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What's with all the TV nowadays? So in addition to the plethora of normal shows I watch, I just said I was watching that one season of Bunheads, but now tumblr has convinced me to watch the new One Day at a Time and Sweet/Vicious. Well, its surprising I haven't been watching Sweet/Vicious already, as it seems like the kinda show that would be up my alley. As for ODaaT, it sounded like the reviews were pretty good, and then I heard the daughter was a lesbian, and you know me and my weird lesbian thing. Like I wouldn't call it a fetish, because that makes it sound like its a sexual thing, but its not, because its not like when I reblog gifsets on tumblr I'm being all, "2 chyx kissing, HOTT!" I just ship it.

I dunno if its because I've watched too much TV, but het relationships have gotten rather boring and there's more compelling stuff going on in the LGBT arena. I mean, there are still het couples I ship, but I've noticed a lot of times on shows, they don't even try. Like often times, the only reason the show presents to "ship" a couple is merely that they're the main guy and girl and they lack any sort of chemistry.

But I digress, regardless of that, the pilot for One Day at a Time was pretty good. They tackled a bunch of different issues (some I wasn't even expecting) in really good ways, so I'm sold.

TV commentary:

Frequency- But... it was self defense! ( spoiler cut )

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TV commentary:

One Day at a Time- Now that I've seen a few more eps, I agree with critics, this is a pretty good show. It manages to suffuse the prosaic family sitcom style with modern sensibility. Heh, I will say, while it does seem to tend more towards a latin family experience, since I'm Filipino, there are some aspects I can empathize with. ( spoiler cut )

Bunheads- So six episodes in, I will say Sasha has similar physical attributes to Rory, but her personality seems closer to Paris. I guess I haven't seen enough interaction between Sasha and Michelle yet to see any commonality with Lorelai/Rory (I hear it does though), but Michelle/Fanny is very Lorelai/Emily. Seriously, if I close my eyes I can hardly tell the difference.

The over-arching plots are moving slower than I expected (like I'm totally surprised its taken this long for Michelle to start teaching), which is sad since the show was canceled after the first season so there's only the 18 eps.

It is kinda sad/surprising it didn't get renewed, because it was a quality show. Of course, I'm kinda split on its fate- I think it deserved more seasons, but if it didn't get canceled, Ginny wouldn't have been free to be Lauren on Faking It, and she was one of the best parts of that show. (Speaking of Faking It, is it me, or does Sasha look a lot like a raven haired Amy Raudenfeld?)

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TV commentary:

Bunheads- Heh, so there was a familiarity to Michelle's voice that I chalked up to similarity in mannerisms/dialogue to Lorelai, but then clevemire passed by and said she sounds like Sweet Dee and now I can't unhear it. ( spoiler cut )