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Private Practice 6.03 Dexter 7.02 Dexter 7.03 Go On 1.06 Go On 1.07 Bones 8.04 Castle 5.02 Castle 5.03 Revenge 2.02 Revenge 2.03 Nashville 1.01

28 Sunday Oct 2012

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Private Practice 6.03

What stage of grief are you in?
Addie crying over Mark.
We’re not people.
Where’s daddy? I wanna see daddy!
Lucas not getting Pete’s dead.
Some people get angry when they feel they didn’t get what they deserved, for others it comes from fear, or vulnerability or guilt can also be a trigger.
Tell me Lucas is not autistic.
Violet crying over guy’s story.
That would be a nightmare for a normal woman, and she’s Charlotte.
My husband. I’m mourning his loss, but I hate him. My husband is in the ground, covered in dirt, and… I hate him.
You know what they say about grief having five stages?There’s way more.
Addison, anyone you enter into a relationship with is gonna have a history. You are your past. Own it.
I did the wrong thing, and now I need you to help me to fix it. I… if I don’t tell him,  don’t know what to say. What do I say? Help me, Sheldon. I know you’re right. I know. But if I tell him, he is screwed. If I don’t tell him, I’m screwed. I…ah, damn it. I mean, any other time, I… I’m off my game. Otherwise I would never… What do I do?
You have to stop seeing this patient, so just– just walk away, Violet.
It’s okay. You can replace Pete.
Ever since…You know, after I was raped… he was always there for me. Here at the hospital, Pete… was like my work husband. You know, if he was getting a cup of coffee for himself, he’d get one for me. He’d wait the extra ten minutes it took me to sign off the ER board so we could eat lunch together. He looked out for me. I miss that. I miss him. I can’t imagine what this feels like for you.
Oh, I’m okay. I mean, I have to be, because I have a little boy at home who doesn’t know where his father is. He keeps asking me, and I keep coming up with new ways of explaining it, but it… it feels like I’m living with someone with dementia. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve told him, and… and every time, it feels like I’m lying, because I don’t understand it myself. And Lucas is just a 3-year-old boy… who wants to know when he’s gonna see his father again.
Hey, if you kill someone, how do you make it right? I…I didn’t kill Pete. obviously. This is a… this is a hypothetical.
Well, in AA, making amends is essential. But sometimes the other party is gone or they refuse to forgive us, so we practice living amends.
What is that? How do you do that?
Uh, well, you live the best life that you can, do good where you can, help people when you can, be of service, try to save lives. You… can’t change what you’ve done, but you can change who you are and improve your life. It’s hard to explain why living amends work, but they do. Somehow they just… set you free.
Between him and Pete, I’m sad all the time, and it’s probably not the best thing to be hiding in the bathroom crying.
Yes, we both have screwed up all of our relationships, which is why I’m telling you maybe you should do this one differently.
Are you doing it differently?
I’m…
Charlotte sleeping and Coop running.
You’re not fine. Charlotte! You are not fine. Do you know that Pete went running, and no one could find him, and he was dead, that you were here late one night and somebody attacked you in your own office? And I’m supposed to protect you. I’m supposed to protect our children. That is my job. And I can’t do it if you’re not gonna let me. You are not fine, so I’m not fine.
From the moment he was diagnosed, my father was a dead man walking. And he mourned his death for years. He gave up. It was the most depressing thing I’d ever seen, and… I don’t want that to happen to me.
Violet snapped during therapy.
This is my stuff. I’m going through something, and I… and I lost sight of… I let my needs blend with yours, and… and that was wrong. I was wrong.
You are already doing it. You are living your life differently, better. You are living your amends, being a better person, and that will set you free.
Violet, In the beginning, everyone’s there. But people forget. You know, life goes on, or it goes on for everyone else even if it’s not going on for you. I just wanted to make sure that…
Thank you.
My past is ugly. It’s messy and unflattering, and… So if you don’t think you can trust me anymore or you think I’m a horrible person because I’m a cheater… If you want to go, you should… go.
First of all, thank you for telling me the truth. I know that was hard. Second, you are not a cheater. You are a person who once cheated, and there’s a difference. The third thing I want to say is that, I’m sorry.
You’re sorry?
A man you loved… died. I’m sorry for your loss.
I am a therapist, so I am supposed to know how these things work. I’ve counselled people through the five stages of grief. You wish you could just go down the list, check him off, know what’s coming next, but, uh, they don’t really come in any particular order. Some people never experience any of them. Some people get stuck in one for a long time. My son is 3, and he doesn’t understand what’s going on. Intellectually, I get that, but every time he asks, “where’s daddy?” I have to remember to breathe. It’s always the same thing. I tuck him in. I say “I love you,” he says, “I love you,” and then he says “where’s daddy?” And I tell him again. I’d almost gotten used to it. But last night was different.
I love you.
I love you, too, mommy. I love you, too, daddy.
My son has reached acceptance. He knows his father’s never coming back… and it breaks my heart.

10/10

Dexter 7.02

Another brilliant episode. Will update the quotes when work lets me.

10/10

Dexter 7.03

No matter what we do, there’s always another body.
It’s not cheating if you pay for it.
Gym, ha? Lying little shit.
Christ on a fucking cracker, Dexter.
It’s a capital offence to be who you are, Dexter.
Dexter pretending to be praying. Holding a flower and picking up his head.
But you already have Deb, dozens of times. All the murderers I’ve helped you catch, who got brought down because of my hunches. My lizard brain. has been your secret weapon all along, you just didn’t know it.
You’re fucking with my head.
Don’t fuck with me on this or I swear, I’ll take us both down.
That’s exactly what I’m doing, killing time.
And sometimes there is nothing more exiting than getting back what you had and lost.
How Deb really talks about Dexter.
If you knew there was a murderer out there and you could do something to stop him before he killed again, could you let it go?
Kiss my ass, you Ginger freak.
Who is Dexter Morgan?
Thank you for fucking up my evening, bro.
The attack scene and how Deter saved Deb.
I get it, what you do, I hate it, but I get it.
So you accept it?
I understand it. I understand that it might be, might be unnecessary evil. But what I don’t understand are the blood slides, they’re trophies. On some lever, Dexter you like to kill.
I like the way it makes me feel.
Deb, I can’t change who I am.
Deb, I’m still your brother, nothings has changed.
Everything\s changes. I don’t know id I can ever be the same again.
I’m finally out of my cage, but freedom comes with a cost.

