Heroes: Season 1, Ep. 3 - "One Giant Leap"

When evolution selects its agents, it does so at a cost. Makes demands in exchange for singularity. And you may be asked to do something against your very nature. Suddenly, the change in your life that should have been wonderful comes as a betrayal. It may seem cruel, but the goal is nothing short of self-preservation. Survival.

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Peter: To destiny. May we recognize it when we see it.

Simone: To love. May we stay away from it when it's no good for us.

Heroes - Season 1, Ep. 2 - "Don't Look Back"

We all imagine ourselves the agents of our destiny, capable of determining our own fate. But have we truly any choice in when we rise? Or when we fall? Or does a force larger than ourselves bid us our direction? Is it evolution that takes us by the hand? Does science point our way? Or is it God who intervenes, keeping us safe?

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For all his bluster, it is the sad province of man that he cannot choose his trials. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes, hoping that he'll have the courage to answer.

Heroes: Season 1, Ep. 1 - "Genesis"

Where does it come from? This quest, this need to solve life's mysteries when the simplest of questions can never be answered? Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off not looking at all. Not delivering, not yearning. That's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here.

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Peter: Do you ever get the feeling like you were meant to do something extraordinary?
Mohinder: I'm driving a car, you may have noticed.
Peter: I'm not taking about what you do, I'm talking about who you are. I'm talking about being special.
Mohinder: Yes, we are all special.
Peter: That's not what I meant.
Mohinder: Some individuals, it is true, are more special. This is natural selection. It begins as a single individual, born or hatched, like every other member of their species, anonymous, seeminly ordinary, except they're not. They carry inside them the genetic code that will take their species to the next evolutionary rung. It's destiny.

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This quest, this need to solve life's mysteries. In the end, what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They're here, among us. In the shadows, in the light. Everywhere. Do they even know yet?

Six Feet Under: Season 1, Ep. 13 - "Knock, Knock"

"Whatever I was feeling before, I'm not feeling now.
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I hate that I can't function without being chemically altered.
(...)
When I look at you, all I wanna say is I'm sorry. Please forgive me. And inside, I feel like tears are streaming down my cheeks. But they're not, are they? (...) I'm so lost inside. I wish I could get out. But I don't think I ever will." - Billy.

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Dave: In three, oh Lord, do I put my trust. Let me never be ashamed. Deliver me in thy righteousness... Let me never be ashamed. There's a concept. I've been ashamed my entire life. I grew up thinking I was unworthy in the eyes of God, instead of trusting God not to be an ignorant, frightened biggot. Because of this, I made myself crazy. I put myself in danger. I made a lot of mistakes. Big mistakes. Which could have been avoided if I just had faith. Faith that maybe God really is love, like we say. How am I supposed to spread God's love throughout the world when I deny it to myself?

Six Feet Under: Season 1, Ep. 4 - "Life's Too Short"

"Everybody dies. Some of us live to be a hundred, some of us never make it through our first day. (...) You can punch as many people as you want, it's not gonna change the fact that boy is dead. And your chance to be in his life is over. Did you use that time well, or did you just piss it away? And your own fucking life is a ticking clock, too. Everybody's is." - Nate.

Six Feet Under: Season 1, Ep. 3 - "The Foot"

"This is what I'm supposed to do, which is why I spent so much time running away from it" - Nate

Six Feet Under: Season 1, Ep. 2 - "The Will"

"We carry our wounds around with us throughout life, and eventually they kill us. Things happen that leave a mark in space, in time, in us." - Brenda.

Six Feet Under: Season 1, Ep. 1

Claire: Well, I'm about to jump out of my skin.

Nate: Don't. I'm just barely holding it together. Are you still high?



Claire: I don't know. Am I sweating?

Nate: I know I am.

Claire: This is too fucking weird, it's been like three days and I'm still trapped in zombie world.

Nate: This is all happening to you.

Claire: Fuck off!

Nate: Sorry, but you're not the only who wasn't prepared for this. I came home expecting to sleep late and chow down on Mom's cooking for six days and now I find myself feeling like... I'm not even a part of this family.

Claire: I'd trade places with you in a heartbeat... what, at least you got out of here!

Nate: I live in a shitty apartment, which was supposed to be temporary. I work at a job, which was also supposed to be temporary until I figured out what I really wanted to do with my life, which apparently is nothing. I have lots of sex, but I haven't had a relationship last more than a couple of months. I don't even have the self-dicipline to floss daily. I've had four root canals, four! I'm 35, I've had four root canals!... I'm gonna be one of those losers who ends up in his deathbed saying "Where did my life go?".

Claire: No, you won't. You'll be saying "Where the hell's the morphine?". I'm just trying to cheer you up.

Nate: I spent my whole fucking life being cheerful.

Woman: I'm sorry about your father, but he's in a much better place now.

Nate: You are so right about that!... Who te hell is that?!

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Claire: No more bullshit.

Nathaniel: No more responsibility.

Claire: No more having to care.

Nathaniel: No more boredom!

Claire: No more waiting to die.

Intro

Geez, do I have to?

Well, I guess I do, if I want someone to understand the purpose of this new blog anyway. I've made so many introductions to blogs already, that I don't know where to start if I want to avoid repeating myself.
The truth is this is a blog that will be entirely dedicated to TV series - mostly american, but you never know. These shows are my newest obsession. Oh, you may think it's healthy, but it's not. I recently realized I use these to escape a little bit from reality. Let's face it, life sucks. Big time. And if you find something that can cover up the holes that are opening up little by little, well, you should probably analize whether it would be a good thing to use it or not (call it alcohol, drugs, sex, tv, cutting yourself, whatever); in my case, series do it. Sitcoms, dramas, anything goes. After all, what's the point? What's the point of trying, of really living, anymore?
However, I guess there's really no escaping from it. Reality. What a bitch, it's everywhere. You can give up on it but it will not go away. No, no, it's still hanging around, waiting to stab you with it's invisible (yet very painful) knife. And I'm saying this because the truth is these shows always end up reflecting something that is directly connected to reality. There's always some fucking dialog, an implication, a narration, description, image, or whatever you want to call it that will show you the reality you're trying so hard to get away from.

So, that's what this blog is going to be about: what these shows have to give us that is connected to reality. Well, reality (just like everything else) is quite subjective, so whatever I post here will be related to my reality, and what affects it. And yes, they will surely be incomplete - I'd have to watch each episode of every show at least five times to catch all the wonderful things they are trying to say. After all, they're art. So, I'll go around shows I like, detecting things I like, and posting them here (sometimes including photos of the moment, if possible or applicable), which are most likely going to be quotes.

I'll allow the reader to enjoy and feel welcome on their own, as I will hardly ever make any comment on what I'm posting. My relation to it is implicit after all. Oh, and I do hope the visuals help (headers, links, and all that's coming really soon) get the message through.

That's it! I'll probably start off by doing a special on a few episodes from HBO's Six Feet Under, my latest obsession (but not my only one, a full list of the series I'm watching will be posted soon together with links).

I hope you like it.