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A meme designed just for me!
Any chance to ramble about TV, right?
Day 01 - A show that never should have been canceled
I thought long and hard about this. There are lots of candidates, of course, including the usual suspects like Firefly and Veronica Mars (which was my second choice).
But I'm gonna go with The Black Donnellys. (Yeah, yeah: my icon gave it away. And the tag, too.) Admittedly, it's been a very, very long time since I've watched the show (I think I'm due for a rewatch soon), but I felt like there was so much more it had to offer than we got to see.
Here's the imdb summary, for those of you who missed it (which was most of you. It got canceled really quickly): Four very different Irish-American brothers - Kevin, Jimmy, Tommy and Sean - have sworn to live by the code of "family first." But as they become increasingly involved in the ruthless world of New York organized crime, their loyalties to their friends, to their loved ones, and especially to each other will be put to the ultimate test.
It's less trite and also less contrived than it sounds.
The show hit a lot of my kinks: there's an unreliable narrator, right off the bat; the heart of the show is the relationship between brothers (Tommy and Kevin in particular are one of my favorite television relationships ever); there's a fantastically angsty ship (I heart Tommy/Jenny always); and there's lots of moral conundrums, mostly involving what Tommy is and isn't willing to do to protect his family.
Also, it had a flat-out amazing pilot.
Most of my love for this show had to do with Tommy (the brother who really just wants to go to art school and get out of Hell's Kitchen but who gets pulled into the underworld in order to protect his family), Kevin (one of his younger brother who sort of reminds me of a combination of Andrew from Buffy and Ron Weasley), and Jenny (the love of Tommy's life, who loves him back, though they can never quite meet each other at the same place). They're kind of the Buffy, Dawn, and Spike of the show for me (except that we never really got to see Jenny and Kevin bonding the way we did Dawn and Spike).
I just feel like the show never hit its full potential. It was still finding its feet, trying to figure out how to balance the whole mafia thing without letting it go into OTT territory, but I think it could have been a truly great show.
*wistful sigh*
At least I have the complete series sitting on my bookshelf.
And here's a preview of what's to come:
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Day 01 - A show that never should have been canceled
I thought long and hard about this. There are lots of candidates, of course, including the usual suspects like Firefly and Veronica Mars (which was my second choice).
But I'm gonna go with The Black Donnellys. (Yeah, yeah: my icon gave it away. And the tag, too.) Admittedly, it's been a very, very long time since I've watched the show (I think I'm due for a rewatch soon), but I felt like there was so much more it had to offer than we got to see.
Here's the imdb summary, for those of you who missed it (which was most of you. It got canceled really quickly): Four very different Irish-American brothers - Kevin, Jimmy, Tommy and Sean - have sworn to live by the code of "family first." But as they become increasingly involved in the ruthless world of New York organized crime, their loyalties to their friends, to their loved ones, and especially to each other will be put to the ultimate test.
It's less trite and also less contrived than it sounds.
The show hit a lot of my kinks: there's an unreliable narrator, right off the bat; the heart of the show is the relationship between brothers (Tommy and Kevin in particular are one of my favorite television relationships ever); there's a fantastically angsty ship (I heart Tommy/Jenny always); and there's lots of moral conundrums, mostly involving what Tommy is and isn't willing to do to protect his family.
Also, it had a flat-out amazing pilot.
Most of my love for this show had to do with Tommy (the brother who really just wants to go to art school and get out of Hell's Kitchen but who gets pulled into the underworld in order to protect his family), Kevin (one of his younger brother who sort of reminds me of a combination of Andrew from Buffy and Ron Weasley), and Jenny (the love of Tommy's life, who loves him back, though they can never quite meet each other at the same place). They're kind of the Buffy, Dawn, and Spike of the show for me (except that we never really got to see Jenny and Kevin bonding the way we did Dawn and Spike).
I just feel like the show never hit its full potential. It was still finding its feet, trying to figure out how to balance the whole mafia thing without letting it go into OTT territory, but I think it could have been a truly great show.
*wistful sigh*
At least I have the complete series sitting on my bookshelf.
And here's a preview of what's to come:
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
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but YEAH HE HIT ON ME and i know this because julia and eden said it, not me. IF OTHERS SAY IT TO BE TRUE WHEN I DID NOT THEN IT MUST BE TRUE?
he is (ready for this?) the nephew of my hs principle. so he was there with the elementary school for some family event with my principle's daughter, because elementary, middle and hs were all together. and julia saw him and was like STOP. and those of us who watched tbd FREAKED and it was awesome.
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Also to concur that you both have very similar hair. Similar ridiculous awesome hair.
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HAHAHA THAT'S AWESOME. And you're right--if other people say it's true, it must be!
That is so fantastic and random. I loooove that story. Best I-met-a-famous-person story ever!