TwilightZone 1x08&1x10+Marie-Antoinette 1x06+Leonardo1x02+Gunther's Millions (2023) 1x01&1x04+2 more
Time Enough At Last
No.
Judgment Night
Subpar.
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Deux Ex Machina
TPTB can't pull the 'just a regular lass' act with the spoilt brat Marie-Antoinette. Does she only have the one dress? Where is everyone? Marie-Antoinette's brother Joseph visits. Louis XVI needs to comb his hair. Joseph plans bloody conquest and Marie-Antoinette encourages culture.
It is 7 years since 1x01. Marie-Antoinette wears a bit of lace as a mask. Jospeh does a 'Dr Phil' to save his sister's marriage. Marie-Antoinette's accent slips again. There is domestic violene and the heartless result of a divorce would see Marie-Antoinette locked up in a covent.
A couple have extreme levels of distrust. Marie-Antoinette is increasingly agitated. Jospeh has unresolved ancestral issues and takes absolute joy in himself. The ill defined threat of the coming revolution does not appear yet. When will the American Revolution happen?
Marie-Antoinette's eyebrows make her look like an Essex chav. Marie-Antoinette does not want to be a security risk and agrees to try sex with her husband again. A poor dove. There is mass and bad singing. The king is shown how to do it leading to nudey sauce romps. This was tremendously un-nice. The royals have collective purpose at last.
Joseph was played by the poor man's Tom Hardy.
Best Lines:
“May I present my family?”
“No.”
“Only sees what he is shown.”
“About to lose her crown.”
“Which way to the king?”
“Isn't fuss the whole point?”
“His wife is terrifying.”
“Welcome to my life.”
“Prayed for smallpox and got it.”
“Dear god, what do you do at night?”
“More unpleasant endings for a former queen.”
“Of little importance.”
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Leonardo 1x02
There is sex, yelling, staring and terrible acting. An arrest leads to Leonardo's mentor kicking him out again and this time he means it! Leonardo paints a portrait and broods over his horrible father. Leonardo was rejected by his mummy and his daddy. There are braying buffoons with fractious natures. Leonardo makes a rapprochement with his muse. A bride to be expresses dissatisfaction.
Leonardo ponders the irrationalism of life. Things are increasingly archaic. Events end in chaos. Leonardo gets work. There are inconsistencies and logical fallacies. Leonardo is fired again and his father rejects him again. Leonardo yells at his bastard father. Leonardo's painting is cut down and stiffed on his pay.
Best Lines:
“Who looks at a peasant?”
“You gave me nothing!”
“This portrait will live beyond you.”
“Destroying a genius doesn't make you one!”
“The Lord's mercy.”
“Your career will go nowhere without the church.”
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Lucky Dog
A dog has a trust fund of 400 million. A sex cult was involved as was a PR bimbo and a man with unsavoury things in his personality in this staid limited series documentary. People had moral deficits. They (a nebulous thing) are on the 6th Gunther. There is a villa in Italy with a personal chef and 27 employees. A spokesman speaks. There is talk of stolen bacon and a dead countess and a shady man named Maurizie. A porn star pops up.
Some celebutard rants. Maurizie looks like Rene from 'allo allo'. There are claims the countess left the money to the dog as he was her dead son's dog. There are Italians and a boat and brazen disregard for logic and dodgy people. There are sexualised women. There are disresepctful and threatening men. The whole story makes no sense. The dog made a record, but of coursee it did.
They (again the mysterious they) bought Madonna's old house. The cheque is shown. The dog has a stand in. Questions are asked. A group is put together: the Burgundians. There are casting tapes shown and vintage footage. WTF is 'G Squad'? 90S morons are shown. Then things get weird. This was not good.
Best Lines:
“How do you do PR for a dog?”
“Gunther and the bloodline.”
“Gunther dynasty.”
“Living on a couch.”
“Take your beads off.”
“Struggling actor model.”
“That is job security.”
“The Pisan scene.”
“Life was not a happy one.”
“Gotten over the whole Versace murder thing.”
“Getting paid by a dog, seriously.”
“Like with a rich dog.”
“Performance couch.”
1x04
There were men in lab coats and staring and talks of science experiments. There were claims. Oh and the countess story was a lie. The whole thing was a hoax and the dog was stolen. There were creepy experiments and a tax dodge and neglected dogs. Nutters talk about buying an island. A dog breeder and a man whore speak. This was all lies and a scam.
Best Lines:
“Dog boy.”
“Travel, escort, companion.”
“Carefully curated decision.”
“Things didn't go well.”
“Does it matter at this point?”
“This is like awful.”
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Girls5Eva 1x05&1x06
Catskills
The team go on a trip to write. There are bad songs and silly fights and this was not good.
Best Lines:
“Are croutons wood?”
“These scented stickers have gone bad.”
“Fixed all our problems.”
“Feed the snake we perform with.”
“I can work from the toilet.”
“Peeing into a basket of easter grass.”
“I don't know how to cook salad!”
“Get me out of your wigs!”
Cease And Desist
Gloria looks forward to a performance but Wickie gets all the attention. There is a reveal. The boring Danw's dance double does a kick split. This was funny.
Best Lines:
“The girl that was in her dad's bedbug commerical?”
“Glam budget.”
“Drilling, filling and billing.”
“Reject those.”
“Baseline anxiety.”
“Her original teeth!”
“Your knowledge base is so inconsistent.”
“Vegan condoms.”
“Cease and desist bitches!”
“Cease and desist bitch!”
“Paid in bar cherries.”
“Classic diva worship.”
“I spent it!”
“On NYU?”
“You human b-side!”
“I finally get empathy.”
“Daddy's hot friend.”
“This is real pee!”
“Content deal.”
“Before the rants start.”
“We're all learned up.”
“Destroyed my confidence with your pity face!”
“Mouth gems.”
“Horsies clomp, I stomp.”
“The signature green cocktail dyed everyone's anuses grren.”
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Fortunes Of War 1x03
Romania: June 1940
A new sponger shows up. Byron is quoted. How is the lout allowed to wander around a decnet hotel. Nazis swarm. Guy pontificates about fascists. There is a trial. What happened to the kitten's basket? Guy yells. The mooching bum prince is dumb. There is a death list and Sasha vanishes again. Alan Bennett and Christopher Strauli of 'Raffles' guest starred.
Best Lines:
“When the bastard talks like that, I pack my bags.”
“They always need an enemy.”
“Is that shooting?”
“Very probably.”
“Chaps who march about in peculiar fashion.”
“Hooligans with pick-axe handles.”
“Hostile town.”
