breaking bonaduce

gorie · #1 10-04-2005, 09:03 PM

has anyone been watching this show ?

i saw the last couple episodes and pretty intrigued now. it's crazy. i feel emotionally abused just watching it.

JihadOnTheRiver · #2 10-04-2005, 09:07 PM

it's awesome. to be honest, i hope it ends sad. if it ends with a hug, i will be disappointed.

lucas9000 · #3 10-04-2005, 09:07 PM

i saw like 48 seconds of it last night and he was interviewing lorenzo lamas or some tool like that. i opted for skinemax instead.

gorie · #4 10-04-2005, 09:28 PM

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i saw like 48 seconds of it last night and he was interviewing lorenzo lamas or some tool like that. i opted for skinemax instead.

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i don't blame you. but i wonder what you would have thought if you caught the 48 seconds of him chugging a bottle of alcohol instead ? it was very dramatic!

lucas9000 · #5 10-04-2005, 09:28 PM

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i saw like 48 seconds of it last night and he was interviewing lorenzo lamas or some tool like that. i opted for skinemax instead.

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i don't blame you. but i wonder what you would have thought if you caught the 48 seconds of him chugging a bottle of alcohol instead ? it was very dramatic!

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what is the premise of the show?

gorie · #6 10-04-2005, 09:51 PM

i think in reality to them, it was just suppose to be another generic reality show. about their crazy lives, family etc.

and trying to make their relationship better (for entertainment purposes mostly, i think was the intention here. i think danny knows he's a trainwreck and just doesn't care, but never expected to really lose gretchen because of it).

but from what i've seen of the show, as danny said in one episode "before , he thought they were happy couple , seasoned with moments of unhappiness, now he feels like they are an unhappy couple, seasoned with moments of happiness" ...

he also apparently is going to flip out at the psychiatrist soon, thinking he is putting some voodoo curse on gretchen.

so far gretchen is simply trying to do some things for herself... innocent things like joined a band that she plays with a couple times a month, had a little birthday party with her girl friends... and whenever she leaves to do something innocent for herself, he flips out, first begging her not to leave , after she does, he goes crazy drinking like a madman , taking steroids , and just getting pretty psycho. he has major anger issues, too. which adds plenty of entertainment value.

in the sessions with the psychiatrist he's basically realizing that gretchen might really leave him, and is now going through some major breakdown.

at the end of sundays episode he realizes this reality show isn't going as planned (he didn't expect his marriage start to fall apart and is blaming the show or something) and they show him mkaing a phone call to gretchen at her little party saying "the show is done, i'm going to have to talk to some lawyers" and clips about him slitting his wrist in the future. and mention of divorce.

it's insane. but oh so very interesting.

Blarg · #7 10-04-2005, 10:21 PM

How much of it do you or anyone think is faked?

jacki · #8 10-04-2005, 09:08 PM

I've seen a few episodes.
It's weird that watching a man fall apart can be entertaining.

gorie · #9 10-04-2005, 09:24 PM

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I've seen a few episodes.
It's weird that watching a man fall apart can be entertaining.

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i know !
i feel really bad, because he is a complete wreck, and probably needs someone like gretchen in his life. but i think she really needs to get out of that kind of relationship. i feel scared for the both of them if she does.!
the episode on sunday was pretty sad , i thought. when he realizes his ' reality show meant to bring in $$ , show everyone what a loving wife he has, and be entertaining cuz that's what he's good at ' turned into him realizing that his his marriage was falling apart on reality tv.

it's messed up that i am anxious for the episode where he slits his wrists [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] i think it's very sad though

swede123 · #10 10-06-2005, 07:02 PM

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I've seen a few episodes.
It's weird that watching a man fall apart can be entertaining.

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i know !
i feel really bad, because he is a complete wreck, and probably needs someone like gretchen in his life. but i think she really needs to get out of that kind of relationship. i feel scared for the both of them if she does.!
the episode on sunday was pretty sad , i thought. when he realizes his ' reality show meant to bring in $$ , show everyone what a loving wife he has, and be entertaining cuz that's what he's good at ' turned into him realizing that his his marriage was falling apart on reality tv.

it's messed up that i am anxious for the episode where he slits his wrists [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] i think it's very sad though

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I never seem to have time to watch much TV, I'm sure many agree. I propose that Gorie writes these nice one paragraph summaries of various shows, and post them on a weekly basis. This lets us dorks keep up with current pop culture without missing out on other high quality hobbies like surfing the web for midget amputee porn etc.

Thanks.

Swede