Okay, have I said on here before how awesome Damages is? Because it’s awesome. I’m way into it. The storylines are more complicated than 24, girl has to keep track of a lot that’s going on. Its great because it starts 6 months into the future, we see lawyer girl all bloody and cracked up, then we go back to 6 months before and see her starting at Glenn Close’s law firm.
But what I love is that the time back keeps moving forward, and the time forward keeps moving back, so by the end of the season, the two will meet up somewhere in the middle. It’s really fascinating and they seem to be handling it pretty well.
Now, the show is slightly cheesy, all these incredibly intelligent people saying really dramatic things, but I think one of the best lines I’ve ever heard spoken on television was last night. Tate Donovan is asking Glenn Close why she got into law and she says:
“I’m not trying to change the world. I just hate boys”
It made me laugh out loud; John had to come in to make sure I was okay. If you’re not watching, catch a marathon or something, because this is one of the most TV shows in awhile.
On a whole other note, I think I’ve got this whole Apes timeline figured out. Follow along if you will:
Thursday night: You’re done with your show and they give you the new assignment, immediately your head starts spinning but 80% of your brain is still thinking about your past assignment, and you’re tired, so you postpone thinking about it until tomorrow.
Friday: You let your mind brainstorm and go through a bajillion ideas, decide on one for about an hour, then trash it, then think of another one, then trash it, then listen to your friends ideas, then trash those
Saturday: Now you’ve basically figured out what you’re going to do, and Saturday is spent planning: how you’re going to do it, who you need to call or schedule with, what you need to get or how you’re going to get it.
Sunday: Sunday is a doing day. You buy felt, or start filming, or get your friend to come over to watch the movie scene you’re doing. Sunday is kinda fun, because you’re really getting stuff done.
Monday: You start putting everything that you did on Sunday together. Monday is perhaps the most frustrating day; you can’t imagine how all the felt is going to work, or how you’re going to memorize all these lines, or what this 2 hours of footage is going to be.
Tuesday: Tuesday is dangerous; this is the day of second guessing yourself. “I should have made a turtle puppet” or “I could still switch and do something completely different.” “I still have time if I want to change my mind.” “Shoot, this bit isn’t funny; I need to write all new bits”
Wednesday: Wednesday you decide that whatever you picked to do is what you’re doing, too late now, and you’ve got to commit. This is the moment where everything starts making a little more sense. “I don’t need to switch, what I did was pretty okay”. “I’ll be alright, this is funny….right?”
Thursday: You’re pretty much done, not much you can do now; its time to polish and perfect, and best of all….get kind of excited. Then you head to the show and see everyone else and what they’re doing and you get more excited, because you just want to see what they’re doing, and then you go and four minutes seems like four seconds, and boom
Thursday night: rinse and repeat.
I think I got it.
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