TV Shows
Bones
Season 1
His Thoughts: Got to be honest, not a huge fan of this one either just like I didn’t like season 1 of Fringe. This lady is a total @$$#0!3 who hates God, hates America, hates soldiers, hates hates hates hates, and loves bones? Omg seriously? This lady would be ALONE! The relationship between “Bones” and “Booth” (the FBI agent working with her) is set to be like “Mulder and Scully” (in fact they even joke about it at the very start of the show, episode 1, when Booth CALLS them that) but the problem is that what made Mulder and Scully work is what is causing “Booth and Bones” to piss me off! Scully was the scientist that looked at everything factual BUT who was also VERY RELIGIOUS! Saying that you can be both smart AND religious- believe in something greater than yourself. Mulder on the other hand was also “smart” but not the same kind of smart and used his in depth knowledge of the REAL occult and the inner working of people to walk into the “unknown”. Booth in this show is a dumb, white, pro-gun slinging red neck, X-military sniper Ranger, CHRISTIAN FBI agent while Bones is the “Smart one” and because she is ACTUALLY intelligent she has to hate the military, hate America, be an atheist (because who could possibly be smart and believe in God) and on and on. The entire show is about making Booth look bad and Bones smart, insulting the white gun toting Christian (in fact having an episode of just that- a military hero who IN FACT actually just shot up a bunch of innocent unarmed women and children and then died in friendly fire) and making Bones always right. I will not watch till season 8 unless Bones starts to have a change of heart and stop treating people this way; unless this show turns into something more than an ideological soap box for progressivism.
Her Thoughts: Just finished watching season 1. I find this show to be pretty interesting- an anthropology team helps the FBI solve crimes. It can get a little repetitive if you watch a show one right after the other but overall still good! Not a huge fan of the main character Temperance Brennan who does not have the ability to view any situation other than scientifically/logically. Gets kind of annoying, maybe she will get better in the next seasons!
His Thoughts: Got to be honest, not a huge fan of this one either just like I didn’t like season 1 of Fringe. This lady is a total @$$#0!3 who hates God, hates America, hates soldiers, hates hates hates hates, and loves bones? Omg seriously? This lady would be ALONE! The relationship between “Bones” and “Booth” (the FBI agent working with her) is set to be like “Mulder and Scully” (in fact they even joke about it at the very start of the show, episode 1, when Booth CALLS them that) but the problem is that what made Mulder and Scully work is what is causing “Booth and Bones” to piss me off! Scully was the scientist that looked at everything factual BUT who was also VERY RELIGIOUS! Saying that you can be both smart AND religious- believe in something greater than yourself. Mulder on the other hand was also “smart” but not the same kind of smart and used his in depth knowledge of the REAL occult and the inner working of people to walk into the “unknown”. Booth in this show is a dumb, white, pro-gun slinging red neck, X-military sniper Ranger, CHRISTIAN FBI agent while Bones is the “Smart one” and because she is ACTUALLY intelligent she has to hate the military, hate America, be an atheist (because who could possibly be smart and believe in God) and on and on. The entire show is about making Booth look bad and Bones smart, insulting the white gun toting Christian (in fact having an episode of just that- a military hero who IN FACT actually just shot up a bunch of innocent unarmed women and children and then died in friendly fire) and making Bones always right. I will not watch till season 8 unless Bones starts to have a change of heart and stop treating people this way; unless this show turns into something more than an ideological soap box for progressivism.
Her Thoughts: Just finished watching season 1. I find this show to be pretty interesting- an anthropology team helps the FBI solve crimes. It can get a little repetitive if you watch a show one right after the other but overall still good! Not a huge fan of the main character Temperance Brennan who does not have the ability to view any situation other than scientifically/logically. Gets kind of annoying, maybe she will get better in the next seasons!
Fairy Tail
Season 1
His Thoughts: A weaker version of Rurouni Kenshin. Wizards in a guild that use magic to do quests and stuff for money that never actually die and never actually kill anyone. Fun show but really can’t be taken seriously because it doesn’t take itself all that seriously. Every chance it has TO be something serious and take itself from being a 3/5 to a 5/5 it quickly backs out on and does a “Psych! You thought someone might die? Pfff! GOTCHA!” and continues to be so-so. This is a T for teen show and those never are top notch shows like Attack on Titan or Samurai X or Claymore; this show needs to get serious fast or it will become an anime version of the tv show “Friends” really fast…
Her Thoughts: This is another anime that is pretty good, not as good as Attack on Titan or Rurouni Kenshin. It is about the members of a magic guild called Fairy Tail who fight bad guys. Cute and can be quite funny.
