Ray Donovan on Showtime

[GOBB]

I'm a fan. Anyone else like the show?

[Thorpesaurous]

I'm pretty meh on it at the moment. But it's good enough that I haven't stopped watching it. Although I'm wondering when that will stop being a valid argument, because I'm still watcing True Blood, so what the hell is my watching something worth.

Also, they haven't done much yet. They've teased us with the background relationships between Ezra, Ray, his dad, the church, that actor with the kid, but they really haven't tied any of it together except for knowing that people are freaked out. Elliot Gould is FREAKED THE **** OUT!! That much I got. Beyond that we don't know a lot. If that doesn't pay off, then I may really lose interest.

Ray is maybe a little cooler and bad ass than I'm willing to accept. I really enjoyed his breaking that guys arm in the pool hole. But his kicking in a rappers door then being run at from behind by a guy with a sword ... and not flinching? ... there may ultimately be a little too much of that for me in here.

Also, I have a weird dislike for Liam Neesan that I can't fully explain which isn't helping matters.

I'll continue to watch. And for what it's worth, I have put this in front of True Blood in my Sunday night heirarchy.
I watch Dexter, while I'm recording The Killing (which has been great this year), so after Dex I'm either watching Ray, then The Killing after, or I can blow through The Killing sans commercial, and catch the second airing of True Blood before I hit the sack, and the Ray version of the schedule has officially won out.

[GOBB]

There is a scene that is f*cked up funny f*cked up. I admit to laughing. The father is with his son who attends these meetings for people molested. Cuz he was molested by a priest as a kid. So the father is cold "u guys are a bunch of saps, lighten the mood. Here is a joke..." So he proceeds to tell this joke...


"Guy comes homes from work and finds his girlfriend is packing to leave. She is upset at something. So he says honey what's wrong? She says today I found out you are a pedophile. He says whoaaaaa pedophile that's a pretty big word for an 8yr old"


Safe to say he was booted out of meeting and son was embarrassed.

[guy]

I'm pretty meh on it at the moment. But it's good enough that I haven't stopped watching it. Although I'm wondering when that will stop being a valid argument, because I'm still watcing True Blood, so what the hell is my watching something worth.

Also, they haven't done much yet. They've teased us with the background relationships between Ezra, Ray, his dad, the church, that actor with the kid, but they really haven't tied any of it together except for knowing that people are freaked out. Elliot Gould is FREAKED THE **** OUT!! That much I got. Beyond that we don't know a lot. If that doesn't pay off, then I may really lose interest.

Ray is maybe a little cooler and bad ass than I'm willing to accept. I really enjoyed his breaking that guys arm in the pool hole. But his kicking in a rappers door then being run at from behind by a guy with a sword ... and not flinching? ... there may ultimately be a little too much of that for me in here.

Also, I have a weird dislike for Liam Neesan that I can't fully explain which isn't helping matters.

I'll continue to watch. And for what it's worth, I have put this in front of True Blood in my Sunday night heirarchy.
I watch Dexter, while I'm recording The Killing (which has been great this year), so after Dex I'm either watching Ray, then The Killing after, or I can blow through The Killing sans commercial, and catch the second airing of True Blood before I hit the sack, and the Ray version of the schedule has officially won out.

Liam Neesan? He's not in the show.

[guy]

There is a scene that is f*cked up funny f*cked up. I admit to laughing. The father is with his son who attends these meetings for people molested. Cuz he was molested by a priest as a kid. So the father is cold "u guys are a bunch of saps, lighten the mood. Here is a joke..." So he proceeds to tell this joke...


"Guy comes homes from work and finds his girlfriend is packing to leave. She is upset at something. So he says honey what's wrong? She says today I found out you are a pedophile. He says whoaaaaa pedophile that's a pretty big word for an 8yr old"


Safe to say he was booted out of meeting and son was embarrassed.

That was hilarious :oldlol:

[Thorpesaurous]

How bout The Bridge on FX? Anyone watching that?

