IMHO "United States of Tara" (1.09): Possibility

I loved the exchange betweeen Dad & Marshall at the table. It was quite touching and the smile on Marshall's face at the end of the scene was touching.......great show. Richard

I knew it would show up on a blog post if I just waited a few minutes! Man, this for me was the highlight of my sunday night TV watching. The entire scene had me on the edge of my seat (and I had a pretty severe flashback to my high school days) and I was so glad when Jason kissed him back. Even if the relationship toilet-bowls after this, seeing Marshall's sweet interaction with his father and Keir Gilchrist's super-cute portrayal of first love blushes warmed my heart.

 

And I really like the show overall. I love the development of new alters, which I'm glad they didn't wait long to spring on us, the slow unravelling of what happened to Tara, and next week's episode with the therapist break up looks hilarious!

 

It's outrageous. That's all I'll say. Although, I applaud Marshall's actions in the final moments of the final act. (you go girl!) (just kidding. I had to say it.)

But if anyone has Comcast On-Demand and subscribe to ShoTime then you can watch next week's episode right now.

 

U.S. of Tara is one of the best shows on TV today.  It's well-written, well acted and the matter of fact way they treat Marshall is refreshing (no awkward coming out epsidode, no self-hating...). 

I thought this epsisode was just plain awesome...I was disappointed they didn't flesh out the scene more, but that's the show - they have a lot to fit into 30min.  :-)

Wait until you see the next episode (New epsidoes on Showtime On Demand one week early).  It's gripping...I can't wait to see where they go next.

 

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Watching Next Weeks episode on Demand I was immediately rushed with memories of Sydney, And Allison, and Brooke from Melrose Place territory.

 Without giving spoilers, I was gleefully floored!!!

Too bad MP never had a gay storyline this thrilling!!! Go US of Tara! and Showtime!!!

 Great show.

peace,

 Just

Ever since I found out I could watch early with OnDemand (thanks, Duckie), I've been waiting for the recap of this episode so I could just go "Squeeee!" - I loved how they handled it.  I actually had to rewind and rewatch what happened after Jason's eyes popped open, because I was afraid to look when it happened.  I then rewatched it two or three more times because it was so cute.

His parents treat him so naturally.  There's probably something to be said for the fact that if you're dealing with a mom who has DID, gay is probably a minor issue.  But it's still cool to see, and that moment in the kitchen between Marshall and his dad would have warmed the cockles of my heart if I had one.

I had no idea that was a Lawrence - I didn't know they still let them on things.  He also doesn't have that Lawrence build, he's a little stouter.

As for Jason and Marshall's dad, well, if you were a minister's son (a minister that runs a Hell House with writhing, dying AIDS victims, as well as you and the boy you just made out with cage dancing with each other in bride and groom drag), with a mother we just learned that isn't intersted in her son's life, and you had just made out with a boy after drinking alone in his house, and while making your getaway, you encounter a parental unit, well, you might look and talk a lot like Jason.  I thought it was perfectly done.  

And now I'm gonna pull up OnDemand and watch next week's episode, because I was always the kid that shook my Christmas presents. 

Aaaaah! You guys are so unfair with your watching of things before they happen! I wanna see what happens too, and there is only one solution. Quick, to the Interweb and its marvellous series of tubes!

I sent her a note last night after watching the episode.  She is so in touch with contemporary teenagers than you can ever imagine.  There is nothing predictable about this show.  I think w may see a lot more of Jason's sexual discovery.

I hate spoilers or pre-watching shows so I won't look ahead and criticism has little value for me either.  The only fun in that is to read bad reviews of great films a Dallas review of GONE WITH THE WIND in 1939 thought it too dismissive of Southern culture and completely unrealistic of the way it actually was.

That's all I am saying... 

INSIDEGUY

Definitely the best episode so far.

I was positively surprised when Jason kissed Marshall back, because I didn't expect this to happen. And the scene with Marshall and his dad was super cute and gorgeous. I wish all dads could be like marshall's. I didn't really like John Corbet before I saw him in Tara. Also loved the ending when they're all shown in bed sleeping. kate and tara's roadtrip was also fun. Charmaine was pretty funny as always, she's really groing on me and her scenes with marshall are great.

USoT is definitely one of the most interesting shows at the moment. and it keeps getting better 

Beautiful Thing, Get Real, Summer Storm, etc, etc. Also, the subject of a million nondistributed shorts and features-- ie, if you have ever been to Outfest or New Fest. It was nice, but set up was not very creatively done. Overall, however, the show seems interesting. More intrested in the mother-daughter because I've seen anything like it. The aunt was very interesting. Really related to her. Also, I liked the Father-son interplay. Connecting over falling in love. That was emotionally well done.

in the other AfterElton thread regarding how well USOT is handling the character of Marshall and his issues. I'll be amazed if we ever see Ugly Betty's Justin Suarez get as far as Marshall did last night. And the sweet, supportive scene between Marshall and his dad afterwards was just icing on the cake.

I'm also surprised and grateful that we haven't heard a peep about any of this from the AFA or their ilk. I guess they're too busy wrestling for control of the GOP to worry about one gay teenage character's love life, thank goodness!

It made me so upset that I have now stopped watching the show.

Yes, it was about Marshall...;(

Harvey Milk: You gotta give 'em hope.

Great development for Marshall in this episode, the talk with his dad made me think more than a makeout session happened. Some of this comments are making me excited about see ep 10 tonight. Cant wait, this is a very entertaining show.