10/10

Go On 1.06

You think I’m fucking Jolanda?!
Bring us the handsome one.
So boring! For me it was cheese, slices, wedges, cubes…
You’re eating has a compulsive quality that is troubling and could open the getaway to other obsessive behaviours.
I am not grief eating.
Did I hear grief eating?
Each bite matters and and tastes like love.
Well you could start….
Don’t say get a pizza.
Are we allowed to order pizza in here?
Yeah, we’re gonna be weird.
I made up a place where everything is happy and peaceful and safe.
The problem is that you’re eating.
I respect Lauren, so I put up with the touchy, feely thing but I’m not looking for the amateur from the b team.
Shut up, junkie, you’re out of control.
Next time, instead of reaching for that brownie, or that ice stuffing, try delicious cup of water.
Dude, we heard your show, all 4000 calories of it.
Carrot cake, which is practically a salad.
I am not in denial. Maybe eating a bit more lately, if you want to put a label on it, call me a foodie.
She’s gay for Salma Hayek and she did child beauty pageants.
Junior high section could use a little rounding up.
Left breast came in first.
The music taste is terrible. The virginity story, very strong.
The puke story is good.
You guys are great. I hope my life goes to hell so I can sign up and do this more.
Of course, I love him.
Not as much as a snickers bar.
That’s…that’s the best candy!
It’s okay, you can be the crazy one for once.
I had a little problem with eating too much. I didn’t hide from it. I gave up junk food.
Give it up Danny, give up loserville.
All right, yes, I grief it. I get sad and food makes that go away.
But it always comes back, doesn’t it?
Starts off so innocently, and the next thing you know, Chinese people are giving you 7 sets of.
Good news it, you’re not alone.
What do I do though, I can’t stop.
Maybe you’re not ready to stop just yet.
Happy Birthday, Timmy.
Who’s Timmy?
Some cry baby.
Let the healing begin.
It’s calorie aversion therapy.
The night before I stopped smoking, I made myself smoke four packs of cigarettes. You’re gonna make the same with food.
And I thought, this is the cutest, craziest, most stubborn person I’ve ever met, and all of a sudden, I needed her.
That must be hardest story for you to tell.
No, it’s my favorite story to tell.
If you don’t know, you know. You know?

10/10

Go On 1.07

Are there teams? Cause I call Ryan, Lauren and anyone except Mr. K. We’re all God’s children, but I’m in it to win it and there’s something wrong with you.
I know he’s mocking what we do, but it’s memorizing.
This is mess.
You’re uncultured birthday ass.
Felt good to be Ryan, tough to be back.
Did you send everyone away so you could seduce me?
What’s that?
Mr Kay and Anne dancing.
Don’t look back.

4/10

Bones 8.04

Bones makes the guy throw up.
Hodgins always super into his job.
Guy swallowed victims tooth.
Bones wants to run for the president.
When I’m the president…
Hodings talking about faeces the same way I talk about TV Shows and films.
Sweets, you do know they put bones on that table?
We’re both extremely skilled.
FBI skilled.
It’s like you never studied psychology at all.
I actually felt bad for Daisy.

4.5/10

Castle 5.02

Guy punched Espo and Ryan in face.
I’ve seen enough episodes of Law and Order to know how this works.
Castle and Kate talking behind guys back in front of him.
Where you’ve been?
Beckett all running and guys looking at her.
What does that supposed to mean?
Beckett’s all what the fuck.
Guy’s all call me maybe.
It’s what parters do right.
She just keeps on coming?

5/10

Castle 5.03

Castle’s mother knows.
The opening. Let’s paint with blood.
She could have left a more helpful note.
Who said that you can answer my phone?
2 grant and he’ll name a character in his nect novel after your mom.
What the hell is that? Who’s junk is this and what the hell is it doing in my precinct?
It’s Castle’s sir.
Oh, oh, good one.
Castle broke the dolls.
This is me killing you softly.

5.5/10

Revenge 2.02

For those who believe in resurrection… Death is inconsequential. It is not an ending, but rather a new beginning… A second chance. A reunion. But the very idea of resurrection is so seductive a concept, it’s easy to forget… before you can rise from the dead… You have to spend a few days in hell.

This is why you shouldn’t fall asleep watching horror movies.
I fell asleep monitoring Victoria.
Exactly.

The good news is, your daughter’s a drug addict and you’re already dead. That makes you both damn easy to dispose of.

What now, revenger?
Let the punishment fit the crime. Victoria took my mother away from me. It’s time I took her daughter away from her.

I don’t think my employees have any respect for me.
Why would they? You’re not wearing pants.
Well, I mean, they don’t know that.

Keep an eye on Victoria. Let me know if anything changes.
Ooh, monster movie marathon. Can’t wait.

It’s unfortunate I have to do this, but my daughter’s self-destruction has forced my hand.

I just got off the phone with our family lawyer. He said you testified to Charlotte’s mental incompetence.
Your sister is a very sick girl.
No, what’s sickening is how far you and my father went to pull this scam. Not that you’re a stranger to abuse of power. Now whatever he’s paying you for your lies, believe me, it won’t offset the lawsuit I’ll slap on you unless you get on the phone to Judge Morris and recant that evaluation immediately.

It turns out, Dad was keeping you in here in order to get his hands on your inheritance.
I knew it. You stopped him?
I found out too late, but I promise, I’m gonna get it all back for you, every penny.
I swore at Mom’s memorial I was clean, and you did nothing to stop them.

Why would you raise somebody else’s kid? I mean, if it’s yours, great. Obviously, we’ll manage. But if it’s not… Our world is falling apart around us. We don’t need the extra burden. I mean, you tell me that you wouldn’t be a little bit relieved.

Dad had a judge declare me mentally unfit.
Oh, that pig is even more despicable than I ever imagined.
It’s gonna be okay, though. It’s only money…
Sunshine and happy thoughts aren’t going to get us through this, Charlotte. We need that money to survive.

Oh, God. Don’t tell me that your brother impregnated Emily Thorne.

Is Victoria’s heart still beating?
Was it ever?

You’re right, Charlotte.It was never about us. My plan was always to leave everything behind, you included. I only needed you to access the account. If you want to spend the summer with Amanda Clarke, go ahead. Let her be your family now.
You really are a monster, aren’t you?
Go on. And whatever happens, don’t come back here!
Tragic. Victoria pushing Charlie away|to save her? Bittersweet victory, Ems.

Oh. Huh. Well, you look different in 3D.
We all do.

But, uh… Could you turn around?
Need to put some pants on.

Who the hell is this?
Conrad, it’s Victoria.
Is this some kind of a joke?
Oh, you wish.
The next few moments are going to be the most important seconds of your miserable life. You are going to do exactly as I say, or I will haunt you all the way to your last pathetic day on earth.

So it’s true. Even the devil himself didn’t want you.
The only devil here is you. And don’t pretend for one moment that you didn’t try to murder me.
Oh, is that the story you’re telling yourself? I tried to save your life. I warned you not to get onto that plane.
You simply failed to tell me why.
Are you telling me you would’ve listened?

So what’s next?
Hit me. This is your one and only shot, so do it like a man, if it’s even possible.
Oh, dear. Nothing would give me greater pleasure.

