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Quitting on Cougar Town, Go On and Suburgatory. Updated midseason scheldule.

28 Monday Jan 2013

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I have been planning this for almost three months, and now’s the time to say goodbye. After Friends ended, I haven’t been a comedy girl anymore. I guess it’s the growing up thing. Sometimes you have to make decisions you should have made a long time ago, but somehow you kept hanging on the thought that the shows will get better.

Cougar Town

I do not know where should I start. I used to obsess with this show and somewhere in the beginning of the previous season, I stopped caring. Okay, I did care, but I was not really that much into the story. The funny parts were not that funny anymore, and I think It started getting to me last year, I just did not realize it. When the show came back I was occupied with the exams and when they ended, I did not rush to watch it. I waited two months till It aired on TV, and I was not really into the cul-de-sac crew adventures anymore. My parents were all why are you watching this show, from the very beginning, though they knew I was obsessed with Courteney and I should have seen that the season three was nowhere near season two. I will try to remember the good Cougar Town, of season 1 and 2. I will always remain a huge Courteney Cox fan, but my story with Cougar Town ends here.

Go On

The jokes got worse, Ryan is sleeping around and I really am not interested in the sport part of the show. I will miss Anne and the group therapy parts.

Suburgatory

Oh, yes, Suburgatory, and the terrible season two. Absolutely disastrous for my taste, not at all funny, even Dallas’s lines are no longer witty. I will never forget the ‘Stronger’ scene from season one, but the bad show needs quitting.

Now that Private Practice has finished, and I have decided to quit three shows, my tv schedule is poor, but somehow I am proud of how limited it is.
TV 2013 Schedule

Mondays: Shameless; Revenge

Tuesdays: Bones; Castle; Carrie Diaries; The Big C, back 30.04

Wednesdays: Pretty Little Liars

Thursdays: SVU

Friday: Greys; Skins back in Spring.

They shoot horses, don’t they? Les Miserables. The Impossible. Hyde Park on Hudson. Jindabyne. Maze. Coming Home. Tommy. The face on the Milk Carton. On the Edge of Innocence. Daughters. Confessions of a Go-Go girl. Why my daughter? Selling innocence.

26 Saturday Jan 2013

Posted by Joanne in Laura Linney, movies, Naomi Watts, Oscar nominee

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They shoot horses, don’t they?

It all just felt magical, but I would not sign for a dancing competition like that. I would not last 5 hours. The suicide scene was spectacular, summing up life so accurately, and the last scene ‘They shoot horses, don’t they?’ I was just amazed every single second.

10/10

Les Miserables

I was not impressed with Hugh Jackman’s singing, but a good adaptation, and the last scene killed me. The rape scene was not compelling and dramatic enough for my taste. I cried when they cut her beautiful hair. Anne did great job, and I am still singing all her singing parts, but oh well.

9/10

The Impossible

After Lincoln, my favorite film this year. When tsunami hit them, this scene left me speechless, the whole film did actually.

10/10

Hyde Park on Hudson

The scene when she realizes he lied to her and he has tons of lovers, oh marvellous, and all the contemplating of all these beautiful landscapes, and both Laura and Bill Murray were spectacular.

8.5/10

Jindabyne

I still have no idea how could they be so happy, fishing next to a dead body. That is both absurd and so sickly intriguing.

8/10

Maze

Laura Linney looks so beautiful in red hair. I loved the film, though the love twist at the end was not necessary, I really think the film would be better if he didn’t get the girl.

8/10

Coming Home

I adore the moment when I realize I have already seen the movie, though I thought I did not. My father must have showed this one to me when I was younger than 12, and that is why I did not remember. But when the scenes passed I realized I  remembered them all, but for some reason could not tell what would happen next. But why am I saying all this, amazing film, and Jane Fonda and Tom Voight were sensational.

Tommy

The beginning was excellent, but what happened after he grew up was just one big misunderstanding. But Ann-Margaret’s performance was glorious.

5/10

The face on the Milk Carton

What a great film. Jill Clayburgh was amazing in it.

8/10

On the Edge of Innocence

I was all depressed yesterday, so I thought, lifetime movies. It is hard to rate them, cause they are all pretty much the same. This one was pretty much bad and the happy ending, I am not keen of it.