His Thoughts: A weaker version of Rurouni Kenshin. Wizards in a guild that use magic to do quests and stuff for money that never actually die and never actually kill anyone. Fun show but really can’t be taken seriously because it doesn’t take itself all that seriously. Every chance it has TO be something serious and take itself from being a 3/5 to a 5/5 it quickly backs out on and does a “Psych! You thought someone might die? Pfff! GOTCHA!” and continues to be so-so. This is a T for teen show and those never are top notch shows like Attack on Titan or Samurai X or Claymore; this show needs to get serious fast or it will become an anime version of the tv show “Friends” really fast…
Her Thoughts: This is another anime that is pretty good, not as good as Attack on Titan or Rurouni Kenshin. It is about the members of a magic guild called Fairy Tail who fight bad guys. Cute and can be quite funny.
Attack On Titan
Season 1
His Thoughts: Found this show and watched the entire first season within a week. Unreal. I have not been able to stop thinking about this since I stopped watching it. The stories, the characters, THE WORLD, are all a fresh breath of air in an otherwise stagnant pool of crap that the world now finds it in as far as “creative writing”. A world that is set in a fantasy “dark ages” with titans that eat humans, and only humans (no animals), and humans have survived only by living behind a series of enormous circular walls that form progressively smaller rings in which people live. Titans are winning however, and even breaking down walls! Humans are being forced to retreat further and further to the center as over population, food shortages, and extinction are all on the table! I can’t honestly believe that I have never heard about this until I saw it on Netflix- this is a classic that I hope gets seasons 2-10 because this world is unreal! This is an intense anime like Dragon Ball Z or Claymore (love them both for it…) and PEOPLE DIE! INTENSE FLIPPEN SHOW!
Her Thoughts: I found this to be a very interesting anime! The premise of the story is that cities are walled off to protect the inhabitants from these giant human-eating monsters. One day they break through the wall so now the humans will have to fight back! It reminded me a lot of Pacific Rim, similar story and both had really good music in it! Highly recommend this one.
His Thoughts: Found this show and watched the entire first season within a week. Unreal. I have not been able to stop thinking about this since I stopped watching it. The stories, the characters, THE WORLD, are all a fresh breath of air in an otherwise stagnant pool of crap that the world now finds it in as far as “creative writing”. A world that is set in a fantasy “dark ages” with titans that eat humans, and only humans (no animals), and humans have survived only by living behind a series of enormous circular walls that form progressively smaller rings in which people live. Titans are winning however, and even breaking down walls! Humans are being forced to retreat further and further to the center as over population, food shortages, and extinction are all on the table! I can’t honestly believe that I have never heard about this until I saw it on Netflix- this is a classic that I hope gets seasons 2-10 because this world is unreal! This is an intense anime like Dragon Ball Z or Claymore (love them both for it…) and PEOPLE DIE! INTENSE FLIPPEN SHOW!
Her Thoughts: I found this to be a very interesting anime! The premise of the story is that cities are walled off to protect the inhabitants from these giant human-eating monsters. One day they break through the wall so now the humans will have to fight back! It reminded me a lot of Pacific Rim, similar story and both had really good music in it! Highly recommend this one.
Hannibal
Season 1
His Thoughts: This show intrigued me! Super interesting intelligent show based off of sociopaths and crazy murderers with the famous “Hannibal” as one of them. Like my wife said; “the show was going to follow the main character Will, a man who can relate to serial killers so well he sometimes thinks he has done the deed himself! By the end of season one though, I'm not sure if I like the direction it is heading...” This show could take over Dexter as one of my favorites if the show is about Will catching bad guys and not about Hannibal “always winning the day”. Season 2 will tell if this is crap or a masterpiece.
Her Thoughts: This is a pretty neat show about the infamous human eating serial killer Hannibal Lecter. I thought the show was going to follow the main character Will, a man who can relate to serial killers so well he sometimes thinks he has done the deed himself! By the end of season one though, I'm not sure if I like the direction it is heading... The best part of the show is Hannibal's tie collection and the gang of dogs Will owns. So cute! The show is a little gory but overall pretty clean (no nudity or language).
His Thoughts: This show intrigued me! Super interesting intelligent show based off of sociopaths and crazy murderers with the famous “Hannibal” as one of them. Like my wife said; “the show was going to follow the main character Will, a man who can relate to serial killers so well he sometimes thinks he has done the deed himself! By the end of season one though, I'm not sure if I like the direction it is heading...” This show could take over Dexter as one of my favorites if the show is about Will catching bad guys and not about Hannibal “always winning the day”. Season 2 will tell if this is crap or a masterpiece.
Her Thoughts: This is a pretty neat show about the infamous human eating serial killer Hannibal Lecter. I thought the show was going to follow the main character Will, a man who can relate to serial killers so well he sometimes thinks he has done the deed himself! By the end of season one though, I'm not sure if I like the direction it is heading... The best part of the show is Hannibal's tie collection and the gang of dogs Will owns. So cute! The show is a little gory but overall pretty clean (no nudity or language).
