I finally wrote about the #GoodOmens finale, which is deeply messy as a piece of television, but still a love story through and through. (Pls subscribe to @theshippinglane.bsky.social while you're there.)

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The #GoodOmens finale has plenty of problems, but underneath it all, it's still a love story --- and love is ultimately what lasts. #GO3

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FX's #LoveStory may be a fairly addictive historical drama --- if you can even call a show set in the 1990s a period piece --- but, as an actual *love story*, the show falls frustratingly flat. /

Even though #Talamasca has been cancelled, AMC really, really needs to find a way to keep Guy, Jasper, and their ridiculous chemistry in the @annerice.amc.com universe.

Finally got around to writing about my biggest problem with FX's #LoveStory, which is that while it's an entertaining bit of historical recreation, it still leaves a lot to be desired as an actual, y'know, *love story*. (subscribe to @theshippinglane.bsky.social pls and thank you).

I don’t know why Hollywood acts like recasting is a crime these days. Still happens (even in this show) but I feel like too often studios are reluctant to it for no good reason

There are many reasons we don't see Simon and Daphne on #Bridgerton anymore (some of which are out of the show's control), but the series's refusal to even acknowledge their absence at key moments is deeply frustrating.

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