I suck!

[sinanju]

Or our DirecTV Tivo sucks. I prefer to believe that, but I suspect that the title of this post is closer to the truth. My lovely and talented wife will not be able to enjoy this week's episode of Studio 60.

Why? Because I watched it last night. And when it was over and the Tivo asked Delete or Don't Delete? I stupidly selected "delete" only to cry out in anguish the microsecond after I pushed the button, realizing I'd selected the wrong option. Goddammit!

Why the *#@% doesn't this damn machine have a) a follow-up "Are you sure you want to irretrievably delete this program?" prompt, or b) some way to UNDELETE the goddamn thing? It's essentially a computer--how hard could that be?

That being said, I have a few comments on Studio 60 which I will hide behind a cut tag so snippy can remain unspoiled (just in case she finds a way to view the episode*).



1. I hate idiot plots. Tom's ill-considered decision to lie to Lucy about why he had to reschedule their date was an idiot plot. Who DIDN'T know with absolute certainty that Lucy would find out and feel betrayed? And rightly so, because she WAS betrayed. Why the hell is Tom taking relationship advice from MATT of all people, anyhow? Now there's a paragon of good dating experience. This was just painful to watch. And the pain isn't over because now we have to watch him try to explain himself and convince her to give him another chance. He'll probably succeed, though I'm not sure I want him to. He had the right idea in the first place (tell her the truth), but thought again and followed Matt's stupid advice to assume the worst of her. Lucy would probably be better off without him.

2. Maybe I'm missing something. I'm not black. I've never been black. I don't anticipate ever being black. Nonetheless, in the ongoing Simon/Darrell conflict, it's my opinion that SIMON should pull HIS head out of HIS ass. I'd also very much like to see Darrell tell Simon to kiss his ass and knock of the "sir" stuff. Alas, I fear that Darrell is doomed to Learn A Valuable Life Lesson. (Gag!)

3. So...people can hold dazzling, witty conversations (via cellphone) while strolling around anywhere in this old theatre without any signal loss or dropped calls, but there's no cell reception on the roof? (Eyeroll).  Pull the other one, Aaron. I don't believe that for a microsecond. I sense the pudgy hand of god moving with less than subtle intent.

4. Speaking of Matt and his dazzling relationship mojo--did anyone (again) NOT see that Lukes5858 would not be the rival he thought it was? Or not see that Harriet would not find his behavior charming?

5. Cal's adventures with the snake wrangler are less than enthralling too. That is all.

6. Hmm. Reading all this, I realize that I am finding myself disenchanted with the show. And yet, every episode I find myself unhappy that the show is over and things haven't been resolved. Damn you, Aaron Sorkin!



*She could watch it online at the NBC website via flash. Not ideal, but better than nothing. She doesn't seem to be interested, though. Maybe she'll change her mind later.

Comments

[yendi]

I haven't watched the episode yet, but the Series 2 that we got for the holidays has an undelete option, and it's saved my ass at least twice.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

We have TiVo, and on the Now Playing page is a folder called recently deleted. It just appeared one day. It used to ask us before we deleted something to make sure we were certain, since there was no back up. Now that the folder is there, it doesn't ask us anymore. If we want to retrieve something we deleted, we go to the folder. It cycles out over time. If you have a TiVo, you might have the folder. It's generally atthe bottom of your Now Playing list. If you haveany other DVR, thenyou might be SOL.

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

Alas, it's not a "Tivo" it's a DirecTV DVR. I'm pretty sure we don't have an undelete folder, though I'll look again when I get home. I think I'm just SOL.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Not a TiVO?! Does yours make the bloopy noises when you fast forward? Because really,that's the best part of having the damn thing. Oh, that and that it records every episode of Scrubs that it can find.

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

It's a Tivo in all but name, really. I can even use the Tivo hack to jump 30 seconds at a time to skip commercials. But not being a real-io, truly-o TIVO it doesn't have the "undelete" option.

Darn it.

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Even the DirecTV units that use the TiVo software don't have all the features the standalone units have. The most recent software on the DirecTiVos is 6.2, and standalone boxes got Recently Deleted in 7.3 (maybe it was 7.2.2, but I think 7.3 - they start to blur). DirecTiVos also lack all of the networking features the standalone units have - the software is in there, DirecTV has it disabled. (I run tivolovers)

[snippy]

It's a DirecTivo. It's a real Tivo, but it's crippled--some software doesn't work.

It was well worth the price: we got it free for signing up for a year of satellite tv.

[laurel]

I did end up watching last night's episode despite my warnings at TVPicks.net about how awful I've found recent events.

And, well, in some respects it was less awful. In others (like all the things you mentioned) it was lame. Frustrating show.