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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:06 AM
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Book of Daniel in my opinion will be the next 6 feet under.
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Sydnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:08 AM
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1. I agree.
Have you posted on the NBC board? Couldn't hurt to let them know how we feel about it, could it?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=71312&mesg_id=71788
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:09 AM
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2. Good idea - will do! I called my parents who planned on watching and
warned them of the somewhat slow start but told them to stick it out - it really is EXCELLENT and very 6 feet underish. :)
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:10 AM
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3. I really liked it
and I'm really glad I watched it. :) Now I have something to watch on Friday night now. :D
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:11 AM
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5. no kidding! I was working out on my elliptical to Ghost Whisperer
no offense to the show but THIS is excellent!
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:40 AM
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25. I can always tape one or the other
I like "Ghost Whisperer" too. I forgot about that show since it wasn't on tonight. Jennifer Love Hewitt does that show very well too.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:11 AM
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4. It was excellent!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:11 AM
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6. i enjoyed it as well n/t
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:15 AM
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7. It was good, but a little over the top...
the martini drinking wife cliche was played up by 2 of the characters.

I'm puzzled by the way they handled the gay son subplot, and the litany of stereotypes was funny the first time, but they just kept milking it.

Excessive pill-popping as well...we get it!

Bedroom farce?! w/ boyfriend falling off the awning while sneaking out the window.

In all, though I liked the dialogue and the idea of flawed & complex characters. They could have a great show without all the gimmicks.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:16 AM
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10. maybe. but maybe it's more realistic than most people care to admit to!
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:15 AM
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8. and we're all 1000+ers?
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:16 AM
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9. seems so, but why does that matter? n/t
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:17 AM
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13. oh it doesn't! Just found it interesting. Don't know why. I will shut up
now. :)
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Nikki Stone 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:16 AM
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11. I am watching "Injustice" (on at the same time on ABC) and it looks
more interesting. I'd like to see this series succeed.
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ezgoingrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:17 AM
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12. I'm not a 1000+ er
but I thought it was a great show and I told NBC the same.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:18 AM
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14. I really hope I didn't offend!
:)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:37 AM
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21. Have some of mine
No, really. Waaay too much time spent here.

Good show, to get back to the point. A bit over the top for me, but I've learned to expect that from first episodes.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:41 AM
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27. Yes
They have to make a good impression and introduce all the characters and what's going on etc.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:19 AM
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15. Or "Desperate Housewives." They are both about disfunctional
relationships, and who doesn't have one?
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:20 AM
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16. I admit I like that show too.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 01:13 AM
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36. IK think it's a riot! And this show is similar. nt
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:27 AM
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17. The only thing thing I didn't like was the constant references ..
Edited on Sat Jan-07-06 12:29 AM by Maat
to the one son being 'adopted.'

My daughter is my daughter, not my 'adopted' daughter. What's up with that?

Other than that, it's cool.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:30 AM
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18. i think maybe they did that to (ironically) point out that he was family
- first episode and when the race difference was brought up, the family made it clear he was one of their own.
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:40 AM
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26. Yeah, I guess you're right ..
it's just that's not how the families who've adopted (that I know, including myself) behave.

Oh, well, it's television.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:44 AM
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30. I hate TV .. but I love it.
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 01:00 AM
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33. I know the feeling. (n/t)
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 01:02 AM
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34. :) Ben jij een nederlander?
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:42 AM
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28. Could be too
On this other show I watch there is an adopted black boy in the family but they didn't refer to him a lot like that with being adopted. :shrug:
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:36 AM
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20. I Didn't Care For Relentless Teasing
gay son - siblings making his life uncomfortable
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:39 AM
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23. That too.
I thought it was going to be a comedy; it's kind of a comedy-soap-opera.
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Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 01:13 AM
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35. Maybe some of the other kids were adopted, too.
The gay son was biological because they were looking back in their gene pool for other gay relatives.

The daughter could have been adopted and the other son, the one who had died of leukemia could also have been adopted.

I thought it was funny when the father told the son "you have my smile." and the son replied "I always thought I had your eyes." His birth parents were Chinese for those who didn't see it.

I have a younger adopted cousin who is Native American. I used to tell her she looks more like me than I do.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 01:14 AM
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37. I loved that part
It was so sweet!! I recognize the guy...has he ever been in anything else?
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 02:36 AM
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38. It's funny ...
my daughter looks just like my hubby; it's kind of suspicious. She acts just like me; the gestures are the same, the speech.

That's how it works.

Yeah, and at one point later on, the mom says, "He IS our own."
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:35 AM
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19. The curious thing is, that we've had, thanks to the BBC, a
Edited on Sat Jan-07-06 12:36 AM by Gloria
show on PBS with a chubby, woman pastor who does outrageous schemes; and, on BBC America, a Father with a dolt of a parish partner on a windy island, humoring an old drunk of a priest...and somehow the nation survives! The latter character is Irish, and there is a real sendup of the whole church hierarchy as the guy caters to the higher ups and eventually wins the "Golden Cleric" award....
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:44 AM
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29. Father Ted is excellent
But, we live in a country where NBC calls "The Office" one its most original shows. :silly:
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:49 AM
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31. .
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:38 AM
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22. it is sure trying to be
especially with the three kids. It wasn't bad. I actually called my local NBC affiliate to say I was glad they didn't buckle and that they should keep showing it.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:39 AM
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24. I will do the same tomorrow - thanks!
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 12:53 AM
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32. :)
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