Grimm
Season 1
His Thoughts: This is a weaker version of Supernatural. I wish they would explain stuff more and get more “serious and bloody” like Supernatural does, would make the series much better. Who knows, maybe season 2 does? It follows a Grimm who can see “bad creatures” for who they really are. Confused at how creatures know they have been seen and how they are human and creature but it never explains. You have a human that’s not human, it’s a rat or a wolf or a troll, but they look human, and Grimm can see them for who they really are when they turn? It never really explains if they are always wolf or if they “turn wolf” and what goes into that, but the only thing that seems to happen is that their face changes? LoL! Their bodies don’t change in the slightest, just their faces… Odd… Needless to say a 3/5 watered down and “child friendly” version of Supernatural.
Her Thoughts: Grimm about this guy Nick who lives a pretty normal life as a detective, who one day finds out that he is a "grimm"- he has the power to see creatures (based off of Grimm's fairy tales) and he is to kill them. He befriends one creature and sees that not all of these guys are bad and ends up helping them. So-so story at best, this series is similar to Supernatural but not nearly as good! Will probably not watch anymore of this one.
His Thoughts: This is a weaker version of Supernatural. I wish they would explain stuff more and get more “serious and bloody” like Supernatural does, would make the series much better. Who knows, maybe season 2 does? It follows a Grimm who can see “bad creatures” for who they really are. Confused at how creatures know they have been seen and how they are human and creature but it never explains. You have a human that’s not human, it’s a rat or a wolf or a troll, but they look human, and Grimm can see them for who they really are when they turn? It never really explains if they are always wolf or if they “turn wolf” and what goes into that, but the only thing that seems to happen is that their face changes? LoL! Their bodies don’t change in the slightest, just their faces… Odd… Needless to say a 3/5 watered down and “child friendly” version of Supernatural.
Her Thoughts: Grimm about this guy Nick who lives a pretty normal life as a detective, who one day finds out that he is a "grimm"- he has the power to see creatures (based off of Grimm's fairy tales) and he is to kill them. He befriends one creature and sees that not all of these guys are bad and ends up helping them. So-so story at best, this series is similar to Supernatural but not nearly as good! Will probably not watch anymore of this one.
Homeland
Seasons 1-2
His Thoughts: I don’t like this series. Season 1 I could barely tolerate past my gag reflex as this lady is like clinically insane- seriously CINICALLY INSANE! SHOUD NOT BE WALKING THE STREETS INSANE! We wonder how some dude that was medicated and we knew all about could somehow manage to cut off another mans head in a public bus and then months later be out on the streets again (thank you Canada!) this show will show you why… People are clinically insane should not be allowed on the streets, they are more dangerous overwhelming statistically than legal gun owners- maybe we should have people register their insane family members? Needless to say hated season 1, maybe even giving it a 0/5 and season two maybe getting a 2/5… Might be watching more of this JUST for Ashley’s sake since I think her numbers were 2/5 and then 3/5 but who knows… This show is about an insane woman who tracks down other insane people and can do it well because she is… insane as well…
Her Thoughts: Homeland follows an CIA agent Carrie who has bipolar disorder and is a little crazy at times but does her job well! She is informed that an American soldier has been captured by this bad Al-Qaeda guy and has been turned. A couple years later Nick Brody, an American soldier, is found in Afghanistan and comes home as a hero. Carrie is convinced that Brody is working for Al-Qaeda and now she has to try to convince the rest of the CIA! Pretty good show, the first season didn't end the way we wanted/thought it would but the second season was good all the way through!
His Thoughts: I don’t like this series. Season 1 I could barely tolerate past my gag reflex as this lady is like clinically insane- seriously CINICALLY INSANE! SHOUD NOT BE WALKING THE STREETS INSANE! We wonder how some dude that was medicated and we knew all about could somehow manage to cut off another mans head in a public bus and then months later be out on the streets again (thank you Canada!) this show will show you why… People are clinically insane should not be allowed on the streets, they are more dangerous overwhelming statistically than legal gun owners- maybe we should have people register their insane family members? Needless to say hated season 1, maybe even giving it a 0/5 and season two maybe getting a 2/5… Might be watching more of this JUST for Ashley’s sake since I think her numbers were 2/5 and then 3/5 but who knows… This show is about an insane woman who tracks down other insane people and can do it well because she is… insane as well…
Her Thoughts: Homeland follows an CIA agent Carrie who has bipolar disorder and is a little crazy at times but does her job well! She is informed that an American soldier has been captured by this bad Al-Qaeda guy and has been turned. A couple years later Nick Brody, an American soldier, is found in Afghanistan and comes home as a hero. Carrie is convinced that Brody is working for Al-Qaeda and now she has to try to convince the rest of the CIA! Pretty good show, the first season didn't end the way we wanted/thought it would but the second season was good all the way through!