5/10

Daughters

I love Holly Marie Combs, that is pretty much it. It is truly saddening why cannot the abused stop giving second chances to the abusers and just get out.

7/10

Confessions of a go-go girl

I am not going to comment on acting here, but I loved the film, it was light and cute, but with the lifetime scandal.

8/10

Why my daughter?

The scene when the mother finds out he is her pimp, yes, nice, and I am still shocked that he killed her.

7/10

Selling innocence

Of course this guy from help centre was the creep, I am disapointe din myself that I have not noticed that sooner, a great film, I wish she would tell the young girl what was going on. I am not surprised she did not tell her mother, that was a lot of money for a few, not nude pictures, and how old was the main character?

7/10

The Depressing 2013/2014 TV Schedule

19 Saturday Jan 2013

Posted by Joanne in tv series

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I was sitting here thinking about all the changes in my life, and how good the last year has been on me and how my future looks bright, I realized that it is the last year of many of my favorite shows. I will be coming home from uni and work and there will be nothing left to watch. And as scary and depressing for me that is, I guess this is when life starts. This year we are saying goodbye to Private Practice, Dexter and The Big C. The thing is none of the new shows really get to me, like these. I did not find any exceptional shows this year, I found Go On which is just good, but I do not know if I am not gonna quit it soon. In 2011 Fall Season I found Revenge, which fell this season, still keeps me occupied, though I am not really excited about it. I also found Suburgatory, but I have decided to quit it this month. In 2010 I found Shameless a show I, again do not obsess about but is very good, but also Chase and Pretty Little Liars. In 2009 there was The Big C, absolutely incredible show, with a bit weaker season three. Cougar Town also started in 2009, and lately I am very disappointed with it. The year also belonged to V, which I really liked and now haven’t seen an episode since the show ended. The same year Castle began. There were no shows starting in 2008. In 2007 Private Practice and Dirt began. In 2006 Dexter and Brothers and Sisters. In 2005 Grey’s Anatomy and Bones. In 2004 Lost and Desperate Housewives, both already deceased. Judging Amy started in 1999, so did Law and Order SVU. Sex and the City in 1998 and Friends in 1994.

What the 2013/2014 TV Schedule will look like:

Fall:

TV 2013 Schedule

Mondays: Revenge

Tuesdays: Bones, Castle

Wednesdays: nothing

Thursdays: SVU

Friday: Greys

Midseason:

TV 2014 Schedule

Mondays: Shameless, Revenge

Tuesdays: Bones, Castle

Wednesdays: Cougar Town (if it survives), Pretty Little Liars

Thursdays: SVU

Friday: Greys

Looking all the years, and comparing the before 2010 to the last two years, I am really scared what next year will bring.

Private Practice 6.12 Grey’s Anatomy 9.11 SVU 14.10 SVU 14.11 Revenge 2.10 Go On 1.11 Castle 5.10 Private Practice 6.11 Cougar Town 3.01 Pretty Little Liars 3.15 Suburgatory 2.08 Grey’s Anatomy 9.10 Revenge 2.11 Shameless 3.01 Bones 8.10 Bones 8.11 Carrie Diaries 1.01 Castle 5.11 Go On 1.12 Suburgatory 2.09

18 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by Joanne in amy brenneman, bones, carrie diaries, castle, Ellen Pompeo, Go On, greys anatomy, Kate Walsh, Kelli Giddish, Mariska Hargitay, pretty little liars, private practice, revenge, shameless, special victims unit, Stana Katic, suburgatory, tv series

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Private Practice 6.12

A beautiful episode. Georgia, Caroline and Rachel! And Addie got Henry and Jake! And Violet is gonna write another book and I won’t survive next episode.

10/10

Grey’s Anatomy 9.11

Nooo! What do you mean Seattle Grace goes bankrupt?! Of course the insurance company wouldn’t pay. Nicely played, Shonda.

‘They say ignorance is bliss because once you know, you can’t go back. Will you be strong or will you fall apart? It’s hard to predict, so don’t worry about it. Enjoy the time you have before the news comes. Yep, ignorance is bliss.’

