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Can't sleep, and I was in a mood, so I went ahead and downloaded and watched the first two episodes of the new Durham County season. Yes, I'm kind of a masochist. And I gotta say, despite my massive Mike Sweeney issues, I do still love this deeply twisted, incredibly fucked up show. I mean, if you're going to go there, then go there, and from episode one of season one, Durham County has never been anything but clear that there is it's permanent home. I should probably cut for thoughts, even though I think all of two people on my friendslist might be watching it.
I did wonder how they were going to live up the to the promise of going darker after last season, because seriously. So naturally we get dead babies. And of course dead babies on their own is not nearly twisted enough for this show, oh no, we get Mike beating up tragic homeless bereaved mom (STAY CLASSY, DOUCHEBAG), and the disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes who probably killed her baby, tried to kill her other baby, and definitely killed tragic homeless mom. Raise your hand if you're surprised Mike is fucking her. Yeah, me either. Throw in the ever creepily gross Ray Senior, now mutilated by self inflicted burn scars, sending "LOLS, I raped your daughter!" love notes to Mike, and we're off to a hell of a start. Dear show writers, seek therapy. But not from the disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes. That way leads to razor blades, dead babies, and homicidal stalking. You do get to have wicked hot up against a wall sex, though, so I can see the temptation.
Anyway. Can we talk about Audrey? Or more specifically how much I fucking love Audrey. SO MUCH. I love how very done she is with Mike's bullshit. I keep finding myself doing fistpumps of ROCK ON MY SISTER, and when she finally said flat out "I want a divorce" I cheered so loud I scared the cats. I adore the strength of her love for her kids, and in particular, the mix of pragmatism and protectiveness when it comes to Sadie is just...*flaily hands*...she is such a good mom. And moving on with the hot young doctor (please take pictures and then send them to Mike so I can laugh and laugh and laugh). I'm not overly concerned she is going to die right now, if only because it would be far more cruel to let her live either believing Mike tried to kill her, or knowing/finding out that his inability to keep his dick in his pants has yet again set her family in the path of another nutbar killer. And why go for the simple gut punch when you can twist, and twist, and twist the knife, sez this show. I am concerned she is going to end up back with Mike by the end of the series, and I would kind of hate that a lot, though I would send flowers and (not poisoned) candy to the producers if the divorce sticks.
Then there is Sadie. Oh, Sadie, pumpkin. I am so sorry your father decided to fuck a psychopath and then send you to her for therapy, because this shit you do not need. But I have faith in Sadie's inherent awesomeness (and Audrey's) to pull her through, I do. She may be her father's daughter, but she is not like him, even though she thinks she has to try to be. She is killing me with her tough girl fronting about the upcoming trial and her acting out and her bad dreams. And I do not care how disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes is, twisting and manipulating all of that (GOOD GOD TAKING HER TO SEE RAY, REALLY?) is just not on. Go kill some more babies or something, disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes, and leave my Sadie alone. And by the way? She shot the last guy who fucked with her. I'm just saying.
Oh! Oh! And Tom. I LOVE YOU TOM. Hey, what's with all the compassion, and empathy, and diligent detective work not rooted in a desire to find excuses to beat up homeless women? Take notes Mike. TAKE NOTES. And he has a positively adorable not dead baby. Sometimes you can see him looking around with disgust, and thinking to himself 'what the hell am I doing on this show?' If I have any fault with Tom it is that his instinct towards loyalty leads him to cover for Mike way too much, even after it is repeatedly established that Mike lies like a lying liar who lies to him all the time. Let him swing, Tom...just let him swing.
Right, Mike. The thing is...even though I would cheerfully kick him in the balls and then back up over his writhing body with a truck several times over, I gotta admit I find him kind of fascinating. 'Cause what he does have is enough self-awareness to want to not be who he is, and yet he keeps on doing it. And I do belive his pain is real, it's just that it's so unbelievably self-centered. Take the tragic homeless mom he beat up. Yes, at the time he believed it to be a justified excuse to take out his frustration and anger over the Sadie and Ray thing. After all, she was (in his mind) a baby killer, so no harm no foul. But that right there is the problem, it wasn't about the baby, it wasn't even really about Sadie, it was about him finding an excuse he could live with to let out the ugly rage. And really, that's his whole life...finding excuses he can live with to justify his own bad behavior, and then sitting around in a puddle of crocodile 'why me?' tears, instead of actually, y'know, not behaving badly. If there is hope for Mike, and I will grudgingly give him a sliver of it, it is in Sadie. I honestly don't think he would have turned in that surveillance tape if she hadn't seen it. But she did, and seeing himself through her eyes, I actually do believe his turning it in was him saying "I am a monster, somebody stop me, please." Of course it didn't work, 'cause you gotta have your political bullshit coverups, but points for effort buddy. He really should stop fucking psychopaths though. And leave Audrey alone.