The Following
Season 1
His Thoughts: I like Kevin, always have- I think his acting is top notch. Death Sentence? Phenomenal! This show was so-so, with a very blah story with no real depth or understanding of the occult, they even at one point in time throw The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints under the bus; if you are comparing Mormons to the real “occult” you are seriously retarded OR don’t know your facts… It was like in Dexter when they were in the crazy religious nuts house and they found “religious crazy books” on his shelf’s, one of which was one of the Work and the Glory books… Lmao… ONE of them, it is a series of like nine GIANT books and this nut happens to own book number 4 and puts it in between The Apocalypse and How Everyone Will Burn books on his shelf? Best part is that the book is like “Little House on the Prairie” for Mormons, this is BORING STUFF! HAHAHA! If you don’t know facts you can end up looking REALLLLLLLY dumb! This guy gets wacked in the back as he walks into a room with a gun I think 100% of the time, doesn’t see obvious things coming, has a heart problem and can’t get too serious or run around 99% of the time, but somehow at the very end can get angry enough to bypass his heart problem that medically he shouldn’t be able to and then Jean Claude Van Dammes for the finale. Fun decent show with plenty of plot holes and errors so as to not be taken seriously this show is a 2/5 or a 3/5 depending on your mood.
Her Thoughts: This show was interesting and Kevin Bacon does a great job at his role! He plays a former detective who is trying to hunt down this guy who has created a cult or "following" of people that will do anything for him.
His Thoughts: I like Kevin, always have- I think his acting is top notch. Death Sentence? Phenomenal! This show was so-so, with a very blah story with no real depth or understanding of the occult, they even at one point in time throw The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints under the bus; if you are comparing Mormons to the real “occult” you are seriously retarded OR don’t know your facts… It was like in Dexter when they were in the crazy religious nuts house and they found “religious crazy books” on his shelf’s, one of which was one of the Work and the Glory books… Lmao… ONE of them, it is a series of like nine GIANT books and this nut happens to own book number 4 and puts it in between The Apocalypse and How Everyone Will Burn books on his shelf? Best part is that the book is like “Little House on the Prairie” for Mormons, this is BORING STUFF! HAHAHA! If you don’t know facts you can end up looking REALLLLLLLY dumb! This guy gets wacked in the back as he walks into a room with a gun I think 100% of the time, doesn’t see obvious things coming, has a heart problem and can’t get too serious or run around 99% of the time, but somehow at the very end can get angry enough to bypass his heart problem that medically he shouldn’t be able to and then Jean Claude Van Dammes for the finale. Fun decent show with plenty of plot holes and errors so as to not be taken seriously this show is a 2/5 or a 3/5 depending on your mood.
Her Thoughts: This show was interesting and Kevin Bacon does a great job at his role! He plays a former detective who is trying to hunt down this guy who has created a cult or "following" of people that will do anything for him.
Fringe
Seasons 1-5
His Thoughts: Holy HELL did this show go up and down like a roller coaster… Season one was terrible, seriously terrible… The main character was SUCH an @$$ the whole show that it made watching it actually painful for me. She would yell and belittle an old man with AMNESIA while he is drinking a milkshake for being such a horrible man in his past until he is crying all over the place and then just walks out of the store like that makes her any better than he was…? UGGG! But, I pressed on due to recommendations that it gets better… AND IT DOES! She does this 180 degree turn around and it actually gets very cool! Walter Bishop MADE this show, he is truly amazing. That being said the show takes a dive at the end- I mean a MAJOR dive and ends with you just shaking your head. It was as if they were told “the show has to end, it isn’t doing well enough” and so they just fast forwarded 20 some odd years into the future and ended it in like 6 episodes! LoL! I am not even making this up… This show went from a 1/5 to a 5/5 to a 2/5, don’t know how else to explain it…
Her Thoughts: I hated Olivia in the first season. We almost didn't watch anymore but we caved, and the show did get better. I love Walter and my favourite part of the whole show was laughing at the names he would call Astrid! (He can never remember her name...) Things went downhill after Season 3 and the ending leaves you scratching your head...
His Thoughts: Holy HELL did this show go up and down like a roller coaster… Season one was terrible, seriously terrible… The main character was SUCH an @$$ the whole show that it made watching it actually painful for me. She would yell and belittle an old man with AMNESIA while he is drinking a milkshake for being such a horrible man in his past until he is crying all over the place and then just walks out of the store like that makes her any better than he was…? UGGG! But, I pressed on due to recommendations that it gets better… AND IT DOES! She does this 180 degree turn around and it actually gets very cool! Walter Bishop MADE this show, he is truly amazing. That being said the show takes a dive at the end- I mean a MAJOR dive and ends with you just shaking your head. It was as if they were told “the show has to end, it isn’t doing well enough” and so they just fast forwarded 20 some odd years into the future and ended it in like 6 episodes! LoL! I am not even making this up… This show went from a 1/5 to a 5/5 to a 2/5, don’t know how else to explain it…
Her Thoughts: I hated Olivia in the first season. We almost didn't watch anymore but we caved, and the show did get better. I love Walter and my favourite part of the whole show was laughing at the names he would call Astrid! (He can never remember her name...) Things went downhill after Season 3 and the ending leaves you scratching your head...