9/10

SVU 14.10

Let it go, Amanda, come on, let’s go.
Liv calls Amanda Georgia Peach.
He said he was gonna make her do it, until she didn’t want it again, to exorcise the demon of sex in her.I’m a dead girl walking, but he could still have a life.
He got the wrong priest, you should let him go.
That’s not the way it works.

10/10

SVU 14.11

A good SVU storyline.

It’s my fault he did, I shouldn’t have told him to stop.
You can say no any time.

8/10

Revenge 2.10

If only we did not have this Jack/the bar storyline and Nolan’s love life we do not care about the show would be perfect. What it needs is more Victoria, more Victoria interacting with Emily and with Conrad. The episode itself was definitely worth watching, the revealing abuse scene was to congratulate. But like I said, Jack and Nolan storylines, that’s a no. Other than that no good quotes, which is just disappointing.

6/10

Go on 1.11

I loved the episodes, many amazing quotes, and Hey Ryan remix killed me. And the intro coming right after this scene was an amazing choice!

If it succeeds, my life has been worth living. If it fails, I’ll be like Yolanda.

Let’s hear it for Mr. K! But not too loud, as we know it sexualized him in the past.

I have nothing. My life has no purpose. I’m just waiting to die. Like Yolanda.

Nothing’s worth it anymore. My life is devoid of meaning or purpose or hope.
What brave emotional honesty. Let’s discuss that further.
No, Ryan has his thing. My despair can wait.

Fausta, honey, there’s been some kind of mistake. You forgot to send me an invitation to the quinceanera.
I didn’t forget. You are not invited.
Wait a minute. Not that I care… I mean, I clearly have way better things to do…Why not?
Because you are… how you say… You are sour, you are difficult. Momento. Sonia wrote a few down for me. You are wet blanket, bummer, buzz kill, bit-cah? How you read?
Bitch.
Yes. That’s good. Bitch.

Well, what happens on the radio is between you and Dan from Burbank. Listen, is there anything I can get you? Coffee, medication, anything to help you avoid another epic meltdown like the last time you were on TV?

Do you experience me as a wet blanket? A bummer?
Anne, you’re kind of catching me off guard here, but yeah.
Fausta didn’t invite me to her niece’s thing. I mean, yes, okay, I’m not all sunshine and rainbows, but my life is hell. I’m basically drowning in a sea of sorrow.
Hard to imagine why she wouldn’t want that at a 15-year-old’s party.
I can be as difficult as I want. My stuff is bigger than hers.
I don’t think she sees it that way.
Why are you defending her? Why aren’t you mad?
Well, I was invited.
What? It never even occurred to me that she would invite you. That’s it. She’s not getting away with this.

Honey, is she bothering you?
What the fuck is this? I don’t want to know.

Anne, what are you doing here?
Shut it, Aladdin. Fausta does not get to exclude me from this. Look there. A completely empty table. All right, out of the way, girls. Widow coming through. Yeah, that’s right. Life ain’t all Justin Bieber and second base.

Now I have to be brave enough to ask, “what’s next?”

911, that’s a sequence of numbers that you should call. The fashion police to talk about that firbucci’s hat there.

Look at her having so much fun with her family and her friends while I sit at the table with my partner, loneliness.

Banana shoes, come. Translate for me. I want to hear what she says about me.
No, don’t sit at the table. It lessens my isolation.

She’s glad that we made it. She loves her niece.
Wow, what an orator. Move over, Abe Lincoln.

Fausta, I’m sorry that you miss your family. I’m sorry I sat at your table. I, uh, I am a bit-cah.
No. It’s okay. You and these people, you help fill my empty table.
How do you do it? How do you smile with so much pain?
You can smile or you can cry. And I choose to smile. You people help.
Come on. Let’s get you fun clothes.
What?
No more sad man suit.
This is a good suit.

Oh, God, look at him.
Are those tears in his beard?
Yeah.
Becoming a better person is such a drag.

Oh, honey, you’re on TV.

10/10

Castle 5.10

6/10

Private Practice 6.11

Amelia’s episode was not special.

5/10

Cougar Town 3.01

Disappointed the show used to be soo good.

