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[lirazel]

This is for the benefit of the two people on my flist who I know watch Being Erica. And whoever else I don't know watches it but does. (How's that for some awkward syntax?)

But I'm putting it behind the cut for spoilers because YOU SHOULD ALL WATCH THIS SHOW.*

So I just watched the one where her sister gets married and OMG I NEVER SAW THAT COMING.

I hadn't realized how used to cliched writing I am until this episode. But seriously: there are ways that things go on TV, especially on sitcoms, and the fact that this episode didn't go that way at all shook me. Like, I don't know what to do with myself.

I'm watch it and Erica goes back in time and finds out the truth about Josh and then she comes back and the wedding's still on. At this point, there were two options.

A. Erica would find out that Dr. Tom was right and that when Sam and Josh broke up, Josh realized he was in love with her and now they're really happy to get married.
B. Erica would make her speech about how Josh doesn't make Sam happy and Sam would realize she was right and then the wedding wouldn't happen.

Those are the only two options, because those are the only two scenarios that fall under The Way Things Happen in Television.

When option A was off the table, I assumed it would be option B.

BUT NO. Seriously, Sam getting married anyway and then telling Erica she never wanted to talk to her again? I didn't see that coming, not in a million years. It defies every cliche ever and says that things don't always turn out the way you should, and you just don't see that in television in general, much less in sitcoms.

"Hell's Bells" was a total cliche, and I definitely saw Xander leaving Anya at the altar from a mile off. I'm still bitter about the cliched handling of that episode--how many thousands of times have we seen the wedding called off at the last minute? I want to send this episode to Joss and say, "This is how you shock people."

I was already really enjoying this show already and relating to Erica in ways that are a little uncomfortable, but I think this is the episode that seals the deal for me. I love this show. And I love it for being as ballsy as it is. Wow. Well played, show.


*I will make a post about how you should watch it eventually. Hold your horses till then. Don't spoil yourself!

Comments

[calturner.livejournal.com]

I love this show. And I love it for being as ballsy as it is.

Yes, it really does go to places other shows wouldn't. I'm seriously in love with this show, and can't wait for S3. :)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! I'm glad to know that it keeps going those places!

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I totally loved how they ended Season 2, which was most definitely not a standard ending.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Oh! Good! I like not standard endings!

I am all about this show right now.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I just found the pilot online and I'm about to watch it! Btw, where have you been getting your fix? *curious*

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Yay! I think you'll really like it!

I get it from a place I can't really mention in an unlocked post. It's like Fight Club....

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I actually liked Season 2 better than I liked Season 1. And I liked Season 1!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of really excited about the second season because eowyn_315 was taunting me with clips of this hot guy that reminds her of James Marsters and she was going on about it...

Yeah, I'm racing through S1. ;D

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

This guy?


He's totally JM's younger doppleganger.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Ha! Yes! That guy!

And the hilarious thing is that she linked me to exactly the same clip!

But I'm gonna watch it again!

[next_to_normal]

Oh definitely. I loved season 1, but season 2 totally knocked my socks off.

[calturner.livejournal.com]

Yes, so did I. S1 was great, but S2 was even better!

[oracle42.livejournal.com]

If you're in the US both seasons are available on Hulu.com
http://www.hulu.com/being-erica

If you're in the US and you have cable it's on the SOAPNet channel.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I appreciate it!

[next_to_normal]

Yay!! More potential converts!!

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I could barely believe that Sam married Josh! I mean, come on, Sam!

But, it's absolutely true to life that Sam would do so and that she was furious with Erica for telling the truth. (Josh is an asshole, Sam!)

Have you watched the entire show, because I don't want to spoil you for things to come if you haven't.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

No, no! I'm on the Yom Kippur episode in S1.

But, it's absolutely true to life that Sam would do so and that she was furious with Erica for telling the truth. (Josh is an asshole, Sam!) So true.

[ineffort.livejournal.com]

THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT. And the second season, oh man. They do this a lot in the second season and it just left me floored in the best way possible.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

MAY I LOVE IT.

And I am so excited to know that they keep going there. Because it's awesome.

Seriously, how come no one in America knows about this? How come some big network didn't snap it up? We need more good dramedies down here.

[next_to_normal]

OMG yes. I was shocked by that episode. And I so totally wanted #2 to happen because I HATE Josh and want him to die a stabby death, but as far as storytelling goes, that was definitely a brilliant move.

BE does that quite a few times. :)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

And I so totally wanted #2 to happen because I HATE Josh and want him to die a stabby death, but as far as storytelling goes, that was definitely a brilliant move.

Exactly.

Everyone keeps saying that and it makes me so excited!

[ava-leigh-fitz.livejournal.com]

I started watching this show a while back but then apparently forgot about it/they moved times or something (e4 likes to switch its schedule on me) but I remember this episode and being really pleased that they didn't take either Option A or Option B. Clearly I have to catch up.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

It's very fun. I definitely recommend getting back in. And everyone seems to be in agreement that S2 is better than S1, and that's always a good thing!

[serendipily.livejournal.com]

Okay, after a three hour marathon of catching up, I fell out of chair. Just out of it. Out. Off. I think I broke my ass.

This shoe, despite everything that should happen and what shoudl happen and how it shoudl follow all those cliches and how it should just be another series, just-just. God. There's nothing like it. The writing, the build up. It's like TV is getting good again.

It's almost like she's being groomed to becom ea therapist. Slowly being pushed toward sit. *shakeshead*

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd like it! It's kind of Gilmore Girls-esque. Except that I think it's a better show.

I've only got about six more episodes. I don't know what I'm going to do when I finish this season!

[serendipily.livejournal.com]

There's just somethign really captivating about it. I dunno.

You'll cry. Get a box of tissues and anti-deperssents ready. *sniffs*