Hrm..I probably have more thoughts, especially about the disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes and her stalking and manipulating (and how she actually couldn't manipulate Mike to the extent she does if he were not who he is, see above paragraph), and baby killing and equally creepy ex-husband, and how much child protective services really needs to come take the remaining living kid of hers far, far, VERY FAR, away from them both...but the insomnia is finally easing up, and I doubt anyone has even read this far, so it is off to bed for me.
I did wonder how they were going to live up the to the promise of going darker after last season, because seriously. So naturally we get dead babies. And of course dead babies on their own is not nearly twisted enough for this show, oh no, we get Mike beating up tragic homeless bereaved mom (STAY CLASSY, DOUCHEBAG), and the disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes who probably killed her baby, tried to kill her other baby, and definitely killed tragic homeless mom. Raise your hand if you're surprised Mike is fucking her. Yeah, me either. Throw in the ever creepily gross Ray Senior, now mutilated by self inflicted burn scars, sending "LOLS, I raped your daughter!" love notes to Mike, and we're off to a hell of a start. Dear show writers, seek therapy. But not from the disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes. That way leads to razor blades, dead babies, and homicidal stalking. You do get to have wicked hot up against a wall sex, though, so I can see the temptation.
Anyway. Can we talk about Audrey? Or more specifically how much I fucking love Audrey. SO MUCH. I love how very done she is with Mike's bullshit. I keep finding myself doing fistpumps of ROCK ON MY SISTER, and when she finally said flat out "I want a divorce" I cheered so loud I scared the cats. I adore the strength of her love for her kids, and in particular, the mix of pragmatism and protectiveness when it comes to Sadie is just...*flaily hands*...she is such a good mom. And moving on with the hot young doctor (please take pictures and then send them to Mike so I can laugh and laugh and laugh). I'm not overly concerned she is going to die right now, if only because it would be far more cruel to let her live either believing Mike tried to kill her, or knowing/finding out that his inability to keep his dick in his pants has yet again set her family in the path of another nutbar killer. And why go for the simple gut punch when you can twist, and twist, and twist the knife, sez this show. I am concerned she is going to end up back with Mike by the end of the series, and I would kind of hate that a lot, though I would send flowers and (not poisoned) candy to the producers if the divorce sticks.
Then there is Sadie. Oh, Sadie, pumpkin. I am so sorry your father decided to fuck a psychopath and then send you to her for therapy, because this shit you do not need. But I have faith in Sadie's inherent awesomeness (and Audrey's) to pull her through, I do. She may be her father's daughter, but she is not like him, even though she thinks she has to try to be. She is killing me with her tough girl fronting about the upcoming trial and her acting out and her bad dreams. And I do not care how disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes is, twisting and manipulating all of that (GOOD GOD TAKING HER TO SEE RAY, REALLY?) is just not on. Go kill some more babies or something, disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes, and leave my Sadie alone. And by the way? She shot the last guy who fucked with her. I'm just saying.
Oh! Oh! And Tom. I LOVE YOU TOM. Hey, what's with all the compassion, and empathy, and diligent detective work not rooted in a desire to find excuses to beat up homeless women? Take notes Mike. TAKE NOTES. And he has a positively adorable not dead baby. Sometimes you can see him looking around with disgust, and thinking to himself 'what the hell am I doing on this show?' If I have any fault with Tom it is that his instinct towards loyalty leads him to cover for Mike way too much, even after it is repeatedly established that Mike lies like a lying liar who lies to him all the time. Let him swing, Tom...just let him swing.
Right, Mike. The thing is...even though I would cheerfully kick him in the balls and then back up over his writhing body with a truck several times over, I gotta admit I find him kind of fascinating. 'Cause what he does have is enough self-awareness to want to not be who he is, and yet he keeps on doing it. And I do belive his pain is real, it's just that it's so unbelievably self-centered. Take the tragic homeless mom he beat up. Yes, at the time he believed it to be a justified excuse to take out his frustration and anger over the Sadie and Ray thing. After all, she was (in his mind) a baby killer, so no harm no foul. But that right there is the problem, it wasn't about the baby, it wasn't even really about Sadie, it was about him finding an excuse he could live with to let out the ugly rage. And really, that's his whole life...finding excuses he can live with to justify his own bad behavior, and then sitting around in a puddle of crocodile 'why me?' tears, instead of actually, y'know, not behaving badly. If there is hope for Mike, and I will grudgingly give him a sliver of it, it is in Sadie. I honestly don't think he would have turned in that surveillance tape if she hadn't seen it. But she did, and seeing himself through her eyes, I actually do believe his turning it in was him saying "I am a monster, somebody stop me, please." Of course it didn't work, 'cause you gotta have your political bullshit coverups, but points for effort buddy. He really should stop fucking psychopaths though. And leave Audrey alone.
Hrm..I probably have more thoughts, especially about the disturbingly hot Michelle Forbes and her stalking and manipulating (and how she actually couldn't manipulate Mike to the extent she does if he were not who he is, see above paragraph), and baby killing and equally creepy ex-husband, and how much child protective services really needs to come take the remaining living kid of hers far, far, VERY FAR, away from them both...but the insomnia is finally easing up, and I doubt anyone has even read this far, so it is off to bed for me.