Please tell me it’s really his.
Sorry.
I wish I could. I…I don’t know how to thank you.

I went to the bank and opened up a new trust account for you… one that Dad can’t touch. I transferred everything I own into it, including my half of the inheritance. You can even have my car if you want it.
What? Why are you doing this?
‘Cause when you were born, Mom made me promise to be nice to you, and I don’t want to let her down.

Conrad’s face when they enter the house and see Victoria.

But I don’t understand how you let him get away. Your men were on him. They’re still searching the area.
It’s a miracle what this woman can endure.
Son of a bitch.

Daniel. Oh, my God. My darling. Oh!
Charlotte? Sweetheart. This was the only way.
How is this even possible? What happened to you?
Your mother was abducted the night of the plane crash.
You were kidnapped?
And ransomed.

The man who I arranged to have us disappear… He was lethal.
When the money fell through, he turned on me. And as far as your father knows, you know nothing, and that’s the way it has to stay.
Got it.
Now what about Emily Thorne? How much did you tell her?
Everything I knew. But we can trust her, Mom.
Bring her to me immediately.

I was doing everything in my power to meet her abductor’s incessant demands. But it, uh, it bled me dry. Depleted almost all my accounts… And my daughter’s.
Are you saying that’s what happened to Charlotte’s inheritance?
Tonight was to be the final payment.
Why? Why didn’t you tell me? This whole time, you knew the truth? You could have at least told me my mother was alive.
My top priority was to protect her life. If I told you or anyone, Daniel…
You don’t understand what this man is capable of. He took down that plane. He killed poor Lydia.

How did this happen?
I’m still trying to figure that out. All I know is, she did not want to leave without me. I think this was her only way of getting out of hiding so we can be together. Emily, I told my mom we can trust you. Well, can we? Will you keep our secret? I know you must think my family’s crazy. But they’re my family, and I need my mother.
May I speak with her?
Mother?
Victoria. What an interesting turn of events.
Charlotte told me what a good friend you were to her after I was taken, and… I wanted to thank you.
Well, I did what anyone would do under the circumstances. I just wanted you to know that if you need anything, anything at all, I’ll be here all summer.
Thank you for what you did for Charlotte today. Well, obviously, I had no idea this is how it would all turn out.
Obviously.
You’ve been a good friend… To the family, Charlotte especially. Look, I know you and my mother have never gotten along, but, uh…
Well, tragedy has a way of bringing people back together.
Daniel.
You should go. Be with them.

Okay, in my defence, there is no way anyone could’ve seen that coming.
So is Charlotte moving in?
No.
She’s up at her house, celebrating her mother’s second coming.
Oh, victory, Victoria.
I told Amanda that I fixed the results… That Jack isn’t the father.
You lied to her? Ems… That’s dark, even for you.

You might want to turn on the TV.
We are confirming Victoria Grayson, who was thought to have died over two months ago in a private plane crash, was found earlier today.
No way.
Sources say Grayson was abducted and restrained here in this remote cabin. Her captor is still at large.
Looks like the bitch is back.

For those who believe in the resurrection, death is inconsequential. In the resurrection, those that were dead live, and those who live believe they shall never die.

Goodbye, Amanda. I’m sorry it has to end this way.

10/10

Revenge 2.03

You want head or legs?
Head.
Victoria tells the world Charlotte is David’s daughter.
And asks Amanda to come to the stage.
Guy choking Nolan.
Queen Victoria and her family.
Oh my God they’re stronger than ever.
Who is David Clark?
Takeida telling Emily she has to close her heart.
God Gordon, please be okay. I love you.

4.5/10

Nashville 1.01

The daughter from the trailer were better than these.
She’s sleeping around cause her mother is a drunkie.
You can kiss my decision as it’s waling out the door.
Will not be following it, unless I hear there is some good music.

2/10

Born on the 4th of July. Klute. Chloe. Schinler’s List. Loving Annabelle. Far From Heaven. Magnolia. A Single Man. The Unforgotten. Shelter. The New Daughter. Game Change. Elevator.

21 Sunday Oct 2012

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Born on the 4th of July

9.5/10

Klute

The music was fabulous, old horror and thriller like. The writing is excellent. Did not see anything special in Sutherland’s performance. I loved how often the tape was played.

And for an hour… for an hour, I’m the best actress in the world, and the best fuck in the world.

9/10

Chloe

Everything is perfect, except for Amanda Seyfried. Julianne looked exceptionally beautiful. I have seen the last 10 minutes already in 2009. The best scenes where when Katherine tells her husband ‘I slept with her’ and when Chloe says Katherine how she felt her in her son when she slept with him, or how she looked at Katherine shoes when sleeping with her son.

8/10

Schindler’s List

The first part of the film was a bit weaker, but then It was all a perfection.

10/10

Loving Annabelle

I have no idea why I ended up watching this, I must have been drunk or something, but hell I swear I was not. Annabelle is just so annoying, sure someone grabs someone’s hand though they know that person doesn’t like them. I think it was some sort of soft porn. The ending was good though, but I really hoped she stayed in prison, but as Annabelle’s mother is rich, we all know that is not going to happen.

2/10

Far From Heaven

Did not know whether to ship it or not, other than that It was all intriguing.

9/10

Magnolia

The scene where everyone is failing is beautiful.

8/10

A Single Man

What a beautifully made film. I loved the ending, the last act though was not good enough. The friendship was amazing.

8/10

The Unforgotten

It was not bad until the ufo came. I loved how he did not remember her at the end.

5/10

Shelter

The film did not move me at all, the ending did though.

4/10

The New Daughter

I feel like there was no good scene except for the very ending, where the kid thinks daddy is coming, but daddy is dead and the creatures are coming.

2/10

Game Change

Who cares, in 48 hours no one will even remember who she is.

9/10

Elevator

It was pretty much boring, till this guy decided to click the bottom outside, and I was all he’s gonna get cut, and then when I saw this girl was playing with the buttons again, I knew it was gonna happen. That scene was super tense and very good, I could not stop saying ‘holy shit’. What a stupid kid. And then when he was trying to press the up bottom I knew he would accidental press down and his head and arm is going to get cut off. Of course here the scene was screwed up and there was blackness for way too long. Oh no, no, no! The chubby one can’t get out, that is just not fair and so extremely depressing. ‘I guess I’m the hero.’

