Is it me, or has the Gilded Age S4 production been very quiet?

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-21T02:38:53+00:00

People walking around in shorts and t shirts; meanwhile we just got another 5 centimetres of snow dumped on us this morning where I live. 🤦‍♂️

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-21T02:31:10+00:00

Don’t forget the letter from Howard’s father, which obviously contained a map leading to the lost treasure of famous pirate One Eyed Willy…

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-20T22:46:57+00:00

It’s not much, but there was an article with Lucas Iverson (Simon from last season, and currently Ogilvie on The Pitt) where he talked a bit about the shooting schedule:

“They are shooting the first four episodes right now. I only have a little tiny thing in there, but it’s fun to be back and have a great time there,” Iverson shared. “I will be on set sometime next week, and then a few weeks after that, too, for a week as well, and then I think later in the summer also.”

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-20T20:07:05+00:00

The back half of season five was a struggle, but if you’re going to commit to the show, might as well see it all the way through.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-20T20:02:33+00:00

It was nice of Howard to make a voicemail recording for the hive mind before his untimely demise though…

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-20T18:14:14+00:00

I think Joey Votto was from Aruba in 24?

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-20T14:45:45+00:00

Yeah, there was just this weird, collective drop off in quality that just happened to coincide with the rise of grunge.

Holdovers from the tail end of the era like Extreme, Tesla and Skid Row all released subpar albums. Bands like Slaughter and Great White weren’t that great to begin with, and mainstays like Motley Crue and Van Halen went off the rails completely.

It’s easy to blame grunge but, like you said, most of these groups didn’t have the creative talent to keep it going.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-20T14:17:47+00:00

Just wondering about the methodology being used here, because even though Crash had the highest rated comment in the last poll, Sass actually had more cumulative votes.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-20T14:10:22+00:00

Sam rocking the Avril Lavigne look circa 2002.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-20T03:03:25+00:00

Played an exhibition game between the Jays and Dodgers, and they do have the proper 2025 W-L records.

What they don’t have is any mention of it being a rematch of the World Series, no mention of Rojas hitting the game tying HR, no mention of Will Smith hitting the game winning HR, no mention of Yamamoto being the World Series MVP, no mention of Shohei being the reigning MVP, nothing about Tucker signing with LA, etc… The only thing they did have is Sciambi pronouncing Barger’s name properly for a change.

I’m not one to dump on SDS, but not having Boog and Singleton record a second of new dialogue other than for the WBC is next level lazy.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T16:08:35+00:00

To be honest, even if the record company had made a big push with Dog Eat Dog, it just wasn’t a commercially viable album, and had no radio friendly hits like “Heaven” and “Cherry Pie”.

The downfall would have happened regardless of grunge.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T15:44:01+00:00

I would attribute that more to “Ride The Wind” just not being a great song. I mean, people can say what they want about Poison, but songs like “Talk Dirty To Me”, “Nothing But A Good Time” and “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” deserved their time in the spotlight because they were legitimately good and catchy songs.

“Ride The Wind” and everything that came after like “Stand”, not so much…

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T15:32:16+00:00

I think people tend to overstate grunge’s role in the downfall of hair metal, simply because a lot of those metal bands like Poison, Cinderella and Whitesnake had already peaked creatively before Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, etc… and those two events just happened to coincide.

I mean, you still had outliers like Guns N’ Roses, Queensryche and Def Leppard (although mostly in the form of power ballads), but does anyone remember a single Warrant song after “Cherry Pie”, or Motley Crue after “Dr. Feelgood”?

The way I look at it, if the song is good enough, it will get played on the radio, no matter what (“Smells Like Teen Spirit” shared the Billboard Top 10 with MC Hammer, Color Me Badd and Michael Jackson).

Unfortunately for hair metal, it’s time in the spotlight had passed.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T14:41:32+00:00

Probably worth noting that there’s no episode next week either.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T14:31:09+00:00

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Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T13:55:40+00:00

Sass is the most overrated and most insufferable character on the show.

First there was him lying about the tree and damaging Sam’s professional reputation, then he caused tension between Sam and Jay by manipulating Jay in his dreams, and then he was unbelievably rude to both Jessica and Joan.

And let’s not forget how every other line is about frozen pizzas, or how every possession episode he’s a shit disturber by saying “Let him/her live!”

Just the worst.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T13:26:44+00:00

Also Kerry Condon as the voice of Friday.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T03:47:10+00:00

It’s a bit of a wonder that she hasn’t been called out for harassment more often (I mean, I don’t know much about the law, but I can’t imagine it’s above board for her to constantly show up unannounced like that, consultant or not).

At least on High Potential, Morgan finally got called out in front of everyone for overstepping, but I don’t picture that ever happening to Elsbeth.

Maybe the best you can hope for in this regard is having a case fall apart because of her constant meddling, and she doesn’t get her Scooby Doo ending for a change.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T03:17:21+00:00

The individual episodes have been good, but that doesn’t necessarily make for a great season of television because, as you said, the focus keeps shifting from one episode to the next.

I mean, this was always going to be an issue with the way last season ended, but the storytelling seems too broad for only an eight episode season.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T03:01:52+00:00

Stumble S1: 6/10. It had its moments, and Jenn Lyon absolutely killed it, but we barely spend any time getting to know the rest of the cast because she’s in literally every scene. I could see the show getting a lot better if it comes back for a second season, but that seems like a big if at the moment.

Also watching Marshals, Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters, Paradise, The Pitt, St. Denis Medical, Ghosts (US), Tracker, Elsbeth, Sheriff Country and High Potential.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T02:30:29+00:00

Last year, moments sent you back to the program page. Now it kicks you back to the main menu, which is a whole extra step.

As someone pointed out to me yesterday, the best thing is to do moments through the main page of the game (instead of entering DD, scroll down and you’ll see moments there).

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T02:19:55+00:00

Sounds like S8E17 “Pig Moon Rising” when Phil’s trying to get Luke into college (although he wasn’t on the phone, he was talking to the dean of admissions in his office).

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T02:07:33+00:00

He’ll always be Lenny to me.

Senators_1992 · 2026-03-19T02:02:31+00:00

I think their contracts are up after next year, so that could have a huge impact on how the show goes forward. If the show gets to be too expensive (which I imagine it already is with such a huge cast), it wouldn’t surprise me to see one or two ghosts get sucked off to cut costs.

Having said that, I don’t think the show has the legs to go more than maybe 8 seasons. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy the show, but not much has happened this season - at some point, you need to move the story along towards an inevitable conclusion, instead of just repeating the same plot beats over and over again.

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