Greetings again, all of my wonderful, amazing readers.  Have I ever mentioned before just how much I love you?  For I surely do.  Love you that is.  Indeedly so.  …do you see what I just did?  I was looking for a creative way to introduce the concept of filler- see, there’s no need for me to go on and on about how great you all are (cause you already should KNOW IT!  :D) and therefore, it is what I would define as “filler.”  Unnecessary information, a piece of the puzzle that was shipped with the rest of the box and you spent a while wondering “hmm where does it fit?” only to discover it was just an extra and you wasted all that time?  That’s exactly the feeling I get when a show throws up a new plot element on the screen that ends up ultimately going nowhere!  So what did it matter if the guy’s sister-in-law was a kleptomaniac?  Or if the psychotic bully was forced to fall in love with the random other character no one cared about?  

As you can see, I’ve been burned before, so I’m always on edge to see if someone is trying to waste my time!  That’s why I immediately accused MePhone of creating filler when he mentioned trying something low-key.  Now, some people have said that a good show can actually benefit from some stretches of time where the characters can just lay back and reflect on new situations, and this really helps to develop them.  I can see where they’re coming from, but they’re completely wrong and it’s kind of sickening.  I don’t watch a program for things to not happen.  I prefer when things happen in things, but maybe that’s just me.

That being said, ever since our little run-in with Cobs, I can’t help but shake the feeling things are getting a little more introspective and serious.  I guess I just don’t know what to make of it yet.  Perhaps I have to just wait to see how things play out and then look at the overarching storyline in retrospect.  But that would require patience, so I have mixed feelings on that.

-Your Loyal Fan