead boring.

Alice From Borderland I won't say anything about this one. Go watch it, it's awesome. This is the kind of entertaining stuff I wanted to watch.
 
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