4/10

Greys Anatomy 9.02 Private Practice 6.02 Dexter 7.01 Bones 8.03 Go On 1.05 Revenge 2.01

06 Saturday Oct 2012

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At the beginning of this month I have started my first work ever, and I will do everything so  this new chapter of my life does not interfere with writing here. I will definitely post each Saturday evening, after work my thoughts on the shows each week. What I will not manage to do, I will do on Sunday which is my one day off of work. I would love to write more often than once a week though. I am living on my own for the first time, and I’m trying my best with my expenses and being an adult, and trying to do it all. Maybe I should just pick a day of the week on which blog am I going to write. Yeah, that is actually a good idea. I decided not to start any new shows this year except for Go On. If I choose to start another show like Nashville (we’ll see if It’s any good) or whichever, I will catch up on it after my first year. I am starting Uni in the middle of February, and as I will be working part time so I will not have time to watch it all during the week, that is why I am not starting anything new. I have no idea , now I’m working 8 hours per day, and I don’t know why am I so scared about not having time to watch films and shows and blog. I am trying to come up with the perfect plan and so far I’m doing okay, but it will all change when I’ll get the afternoon shift next two weeks or night. The sound of that scares me, as it would mean that I would finish work at 10pm and start at 2pm, which means the entire day wasted. I would wake up at 6am and take a shower, watch my shows, and do everything in the morning. Blogging in the morning sucks though, so I would do that only on Sundays these weeks, or maybe I would get used to it.This is what the updated schedule for the fall/winter season looks like. I like how there will be no Dexter and American Horror Story and X Factor from January, but Cougar Town, Shameless and Pretty Little Liars will be back.

Grey’s Anatomy 9.02

Sandra Oh’s performance. Little Grey was eaten by some woods animals like wolfs or deer or whatever, I did not see that one coming, Shonda. As a huge horror fan I say, thank you very much, even though I loved Little Grey. Arizona’s storyline is about to get good.

This is a place where horrible things happen.”“You were right to go. You’re probably escaping disaster. Look at me. I practically grew up here. And you’re right — it’s hurt me, in ways that I’ll probably never get over. I have a lot of memories of people. People I’ve lost forever. But I have a lot of other memories, too. This is the place where I fell in love. The place where I found my family. This is where I learned to be a doctor, where I learned how to take responsibility for someone else’s life, and it’s the place where I met you, so I figure this place has given me as much as it’s taken from me. I’ve lived here as much as I’ve survived here. It just depends on how I look at it. I’m going to choose to look at it that way, and remember you that way. Hope you’re good. Bye.”

You are my person. You will always be my person.’

8/10

Private Practice 6.02

The episode was a bit lower, but Sheldon had an amazing SVU storyline. Then Addison’s reaction to Mark’s death and the incredible scene of Violet screaming. Cooper, I prescribe you marijuana. Violet, I prescribe you marijuana scene was great too. The first scene was incredible too. Oh, Violet, you are perfection.

4/10

Dexter 7.01

Did you really kill all those people.
Yes.
Are you? Are you a serial killer?

Yes.

That is all, the episode was breathtaking!

When you’re losing control of your entire life, it helps to focus on what you’re good at, my little secret.’

Did you kill all these people?’ ‘I did.’ ‘Are you… are you a serial killer?’ ‘Yes.’

But being a killer would feel so very good right about now.’

10/10

Bones 8.3

I was highly disappointed this week. Danielle Panabaker replaced Tina Majorino, that is not good.

2/10

Go On 1.05

I don’t think the fact that you never liked me is really really relevant, but now that we’re doing this.
Are you sussing my group leader?
Ryan spilling the milk. Get it together, man.
Boobs improve everything.
Wow, that guy can shop.
These masters force you to study and also park cars?
Keep going, I’ll explain.
This time?
Yeah, I failed three times, no big deal.
Does this mean you’re stupid?
Hey, no! She’s not stupid, look how she helped all of us. You’re not stupid, are you?
I wonder why you couldn’t get a better job.
The room spins, the clock ticks, and I hear my inner voice telling me I’m not good enough.
You’re not the special one.
I am the special one.
I got 8 friends, they’re all crazy and one of them is back from the dead.
Who’s gonna get in a car with someone like you?
No one.
Everyone stop being weird in my car!
Ryan drops the food.
Excuse me nerd, can I cheat off of you?
They all came for the exam!

8.5/10

Revenge 2.01

What an average episode. We all  knew Victoria was not dead and I was hugely disappointed with this story.

Destiny. To believe that a life is meant for a single purpose, one must also believe in a common fate. Father to daughter, brother to sister, mother to child. Blood ties can be as unyielding as they are eternal. But it is our bonds of choice that truly light the road we travel. Love versus hatred. Loyalty against betrayal. A person’s true destiny can only be revealed at the end of his journey, and the story I have to tell is far from over.

It’s not the ropes that bind her. It is her fear.
She’s not afraid to die.
Mortal fear is not the only fear.

You think she’s somewhere looking up at us?

Great. Seance, anyone?

Get refills.

Dad, you did this. You blew that plane, and now you’re trying to keep me locked up.
What in a hell are you doing here?
I’m just so happy you’re alive. Goodbye, Victoria.
Some say that to believe in destiny is to dismiss the role of free will. That self-determination cannot prevail in the presence of fate. And the truth is the only part of destiny we can control is the fate we choose for another.”
What they did to my father, they did to my mother too.
And now they’re coming for you.
Good, let them.

4.5/10

I wanted to check Made in Jersey, because of Stephanie March, but then decided not to, and I have also decided to quit on Revolution, even though it has Elizabeth Mitchell in it. I haven’t watched new Castle yet, and I’m still not eager to watch it. I watched The x Factor though, the Boot Camp was great this year!

The updated TV Schedule:

Monday: Dexter, Revenge
Tuesday: Bones, Castle
Wednesday: Private Practice, Go On
Thursday: SVU, x Factor, American Horror Story, Suburgatory
Friday: Greys, x Factor

Saturday: weekly review on here

Greys Anatomy 9.01 Private Practice 6.01 Special Victims Unit 14.01 Bones 8.02 Castle 5.01 Go On 1.04 Revolution 1.02

06 Saturday Oct 2012

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I have started my first job ever and as I’m working 6 days per week, I will update each Saturday evening. I will, as I will have no time to do that since the middle of February as I’m starting uni then.

Greys Anatomy 9.01

Absolute perfection, could not stop crying the entire episode. Meredith’s Bailey & this new intern, who just happens to have my name, is d new Meredith. RIP Mark Sloan. They all have PTSD. Alex’s staying! The whole summer I thought Arizona was going to be paralyzed, but seeing her leg cut off that was beyond painful. Kepner on the farm, that was better than I expected, and she got her job back, thank you, Owen. Cristina, just come back to Seattle.

‘Dying changes everything. There’s the emotional fallout, sure. But there’s also the practical stuff. Who’s going to do your job? Who’s going to take care of your family? The only good thing for you is, you don’t have to worry about it. People you never knew will be living in your house, working your job. The world just keeps on going… without you.’

We tried so hard… out there in the woods. We thought if we could just get him back here alive…’

I heard she was in a plane crash with some other doctors.They were stranded in d woods for like a week. People died or almost died or something.’
‘Yeah, yeah, people died or almost died or… something. Dr. Grey isn’t mean. She is strong.’

