Television Without Pity » Big Love » Eviction: this recap by Jacob subbing in for Sobell - You should know that this is my favorite television show. I'm emotionally dependent on this show until Weeds comes back. Thanks to Sobell for letting me sub in...
Nicki brings in Barb's juicer, which was on the blink thanks to its on/off switch. I can't hate Nicki because of stuff like that. I love that she knows machines, and real stuff, and that she's the Edmund and just wants nice food and clothes and to consume everything in the world. For all her dysfunction, she's closer to a lot of us, I think, than anyone else in the family. Eyes focused on the ground, measuring success by all the wrong rulers -- but she can still scare the hell out of Alby and fix your disposal, and that's cool. I think if she ever grows up, she'll be the coolest, because as even-tempered and beautiful as Barb's spirit is, I do believe that Nicki's the strong one. The smartest people are generally the craziest, because they tell the best lies to themselves. Point: Nicki tells Barb that she looks nice, 'for a bunch of second graders,' which she has to absorb and translate into a compliment before she can thank Nicki. ... I love these frenzied morning scenes, because they're shot in enough storyline-combining tracking shots that you feel the craziness without feeling like the show's trying to overwhelm you with all the babies.
yeah I think I'd like the show if it was all by-the-by daily life at home scenes. I lose interest at all the plots, really. (conflict with Roman, Nicki's debt). also Barb is maybe the only one I really like. so I like seeing the scenes with all the women and kids and watching their interactions.
still true 8/10/07 : yeah I think I'd like the show if it was all by-the-by daily life at home scenes. I lose interest at all the plots, really. Weeds is pretty good about having daily life at home scenes. The Riches is terrible about it.