3/10

Pretty Little Liars 3.15

Not so bad.

4/10

Suburgatory 2.08

4/10

Grey’s Anatomy 9.10

Yet Shonda killed off another character.

8/10

Revenge 2.11

And we’re back to bad episodes.

4/10

Shameless 3.01

I hate the Jimmy’s storyline.

7/10

Bones 8.10

Okay I have missed Wanda and Buck like crazy!
Sayonara, I don’t even like feet and definitely not when they’re coming off.
Who wants a real life when you can dance.
I love going undercover Because it’s fun and exciting.
I have a lot of stories like that, I’m Wanda.
Booth and I intend to win the rumba competition.
And solve the murder.
Of course that’s the main objective.
I understand Angela and I feels so bad for her.

5/10

Bones 8.11

Bones competing with Clark, yes, but the murder no.

5/10

Carrie Diaries 1.01

Sweet and awesome. I swore not to start another teen show, but the teenage version of me was obsessed with Sex and the City.

8/10

Castle 5.11

I have just realized that epiosdes with Alezis are betterm but enough with the boyfriend storyline. Anyone else wants to see her in trouble?

Major hottie is what you are.
Okay, now that we’ve got that cleared up.
During that investigation Stana loked like from season 2! Other than that, just another case.

4/10

Go On 1.12

4/10

Suburgatory 2.09

Each episode has good and bad moments, never shockingly good.

4/10

Best and most Memorable scenes of Fall 2012 TV Season

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

Posted by Joanne in bones, castle, dexter, Ellen Pompeo, greys anatomy, Kate Walsh, Kelli Giddish, Mariska Hargitay, private practice, revenge, tv series

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As in topic, in order of how good they were.

  1. Deb after finding out, basically the whole part when she run out of the house
  2. Deb telling Dexter she’s in love with him
  3. Cristina telling Owen animals ate Lexie ‘s body
  4. Cristina’s PTSD, not being able to move or speak
  5. Mer and Karev’s PTSD, fear of flying
  6. Victoria’s past, her mother telling her she’s acting like a little slut and her being a prey to all the pedophiles
  7. Violet screaming at the funeral
  8. Meredith’s phone call to Cristina ‘I’ve lived here as much as I’ve survived here.’
  9. Conrad’s face when they enter the house and see Victoria.
  10. Violet telling Sheldon she’s off her game
  11. Coop’s ‘You’re not fine, Charlotte.’
  12. Deb telling the guy he’s jeleaous of all the men his mother slept with
  13. Dexter’s Everything is in my control
  14. Deb killing LaGuerta
  15. Kate jumping into Castle’s arms
  16. Bones and Booth fighting
  17. Bones telling Booth that it would affect her if something happened to him
  18. Violet telling Lucas Pete’s dead and him understanding
  19. Violet’s My son has reached acceptance
  20. Charlotte telling Violet how much Pete helped her after her rape
  21. Victoria pushing Amanda off the stairs
  22. Mer’s Let me off the plane
  23. Castle/Beckett handshake
  24. Are you a serial killer
  25. Rollins’ episode of SVU.
  26. The SVU storyline on Private Practice
  27. Kepner on the farm
  28. Charlotte running to Emily after saying Conrad kill her mom
  29. Violet at the morgue
  30. Hangover Alexis.

I will think of more when I find a second, but that is pretty much it.

Private Practice Season 6 so far

02 Wednesday Jan 2013

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I will upload my notes in a few days when my holiday starts.

This is how I graded the show in the fall season.

  1. 10
  2. 7
  3. 10
  4. 9
  5. 5
  6. 10
  7. 10
  8. 10
  9. 10
  10. 10

9.1/10

Greys Anatomy Season 9 so far

01 Tuesday Jan 2013

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I will upload the notes in a few days when my holiday starts.









How I graded the show this fall season.

  1. 10
  2. 10
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 10
  6. 8
  7. 8
  8. 10
  9. 7

8.4/10

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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

currently following on tv

currently (re)watching

dexter final season

shows I need to catch up on

Feud
Transparent
Gentleman Jack

will watch at the cinema

Last films watched at the pictures that I loved

the substance
blink twice

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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)

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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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