I can’t keep standing around being the guy who should’ve been on the plane that crashed. I shouldn’t be here, Mer.

Look, I’m not gonna stay in Seattle just because you don’t want to be alone.’

I have to go. I need to leave. I don’t think you’re hearing me. I need to get off the plane. Open the door, or I’ll pull the emergency exit myself! Get the hell out of my way. Open that damn door… and let me the hell off this plane! Let me off the plane!

I want you to come back and work at the hospital. Nothing is the same over there. It’s all… I keep trying to think of ways I could’ve done things differently, If I’d realized they were missing sooner…I keep looking for the do-overs, and there’s no do-overs. There’s just the way it is, and I can’t fix that, except for this, for you. I should never have taken your job from you. You don’t belong out here, on a farm. You belong in Seattle, saving lives. Now come home.’

They say death is hardest on the living. It’s tough to actually say goodbye. Sometimes it’s impossible. You never really stop feeling the loss. It’s what makes things so bitter-sweet. We leave little bits of ourselves behind, little reminders, a lifetime of memories, photos, trinkets. Things to remember us by even when we’re gone.

10/10

Private Practice 6.01

It was absolutely incredible! I loved every single part of it, the story from different perspectives was an excellent choice! RIP, Pete Wilder. Violet, you’ll always remain my most beloved character. Addie, thank you for choosing Jake! Sam, good luck w/new gfriend! Charlotte, I feel so sorry for you, I don’t get how can Cooper not hear u. Amelia, congrats on making it a year! Sheldon, u have to be okay. I do believe the phone call Addie gets at Pete’s funeral is about Mark’s death. But why do I think Sheldon got HIV from his ex wife?

8/10

Special Victims Unit 14.01 and 14.02

Though the dialogues might have been better, but the story was extremely good. Amanda is all ‘It could have been you that got shot’ and Liv is sleeping with Cassidy.

8/10

Bones 8.02

FBI! Angry FBI! that says it all. They fought and then they made up, it was all good.

Damn! I thought we were going to eat.

Don’t step in the brain, Booth.
Brain? Oh, what?!
Oh, it’s nice, huh? All of us back together again?
That’s not nice. There’s brain on my shoe.
Let me bag it. Bag my shoe?
Yeah, you can hop.
Yeah, I’ve missed this.

It’s clearly a body dump. This location is anonymous, isolated. Witnesses would be deemed unreliable. This site was chosen with care.
Bones, explanations like that are sort of my thing. Okay? So why don’t you just stick to the toasty guy there?
I was a fugitive, so I actually have more real-life experience.
I’ve been a special agent for years…
Who hasn’t been in the field for months. I’m just being thorough, Booth. You want me to be thorough, don’t you?
Yes, I want you to be thorough, completely thorough.
Are we finished here? Would you like to transport all this back to the Jeffersonian?
Actually, yes. Yes. If the techs could…
Great. If we could just cross-reference and catalogue all the evidence markers. I need three techs in nitrile to sweep for trace. This is an arson scene, so you need nylon bags. I want all the bone fragments from the burnt skull put in Teflon cans and heat-sealed before we ship them back to the Jeffersonian. Did I miss anything? No, I don’t think so. Let’s move. Move!
Let’s prep the body for removal. Right away.
Yup. Okay.

You killed it.
How can you kill something that’s not alive?
That’s interesting.
I’m sorry?
Yeah, what in your personal life, is “dead”? You know, metaphorically?
What did you hear?
Just that there was some tension on the crime scene this morning.
Bones took Christine and disappeared. It-It was the right thing.
Then why are you so angry?
You want to know why? Bones cooked breakfast this morning. That’s why! She cooked breakfast!
I just want you to know, I understand. You make breakfast, it’s your thing since you and Dr. Brennan moved in together.
Right. That’s our morning routine.
And you’re angry ’cause you can’t have the one thing that you want more than anything.
Which is?
For that three months, when Dr. Brennan took your baby and left you alone, to never have happened.
Well, those three months happened, okay, Sweets?

Someone was bound to kill Richard.
Why? Was your husband|an attorney for organized crime|or terrorists?
Much worse.
Richard was a white-shoe|divorce lawyer.
I believe the victim’s shoes were oxblood.

It’s a sign of the Priory of Sion, a secret society|that defies Papal Authority.
Honey, honey… that’s the nib of a fountain pen.
He was stabbed in the neck with a fountain pen?
Yeah, or assassinated by the Pope.
Or stabbed in the neck with a fountain pen.

I took her to one in Woolrich, Pennsylvania, and she did not like it.
Well, maybe because I wasn’t there.
Why would that make any difference? Is everything all right?
Oh, you know, I just don’t like being in a divorce lawyer’s office, that’s all.
Why?
Well, ’cause it reminds me that things, you know, fall apart.
Well, it’s a good thing we’re not married, right?
You are not a very reassuring person, Bones.

Honey, I don’t want to hear about any anthropological crap. I want to know how my best friend is doing.
I don’t understand what you want me to say. I was gone, and now I’m back. Booth and I are living|in the same house again, raising our daughter, and solving another murder. I’m still the same person that I always was.
You worked at a fast food place. And you were a single mother. You didn’t even know if you were gonna see Booth again. That changes a person.
And now that I’m home, I’ve changed back.
Listen, just know that if you wake up in the middle of the night screaming, that you can call me, and we can… we can talk it out.
I don’t know what that means, but… thank you.

Okay, I’m glad you had this little talk with yourself.

Some people are just not meant to be together.
Marriage is about working through the tough times.
More often, marriage is about divorce.

So you went from assaulting each other to reconciling in a matter of a few days?
It’s possible, Bones.
Well, time travel’s possible… theoretically.
Forgive my partner. She’s a bit cynical.
While Agent Booth can be a bit idealistic.
We’re going to have a baby. So perhaps that makes it easier to understand.
Yeah, a child sort of puts things in perspective.
So… all the threats against your husband, those are no longer a part of you?
People change. If you don’t believe that, I feel sorry for you.

Delicious additives: curry paste, right? Sea salt, red pepper,|red poblano chili… I got the poblano chili.
Where is this leading, ’cause you seem very excited.
Capers and tarragon, which I would never think to combine.
Dr. Hodgins, this is not Top Chef.

Now I never get the satisfaction of seeing that bastard’s face when he finds out he ate rat every Tuesday night.

Can you get DNA off of it?
Please. King of the lab.

My point of view, she ain’t got nothing to be ashamed of.
Except for cheating on her husband.
Right, yes, of course.

Oh, my God…
Yeah. Yeah, that was sort of our reaction, too.

I have to say, ma’am, I’ve sure missed working with you.
I imagine you have.
I’m just appreciating the Good Lord’s work getting you back.
If God was involved in our lives, these cases wouldn’t be so hard to solve. I’m not so sure about that.
Without a challenge, you wouldn’t know how brilliant you are.

