overeducated and underemployed

that's not the way i recall it happening at all...

I guess they had to do a lot of editing for TV.

And yes, after just one day of unemployment, this is what it has come to.

explicame

Okay, I brought this up elsewhere, but because no one seems to appreciate all the brilliance I am churning out 'round those parts, I must ask the OandU readers:

WHY?

Seriously, I know this happens every year, but usually I can pin it on the voting habits of teenaged girls. Haley is a complete anomaly. She must be destroyed.

it wasn't supposed to end this way, oc

You: not even entirely through a fourth season. Me: two episodes behind and too busy to watch your series (SERIES!!) finale. We were supposed to grow old and gray together, OC.  We were supposed to get rich and go insane and waste our fortunes tracking Jimmy Cooper's schooner while the ghosts of Marissa, Johnny and Caleb  chased us to the ends of the earth. We were going to fight in cages and burn down houses and reminisce about doing it in mail trucks and set our mothers up with old coots named after artillery. And now...all is lost.

Ah well. We can always reminisce. In fact, lets.

After the jump, enjoy a link-filled retrospective on OandU and The OC. The end of an era. Weep, weep.

developing...

It's pilot season! When the networks start ditching the "eh, it's all right..." on their schedules in favor of seductive what ifs. Today Variety put out a list of everything currently in contention for series at ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The C-Dub. And though my internet and patience are too taxed to make sure that the below numbers culled from that article's perusal are precise, they must be mentioned.

- There are three times more dramas in development than comedies (wonder why we're unemployed, Mr. Sorkin...).

- Over half of those dramas are about the American legal system (lawyers, judges, and crime-solvers: licensed or otherwise).

- Also well represented? The generally rich.

- Number of remakes: Five.

- Number of those that were British: Three.

- Number of shows based on books: Five.

- Number of "Zombie Dramedies": One.

- Frontrunners for most cringeworthy working title award: Cashmere Mafia, Dirty Sexy Money, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, Supreme Courtships.

gilmorality crisis

Lorelai Gilmore has broken a lot of hearts. Max Medina and Digger (delightful companions both) were pretty much tossed aside for no good reason other than Lorelai's flighty immaturity. And yet that didn't trouble me at all, because she was so charming and because I wanted her with Luke anyways, regardless of how adorably dry Chris Eigeman was. This season, however, things are different.

It's not that I like Christopher. I never have. I hate the fact that they sent her back to him, and that they got married so hastily. I hate what a whiner he is. But this new Lorelai, this charmless Lorelai from whom forced banter awkwardly springs forth, can't get away with crushing him in order to fix her fuck-up with Luke as she might have in the past. There's Rory and Gigi. There's the fact that she actually said I do. But most importantly, there's the fact that after seven years now, I have the distinct feeling that she hasn't learned anything or changed at all. Which makes me really not like her. It makes me think that Luke could probably do better.

So...fix it please, new regime. Luke and Lorelai need to be together by the time the series ends (sooner rather than later? this season's numbers haven't been great...) and if at all possible, I don't want to feel dirty about it.

i put it to you america

Blah blah blah, more bad ideas:

Or ridiculous awesomeitude:

I think you know what gets my vote...

other door

Who was it on the American Idol staff that decided to lock one of the exit doors from the audition room? That person deserves an immediate promotion. That last little assualt on a person's dignity, a person who has already sung/danced/juggled/looked poorly on national television and been reamed by even Jewel... it's the exact brand of ingenius cruelty that earns a person a place at Fox for life. And frankly, it was just about the only interesting thing that happened on Minneapolis day.

By the way, did they always spend 2 hours on one city? Or have they just created yet another way to stretch out the broadcast time of the "best rated show since the Friends finale!!1"?

the obligatory jack bauer post

Most implausible yet enjoyable psychological struggle ever!

6:13 AM: Jack "Jesus Bauer" sees his greasy unshaven self in the mirror, can barely speak, is ready to die.

6:58 AM: BITES A MAN TO DEATH.

7:36 AM: Wistfully looks to buddy/terrorist Assad, whispers "I don't know how to do this anymore".

7:54: Kicks an exploding man out of a subway car.

Just who is Jack Bauer? Is he tormented and wobbly? Or is he an unrepentant badass? And how many times can he flip in just 100 minutes? Does it even matter? (no).

Tonight: a single tear trickles down Jack's face as he stitches Kim some forget-me-nots on tapestry wool, then uses the needle to flay a man whose superiors have told him just enough to keep the narrative going.

an open post postscript to josh schwartz, from the corpse of marissa cooper

TOLD YOU!!!1

Despite our differences, I do have to say Schwartz...nice job salvaging Taylor Townsend this season. I mean, wow. From banging the dean of discipline to being the best character on the show, that's quite a feat. And the Hercules is Frank Atwood reveal? I audibly gasped. Truly brilliant.

Too bad you did all that work for NOTHING!! HA!!

To conclude, why don't you scream and throw a chair in the pool. I always find that calms me down. Ghost kisses!

[previously], [previously-er]

from the day job

Perhaps not surprising, as it seems these things happen all the time these days, but a bunch of clips from the show have made their way to youtube (this time without our assistance). Because I love them so, I'm posting them all here in the hopes that they'll earn your love as well. They're out of context (in the series, these segments are grouped into 5-10 minute themes) and unsweetened, but they're still a blast. Remember, everything is real audio, culled from interviews with people across America. Crazy, ridiculous, lovable people.