Breaking Bad
Seasons 1-6
His Thoughts: Season 1 was a more mature and awesome version of Macgyver, would give it a 5/5. Seasons 2-Fin were just a very M for mature dumb drama. And we all know a good drama is all about adding drama everywhere, even when it would never happen in real life. Poor writing-honestly could have been watching a soap opera by the end… No difference… In fact two of the main actors in the show also were in the TV show VIP with Pamela Anderson; that should tell you something…
Her Thoughts: Hmm, what can I say about Breaking Bad? The first season was really good- very interesting concept of a high school chemistry teacher who starts making methamphetamine when he finds out he has cancer. In the first season you see Walter use some of his chemistry knowledge to get him out of predicaments, but you don't see anymore of that in the rest of the series which is disappointing. The ending did not leave me very satisfied- overall it was okay but there are better shows. Bad language and nudity in this one too.
His Thoughts: Season 1 was a more mature and awesome version of Macgyver, would give it a 5/5. Seasons 2-Fin were just a very M for mature dumb drama. And we all know a good drama is all about adding drama everywhere, even when it would never happen in real life. Poor writing-honestly could have been watching a soap opera by the end… No difference… In fact two of the main actors in the show also were in the TV show VIP with Pamela Anderson; that should tell you something…
Her Thoughts: Hmm, what can I say about Breaking Bad? The first season was really good- very interesting concept of a high school chemistry teacher who starts making methamphetamine when he finds out he has cancer. In the first season you see Walter use some of his chemistry knowledge to get him out of predicaments, but you don't see anymore of that in the rest of the series which is disappointing. The ending did not leave me very satisfied- overall it was okay but there are better shows. Bad language and nudity in this one too.
Supernatural
Seasons 1-8
His Thoughts: A better version of X-Files that seems to be going down the same road? The show started off as Sam and Dean (brothers) hunting down and killing the supernatural. It was fun and got you hooked as they went from “lady in white” to “ghost” to “vampire” to “werewolf” to “demon” to “shapeshifter”, on and on and on IN ONE SEASON! There were special ways to kill each of them and identify them and it was actually a really cool show! Then entire seasons became all about “demons” and then “angels” and then “leviathans” etc etc etc. I can’t remember the last time we have seen a shapeshifter or a lady in white… Seriously going downhill FAST and they need to get back to their roots of “hunting unique things down and killing them” or this could end horrible bad! Have to say though, playing Kansas “Carry On Wayward Son” at the start of each season finale is kick-ass, HAHA!
Her Thoughts: Supernatural is a really good show that follows the Winchester brothers Dean and Sam through their experiences with the supernatural! Pretty unique story, with an excellent theme song that gets stuck in your head!
His Thoughts: A better version of X-Files that seems to be going down the same road? The show started off as Sam and Dean (brothers) hunting down and killing the supernatural. It was fun and got you hooked as they went from “lady in white” to “ghost” to “vampire” to “werewolf” to “demon” to “shapeshifter”, on and on and on IN ONE SEASON! There were special ways to kill each of them and identify them and it was actually a really cool show! Then entire seasons became all about “demons” and then “angels” and then “leviathans” etc etc etc. I can’t remember the last time we have seen a shapeshifter or a lady in white… Seriously going downhill FAST and they need to get back to their roots of “hunting unique things down and killing them” or this could end horrible bad! Have to say though, playing Kansas “Carry On Wayward Son” at the start of each season finale is kick-ass, HAHA!
Her Thoughts: Supernatural is a really good show that follows the Winchester brothers Dean and Sam through their experiences with the supernatural! Pretty unique story, with an excellent theme song that gets stuck in your head!
Dragon Ball Z
Seasons 1-2
Her Thoughts: Dragon Ball Z is not my favourite show of all time... The characters are lovable but the story seems to repeat itself. Maybe I would be more of a fan if I had watched it growing up!
Her Thoughts: Dragon Ball Z is not my favourite show of all time... The characters are lovable but the story seems to repeat itself. Maybe I would be more of a fan if I had watched it growing up!
Dexter
Seasons 1-8
His Thoughts: I honestly don’t even know how to do this… This was one of my favorite shows in recorded history! This was such an amazing show that followed a “serial killer who only kills bad guys”. Twisted in how it made you question just whether or not Dexter was a bad guy for mutilating people if he was only doing it to people who mutilated innocent people- this show was super interesting. My wife and I even enjoyed the seasons that people seemed to hate- saying that season 1 was the best. I would agree that season 1 was darn good, but Trinity and a couple others would be contenders for top season over season 1 in my book- the point is that it was not just a “one season show” for my wife and I. That being said the last two seasons were absolute garbage. (I would go into more detail but I can't without throwing out major spoilers) From start to finish the writing was absolute $#!? that made you feel like the last 6 seasons you didn’t get to know Dexter at all! Everything they taught you about him was THROWN out the window for seasons 7-8 and they ended it with one final F-U to the fans. Thinking BACK on this tv show just makes me angry now and leaves me with a nasty taste in my mouth- don’t know if I will ever watch the series again, and if I do I don’t know if I would watch seasons 7-8 or just make up my own “ending”; because what happened after “the event” at the end of season 6 was a complete travesty of Dexter.