I was thinking that maybe, you know, we can go to the carousel. Give her another chance.
Why? I told you that she didn’t like it.
I know, but maybe it’ll be different, you know, now that her dad is there.
Are you saying I didn’t know how to take care of my daughter?
What? Wait a second. No.
It wasn’t easy out there, Booth.
Here we go again.
What?!
What do you mean, “What”? You’re not out there anymore, Bones, okay? You’re back, and I’m part of your life, remember?
Yeah, it’s hard to forget.
Okay, what’s that supposed to mean?
I’m not getting into this now. You’re angry.
Of course I’m angry, huh? Wouldn’t you be angry? I tried to understand you, but it’s like you wish you were still out there!
Don’t be absurd!
Oh, God! Maybe you should just try to see things from my point of view, how I’m seeing things, ’cause it ain’t pretty here. From what I’m seeing, I’m getting shut out all the time!
I’m not going to fight.
We’ll talk when you are capable of being rational.
You know, you can’t just cut me off like that because you’re scared to fight!
I’m not engaging, Booth.
Oh, right, that’s it. Sure. That’s it, just run away. Just hide behind that big brain of yours. Escape all the messiness.
Acting like an adult is not hiding.
Well, you know what? You’re gonna have to face it sooner or later.
Do not tell me how to live. We are not married! We are both free agents, and I’ve done just fine on my own!

You can’t just go rappelling down some garbage chute.
Just hold my feet.
No.
Fine, then, as previously stated, I will act as the free agent that I am.
I’m not sticking around here to watch her kill herself.
One move and I’ll shoot you.
Oh, Bones, no.
Don’t drop me.
I won’t.
Bones!
I see blood and tissue, Booth.
What?
This is where he died.

I’m sorry, Bones.
You shouldn’t be sorry for saying what you mean.
I’m sorry I caused you pain.
I’m sorry about that too. I mean for hurting you,not for hurting me.
I get it.

Idiot, you just confessed twice to murder.

I just don’t understand how two people like you ever got married in the first place.

Something is wrong with me.
No, Bones, nothing is wrong with you.
I thought, today, when we apologized to each other that everything was fine.
Because we were being polite.
Yes.
We were polite, but you still knew that everything wasn’t fine.
I was, uh… hoping that it would be. You know, in the future. Only if we admit that it isn’t fine right now.
Sweets says that I am subconsciously rebelling against the fact that my happiness is now contingent upon your happiness, and Christine’s.
Sweets, he’s good with the psychology, okay? But we’re more than psychology. We’re gonna be okay.
I just, I don’t want to be polite about this.
I’ll just make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

I was mad.
I lost you and Christine for three months. I’m never gonna be able|to get that time back.
I have a way to fix that. Oh, you have a time machine in your basement?
No… we can take Christine to the carousel. Even though I know the outcome.
You’re a wild woman.
I love you.
I’m willing to do irrational things to prove it.
That’s irrational?

10/10

Castle 5.01

I was disappointed big time. Hungover Alexis though. The ending disgusted me, it’s TV and kids watch it, you know? I really hoped their relationship will be like Booth and Brennan’s like, but they made it all about sex, and how they should have done it for years ago. I was afraid this might happen and it did. Best scene? Esposito asking ‘done what four years ago?’.

3/10

Go On 1.04

Go On is very solid, I love Ryan, Anne and Danny! Carrie and Lauren are great too. Actually, all the weirdos are amazing!

Uh, Sorry me.
I’m home. Yeah, that works.
What is wrong with you people how do you go see a pixar movie? You must me shaking the entire time.
I don’t go for a, em yeah you do.
I’m the talent. I’m the talent.
Let’s make a collage.
Is this happening? Is this what I’m seeing actually happening?
That’s really not the end game, sweetie.
Wasn’t radio by like hundred years ago?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, right you’re on a board.
I haven’t said this to you, cause you scare me, but you look beautiful.
First of all, I would totally watch this show.
I wrote her and the rest of the weirdos.
What have you done to me women?
I was doing great, I was killing it at work and then you broke me, so fic me, you broke me, so fix me, fix me.
I can’t fix you, cause you’re not broken.
Oh, other’s people problems are so easy.
Okay, soyo lesbiana, I looked it up just for this.
I feel like she’s trying not to understand.
Why you taller than I am?
Thank you!
Oh stop it, I don’t actually listen to you that much.
We can’t do anything.
Yeah, I used to be able to do all stuff. That guy could do stuff
King, I like you better than this guy.
That’s why I went on the air and I cried like I just won best actress.
Smile, it’s gonna be a picture in your journey.

7/10

Revolution 1.02

This show is just disastrous, the only reason I’m watching it is because of Elizabeth Mitchell, who is just in like two scenes per episodes, which pisses me off incredibly.

1/10

I have also watched The x Factor, episodes 5 and 6 that week, but did not make any notes and do not remember which contestants made it that week. I am thinking of giving up on Revolution. Go On is going strong, so I will definitely continue.

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About me

I am the dark and twisty Meredith Grey, the mad Dexter Morgan, hoping to grow up to be a little more like the wise, but fun Nora Walker. I am an aspiring filmmaker. My favorite actresses are Jodie Foster, Sally Field and Julianne Moore. Favorite genre – psychological drama. I watch anything with a sexual or mental abuse plot. I used to be a horror freak. I am obsessed with Grey’s Anatomy, SVU and many more. My other interests include making oil and pencil portraits and wildlife conservation. I cannot say no to beautiful landscapes, travel, Aussie accent, TV/film quotes and avocados. I have recently moved back from Australia to the UK. I’ve been running this blog for the last 9 years. Here I comment on films and episodes I watch. Enjoy! – Joanne

