I watched the first episode today! Kinda dug it tbh. Kevin Spacey is great, his voice so perfect for the character. I'd heard about the fourth wall breaking and was kind of dreading it but it really worked well for the show (probably largely due to the quality of the writing and Spacey's acting.) But I don't think the rest of the show is as compelling as the FRANK stuff. The SPUNKY JOURNALIST who seems to pretty much be the female lead is okay so far, but I can't imagine where they'll take it. And a lot of the characters currently seem sort of extraneous but I guess I'll have to watch the rest to find out (:

As for the NEW model of television stuff, I am not a fan. I feel like BINGE WATCHING is sort of reductive for some shows anyway and I don't like that it's become the habit for a lot of people. It can work for the Wire because it's just a long overarching story but a lot of shows let the episodes tell individual stories, and a lot of the nuance can be lost if watched in just one go. Of course IT WORKED FOR THE NOVEL or whatever arguments people are throwing out in favor of it

loool Curtis I really only have time to watch 1 or 2 a day right now. But I'll be sure to read your posts in a week or so!

Episode 2 - p good! Peter Russo is at least an interesting character and I loved his scenes with Kern's classmate. My thing right now is that I'm not really sure what other major obstacles Frank has at this point, and I'm not sure how it'll last the rest of the season without some padding (Frank's wild college years does not sound totally necessary tbh). And I don't much want them to do a formula of Frank manipulating everybody incredibly skillfully every episode. It seems like Zoe is going to be the KEY to everything becoming unraveled as well and I don't know how to feel about that.

Haha I just finished chapter 3 too. Probably my favorite so far, really loved all the stuff in GAFFNEY and how shitty a human being Frank is. I also love how casually Vasquez disregarded the whole situation, like everyone involved is just apathetic to the dead teenage girl thing. The education stuff is still pretty interesting too, but Claire's plotline is just I dunno. The stuff she does (not related to the Initiative) feels really tangential and unnecessary even from a thematic standpoint

Also

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-The sphincter? -The spout on the water tower. -Oh, I always thought of it as more of a clitoris.

doug is p cool