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Erratic sleeper that I am, looked for something on Amazon early this morning. Ended up watching Deliver Us From Evil (but fast forwarding thru much of the interview with the ex-priest now cheerfully living an unfettered life after being deported to Ireland, due to my issues with a weak stomach).

The film examines the impact of the full-time career pedophile and, in his leisure time, priest, Father Oliver O'Grady, and the devastation he brought to a number of families as the church followed their time-honored tradition of juggling him around from parish to parish after allegations surfaced.

Don't ask me why I allow myself to watch this crap. Best guess: Good practice with anger management. I had more than one heavy object within reach, and succeeded in not flinging any of them through my TV screen. Went from being mad at the parents featured to feeling quite sad for them as the father of one girl was sobbing and screaming with rage at the betrayal of their trust.

It's a never-ending source of fascination, as well as horror, to me to see the way the human mind can be manipulated into belief and acquiescence by the psychopaths of the world. I don't personally believe in any hell beyond the one imposed in this life, but the destroyers among us often tempt me to wish there was one. So much of the time, the only people punished by evil seem to be the victims of it.
 
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Wrapped up "Vikings" and "The Outsiders".

"Vikings" got a little weird at points this season. I'm kinda a straight history guy, but the artists get involved and make it weird. Not a lot of straight history in it, but it caused me to read up on the straight history, and the show does a good job of giving you an idea of Viking culture, society, government, religion, etc. Worthwhile and entertaining.

"The Outsiders" is about clans of backwoods inbred Kentuckians of Scots/Irish/Welsh heritage who have claimed a mountain for centuries that a coal company wants to mine. The clans have no legal right to be there, but they have fought off "outsiders" for years to retain it. The clans are incredibly ignorant of modernity in many ways, but brilliant in some ways at how they sustain their way of life.

I grew up in Appalachia in southern Ohio. My ancestors, on both sides, were from the central Ky mountains near Morehead and southeast from there to the WV line. The show interests me because it accurately portrays some ways of thinking I have observed in Appalachian clans of the same heritage. The writers have weaved certain phrases and ways of thinking into the story that I am very familiar with. At the same time, some of the stuff is ridiculously off base. In the show, clans are larger, more interconnected, and more structured than what I am familiar with. The reality is that most clans have owned the same land for over a hundred years, two hundred in some cases, and you will find 3-4 generations of one extended family living on it, but they won't cooperate with other clans. They are fiercely independent and distrustful of outsiders. In Appalachia, a "No Trespassing" sign means "If you trespass I will put buckshot in your arse." Despite the inaccuracies, I am intrigued by what is accurate. Worthwhile on the whole.

Still watching "The Americans" and "60 Days In". Really enjoy both of those.
 
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Been running through some episodes of Penny Dreadful on Showtime (aka Frankenstein Meets...Well, Everybody).

Aside from the usual gore, sex & violence, I have been struck by the unusual dialogue. "Articulate" is not a description I ordinarily apply to TV shows, but it applies here. The writers on this series have a real appreciation for language. I've heard words used that normally only appear in books--and no, I don't mean the four-letter variety. Interesting minds behind this program.
 
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For some reason I decided to be basic and get into ABC's How to Get Away with Murder on Netflix this week.

It's basically just sex and manipulation with some college kids solving crimes for their professor. And I'm totally being a dumb American just eating it up. I like it.
 
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So "Castle" had about the worst finale to a once-decent show I've seen... They so lazily wrapped up the dumbest, lowest-stakes conspiracy-theory storyline ever (LOKSAT!!!) - then, because the show suddenly got cancelled instead of returning without its female lead, they tacked a 30-second happy ending onto what was already shot as a who-lives-and-who-dies cliffhanger. I don't even care about SPOILERS, this was so stupid. Beckett and Castle are literally dying from gunshots in some random place, and suddenly it's "Seven Years Later" and they're going all mushy over a pillow-fight with their many young children. I mean, this show has not been good for at least two years, and you knew the finale was going to be bad... and it was really bad.
 
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BayBuck said:
So "Castle" had about the worst finale to a once-decent show I've seen... They so lazily wrapped up the dumbest, lowest-stakes conspiracy-theory storyline ever (LOKSAT!!!) - then, because the show suddenly got cancelled instead of returning without its female lead, they tacked a 30-second happy ending onto what was already shot as a who-lives-and-who-dies cliffhanger. I don't even care about SPOILERS, this was so stupid. Beckett and Castle are literally dying from gunshots in some random place, and suddenly it's "Seven Years Later" and they're going all mushy over a pillow-fight with their many young children. I mean, this show has not been good for at least two years, and you knew the finale was going to be bad... and it was really bad.
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That sounds as bad as Dexter's finale. It's a shame because Nathan Fillon deserves better than an ending like that.
 
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