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Notes on - Billions: Short Squeeze

  Short Squeeze notes Greenwich, CT 4 am Drunk and with a rifle.   That’s not great. Ah, he’s shooting at deer This is the guy who was complaining that he’d lost hos mojo The cops would not get there that quickly I like how they baance out Paul Giamatti and Damien Lewis’ names I do believe that Axe got there that quickly though. And that he could buy the guy out of trouble Axe: What drives you doesn’t understand enough It is very frustrating when animals eat your plants Uh oh. Wendy’s spotted Pete Decker and is putting the pieces together Axe successfully wiped the record of the gunfire incident Mick Danzig Chuck is really squeezing Pete’s mom and dad And just like that Pete folds and tells them everything about Axe capital Are those real cheesesteak places that I should know about? Muffee got a competing job offer and went to Axe to tell him about it So we’re getting little vignette scenes of Axe demonstrating the qualities that Decker is des...
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Notes on - Doctor Who: Joy to the World

  Doctor Who – Joy to the World notes. The Queen’s Hotel – Manchester 1940 I quite like Basil and Mrs. Basil Why are we in WWII again? Basil: It’s the end of everything, you know. Everything we hold dear.   Democracy itself will fall. I hate Pumpkin Latte Aren’t those locked doors pretty much always just connecting rooms? Orient Express – Italy – 1962 Do a lot of people read Murder on the Orient Express on the Orient   Express?   Bit on the nose. OK, we’re opening with a montage of the Doctor bursting in on various time periods and places to offer them the same lukewarm toastie and pumpkin Latte.   That’s a pretty clever way to establish the concept of the hotel from the back door, as it were MOTOE is a much thicker book than that.   And she has handwritten pages Base camp – Everest 1953.   Is there only one base camp? Sandringham Hotel – London 2024.   So, time of airing then. I’m not loving Joy’s outfit Apparently the...
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Notes on - Billions: YumTime

  YumTime notes We start with a bunch of publishing awards for a guy who’s currently railing a prospective author. OK, I guess we’re starting with a sex montage. Bryan is hooking up too OK, the publisher is sleeping with the woman that Lara threatened and she’s wrote a book that will look bad for Axe Scrumpet.   Love the fake hostess names Ben Kim grew up in Queens after moving from Korea at 9 and speaks Korean It feels like Axe is keeping Ben Kim close as a protégé Axe:   Here’s something they didn’t teach you at Standford.   Whenever you can, put a company in your mouth. The fake Twinkies aren’t as good as they used to be.   Also true in real life Right, Bryan nis hooking up with the lawyer from the other district The East District arrested a guy who oworks for Decker and will flip which will undercut the SDNY’s case People who don’t pick up their dog’s poop are the worst Chuck:   Let it slide.   That sounds simple.   Eas...
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Notes on - Billions: Naming Rights

  Naming Rights notes Axe in his underwear.   Nice opening shot Axe:   Always put that lunatic through.   One out of every 200 ideasw he has is fucking brilliant. Wags is dressing Bobby, making him his valet, quite literally Wags has his beard! Axe: No man is a hero to his valet Wags:   That goes double for his COO.   So you are fucked with me either way. So the mansion purchase is getting him some bad press.   Still doesn’t seem like a big deal Ah, so Aze threw them Jerry O’Connell to get them to forget about the house *** Who’s more low key than me? Bryan and Chuck eating in the office again Bryan knows the distinction in Asian cuisine Kate is still calling Chuck sir Is that true about General Tso? Pete Decker – That’s Jerry O’Connell, right? Lara is vaping Ellis Eads hall.   Bobby is obsessing over it.   He’s claiming it’s principal, and we don’t quite believe him Wags takes a hit of whatever Axe and Lara ...
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Notes on - Billions: Pilot

  Billions notes  Yeah, that first scene is a lot US Attorney’s office SDNY Kate giving the intro talk to some guy named Michael. Bryan was the one who gave her that speech 18 months ago Chuck is already playing with recommendations for judicial appointments Ari Spyros.   FCC here to introduce Bobby as the antagonist Lots of dry insider trading stuff Would they really introduce a possible crime with a head shot? Meanwhile Bobby is introduced enjoying pizza with his wife and being a good guy.   In contrast to Chuck getting burned and pissed on. It’s not believable that Lara hasn’t ever tried Bobby’s favorite pizza before at this point in their marriage. And now Bobby is saving his childhood pizza place from going under out of altruism.    They’re really leaning against type. And from there to Axe Capital Mick Danzig and Ben Kim And now they’re demonstrating that Bobby is smarter Bobby:   Yale? Ben:   Stanford.  ...
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Notes on - Doctor Who: Empire of Death

  Empire of Death notes Sutekh’s dust of death Convenient that it takes out everybody but the Doctor and Ruby Why did I think that Harriet had died? So how many operatives does Sutekh have? I like that Morris’ segue has guns They’re doing a nice job of re-establishing the multiple threats Ibrahim:   The bullets turn to dust, ma’am Kate: Oh, one day. I’m not moved by the death of the Vlinx Kate:   I have to believe that birds will sing again.   There will be birds. OK, that’s why they had to separate Doctor and Mel at the TV studio, Ruby over at the time window and Carla escorted out.   They’re spacing out the drama kills We already know they have to do a reset button.   They can’t pretend otherwise Love that Mel has a scooter. All the chaos CGI is really well done Mrs. Flood: Do you believe in the power of prayer? Cherry: I most certainly do. Mrs. Flood: The tell your maker I will come to storm down his gates of gold and se...
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Notes on - Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday

  The Legend of Ruby Sunday notes I still don’t love the whole TARDIS swooping in to a slide thing I guess it does look exciting Hey, it’s Rose!   She’s gotten so tall! It’s weird that Ruby and Rose haven’t met before.   The specials felt so close together. The Doctor:   Ruby, this is Kate. We love Kate. I knew Kate’s dad. He was the best of men. The Vlinx.   I don’t see what the upgrades are.   I’ll have to go back and check The Doctor:   Colonel Ibrahim!   Someone has been working out. They’re coy about not giving Harriet’s last name at this stage but we’re so busy being impressed at this Doctor’s people skills that we don’t notice. Morris Gibbons and the passing asteroid. Where’s Shirley Anne Bingham?? I like the implication that Morris Gibbons’ asteroid thing was just one whole separate adventure that The Doctor wasn’t part of They’ve jumped ahead to being totally aware of Susan Twist now.   They could have paced t...
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