I was intrigued by the ads. Heard a few good things from some TV reviewers. It's made by some good people. And the actors seems strong. And it's really right in my wheelhouse content wise. I actually found the idea of a borderhopping serial killer pretty intriguing. But in just the pilot so far, while I liked a ton of it, I'm not sure I can stomach the magic cop with Aspergers.

[Thorpesaurous]

Liam Neesan? He's not in the show.

I'm sorry. I meant Jon Voight, who I've been confusing with Liam Neesan since that Seinfeld episode where George thinks his used car belonged to one of them.

[Levity]

The show is somewhat predictable, but im a fan. liev schreiber is pretty bad ass on it. One of the quotes from the most recent episode got me pumped(probably cause i was pretty high), but the part when that balding executive guy said something about firing ray, and ray calmly, but intimidatingly responded with, "im not the type of guy you fire"

Jon Voights character has grown on me, as well. A good entertaining show, that could gather even acclaimed criticism if they go down the right path with it. It sort of touches a lot of sensitive subjects, and that what the viewers seem to want these days.

[Levity]

There is a scene that is f*cked up funny f*cked up. I admit to laughing. The father is with his son who attends these meetings for people molested. Cuz he was molested by a priest as a kid. So the father is cold "u guys are a bunch of saps, lighten the mood. Here is a joke..." So he proceeds to tell this joke...


"Guy comes homes from work and finds his girlfriend is packing to leave. She is upset at something. So he says honey what's wrong? She says today I found out you are a pedophile. He says whoaaaaa pedophile that's a pretty big word for an 8yr old"


Safe to say he was booted out of meeting and son was embarrassed.


the half nelson, full nelson, father nelson joke was pretty good too.

[GOBB]

I couldnt get that Twerk song out of my head for awhile. :roll:

[Thorpesaurous]

Jon Voight likes twerking and coked up gay bars.

[johndeeregreen]

I'm gonna try this show, thanks Gobb.

I've also been watching "Longmire," with similar feelings to what Thorpe expressed in this thread so far. It's juuuuuuuuust good enough (barely) for me to take the time to watch it every week. I feel like it actually has some real potential but it's format and arcs are just...not very good.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

How bout The Bridge on FX? Anyone watching that?

I was intrigued by the ads. Heard a few good things from some TV reviewers. It's made by some good people. And the actors seems strong. And it's really right in my wheelhouse content wise. I actually found the idea of a borderhopping serial killer pretty intriguing. But in just the pilot so far, while I liked a ton of it, I'm not sure I can stomach the magic cop with Aspergers.

I think she will, and has already begun to, open up a bit more. They were obviously juxtapositioning her and the other lead, but I thought it was overdone. I detest Diane Kruger's character so much in the pilot. Almost to the point that I quit on the series, and I normally give shows ample room to prove me wrong. The only reason I have stuck with The Bridge these past couple weeks is because FX has yet to fail me lately. At least for the first 2 or 3 seasons of each series.

It's probably my least favorite new FX show that I have watched, other than season 2 of American Horror Story. I thought The Americans was fantastic and Justified and SOA had very strong first couple seasons.

[Thorpesaurous]

I think she will, and has already begun to, open up a bit more. They were obviously juxtapositioning her and the other lead, but I thought it was overdone. I detest Diane Kruger's character so much in the pilot. Almost to the point that I quit on the series, and I normally give shows ample room to prove me wrong. The only reason I have stuck with The Bridge these past couple weeks is because FX has yet to fail me lately. At least for the first 2 or 3 seasons of each series.

It's probably my least favorite new FX show that I have watched, other than season 2 of American Horror Story. I thought The Americans was fantastic and Justified and SOA had very strong first couple seasons.


I completely agree. The network has done some great stuff. Sons is one of my favorite shows, although it has gone off the rails a bit here and there (the Ireland trip was an example), it's had some of the best season finales ever, and some of it's peak moments have been just epic.