Her Thoughts: Oh Dexter... It is my favourite TV show, which is kind of hard to admit because it is not very clean- lots of swearing, some nudity and can be gory. But Dexter is the most unique character I have seen on TV or read about. He is a serial killer who kills serial killers. Dexter is such a nice guy that you don't mind him killing these bad people and it is fun to see him track them down! The show was excellent until season 7 and 8- they were terrible! I might recommend new people to not even watch those two seasons because it kind of ruined it for me!
His Thoughts: I honestly don’t even know how to do this… This was one of my favorite shows in recorded history! This was such an amazing show that followed a “serial killer who only kills bad guys”. Twisted in how it made you question just whether or not Dexter was a bad guy for mutilating people if he was only doing it to people who mutilated innocent people- this show was super interesting. My wife and I even enjoyed the seasons that people seemed to hate- saying that season 1 was the best. I would agree that season 1 was darn good, but Trinity and a couple others would be contenders for top season over season 1 in my book- the point is that it was not just a “one season show” for my wife and I. That being said the last two seasons were absolute garbage. (I would go into more detail but I can't without throwing out major spoilers) From start to finish the writing was absolute $#!? that made you feel like the last 6 seasons you didn’t get to know Dexter at all! Everything they taught you about him was THROWN out the window for seasons 7-8 and they ended it with one final F-U to the fans. Thinking BACK on this tv show just makes me angry now and leaves me with a nasty taste in my mouth- don’t know if I will ever watch the series again, and if I do I don’t know if I would watch seasons 7-8 or just make up my own “ending”; because what happened after “the event” at the end of season 6 was a complete travesty of Dexter.
Her Thoughts: Oh Dexter... It is my favourite TV show, which is kind of hard to admit because it is not very clean- lots of swearing, some nudity and can be gory. But Dexter is the most unique character I have seen on TV or read about. He is a serial killer who kills serial killers. Dexter is such a nice guy that you don't mind him killing these bad people and it is fun to see him track them down! The show was excellent until season 7 and 8- they were terrible! I might recommend new people to not even watch those two seasons because it kind of ruined it for me!
Monk
Seasons 1-8
His Thoughts: I thought that this was a great show from start to finish. I never “didn’t like Monk”, maybe because I saw wayyyyyy to much of myself in him? Who knows… Each show was basically its own entity, with Monk solving a murder because he is a super smart OCD man. There is a “main storyline” but it is small and drives the show along, but never TAKES OVER THE SHOW. This allows it to be great from start to finish and allows the “ending” to wrap up super nicely. You will feel good and smile when this show ends; it ends well and makes you feel gratified for having experiences his life with him. Thinking back on the show you will not regret watching it.
Her Thoughts: I hated Monk for probably about half of the first season. Adrian Monk is a detective who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. He has to constantly wash his hands, make things straight, not walk on cracks, touch every light... He drove me crazy!! But I got past that and found it to be a very good show. Each episode Monk solves a case which is nice because it is like a watching a mini movie each episode. Overall a good, clean, fun show!
His Thoughts: I thought that this was a great show from start to finish. I never “didn’t like Monk”, maybe because I saw wayyyyyy to much of myself in him? Who knows… Each show was basically its own entity, with Monk solving a murder because he is a super smart OCD man. There is a “main storyline” but it is small and drives the show along, but never TAKES OVER THE SHOW. This allows it to be great from start to finish and allows the “ending” to wrap up super nicely. You will feel good and smile when this show ends; it ends well and makes you feel gratified for having experiences his life with him. Thinking back on the show you will not regret watching it.
Her Thoughts: I hated Monk for probably about half of the first season. Adrian Monk is a detective who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. He has to constantly wash his hands, make things straight, not walk on cracks, touch every light... He drove me crazy!! But I got past that and found it to be a very good show. Each episode Monk solves a case which is nice because it is like a watching a mini movie each episode. Overall a good, clean, fun show!
The Simpsons
Seasons 1-20
His Thoughts: There are three phases an “artist” goes through when creating art; be that a movie, a tv show, a painting, etc… The first phase is “I need money” in which an artist has an idea- possible a fantastic idea- but needs to SELL that idea. If the idea is good and the artist worthy it might be picked up and moved forward. You can see some amazing work done in phase 1, but typically not “masterpieces”. Phase 2 is entered when the artist realizes he has “succeeded” and people “like” his/her art. This phase involves mastery, in which the artist realizes what he does well and enjoys giving people what he does well and creates many “masterpieces”. Phase 3 is entered when the artist has had enough “success” and no longer feels satisfied with “making others happy” or “making more money”, as he has plenty of both typically by this point. Now he branches off into what he deems to be “more important social, physiological, political, and otherwise ground shattering/earth changing philosophies” and his “art” no longer is “art” but a tool to push or sway his viewpoints on to others. This phase produces the worst “art” and in most chases the artist loses the respect of his followers all together, but doesn’t mind as he is now surrounded by be a newer, smaller group of people who enjoy his/her “new art” because it happens to push their same ideological viewpoints. The artist doesn’t last long in phase 3 before typically disappearing.
