High Town on Starz

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

Cape Cod, drugs, murder, queers, cokehead drunken lesbian slut cop, and the reliable James Badge Dale.

First ep was suitably chaotic.

Promising.

Edited May 18, 2020 by TwiceHorn

[Brandywine 1,317]

Yep, all that was in the first 10-15 minutes. My wife and I visited P-Town once about 6 years ago. Beautiful town with great art galleries, stores and restaurants. But had no idea It catered so much to the gay population. This show should be good but dark. 
 

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

Re-reading my post, "queers" looks pejorative or derogatory.  Wasn't intended that way, just as it is used today to encompass LGBTQ if I got that right.  Which is probably the singular queer.

Whitey Bulger spent a lot of time in Provincetown and it was speculated (and known) that he was bisexual, but P-town was the big tipoff.

[Js1 85,636]

34 minutes ago, Brandywine said:

Yep, all that was in the first 10-15 minutes. My wife and I visited P-Town once about 6 years ago. Beautiful town with great art galleries, stores and restaurants. But had no idea It catered so much to the gay population. This show should be good but dark. 
 

Gay Summer Mecca. Surprise, you’re both gay! 

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

Episode 2 was pretty good, too.

I'm kind of a fool for low-rent New England as a setting for just about anything.

Edited May 26, 2020 by TwiceHorn

[Stunns38 3,560]

Pretty good first 2 episodes. Wife(pregnant at the time) and I went to P-town in 2013. Had a good time even though the gays were pretty damn aggressive toward me. Had my ass grabbed and my wife just laughed at me.

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

It's getting pretty hard core.

[Not a cat 5,726]

On 5/18/2020 at 8:42 PM, TwiceHorn said:

Re-reading my post, "queers" looks pejorative or derogatory.  Wasn't intended that way, just as it is used today to encompass LGBTQ if I got that right.  Which is probably the singular queer.

 

Reminds me of Michael Scott talking to Oscar- 

Um, let me ask you, is there a term besides "Mexican" that you prefer? Something less offensive?

[Brandywine 1,317]

Holy crap this show is dark. 

[thrillhammer 684]

bitch needs to get back on the wagon.  she's brutal when she drinks.  hard to watch.

[ATLLonghorn 857]

I've been watching this show because the actor who plays Osito is good friends with my best friend from high school and I'm not sure I've ever wanted the bad guys to win at the end of a show more. Good god, Ray and Jackie are BRUTAL. Ray is just the worst cop show stereotype; lazy, blustery, doesn't seem to do anything right and is shady as hell and continues to get to work as a detective. On one hand I commend the writers for making Jackie unlikable. She almost kills a chick in a car accident because she's drunk and high and refuses to stay sober. That's a realistic portrayal of some addicts behavior you don't see portrayed in characters who are supposed to be protagonists, BUT in a narrative sense it sucks because there's no reason we should want to see her be successful.

Anyway, there are lots of tits in this show so that's good.

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

I missed last night's ep and will catch up probably today.

I'm enjoying this show in part because of the -- to say the least -- ambivalence of the characters.  The portrayal of addicts so far seems honest and realistic.  Pretty impressed with the acting from Jackie.  Always like JBD.

Junior seems to be the real protagonist.  Reminds me quite a bit of Nick Sobotka and not just the physical resemblance.

Too many dicks in the last one, though.

Edited June 22, 2020 by TwiceHorn

[thrillhammer 684]

the acting has been pretty decent for some low budget actors.  I hope this is a springboard for all of their careers.  the show reminds me of the anti-Hollywood.  no glamor or glitz.  these are some white trash, working class southie types.

[yoladu 4,111]

i've been enjoying that show, but nothing groundbreaking. (not that i need groundbreaking)

• I have learned that dope sick junkies flip easily in interrogation rooms.
• i am with you on Ray being the worst stereotype out there.
• tying to wrap my head around the Osito/Kathleen relationship.

Edited June 22, 2020 by yoladu

[riloh05 107]

13 minutes ago, yoladu said:

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• tying to wrap my head around the Osito/Kathleen relationship.

she is the mastermind/shot caller?????

[BBQ2Bayou 807]

I like it. Glad it was brought up here because I forgot I had access to Starz and rarely watch it because it's not in my regular guide, only the app. 

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

10 minutes ago, BBQ2Bayou said:

I like it. Glad it was brought up here because I forgot I had access to Starz and rarely watch it because it's not in my regular guide, only the app. 

Starz is pretty good for a "throwaway" channel.  Got a good selection of not-quite-first-run movies and their series are decent to good (Power was/is pretty good).

[yoladu 4,111]

14 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Starz is pretty good for a "throwaway" channel.  Got a good selection of not-quite-first-run movies and their series are decent to good (Power was/is pretty good).

the younger sister on Vida was worth a casual watch. She got naked a lot.

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

Also, fun little trivia note.  If the opening song sounds vaguely familiar, it's a song called Vacation by the Textones, which was an Austin band fronted by Carla Olson and included one of the Go Gos.  

It got morphed into the Go Gos Vacation.

 

[mr. sunshine 2,833]

I was able to watch the first episode but when I try to watch anything beyond that I get a message that I need to purchase the Starz app. When I get the option to log in through a TV provider, AT&T TV, which we have, isn’t an option. Despite the eight Starz Encore channels we pay for

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

2 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said:

I was able to watch the first episode but when I try to watch anything beyond that I get a message that I need to purchase the Starz app. When I get the option to log in through a TV provider, AT&T TV, which we have, isn’t an option. Despite the eight Starz Encore channels we pay for

Hmm, that's odd.  You should be able to find most of the eps on on demand.  But hurry.

When I go to the login screen, I get ATT as well as Dish and Direct (isn't ATTTV one of those?).

Edited June 23, 2020 by TwiceHorn

[mr. sunshine 2,833]

1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

Hmm, that's odd.  You should be able to find most of the eps on on demand.  But hurry.

I’ve searched for episodes repeatedly but no dice. Original episodes air on Sundays right? Doesn’t even show up in the channel guide. I take it that Starz and Starz Encore are two different critters and fuck me if I’m paying for another TV app

 

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

Ohhh, yeah.  Encore is sort of a Starz subchannel.  If that's all you have then maybe you have no access to Starz online.

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

Also, while Ray is conforming to all the bad cop stereotypes (appropriately), he goes and busts type on his date with the stripper and takes the kiddo along for family night at the movies.  

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

On 6/16/2020 at 7:24 AM, thrillhammer said:

bitch needs to get back on the wagon.  she's brutal when she drinks.  hard to watch.

This is pretty realistic, actually, in my experience and observation.  She took that one drink and wasn't struck by lighting and within 24 hours was doing stupider shit than what got her sober in the first place.

[mr. sunshine 2,833]

10 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Ohhh, yeah.  Encore is sort of a Starz subchannel.  If that's all you have then maybe you have no access to Starz online.

Dammit 

[Stunns38 3,560]

This is pretty realistic, actually, in my experience and observation.  She took that one drink and wasn't struck by lighting and within 24 hours was doing stupider shit than what got her sober in the first place.

I wonder if anything sexual happened between her and her male co-worker(naked) when they woke up hungover as fuck.

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

Ep 7 was a doozer.

[Doc Sam Beckett 5,797]

This show slams and goes hard. I like it

@TwiceHorn you watching season two? This last episode

[TwiceHorn 31,627]

1 hour ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

This show slams and goes hard. I like it

@TwiceHorn you watching season two? This last episode

Oh hell, I didn't realize it had even started.  Had been keeping an eye out for it.