The 140 Shows I’ve watched and am writing about

  1. Private Practice
  2. Greys
  3. SVU
  4. Bones
  5. Desperate Housewives
  6. Gilmore Girls
  7. Dexter
  8. The Big C
  9. Friends
  10. Judging Amy
  11. Parenthood
  12. Brothers and Sisters
  13. Cougar Town
  14. Castle
  15. Shameless
  16. Full House
  17. The Middle
  18. Revenge
  19. Bates Motel
  20. Orange is the New Black
  21. Lost
  22. American Horror Story
  23. Fuller House
  24. Downton Abbey
  25. The Killing
  26. Chase
  27. Sex and the city
  28. The Good Wife
  29. Six Feet Under
  30. Switched at Birth
  31. My So Called Life
  32. Nashville
  33. Party of Five
  34. Suburgatory
  35. Surviving Jack
  36. Scandal
  37. Big Little Lies
  38. Camp
  39. The Carrie Diaries
  40. The Goldbergs
  41. How To Get Away With Murder
  42. Everybody Loves Raymond
  43. Married With Children
  44. Scream
  45. Younger
  46. Grace and Frankie
  47. Freaks and Geeks
  48. When Calls the Heart
  49. Arrested Development
  50. Pretty Little Liars
  51. Past Life
  52. The Simpsons
  53. Bunheads
  54. Puberty Blues
  55. No Ordinary Family
  56. Weeds
  57. Sharp Objects
  58. Bad Judge
  59. Awkward
  60. Go On
  61. 30 Rock
  62. Dirt
  63. Close to Home
  64. Thirteen Reasons Why
  65. This is Us
  66. Modern Family
  67. Riverdale
  68. One Day at a Time
  69. Top of the lake
  70. The Leftovers
  71. Ozark
  72. Killing Eve
  73. Good Girls
  74. 911
  75. The Resident
  76. Crikey! It’s the Irwins
  77. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
  78. Veronica Mars
  79. Dead to Me
  80. Schooled
  81. The Handmaid’s Tale
  82. Station 19
  83. Red Band Society
  84. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
  85. Little Fires Everywhere
  86. The Act
  87. The Morning Show
  88. Everything Sucks
  89. Mad Men
  90. For the People
  91. Unbelievable
  92. Bloodline
  93. Gypsy
  94. Liar
  95. The Insatiable
  96. Carol’s Second Act
  97. Chernobyl
  98. When They See Us
  99. The Society
  100. Girlboss
  101. When We Rise
  102. Locke and Key
  103. Russian Doll
  104. The Loudest Voice
  105. Soundtrack
  106. Sugar Rush
  107. V
  108. Grandfathered
  109. Faking It
  110. Secrets and lies (only season 1)
  111. Eye Candy
  112. The Whispers
  113. The Slap (AU)
  114. The Good Place
  115. The Good Fight
  116. Hollywood Darlings
  117. Off the Map
  118. Scream Queens
  119. Friday Night Lights
  120. Thirteen
  121. The Family
  122. Absentia
  123. F is for Family
  124. Starved
  125. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  126. Fargo (only season 1)
  127. 90210
  128. Dead of Summer
  129. Amber
  130. Degrassi Next Class
  131. Looking for Alaska
  132. The Catch
  133. Mr Mercedes (only season 1)
  134. Light as a Feather
  135. American Crime Story
  136. 23.11.63
  137. Divorce
  138. American Crime
  139. The Politician
  140. Ravenswood
  141. Save Me
  142. Wet Hot American Summer

currently following on tv

currently (re)watching

return to eden
six feet under season 2
last man standing season 3

shows I need to catch up on

Feud
Transparent
Killing Eve
This is Us
The Good Fight
Gentleman Jack
I Am the Night

films that have been on my watchlist for years and years

The Rose
Agnes of God
Music Box
The Golden Pond
Rambling Rose
The Contender
Airport
Women in Love
The French Connection
California Suite
Chariots of Fire
Amadeus
The Accidental Tourist
A Woman under the Influence
The Happy Ending
Travels with My Aunt
Sounder
Hedda
The Turning Point
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Last Summer

will watch at the cinema

unhinged

Last films watched at the pictures that I loved

the hunt
the lighthouse

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my twitter bios

15.04.2011 ‘You forgot the number one rule about remakes: never fuck with the original.’ (Scream 4)

01.06.2011 ‘We need to become doers.’ 2×16 ‘You’re a doer, remember?’ 5×22 (Greys)

5.08.2011 “It’s just… Meredith always makes me think screwed up people have a chance.” (Greys)

9.10.2011 ‘You be wowed, I’ll be drunk.’ (The Big C)

10.11.2011 ‘George is dead and Izzie is gone and we’re all different. We’re different.’ (Greys)

17.12.2011 ‘I thought I was headed in the right direction. My Dark Passenger back behind the wheel. But if I was so sure I knew where I was going…How did I get so lost?’ (Dexter)

23.01.2012 ‘You’re drowning, Grey.’ (Greys)

18.11.2012 ‘You’re a serial killer and I’m more fucked up than you are.’ (Dexter)

7.05.2013 ‘I think my antidepressants just kicked in.’ (The Big C)

10.05.2015 ‘The sad widow is my friend. My best friend.’ (Greys)

My tumblr titles

10.10.10 – ‘Like I said, I’m screwed.’ (Greys)

15.04.11 – ‘It’s just a good story.’ (Greys)

22.06.11 – ‘I should have fought for you, Violet.’ (Private Practice)

20.12.11 – ‘I am a father, a son, a serial killer.’ (Dexter)

8.08.12 – ‘You have to pick the girl who lives.’ (The Big C)

5.10.12 – ‘You are my person. You will always be my person.’ (Greys)

10.11.12 – ‘Thirty second dance party. Dance or you’re fired.’ (Greys)

19.02.13 – ‘There’s nowhere on Earth I’d rather be right now.’ (Castle)

29.07.13 – ‘The family that kills together.’ (Dexter)

15.01.15 – ‘Let’s go home.’ (Parenthood)

20.05.2015 – ‘The sad widow is my friend, my best friend.’ (Greys)

What I’m tweeting about

  • My favorite films last year were The Quiet Girl and Tár and they were both nominated, so I'm thrilled! #Oscars2023 1 week ago
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  • Happy Birthday to Miranda Otto! 1 month ago
  • Can't believe The White Lotus actually killed off its main character! Why bring her back just to kill her in the most random way? 1 month ago
  • Happy Birthday, Julianne Moore!! 2 months ago
  • Happy Birthday to the Prince of Darkness! @OzzyOsbourne 2 months ago
  • Happy 18th Birthday to Love. Angel. Music. Baby! 2 months ago
  • I will never be okay with Blake Shelton leaving The Voice. He is exceptionally great at coaching and has entertaine… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 months ago
  • RIP, Queen Elizabeth II. 5 months ago
  • Congrats to Laura Linney, Julia Garner, Sarah Paulson, Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Reese Witherspoon, Margaret Qualley,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 months ago
  • I really hope Maryanne is crowned #Survivor tonight, but Lindsay and Mike could also win. 8 months ago
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favourite film and tv quotes

‘When I lived in Porpoise Spit, I used to sit in my room for hours and listen to ABBA songs. But since I’ve met you and moved to Sydney, I haven’t listened to one Abba song. That’s because my life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.’ (Muriel’s Wedding)

‘I used to think about
your life in New York. I tried to imagine your room. I kept track of the time difference, so I  knew when you were awake and when you were asleep.’ (Disobedience)

‘Nothing’s clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?’ (The Aviator)

‘No, I’m not quitting. I don’t quit things.’
‘No, actually you do. Your mother quit your father. Your father quit you. You quit your boyfriend and if I read your hospital chart correctly you quit your life momentarily on a couple of occasions. You quit. It’s what you know how to do.’ (Greys)

‘Where the hell was I that year?’
‘Your were watching television’. (Everybody Loves Raymond)

‘It’s impossible to worry about anything else when there’s blood coming out of you.’
(Short Term 12)

