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  • LA Ute
    Receiver of Memory
    • Nov 2008
    • 19512

    #166
    “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
    ― W.H. Auden


    "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
    -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


    "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
    --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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    • Jeff Lebowski
      Corporate lackey for Jesus
      • Nov 2008
      • 69663

      #167
      Just watched the Christmas Special tonight with the missus.

      Spoiler for spoiler:
      Yowza. It seems that all those sappy happy endings that I was complaining about were a big setup for the gut punch at the end of the season. Bravo.
      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
      "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
      "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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      • Katy Lied
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2008
        • 9435

        #168
        Poor Edith. Poor, poor Edith.

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        • The_Douger
          Athletic Supporter
          • Jun 2012
          • 5413

          #169
          No doubt. Things never fall right for her.
          Will donate kidney for B12 membership.

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          • UtahDan
            *
            • Nov 2008
            • 14496

            #170
            Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
            Poor Edith. Poor, poor Edith.
            It is interesting to contrast her with Mary. The message of the show as between those two so far seems to be that being petty, selfish and cruel only really hurts you in life if you are not pretty. So far anyway.

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            • marsupial
              Mississippi Queen
              • Nov 2008
              • 3678

              #171
              Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
              It is interesting to contrast her with Mary. The message of the show as between those two so far seems to be that being petty, selfish and cruel only really hurts you in life if you are not pretty. So far anyway.
              I think Edith is pretty.

              I find it a little too convenient that Matthew Crowley recovered from his spinal injury (hooray) and suddenly came into an enormous sum of money (just in the nick of time) and his fiancee forgave him and managed to write a note about it before she croaked (phew, no need to feel guilty). C'mon writers. Really?!

              Otherwise, I love the show.
              What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
              -Teenage Dirtbag

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              • HuskyFreeNorthwest
                Time to camp
                • Nov 2008
                • 26082

                #172
                Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                Just watched the Christmas Special tonight with the missus.

                Spoiler for spoiler:
                Yowza. It seems that all those sappy happy endings that I was complaining about were a big setup for the gut punch at the end of the season. Bravo.
                So ldc and I just blazed through season 1 and 2 in the last couple weeks. We have the first 2 from season 3 on the DVR, but what is the Christmas special?
                Get confident, stupid
                -landpoke

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                • Katy Lied
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 9435

                  #173
                  Originally posted by marsupial View Post

                  I find it a little too convenient that Matthew Crowley recovered from his spinal injury
                  Be careful what you wish for...

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                  • Jeff Lebowski
                    Corporate lackey for Jesus
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 69663

                    #174
                    Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                    So ldc and I just blazed through season 1 and 2 in the last couple weeks. We have the first 2 from season 3 on the DVR, but what is the Christmas special?
                    In England the series is broadcast in September/October and then they do a 1.5 hr Christmas Special that is the real season finale.
                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                    • HuskyFreeNorthwest
                      Time to camp
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 26082

                      #175
                      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                      In England the series is broadcast in September/October and then they do a 1.5 hr Christmas Special that is the real season finale.
                      Is it not on the DVDs? We wrapped up season 2 last night, I thought, with episode 7 and it was the final one on the final disc.
                      Get confident, stupid
                      -landpoke

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                      • Surfah
                        Where's Wallace?
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 33726

                        #176
                        Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                        Is it not on the DVDs? We wrapped up season 2 last night, I thought, with episode 7 and it was the final one on the final disc.
                        There is a Christmas Special on the season 2 discs.
                        "Nobody listens to Turtle."
                        -Turtle
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                        • LA Ute
                          Receiver of Memory
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 19512

                          #177
                          Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                          Is it not on the DVDs? We wrapped up season 2 last night, I thought, with episode 7 and it was the final one on the final disc.
                          We had the same problem. You have to dig a little into the final CD (the one with season 2 on it). On the scene selection menu, find the scenes for episode 7. Then go to the bottom of that screen and click "next." Presto! You have the very final Season 2 episode. I don't know why it's buried that way on the DVD, but that's how we figured it out.
                          “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                          ― W.H. Auden


                          "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                          -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


                          "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                          --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                          • HuskyFreeNorthwest
                            Time to camp
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 26082

                            #178
                            Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                            We had the same problem. You have to dig a little into the final CD (the one with season 2 on it). On the scene selection menu, find the scenes for episode 7. Then go to the bottom of that screen and click "next." Presto! You have the very final Season 2 episode. I don't know why it's buried that way on the DVD, but that's how we figured it out.
                            LaUte, I'm starting to think that not everything YOhio says about you is true.
                            Get confident, stupid
                            -landpoke

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                            • UtahDan
                              *
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 14496

                              #179
                              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                              Just watched the Christmas Special tonight with the missus.

                              Spoiler for spoiler:
                              Yowza. It seems that all those sappy happy endings that I was complaining about were a big setup for the gut punch at the end of the season. Bravo.
                              Are you talking about the season 2 Xmas episode or season 3?

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                              • Jeff Lebowski
                                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 69663

                                #180
                                Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
                                Are you talking about the season 2 Xmas episode or season 3?
                                Season 3
                                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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