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Re: Soderbergh's 'The Knick' on Cinemax
« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2014, 10:09:07 PM »
Totally agree. The last two episodes especially (105 and 106) made a tremendous jump in quality, at least story-wise. I really wasn't sold on the series, but after this last episode I'm actually excited to see where things go.

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« Reply #21 on: September 27, 2014, 10:23:35 PM »
Random and non-essential question:
Sister Harriet said in this episode, "Punctuality is the politeness of cadence."  She meant, "Punctuality is the cadence of politeness," right?  (If not, what does, "Punctuality is the politeness of cadence" mean?)

The quote is actually "punctuality is the politeness of kings."
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Re: Soderbergh's 'The Knick' on Cinemax
« Reply #22 on: September 27, 2014, 10:46:07 PM »
The quote is actually "punctuality is the politeness of kings."
That was what was actually said in the show? Or that's the origin of the quote?

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Re: Soderbergh's 'The Knick' on Cinemax
« Reply #23 on: September 27, 2014, 10:52:52 PM »
It was what she said. In her thick Irish accent. I just watched it.
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Re: Soderbergh's 'The Knick' on Cinemax
« Reply #24 on: September 27, 2014, 11:07:13 PM »
Hmmm. Then the closed captioning I had on was wrong. !

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« Reply #25 on: October 11, 2014, 02:53:09 PM »
I don't know if I've ever seen a show improve so tremendously over the course of a short season. Episode 109 is one of the best episodes of any series this year. Great filmmaking. The storylines are both harrowing and at times hilarious. Lucy has become a full-fledged, and incredibly intriguing, character. Owens just gets better and better.

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Re: Soderbergh's 'The Knick' on Cinemax
« Reply #26 on: October 19, 2014, 05:56:55 PM »
Meh, I still have one episode left but I'm not overly motivated to watch it after 1.08 and 1.09. I guess it was inevitable that the addiction subplot became more of a focus on the show but I was hoping for something more inspired. At this point, it also feels like they're throwing around stereotypes and racial slur simply for shock and awe.
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« Reply #27 on: October 19, 2014, 10:34:16 PM »
I guess it was inevitable that the addiction subplot became more of a focus on the show but I was hoping for something more inspired.
I'm disappointed - and bored - by this, too. I want more medical stuff. Looks like it'll be more of the same next season though, if the final shot is anything to go by:-\

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« Reply #28 on: October 20, 2014, 08:32:35 PM »
I'm totally on board. I thought the show got better and better in the last half of the season. The writing got sharper. The characters really started to pop. Thought there was a lot of cool medical stuff in just the last episode - discovery of blood types and the failed transfusion, tooth removal to treat mental disorders (which happened until as late as the 1950s). It's my favorite horror show on television.