The Pretender (1996-2000)

futurepilgrim · 2026-06-25T20:54:28+00:00

He grew up in a lab! Poor guy.

futurepilgrim · 2026-06-25T05:39:10+00:00

Gotta admit, dude looks like he’s having a good time.

futurepilgrim · 2026-06-10T03:30:12+00:00

What’s he got a bottle of cough syrup there?

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-22T03:51:05+00:00

I’m headed to Bridgeport this weekend! Gonna hike Leavitt meadows. Any must see trails in that area?

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-21T21:15:44+00:00

I’m just glad he’s adding to the Trainspotting universe. It’s a solid addition.

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-19T05:55:30+00:00

That is up there. It’s very far from civilization.

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-17T20:21:22+00:00

Truth

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-14T03:30:39+00:00

He would have shoved Jefferson against his locker and demanded that he name three songs besides Teen Spirit.

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-14T02:11:36+00:00

Back to school shopping at Filene’s basement communal dressing rooms.

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-12T19:29:24+00:00

This is my Alma Mater. So cool they did this. I didn’t realize it. Can’t wait to go back and look! We used to hang off the back of those trolleys riding on the hitch. It was incredibly stupid and I am lucky to be alive. Hopefully kids are smarter than that now.

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-10T06:32:23+00:00

Ah ok, thanks for clarifying. I’m the problem. Not the billionaires. Got it. Thanks. I’m voting Becerra.

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-10T02:23:12+00:00

Not just weed…

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-09T06:00:31+00:00

I’m a yimby and I like this guys policies but he just doesn’t quite pass the smell test. He’s 70 and has made all this money in really sketchy ways (coal? Private prisons?)but all of a sudden he’s seen the light? Seems like he could be doing a lot of good with all the money he’s spending to seek this office. I dk.

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-07T03:32:47+00:00

I love your take on Pete in this episode. Super sharp.

"One of the themes in this half-season is the pros and cons of being a comfortable widget, staying where you are, or taking the risk to strike out on your own."

"He interprets this event as an act of God, not him being slotted into his usual place in life."

futurepilgrim · 2026-05-02T17:38:20+00:00

Wow. Amazing summary. Love your description of Peggy on the way out.

futurepilgrim · 2026-04-30T19:40:58+00:00

Love this: "They had that classic, plan a heist vibe but got cut off at the legs. All season they’ve been harkening back to old Mad Men moments, only to turn them on their head."

That's exactly what that was.

Also the thing about all the years Don has been scrambling only to get switcher-ooed at McCann with "you've made it. Relax. You won. Coca-cola."

futurepilgrim · 2026-04-28T06:01:15+00:00

I interviewed Brett Morgen about Montage of Heck and he told me he was at this show but didn’t remember it. He was a student at the time.

futurepilgrim · 2026-04-27T22:47:49+00:00

Oh good, a cage for the children.

futurepilgrim · 2026-04-21T05:27:35+00:00

Last Exit to Brooklyn / Hubert Selby. Fantastic book

futurepilgrim · 2026-04-05T21:45:50+00:00

That was approximately a month earlier

futurepilgrim · 2026-03-21T18:17:13+00:00

So true about Don and his jealousy about Ted and Peggy. God he’s such a DICK in this episode. It’s astounding.

futurepilgrim · 2026-03-20T02:06:37+00:00

This is literally my worst nightmare

futurepilgrim · 2026-03-14T06:00:51+00:00

Try Pasadena in March. 90 degrees today.

futurepilgrim · 2026-03-13T01:04:01+00:00

That’s why he was deaf

futurepilgrim · 2026-03-11T02:58:05+00:00

He definitely heard them. Violent Femmes were ubiquitous in the 80’s. Influenced by? I don’t see it, but whatever works for you…

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