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What I’ve been watching this week

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Rubicon - “Gone in the Teeth” & “First Day at School”: I gotta admit that AMC’s previews made this show look intriguing, but the first two episodes were way better than I would’ve imagined.  This is a very good show based on the small sample size.  It’s not for the mainstream sort of audiences that like a Jerry Bruckheimer type of pace.  It’s slower than that.  It’s about a character trying to find out the why of the conspiracy while we’re as much in the dark as he is.  You’ll see characters thinking and the building of tension.  It may not sound thrilling but, to me, it definitely is.  I’m looking forward to the next installment.

Honorable Mention

Mad Men - “Christmas Comes but Once a Year”: A very solid episode for my current favorite drama.  I get excited whenever there are office parties on Mad Men.  Someday my office will have one that’s half as fun.  Someday.  Then Christina Hendricks started dancing in the line dance in that red dress, and my brain started to shut down.  Everything else was just a blur of drunk people, Roger Sterling dressed as Santa, and Lee Garner Jr./Hitler jokes.

Louie - “Heckler/Cop Movie”: Man was this a funny half hour.  Make sure you watch the heckler scene that I posted earlier in the week.  I was laughing so hard during that scene that I had to pause the DVR more than once just to get through it.  Louie is officially the best show that you aren’t watching.

Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Standup Special: It was a big Gervais weekend for me as I finally caught this HBO special and also caught the first half of The Invention of Lying again (the half that is funny before it turns romcom on us).  A standup special by this man is about as funny as you would imagine: very.  There is something about the way he tells stories, with his giggles thrown in, that are a lot of fun.

Freaks and Geeks - “Tests and Breasts”: I continue with my first run through this series thanks to the weekly installments on IFC.  Stealing tests is a lost art these days.  James Franco was a standout here.  This is a very good show even though I’m not huge fans of the Lindsey and Sam characters.

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