‘I wanted it to happen. And when we were girls… Even then, it was the same. It’s always been this way! I have always wanted it.’ (Disobedience)

‘Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes you play games in your head. You make up someone, someone good.’ (Greys)

‘There comes a moment when our lives change forever. The moment we admit our weaknesses, the moment we rise to a challenge, the moment we accept a sacrifice, or let a loved one go. And sometimes the change in our lives is an answer to our prayers.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Yesterday I went to the movies all day by myself. One after the other. I’ve never done that before. I had a really happy day.’ (Doing Time for Patsy Cline)

‘I just need something to happen. I need a sign that things are going to change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope. And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed a feel like I might die today.’ (Greys)

‘She saved me my whole life. Without her, I’m nothing.’ (The Favourite)

‘Don’t wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don’t. In face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that make us hold it together.’  (Greys)

‘Bree sobbed quietly in the restroom for five miutes, but her husband never knew, because when Bree finally emerged, she was perfect.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘I am not food, you cannot just eat and eat.’ (The Favourite)

‘I don’t love him.’
‘Of course you do.’
‘No!’
‘Don’t take me for a fool Olive,  I’m many things but I’m not a fool.’
‘I know that, you’re brilliant.’
‘Don’t you see, it’s over. Whatever this is, was, it’s over.’
‘I love You.’ (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women)

‘At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing, is reason enough to celebrate.’ (Greys)

‘Many years ago, a neighbour and a good friend of ours took her life, and that left us all heartbroken and perplexed. But somehow, when I was alone in that hotel room, I forget about all the pain that she caused. In those awful moments, I thought maybe she had the answer.‘ (Desperate Housewives)

‘What happened last year when you fell in the water?’
‘I almost drowned. Do you think I did that for kicks?’
‘You put your hand in a body cavity that contained unexploded ammunition.’
‘I was trying to save a patient!’
‘Why is it that every other person in that room had the sense to hit the deck? You know people run away from this line between life and death. You seem to stand on it and wait for a strong wind to sway you one way or the other. You’re careless with your life. You’re not slitting your wrists but you’re careless. Probably because your mother told you you were a waste of space on this planet. The problem is you believed her. And if you don’t want out one of these days you’re going to die because of it.’  (Greys)

‘This is the street where I used to live and these were the people with whom I shared my life. I met them the day they moved in. And I saw what they brought with them. Beautiful dreams for the future. And quiet hopes for a better life. Not just for themselves, but for their children, too. If I could, would I tell them what lies ahead? Would I warn them of the sorrow and betrayal that lie in store? No. From where I stand now, I see enough of the road to understand how it must be traveled. The trick is to keep moving forward, to let go of the fear and the regret that slow us down and keep us from enjoying a journey that will be over too soon. Yes, there will be unexpected bends in the road, shocking surprises we didn’t see coming, but that’s really the point. Don’t you think?’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Was your life not working when you let that slip out from under you?’
‘When are you going to stop suggesting that I’m suicidal?’
‘When you start acting like someone that wants to be alive.’
‘Give me my chart.’
‘Why?’
‘Because I’m not suicidal, and if it says that I am, then it’s wrong.’ (Greys)

‘There is nothing wrong with me.’
‘Then show me your arm.’ (Degrassi)

‘Look, my whole life, I have been the freak. The girl who nobody picked for dodgeball. The girl who didn’t have a mom. The girl who dressed funny because it was her dad buying her clothes. And then, tonight I looked at these people, and I thought maybe there’s a future where I don’t have to be a freak. Maybe I can be who I am and that’s okay.’ (Everything Sucks)

‘Dr, I have been this way since…since I can remember. There is no cure.’ (American Horror Story)

‘He was so crazy about me, I couldn’t breathe. So we tried drinking our way back into love, but it never made sense in the morning. So I ran. And every time I came back, he was here. And he was still crazy about me.’ (My Blueberry Nights)

‘Bree van de Kamp had always wanted to live her life with elegance and grace. That is also how she wanted to die. Her plan was to pour herself a glass of her favorite chardonnay, put on her most stylish nightgown and leave behind a note on embossed stationery.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘All we have is this moment. The future is just a fucking concept that we use to avoid being alive today. So be… here…. now.’ (Six Feet Under)

‘On the train coming here, we were in the same cart, I saw you, you were reading and you feel asleep. I didn’t dare to look at you, you were so beautiful, it was scary. Afterwards,  I couldn’t stop thinking about you. It made me smile. Then I thought of all the men who would get to hold you, who’d make you laugh. How lucky they were.’ (Enemy at the Gates)

‘It was a good day. Maybe even a great day. Even when it was hard, I was the me in my head. There was a moment when I thought I cant do this, I cant do this alone. I close my eyes and imagine myself doing it, and I did, I blocked out the fear, and I did it.’ (Greys)

‘There comes a time when we must expose our weaknesses. When our secrets can no longer remain private, when our solitude can no longer be denied, when our pain can no longer be ignored, but sometimes we feel so alone that a weakness we thought we’d overcome suddenly becomes too strong to fight.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Why did you get married, Esti? Why didn’t you just leave? So everything was all right when I left?’
‘No. I was ill.’
‘What sort of ill?’
‘In my head.’
‘If I had to sleep with a man, why not with our best friend?’
‘Oh, Esti…’
‘It hasn’t been a complete disaster.’
‘And that’s enough?! Do you have to have sex every Friday?’
‘It’s expected.’
‘It’s medieval. What happened to you?’
‘Nothing. You happened to me. And then I started teaching and that became important. I give them ambition.’
‘To do what? Push out seven babies and be a good wife?’
‘Don’t. Don’t. I help them to value themselves.’
‘Okay, but what about you?’
‘That is me. And you? Are you happy?’
‘Yes, I am.’
‘Have you been with other women?’
‘No. Not really. And you?’
‘No.’
‘But, Esti… Do you still
only fancy women?’ (Disobedience)

‘OK, then, listen. Let’s not get caught.’
‘What are you talkin’ about?’
‘Let’s keep goin’!’
‘What d’you mean?’
‘Go.’
‘You sure?’
‘Yeah. Yeah.’ (Thelma & Louise)

‘She let me live at Nora’s house. She let me believe that I was a part of their family. I fell in love with that family. What am I supposed to do, just sit there, pretend I’m related to them? I was happy. For the first time in my life I was happy.’ (Brothers and Sisters)

‘You will be left all alone with your bitterness and your rage and your knowledge that you loved her and she loved you and you threw it away for them.’
‘Do you love her?’
‘Yes.’
‘And Have you always?’
‘Yes.’
‘So then ask her.’
‘Olive, will you forgive me?’ (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women)

‘No razors, no scissors, no fucking freedom.’
(Short Term 12)

‘You can’t take a picture of this. It’s already gone.’ (Six Feet Under)

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