The Simpsons Phase 1: Bart Simpson was the show. The idea of a crazy kid doing crazy stuff driving the parents absolutely crazy was sold and the show got its first couple of real seasons and people could relate to the show and it did “sell”. There were some really good shows here that made you remember why you fell in love with these guys to begin with, as well as the creative power of the people who came up with the ideas and concepts and created this world. I really enjoyed this time period, as well as “The Bart Man” songs and “Butterfinger” commercials that drove this period in the shows life time. Most of the episodes in this time were focused around Bart, with the other people “co-staring” if you will.
The Simpsons Phase 2: Homer Simpson was the show. The creator realized that he had stumbled onto something great when he created this world; Homer Simpson. Unique in his “Doh!” and many other features, made this character a unique masterpiece, while still being broad enough that everyone could relate to and understand the guy. These shows and seasons are masterpieces, with shows being some of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. The artist was working with one thing in mind- to make as many people laugh as humanly possible and he clearly enjoyed doing it, and he clearly succeeded. These shows were universal in their appeal and hilarious in their uptake. They centered the show around Homer Simpson with all the other characters being “co-stars”.
The Simpsons Phase 3; Lisa Simpson is the show. One of the longest running shows on TV, more money than anyone could ever spend, tired of just eliciting the emotion response of “making people laugh and enjoy life” the show turns into a political and ideological soap box that no longer has creative genius or “make you laugh appeal”. The shows become about “global warming” and “saving the rainforests” and follows Lisa Simpson primarily as they try to push and push and push their ideological view points down your throat. You continue watching the show, hoping that there will be one good “neutral and funny masterpiece” like you have come to expect, but get more and more disillusioned with each passing episode, until finally you stop watching all together. A new crowd comes in and watches the show, a much smaller crowd, but the creators don’t care because they have as much money and fame as they could possible want, and now the only people watching the show are the people they deem to be “good people” because they happen to be the same people who agree with them politically and ideologically. Eventually this form of “art” (if you can even call it that) disappears because it is not and will never be financially sound to cater to the few and piss off the mass. They center the show around Lisa Simpson with all the other characters being “co-stars”.
Her Thoughts: The first couple seasons of The Simpsons are actually pretty funny. Homer and Bart are the main focus which made it the best because they are both so silly and it is easy to laugh at them! I found the longer the series went on the more they drifted away from Homer and Bart and focused on Marg and Lisa instead. The show became less funny and more political/environmental. Classic show but I'd say stick to the earlier seasons!
His Thoughts: There are three phases an “artist” goes through when creating art; be that a movie, a tv show, a painting, etc… The first phase is “I need money” in which an artist has an idea- possible a fantastic idea- but needs to SELL that idea. If the idea is good and the artist worthy it might be picked up and moved forward. You can see some amazing work done in phase 1, but typically not “masterpieces”. Phase 2 is entered when the artist realizes he has “succeeded” and people “like” his/her art. This phase involves mastery, in which the artist realizes what he does well and enjoys giving people what he does well and creates many “masterpieces”. Phase 3 is entered when the artist has had enough “success” and no longer feels satisfied with “making others happy” or “making more money”, as he has plenty of both typically by this point. Now he branches off into what he deems to be “more important social, physiological, political, and otherwise ground shattering/earth changing philosophies” and his “art” no longer is “art” but a tool to push or sway his viewpoints on to others. This phase produces the worst “art” and in most chases the artist loses the respect of his followers all together, but doesn’t mind as he is now surrounded by be a newer, smaller group of people who enjoy his/her “new art” because it happens to push their same ideological viewpoints. The artist doesn’t last long in phase 3 before typically disappearing.
The Simpsons Phase 1: Bart Simpson was the show. The idea of a crazy kid doing crazy stuff driving the parents absolutely crazy was sold and the show got its first couple of real seasons and people could relate to the show and it did “sell”. There were some really good shows here that made you remember why you fell in love with these guys to begin with, as well as the creative power of the people who came up with the ideas and concepts and created this world. I really enjoyed this time period, as well as “The Bart Man” songs and “Butterfinger” commercials that drove this period in the shows life time. Most of the episodes in this time were focused around Bart, with the other people “co-staring” if you will.
The Simpsons Phase 2: Homer Simpson was the show. The creator realized that he had stumbled onto something great when he created this world; Homer Simpson. Unique in his “Doh!” and many other features, made this character a unique masterpiece, while still being broad enough that everyone could relate to and understand the guy. These shows and seasons are masterpieces, with shows being some of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. The artist was working with one thing in mind- to make as many people laugh as humanly possible and he clearly enjoyed doing it, and he clearly succeeded. These shows were universal in their appeal and hilarious in their uptake. They centered the show around Homer Simpson with all the other characters being “co-stars”.
