Uhhhhh

I love how

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Brenda

seems sane compared to

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the rest of her family.

I feel

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Nate's

frustrations.

I saw a recommendation online to only watch 1 episode a week like it was intended and that will help with how depressing it is so I think I will do that. I'll let you know what I think of the show when I finish it in 64 weeks!

I just took a wild guess at the number of episodes and then googled it and it's 63 lol wow I'm savage

Quizmaster Vern! @ 5/1/2023 20:52

I saw a recommendation online to only watch 1 episode a week like it was intended and that will help with how depressing it is so I think I will do that. I'll let you know what I think of the show when I finish it in 64 weeks!

That makes sense I guess. I've been watching two episodes at a time. lol I have one episode left in season 1.
I might take a short break between seasons.

I watched episode 2 and it was still sad but slightly less sad

SEASON ONE was pretty well done.

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There was enough resolution that each character was left in a good place at the end of the season, that if the series had ended then, it would have been satisfying. With just enough tidbits of stuff to deal with in season two, such as Nate's diagnosis, Claire's relationship with Gabe, and of course Gillardi and co. I have some thoughts about him, but I don't want to share them just yet lol

I said I'd take a break between seasons, but I'll probably start season 2 later tonight lol

I finished season 2 last night:

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This one didn't leave everyone in a mostly nice place. We got a bit of a cliffhanger in that we don't know Nate's fate after his surgery. But it was nice to see the family come together like they did. They don't always show it, but there is real love there. I don't like Nate and Brenda together, I kind of hope that's over for good. But there's so much drama surrounding her and her family, that she'll probably be back. Plus, it's too early (3 seasons left) for Nate and Lisa to be the happy family with their baby Maya. Speaking of too early, I was surprised that Kroehner seems to be over too. I was thinking that would have been a series' long storyline. They could back in some form. Didn't seem like Mitzi would be one that would give up easily. lol It's also nice to see Rico own part of the company. I keep waiting for an episode to open with one of the characters that we are familiar with. They did that with this season's finale, but it followed Nate to the hospital to visit that patient who ended up being the death in the opening of the episode.

I do enjoy all the characters but I think that Ruth and Nate might be my favourites.

the season 3 episode I watched last night (The Trap) had so many guest stars in it that I recognized from other tv series. Being from before these other shows came out makes it not that surprising, but it was still crazy to see them all in the same episode.

Dwight from The Office
Ted from How I Met Your Mother
Cricket From It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Haywire from Prison Break

plus Kathy Bates and Ben Foster.

Haywire is great.

I haven't watched this show in a while. Will try to hit at least one this week.

I have about 3 episodes left of season 3.
I really like it.

But I'm a little bit concerned about

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Lisa

because I accidentally read something I wasn't supposed to when I googled the name of the funeral home who wanted to buy them out to get the spelling right for one of my previous posts.
It was one of those questions Google shows that are related to what you're looking up and it said...

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Who killed Lisa Six Feet Under?

So I've been expecting it, but I'm not ready for it.

I finished season 4 today, which means I only have 12 episodes of this series left.

Season 4 found me liking

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Brenda, quite a lot. And Brenda with Joe. I liked Joe. Joe deserved better. But if Nate and Brenda can be happy together, I'm all for it. I can't see them not ending up together since she's hung around this long. It was nice to see more from Rico and Vanessa too, even though Rico was a bad boy. I do kinda hope they get back together, but at the same time, I would be fine with them both moving on. I said I was enjoying Ruth and Nate in another post, but I feel like this was Michael C. Hall's season. The carjacking episode was a season highlight. I am also enjoying David and Keith's relationship. I was annoyed with it in earlier seasons. And it was nice seeing Michelle Trachtenberg in a handful of eps. I love the guest cast that pop up each week. George Sibley has finally gone insane lol. Or has he always been? Poor Ruth. But she can handle it. She can handle anything. Claire is Claire. It's nice when they show the little mother/daughter moments between her and Ruth. But I like they have given her her own space and circle of friends now that she's in art school. It's nice having Billy functioning normally too. I hope it lasts. There's also a reason they keep bringing him back. Just as we followed Brenda's story even when she and Nate had parted. As for Lisa's death, it seems obvious that her brother-in-law at the very least had something to do with her death. Is she even dead? Nate did bury her, didn't he? This is one thing I hope we learn all of the details about, but at the same time, since we didn't see it happen on screen, I'd be fine not knowing for sure what happened. It happens in real life all the time.

I've got only 5 episodes left. I'm going to miss this family when it's over.

I've got 4 episodes left, I'm about to watch the next one in a bit. But something happened at the end of the last one that I'm nervous about.
I'm watching the dvd boxset lol and the packaging for season 5 shows a cast photo on the back,

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with one major character missing. But also I feel like the show will end the way it started, with the death of one of the members of the Fisher family. And they did a lot of comparisons to Nate and his father throughout the series. I don't know if it's an instant thing or it will carry on over the last few episodes but I'm not prepared for it. Someone told me what they do in the finale with the rest of the main characaters, but I don't have details. But it's part of what made me want to watch this series.

I have two episodes left!

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Nate's funeral service...felt like I was right there with the family through all of it. This was also the first episode that didn't start with a random death scene. That kind of bugged me a little bit to be honest, but I quickly got over it. It would have felt out of place. For a show that's so depressing, with lots of emotional scenes, I haven't teared up once lol but George Sibley stepping up to speak at the service (when David couldn't) almost got me!

I will definitely be done this weekend. Maybe even by tonight.