Over There

[Shane]

Well Zach got be-headed.

That was pretty shocking. I did not expect that, even though I guess I should have.

Yea that shocked me too. But another great episode none the less. Best drama on TV!

 

[Shane]

Anyone still watching?

Easily the best drama on TV IMO! ANother really good episode last night!

 

[PDXChris]

Last was great again, but I think it could have done without the whole "I am going to go AWOL and become a star in Hollywood and become a lesbian thing". Oh well, the actual war part was good.

 

[Shane]

King you still watching this?

Last episode was really good yet again. Best drama on TV!

 

[KingofCards]

King you still watching this?

Last episode was really good yet again. Best drama on TV!

Yeah I got it tivo'ed. Last night was good. I would have totally smuggled some of that loot out of there.

 

[Shane]

Yeah I got it tivo'ed. Last night was good. I would have totally smuggled some of that loot out of there.

yea me too. I would have while the others were sleeping

 

[KingofCards]

It was good to see Dim get some paybacks on his cheating wife also.

 

[Shane]

It was good to see Dim get some paybacks on his cheating wife also.

I thought the same thing.

Man Private B is turning into quite the little ***** I like it.

 

[KingofCards]

I thought the same thing.

Man Private B is turning into quite the little ***** I like it.

It was cool when she ran over those Iraqis with the Hum V. My kind of woman.

Though she would probably end up kicking my ass at some point.

 

[KingofCards]

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[AzCards21]

You two suck.

Spoilers! Anyone ever hear of posting

SPOILER!

 

[KingofCards]

You two suck.

Spoilers! Anyone ever hear of posting

SPOILER!

 

[PDXChris]

You two suck.

Spoilers! Anyone ever hear of posting

SPOILER!

If you do not like spoilers then do not watch this one. Next week, some Iraqis get killed and there is some gunfights too.

 

[Yuma]

I thought the same thing.

Man Private B is turning into quite the little ***** I like it.

Miss B is my favorite character so far. She is one WILD chick! She's had sex 3 times so far, once with a hot hooker, driven through a mortor field, been pinned down in a fire fight, kicked an Iraqi pimp's ASS!

 

[Shane]

Miss B is my favorite character so far. She is one WILD chick! She's had sex 3 times so far, once with a hot hooker, driven through a mortor field, been pinned down in a fire fight, kicked an Iraqi pimp's ASS!

I like Angel. He is as cool as the other side of the pillow!

 

[Yuma]

I like Angel. He is as cool as the other side of the pillow!

Yeah, but deep down don't you want to see him start sniping some bad guys? He's supposed to be one hell of a shot. Let's SEE it! I know he got that one dude through a curtained window. That was kinda lame. I wanna see some heads explode!

 

[AZZenny]

Tonight's show was absolutely wrenching. And I want that friggin' Lieutenant FRAGGED.

 

[Shane]

Tonight's show was absolutely wrenching. And I want that friggin' Lieutenant FRAGGED.

Totally agree. This was a great show. Ill say it again. Absolutely the best drama on TV!

 

[Yuma]

I'd have to say this is the best new show I am watching this year! Awesome!

 

[Shane]

I'd have to say this is the best new show I am watching this year! Awesome!

Just watched this weeks episode thansk to TIVO

The show just gets better and better.

The Sergeant saying he would reenlist and to forget the 50 G's Thats crazy!

 

[Yuma]

Sargeant Scream is my second favorite character. Miss B is the Nymfizzle!

 

[Shane]

Absolutely fabulous episode last wednsday. The season finale looks like it may be the best one yet. Dont know how they do it, but they seem to just get better and better! Cant wait for next week!

 

[Yuma]

Provocative 'Over There' didn't go over big here

By Bill Keveney, USA TODAY

FX's groundbreaking Iraq War drama, Over There, appears likely to become a casualty of low ratings.

FX’s Over There, which depicts U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq, has lost viewers. The show’s fate is still up in the air.

As the critically acclaimed series — the first to depict an ongoing war — heads into its first-season finale tonight (10 ET/PT), its young-adult audience substantially trails those of other FX dramas, including The Shield, Nip/Tuck and Rescue Me.

The cable series premiered to more than 4 million viewers after a wave of publicity resulting from speculation about public backlash and the involvement of noted producer Steven Bochco, who created the series with Chris Gerolmo.

But the numbers tailed off to fewer than 2 million, and the young adults prized by advertisers dropped to close to 1 million for later episodes. The series follows a group of Army soldiers in Iraq and their families at home.

Despite the ratings, FX president John Landgraf says he remains proud of Over There and hasn't made a final decision about its future. "I feel really good about it creatively. It's a tough show and at times a very darkly truthful show," he says.

"Chris and Steven did a really good job of developing their characters over the long haul. The last run of episodes is quite moving," Landgraf says. But "the ratings are probably below the level of sustainability from our standpoint."

Some viewers might not have wanted to see more of a war that already was covered heavily in the news, Landgraf and others say.

"I think the obvious point is people are fed up with the war and don't want it in their living room," says Jonathan Taplin, a professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. He says FX should be proud of the series' human perspective, which he finds missing from much news coverage.

Bochco and Gerolmo put a face on the war, says co-executive producer Nelson McCormick, who served in the Air Force. "Whenever you read a story about more U.S. deaths in Iraq, if you ever stop to ask, 'Who are these people?' that's the question that we wanted to answer," he says.

McCormick says some friends stopped watching because of the intensity, but the series could not be softened without betraying its vision. He says the 13-show season, which concludes with an open-ended episode, might be better appreciated over time.

Over There, which premiered in July, also might have been hurt by bumping into the fall broadcast season. It went up against new episodes of CSI: NY, Law & Order and Invasion in its final weeks, says Brad Adgate of the ad-buying firm Horizon Media.

The series usually avoided taking a political stand on the war, which might be a reason there has been no large backlash, McCormick says. Not all have liked the show, but he and Landgraf say the feedback has been largely positive.

A man, while serving in Iraq, "said his conversations with his family were two minutes long. Once his family started watching the show, their conversations became 45 minutes long, because it provided context to talk about stuff," Landgraf says.

WE NEED A WRITE IN CAMPAIGN! DON'T LET IT END!

 

[jf-08]

I love this show!

 

[Shane]

Damn thats gonna piss me off!