Well, actually, three, because I've been meaning to say something about the Castle finale all week, so we'll start there. Castle! Ba-bam! Finally! Ok, the episode itself was pretty terrible because for some reason the showrunners use the season finales/premieres to abandon all the witty and glib humor that makes the show worth watching for heavy-handed, depressingly dramatic bullshit...but that doesn't mean that Nathan Fillion isn't AMAZING and TOTALLY THE BEST. He delivers this speech that is pained and honest and beautiful and gratifying and Beckett, because she is an atrocious, selfish person, responds in an atrocious, selfish way. Just watch:
But I never watched this show for her. I've always known she's The Worst. Like I said about last year's season finale, "We just want Castle and Beckett to make out. It's all we've ever wanted." And that's the truth. So I could care less about the crazy conspiracy and about Tahmoh Whatshisface from Dollhouse being a super-good murderer and about Esposito and Ryan's terminal cases of Serious Face and all of it, because at the end, not only did they make out hard-core, but they also definitely HAD THE SEX. Which gives me great hopes for next season being less about Beckett's boring and illogical mental and emotional hangups and more about Castle and Beckett having all the sex. I just can't believe it took FOUR SEASONS to get there.
Moving on.
The Office was actually pretty good last night, wasn't it? I mean, not the Andy parts, the Andy parts were awful. And not the Robert California parts, because I am SO OVER R.C. And NOT the part where Andy hired back My Least Favorite British Person. But definitely the Dwight parts and Jim's unnecessary paranoia and Angela's totally necessary paranoia and then Angela and Dwight at the end. And definitely the Mose cameo because Mose is my FAVE. You know who was the best, though? Darryl. Ok, that part at the end where Val is in his family photo with his daughter is kinda weird, but Craig Robinson KILLED this whole episode in terms of both humor and heart.
Look, it's not like there aren't nice moments from week to week. It's just that it doesn't feel like the same show anymore! And I am extremely concerned about what's going to happen to the quality of writing now that Mindy Kaling AND Paul Lieberstein are leaving. Uf. I think one of the reasons NBC bought so many comedies is that with both 30 Rock and The Office heading into their final seasons, they've got to find replacements, quick. Still no news on the renewal of Parks & Rec, but I honestly can't imagine NBC would pull the rug out from under them now, just as they've gained enough cultural relevance to truly replace The Office. But who knows, they're all assholes, so we'll see what happens.
Speaking of Parks & Recreation...
God, that finale. Slayed me. I was sure Leslie was gonna lose and then go with Ben to D.C., but then she DIDN'T, she WON, OF COURSE (no thanks to Jerry), and then she gave this speech that had me literally sobbing at the television because WHY CAN'T ACTUAL POLITICS BE LIKE THAT???
Why can't actual politicians be more like Leslie Knope? Why can't more PEOPLE let go of their hatred and bigotry and discrimination and be more like her? The world would be a better place. In the face of the North Carolina bullshit and the fact that there are millions of Americans who thought that Rick MOTHERFUCKING Santorum should be our president and the overriding feeling that hatred and injustice have a much stronger toehold in this world than love and logic and TRUTH and that every day I face the world as a fat queer atheist woman with the knowledge that there is absolutely NO ONE with any power in politics who truly represents me, and I'm not even a racial minority...this just broke me down. THAT'S why, when Leslie put her picture on the wall of city council members and the camera panned past old white man after old white man before finally landing on her smiling visage, I burst out with what can only be described as sudden noisy weeping. I'm crying again right now, just thinking about it. Because this is television, and as much as I might love it with all of my heart and wish that more things in this world were like Parks & Recreation, the truth is that they are NOT. Things in this world are TERRIBLE. We have never had a woman president. Congress is irreparably fucked-up and corrupt. Our Supreme Court has legalized the corporate purchase of elections. Arizona continues to criminalize possession of a uterus. Our jails are full of non-violent pot smokers. And we all just congratulated our Democratic president for FINALLY coming out in support of a BASIC HUMAN RIGHT after four fucking years. We need more Leslies in the world; that's the only way things are going to get any better.
Of course, the rest of the show was wonderful, but you know that, we don't need to talk about it. It was all wonderful, we love them all, and can't wait to see Police Academy Andy next year.
Places To Live: Winterfell. Montana. S Africa (D.M.B.).
LOVE IT.
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