The Simpsons Phase 3; Lisa Simpson is the show. One of the longest running shows on TV, more money than anyone could ever spend, tired of just eliciting the emotion response of “making people laugh and enjoy life” the show turns into a political and ideological soap box that no longer has creative genius or “make you laugh appeal”. The shows become about “global warming” and “saving the rainforests” and follows Lisa Simpson primarily as they try to push and push and push their ideological view points down your throat. You continue watching the show, hoping that there will be one good “neutral and funny masterpiece” like you have come to expect, but get more and more disillusioned with each passing episode, until finally you stop watching all together. A new crowd comes in and watches the show, a much smaller crowd, but the creators don’t care because they have as much money and fame as they could possible want, and now the only people watching the show are the people they deem to be “good people” because they happen to be the same people who agree with them politically and ideologically. Eventually this form of “art” (if you can even call it that) disappears because it is not and will never be financially sound to cater to the few and piss off the mass. They center the show around Lisa Simpson with all the other characters being “co-stars”.
Her Thoughts: The first couple seasons of The Simpsons are actually pretty funny. Homer and Bart are the main focus which made it the best because they are both so silly and it is easy to laugh at them! I found the longer the series went on the more they drifted away from Homer and Bart and focused on Marg and Lisa instead. The show became less funny and more political/environmental. Classic show but I'd say stick to the earlier seasons!
The X Files
Seasons 1-9
His Thoughts: I don’t know why Ashley put this one here! Haha! I loved seasons 1 to maybe 3? Every episode was about a unique crazy case that involved the “unknown” and I thought it was and probably is the best attempt at this ever. I loved it. After that it turned into this “main story line” which just got more convoluted and boring as the season went on. They needed to just stick with the individual cases like “The Simpsons” with each episode being its own entity and very little “main story” to push it along and keep it together.
Her Thoughts: I really enjoyed The X-Files. I loved how each episode was its own story that got solved at then end but that there was still a main story line. However, closer to the end of the series, the main story gets very confusing- is Mulder's sister alive? Did she get taken by aliens? It never answers the question out right. Overall a really fun show to watch that can sometimes leave you feeling a little spooked!!
His Thoughts: I don’t know why Ashley put this one here! Haha! I loved seasons 1 to maybe 3? Every episode was about a unique crazy case that involved the “unknown” and I thought it was and probably is the best attempt at this ever. I loved it. After that it turned into this “main story line” which just got more convoluted and boring as the season went on. They needed to just stick with the individual cases like “The Simpsons” with each episode being its own entity and very little “main story” to push it along and keep it together.
Her Thoughts: I really enjoyed The X-Files. I loved how each episode was its own story that got solved at then end but that there was still a main story line. However, closer to the end of the series, the main story gets very confusing- is Mulder's sister alive? Did she get taken by aliens? It never answers the question out right. Overall a really fun show to watch that can sometimes leave you feeling a little spooked!!
Rurouni Kenshin
His Thoughts: This anime is one of my favorites. Have to thank my sister Katie for this
one, would never have found it otherwise! This show has the perfect amount of
funny/action/love story to keep everyone happy. It is not too over the top on
any of the three and because of that it turns out to be one amazing watch. The
story starts with Samurai X, a story about a boy who watches as his entire
nomadic “family” is butchered in front of him at a very young age. If it wasn’t
for the selfless act of some younger women who gave their lives to protect and
hide him with their bodies he would have died that night. Chance be told though
that a legendary samurai happened to come by and slaughter the entire “brigand”
group and then he went on his way. When the legendary samurai came back to deal with
the bodies he found the boy had buried everyone; including the “brigands”. The
master took him in and trained him. At this time the country went into revolt
and Kenshin left his training early to join the revolution to try and bring
about a better country. Over the course of the war he gains two scars on his
face that form an X, and also losing all taste for the shedding of blood.
Rurouni Kenshin is the story of his life after the war as a “wanderer” who has
taken up a reverse blade sword and will not kill again; this however does not
stop his old enemies from coming and trying to kill him- the problem is that
even with a reverse blade sword, no one can touch him…
Her Thoughts: Growing up I did not watch a lot of anime (Sailor Moon being the exception). But Micah did like anime and he introduced me to this one soon after we got married. This show is really good and is my favourite anime by far compared to others! Rurouni Kenshin is about a boy who became an assassin who then changes his ways and becomes peaceful. He still protects his friends but he never kills anyone! Cute show!
Her Thoughts: Growing up I did not watch a lot of anime (Sailor Moon being the exception). But Micah did like anime and he introduced me to this one soon after we got married. This show is really good and is my favourite anime by far compared to others! Rurouni Kenshin is about a boy who became an assassin who then changes his ways and becomes peaceful. He still protects his friends but he never kills anyone! Cute show!