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ria_oaksOkay, I give in, I officially love this show. :) Just watched ep13, and I swear it just keeps getting better and better. Phenomenal acting, writing, music, direction... how did this show only get nominated for two Emmys? More than anything tonight, I think what stood out for me was how amazing the women in it are. Particularly Tami Taylor, who is one of the strongest and most incredible women that I've seen on TV in a long time. I just adore her, and I adore her relationship with Coach Taylor. They have such a true-to-life relationship - they fight like all married couples do, but they obviously love each other deeply and I love how ultimately they are usually willing to find compromise with each other and accept the other for who they are. I also increasingly love Tyra, who I was kinda "eh" on at first, but wow the last few episodes.. I just love that she's calling her mom out for having put up with abuse all her life, and how she's so utterly unwilling to lay down and let a man fuck her about. The scene when their tire blows out and she yells at her mom that they have to figure out how to do it themselves just struck me as so powerful - she doesn't know how to do it, sure, but rather than give up and be all "I'm a giirl, I can't do it!" she steps up and says "fuck that". I admire her for that so much; I wish I could learn to be more like that...
I also love Julie a ridiculous amount, btw, and her and Matt are about the most adorable things ever. And how sweet is Coach Taylor's ridiculously over-protective b.s. about her dating Matt? He's such a typical father, heh. But it's clear that he cares about her deeply and just doesn't want her to get hurt. Though I kinda want to take him aside and point out to him that if his daughter is going to date someone, which face it she will do eventually, then Matt Saracen is about the best bet ever. I mean come on, the guy is a total sweetheart, and Julie could do a hell of a lot worse.
My feelings about Lyla are a bit more complicated, mayhaps, but I'm quite fond of her... I think she's strong in her own way, but she made a huge mistake and has been paying for it for the last few episodes. A lot of my thoughts about her tend to boil down to the ridiculously shallow "damn she's preeetty", I'm admit. *cough* But she is, dammit, she's gorgeous. *sigh*
Right. Bed. Almost 12am and I have work tomorrow... on the plus side, tomorrow night is my crazy night of TV! NBC night of awesome comedy from 8-10, CW night of guilty pleasure sci-fi at 8 and pure awesomeness with sexy boys at 9, and ABC night of guilty pleasure medical drama at 9 *cough*. I do love Thursday nights. ;)
I also love Julie a ridiculous amount, btw, and her and Matt are about the most adorable things ever. And how sweet is Coach Taylor's ridiculously over-protective b.s. about her dating Matt? He's such a typical father, heh. But it's clear that he cares about her deeply and just doesn't want her to get hurt. Though I kinda want to take him aside and point out to him that if his daughter is going to date someone, which face it she will do eventually, then Matt Saracen is about the best bet ever. I mean come on, the guy is a total sweetheart, and Julie could do a hell of a lot worse.
My feelings about Lyla are a bit more complicated, mayhaps, but I'm quite fond of her... I think she's strong in her own way, but she made a huge mistake and has been paying for it for the last few episodes. A lot of my thoughts about her tend to boil down to the ridiculously shallow "damn she's preeetty", I'm admit. *cough* But she is, dammit, she's gorgeous. *sigh*
Right. Bed. Almost 12am and I have work tomorrow... on the plus side, tomorrow night is my crazy night of TV! NBC night of awesome comedy from 8-10, CW night of guilty pleasure sci-fi at 8 and pure awesomeness with sexy boys at 9, and ABC night of guilty pleasure medical drama at 9 *cough*. I do love Thursday nights. ;)
