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Old 01-14-13, 12:45 AM
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

Originally Posted by DJariya
The only part of this show that I find odd is Roscoe. I think it seems sort of out of place to have this cross dressing sexually confused teenage boy thrown into Marty's life.
It makes him sympathetic to have a gay(?) son that he accepts and a likeable father. Take them away and Marty's a complete asshole.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

Showtime's House of Lies, which began its second season Sunday night, has cast Matt Damon for a guest turn as himself. "Damon will employ the House of Lies gang, led by Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell, to help him start a charitable organization to compete with George Clooney," THR writes. Damon and Cheadle appeared in the Ocean's Eleven films together, so they'll have that to reminisce about.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

I don't think Monica was actually being a tease. She's gotten sober, gotten her head right, and sure seemed to be doing a great job as a mother. She almost fell back into her old habits with Marty, but wisely stopped herself.

Course we saw in the coming attractions for the season exactly why that was the case.

I mean, lez be honest here...... :-)
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

Haha.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

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Do people actually find her attractive?
Straight men do.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

Who was the 'bee girl'?
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

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Who was the 'bee girl'?

Lucy Schwartz
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

Suprisingly strong start for season 2. The last few episodes of last season and this one have shown this series to have found its voice.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

I still think this show grinds to a halt whenever Guggenheim and Clyde are on screen and the writers are trying to be funny. For a show where every other character lives in the real world, those two stick out like sore thumbs with the ridiculousness of their dialog.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

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Do people actually find her attractive?
Old 01-15-13, 08:13 AM
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

Well I guess there's something for everyone. Does nothing for me.

I'm still not sure why I watch this show.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

I watched last season, barely making it through. I couldn't finish this episode, I just fine all of the characters SO hateable, and not even in an interesting way. I'm out.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

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Well I guess there's something for everyone. Does nothing for me.

I'm still not sure why I watch this show.
Without Kristen Bell I'd be done with it... and even then I'm still not sure why I watch the show. A friend of mine loves it, so I think I keep tuning in hoping to figure out what he likes so much.
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Re: House of Lies -- Season Premiere -- "Stochasticity" -- 1/13/13

I do know I wouldn't watch it if wasn't paired with Californication. For one thing, I wouldn't have a SHO subscription during this cycle.
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House of Lies -- "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Planet" -- 1/20/13

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In Las Vegas to help reinvigorate an aging casino, Marty meets the firm's newest consultant, a woman who was his biggest rival in business school. Meanwhile, Clyde is seduced by the Vegas nightlife; and Jeannie discovers a passive-aggressive adversary in Galweather Stearn's interim CEO.


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Old 01-21-13, 06:52 PM
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Re: House of Lies -- "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Planet" -- 1/20/13

Are they really hinting on some kind of romance angle between Marty and Jeannie? Cheadle and Bell have absolutely no chemistry together. Cheadle and Nia Long, who was a guest star in this episode made more sense.

I enjoyed that they shot this episode in Las Vegas.

at Guggenheim getting thrown out of the casino because of his ban.

Guggenheim is such a dumbass.

I enjoyed seeing Nia Long. Have always liked her and she and Cheadle were good together in their scenes.

Kevin Dobson is cool too.
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House of Lies -- "Man-date" -- 1/27/13

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Marty and Clyde woo a Las Vegas casino mogul who has a healthy distaste for consultants, while Jeannie has ulterior business motives when she invites Tamara to spend a day at the spa. Later, Monica and her personal vegan chef appear to get along like two peas in a pod.


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Re: House of Lies -- "Man-date" -- 1/27/13

I'm out.

I watched through part of this episode, and had an epiphany. I hate all of these fucking people. They're spoiled, smug, entitled assholes. I'm sick of looking at them, and I'm sick of following their lives. I didn't finish the episode. I deleted it, and removed the series from my DVR scheduler.
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Re: House of Lies -- "Man-date" -- 1/27/13

I agree. These people are pretty terrible. I don't mind these shows that operate on a 2-3 episode arc that always end with the main characters pulling a 'win' out of their ass. Early seasons of Entourage were very entertaining and worked the same way. Difference with this show is that I don't really want to see these people win.

The fact that the mother has seemingly cleaned up her act to raise her son just goes to show you how terrible Marty is since he didn't bother to do the same.

I'm not out yet. There are still entertaining parts. Guggenheim and Jean Ralphio still bring some laughs. But this show has turned into something I'll give half my attention to while I'm doing something else.
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Re: House of Lies -- "Man-date" -- 1/27/13

I got through the first few episodes of the first season and it annoyed me, trying to be too clever and cute... turned away and never looked back... my time is too important to waste on a show that doesnt grab me pretty quickly, which is a shame because I love the cast, but I HATED the characters...
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Re: House of Lies -- "Man-date" -- 1/27/13

Yup, biggest problem with this show is that virtually everyone is unlikable. Thankfully, it's only a 30 minute commitment each week. I'll stick around -- largely because it's sandwiched between Shameless and Californication.
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Re: House of Lies -- "Man-date" -- 1/27/13

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/show...ation-renewed/

Renewed for a 3rd season Take that haters!

Ratings are up 10% from last season

Guess there are people who like these so called assholes you all hate.

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Re: House of Lies -- "Man-date" -- 1/27/13

Damn.
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Re: House of Lies -- "Man-date" -- 1/27/13

Boss gets cancelled and this crapfest gets renewed. What a world.
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T&A can go a long way for ratings...


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