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irishtexan

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  1. Finished this season last night. Some observations. Also, I'm not going to spoiler this shit because you shouldn't be reading this thread if you haven't already finished the season: S3 was weaker than the previous two seasons, but I still think this is one of the best shows on TV right now. Some of my feelings are somewhat contradictory. I don't necessarily mind that they take a lot of time to develop the characters, and I thought Tina's backstory episode was one of the best ones of the season. Unlike many others, I really liked Ice Chips. HOWEVER, I am a little frustrated that we're seemingly in pretty much the same spot we're in at the start of the season. I have no idea how much time has elapsed since "friends and family" at the close of S2. Two weeks? Two months? Six months? Obviously long enough for some of the local online publications to perform reviews that we didn't get to "read" but they only flashed to in the final two episodes to let us know that opinions are mixed and that the food can be brilliant at times and sloppy and unfocused at other times. We spent 40% of the season on backstories/character development - the premier (which was beautifully shot and I really enjoyed, but as Sepinwall pointed out, we already know Carmy's backstory), Ice Chips, Tina's story, and Funeral. There's a lot of stuff in this show that just doesn't make sense. How is Syd being recruited to be (what I assume will be) CDC or sous at a place that will be helmed by the CDC at a place like Ever? What's her previous experience? Running a catering business out of her apartment? She doesn't have the bona fides to be recruited to that position. I like Syd's character and think the actress does a great job, but they haven't really fleshed out her story or given her character the opportunity to demonstrate the regard we're led to believe her contemporaries hold of her. The show runners are really doing her character a disservice. I expect her to get a similar episode that they gave to Marcus in Season 2 and Tina in Season 3, and that she'll be more assertive in S4. Ritchie was at Ever for 4 days, and he made such an amazing impression on everyone that he was offered to run table service for the final meal, much less even be INVITED to the funeral dinner and get shout-outs by everyone on the staff like he's MVP? I could suspend disbelief during the initial episode because it advanced the plot. But this was fucking ridiculous. Claire adds nothing to the show. They've unnecessarily shoehorned a love story to further push the narrative that Carmy is a closed-off, emotionally-damaged genius. We don't need that. You've established that through things we already know about him - Mikey's suicide, the 7 fishes episode, the Joel McHale story, etc. Claire's character is a waste of time on a show that already wastes a lot of time. Unpopular opinion - there was too much Faks in this season. They took a hilarious bit and just whacked the audience over the head with their comedic relief over and over this season. I actually liked when it was just Matty Matheson as the one Fak (him stalling with the electrician while talking about his favorite Replacements records was a highlight of the series for me, so far). I guess they have to find a way to justify this series being nominated in the "Comedy" category at the Emmys. John Cena as the third Fak didn't work either. And I fucking love John Cena (who doesn't? also, speaking of Cena, when are we gonna get another season of Peacemaker?) Smoking in the restaurant right before the Tribune photographer shows up? I get that they're trying to demonstrate this isn't the tightest-run ship, but why send Ritchie to the "Ever School of Perfection" to have him overlook how monumentally stupid that was. That really annoyed me. I'm not going to dwell too much on the criticisms above if Season 4 will be released before the end of the year, as I understand they filmed S3 an S4 back-to-back. This might be like a mid-season all-star break with an opportunity to really progress the plot later this year.
  2. Wandavision is near the top of anything Marvel's done in the last 5 years. It's definitely the best Marvel tv show they've done through Disney+. I'll definitely be tuning in, but it looks to be more of a straight-forward "witch" story instead of the complicated psychological trauma/50's-sitcom parody that they did in Wandavision, which is kind of what made the original show so great in the first place.
  3. This is one of the dumber arguments I’ve seen in a board that has about a dozen dumb arguments every day. Jesus Christ on a cracker
  4. Care to specify or just bleed from your vagina? It’s a WR who got money whipped by Phil Knight’s billions of dollars and a DT that committed to us months ago before he ever visited campus and to a position coach that is no longer with the team. To be clear, I’m very fucking frustrated too but I’m not gonna completely freak the fuck out just yet
  5. The tweet might have been photoshopped. It’s not on Thamel’s timeline and it’s dated tomorrow. Not saying he’s gonna choose us. But the tweet appears to be bullshit.
  6. I’m shocked that a top-5 overall one-time decommit WR recruit is a drama queen and attention whore.
  7. Multiple posters on this board regularly talk about getting erections from recruit commitments. One of the most popular memes on this site is the recruiting enchubben-meter with penises in various stages of erection. Casting stones in glass houses and all that....
  8. Well, LSU still doesn't have an inside DL committed in their class. So......
  9. If you're talking about the location at William Cannon and Manchaca, La Posada's around the corner at William Cannon and West Gate and the food is comparable in my experience.
  10. At $50m for three years, I fucking love it. Felt like he was gonna get WAAAAY more.
  11. Woof. That was not a good cover. Kid played well though. An even better "random dude from the audience" was "Kiss Guy" with Foo Fighters here in Austin:
  12. Hullalaboo Dinesh Dinesh Hullalaboo Dinesh Dinesh Hello, is this the room of Ap-ple-white? Please do not think that you will sleep to-night I got your number off the In-ter-net I have a feeling your stomach is up-set So good luck to back up QB Chris Simms How do want your cereal in the morn? (with no milk!) And goodnight to all you Texas Longhorns We're gonna call you all till--Ring-a-ring-a-ring Ring-a-ring-a-room Tough Luck, This Sucks, Smoke a Bowl with Toombs! Hullalaboo Dinesh Dinesh Hullalaboo Dinesh DineshHello, is this the room of Coach Mack Brown? I bet you're dreaming about Ran-dy-Mc-Cown I hope you enjoyed your stay at Ramada Inn And here's hoping that you come a-gainThe Eyes of Texas must not get their rest so that the Horns will not play well (play like Hell!) So, goodnight to all you Texas Longhorns We're gonna call you all till--Ring-a-ring-a-ring Ring-a-ring-again Rough Stuff, Real Tough, We're Ramada Inn!
  13. Naaaawww dog. His speech today was written for him by a team of communication experts. It was all rehearsed. What you saw yesterday was the real dude. And he fucked it all up. Now, I don’t give a fuck about it because he’s gonna win a fuck ton of baseball games. But let’s not start jerking the dude off because he stuck to the cue cards. He flubbed the press conference yesterday. But it doesn’t matter because LOL Aggy.
  14. Christopher Stewart is a name for a 55 year old research scientist.
  15. Disagree. Ripping your head off, shitting down your throat, and gutting the only team you've had play for a national championship since before Hitler invaded Poland could not have been handled any better or more professionally from our perspective. CDC did exactly what he wanted to do - get his man and while simultaneously fucking your baseball program. It's the SEC. It just means more. Right?
  16. They really should go back to the Big 12. They could probably win conference titles more than once every quarter century and would make the playoffs pretty regularly.
  17. They want to litigate introductory press conferences now. Fucking dorks
  18. Yes, dummy. Your athletic director who fired one of his right-hand-guys without consulting him.
  19. He drove all the way from College Station to ask "what would you say to the fans that have the sads?" Hard-hitting question there, Olin.
  20. Those aren't porn actresses?
  21. We're gonna have to spark a j behind the shed with Vandy and Florida at SEC family Thanksgiving just so we can have a conversation with someone.
  22. I'm still trying to learn about the '25 guys, so I'm not familiar with the '26 kids except for Dia Bell. Anyone know anything about this kid? Should we be excited or is this a "meh" take?
  23. But I thought A&M had more money than Texas, Kayce?
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