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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
so i was running the leftovers all day while i did stuff because i was curious about the hype.
wasn’t a “keep your eyes on the tv” kind of show, it was more like a soap opera type thing with some suspense/mystery/horror mixed in. it did keep me curious enough to let it roll.
but here’s the thing, i had to leave for a minute the room where the tv was is for a minute, i didn’t pause it, and when i walk back in there’s an old woman tied to a tree and someone is throwing fucking stones at her and another stone bashes her head and another stone bashes her head...
that’s when i turned it off for good. nope, don’t need an explanation of the why and wherefore and bla bla bla. nope. i am done.
feel free to dish out the spoilers because that will save me the trouble of the torture porn.
i’m sticking to veep for the final stretch of my hbo days.
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Wow.
The last season of Veep is 20 times more depressing than the one scene you’re talking about.
You later find out that the woman signed up for exactly that. Murder by stoning. It’s a part of the Guilty Remnant’s whole creepy deal. They kill their own members.
I know it’s a rough season but JESUS H CHRIST are you missing out on some fantastic television.
It never gets that brutal again, and that incident — though definitely depressing — does move the story along and is an essential part of it.
You are missing the F out friend.
Not just on a great show, but on excellent pop culture references, bonkers world-building and some tremendous performances and truly emotionally powerful shit.
It’s goddamn glorious.
I’m a little mad at you for bailing.