And it does seem the Krueger character is coming around some. But I still just don't get it. I really hope there's some purpose for her having this condition that relates to the case, because otherwise it just feels like a bad gimmick. And it's particularly bad because it just doesn't seem possible she could've risen to the rank of detective with absolutely no interpersonal skills. In fact it seems way less than likely she could've gotten through the interview processes required to get on a force.
It's common practice these days to reveal a character in pieces through the telling of backstory, and that seems where they're headed. Perhaps she wasn't always like this, but I've kinda been lead to believe that this is aspergers she has, which I don't think you can "catch". Maybe there's something related to a traumatic event with her sister or whatever it is they keep beating around the bush with.
What's bothering me even more than that at this point is that this killer now has left the realm of reality and entered some sort of super villain mode now. He's a computer genius who can hack newspaper websites, the lighting system on the US Mexican border, with an unlimited number of disposable phones he can leave behind as messages where he's encrypted his voice. And the police's intentions to track his video location were thwarted by his ability to "go through a lot of proxies" I believe was the quote.

I'm actually starting to wonder why I'm watching it. But there's not much on on Wednesdays, and the serial murder content is sort of in my wheelhouse. The TV critic I read and listen to in podcasts all the time, Andy Greenwald of Grantland, I've been a little disappointed in, because he's ballyhooed this show pretty hard, and he despised The Killing. Not liking The Killing is fine, but I really don't get how you can love this and hate that. The Killing has it's flaws, but overall it was a better interpretation of pretty similar content.

[Thorpesaurous]

Also, I recently muscled through Top of the Lake, a Netflix exclusive about a missing girl in Australia. She's the daughter of a drug dealing biker gang running older dirtbag, who's adult sons are all modern day dirtbags themselves.
Peggy Olsen from Mad Men plays a special investigator brought onto the case when the girl first pops up pregnant at 13. But then the girl disappears. She's also engaged to the lead detective on the force, and had a relationship in HS with one of the brothers, who's the good one.

There were a few really peak moments that I won't spoil in case anyone wants to check it out. And the ending was well done. But there's a lot of filler I could've lived without. It feels like a 2 - 2.5 hour movie could've done the trick, and instead they stretched it to 10 hours worth of tv episodes unnecessarily.
You also get to see Peggy Olsen's ta-tas, if that's something that interests you. Although I'm sure you can track down stills of it if that's your primary intention of watching.

I apologize for derailing your thread Gobb.

[GOBB]

No need to apologize I actually don't mind hearing about other tv shows. Always searching especially since True Blood is starting to lose me and Dexter is doing the same. :cheers:

[guy]

Jon Voight likes twerking and coked up gay bars.

:oldlol: I really didn't understand that. Wasn't sure if maybe he decided to go after dudes now that he wasn't getting back together with Claudette. I'm sure there was probably no deep meaning behind that.

One of the funniest moments i thought was in the beginning when he was on the airplane and smiled and nodded at the chick breastfeeding her baby :oldlol:

[Thorpesaurous]

No need to apologize I actually don't mind hearing about other tv shows. Always searching especially since True Blood is starting to lose me and Dexter is doing the same. :cheers:


I'm really enjoying this season of Dexter. It's definitely time for it to end, but I do still feel like it's working within it's 7 year story arc or whatever. It's just that now that Deb knows, it really does have to come to a head some way or another here.

True Blood has been just really bad since about half way through season two, and has still somehow managed to find a way to get worse every season since then. It's easily the worst show that I actually watch.

[Tarik One]

Just binged through season 1 last week. I'm hooked.

Few things I determined right away:

Mickey Donovan is THE guy. Steven Bauer's character (The Israelite/Ray's right hand man) is the second best character.

I can't help but picture Ray Donovan as a younger version or Mike Ehrmantraut

Ray's wife can get it.

The gay actor who likes trannies is a dead ringer for Tom Brady

[Levity]

you glib globs still watching this?

Powered through season 2 a couple weeks ago and i loved it. season 3 looks just as promising. Katie holmes is looking old these days.