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Topic: Swingtown Discussion anyone?


Topic Posted by: sass
Date Posted: Fri Jul 18 11:39:52 2008
Additional Comments: I am not even sure if there is anyone out there that watches it. I went to the CBS board and was shocked to see the conversations and arguments happening over being actually swingers. Conversations I did not feel comfortable replying to or even reading for that matter.


Anyone up to discuss what's going on with the show?





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Posted by: pinky
Date posted: Tue Jul 22 11:26:05 2008
Message:
I wasn't too sure I'd keep watching but after the second episode I was hooked...I was thinking how funny it is that the only decent person is the teacher wanting to date the daughter...

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Posted by: sass
Date posted: Mon Jul 21 12:29:49 2008
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I think eventually Janet will fall into the sheets with Trina's husband..(forgot name); Susan and janet's husband will end up there too, and now that Bruce has cheated...who knows where he goes. Anyone remember Janet's daydream?

I don't think the professor will take the faculty job that was his "dream job" offered because of Susan's daughter. If he does and he continues to see her, there will be a huge scandal.

I wonder where the blonde neighbor and her daughter have gone.

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Posted by: CynthiaW
Date posted: Sun Jul 20 12:01:17 2008
Message:

Hey thanks to Dot down below for the link to watch the full lepisode.  Now I'm caught up.  That was a great episode.  Soooo, did Bruce sleep with the protege runner from work?  It sorta seems so to me. 

It's been slowly building, this rather sweet but unspoken attraction between Susan and Janet's husband Roger.  I loved the final scene where Susan is sitting alone in the middle of the night in front of the A/C that Roger fixed, with her eyes closed, clearly remembering Roger's one touch on her shoulder that afternoon.  That scene of her remembering was subtle and beautifully filmed, and I found it to be a rather lovely, erotic moment.

I'm glad that Janet was understanding of Roger when he came clean to her about his need to do something else besides sell insurance.  Hmmm, that photo of Roger and Susan at the pool party that Trina took will surely come back to bite everybody though.

This show has really grown on me.  Very fun summer soap opera.  The lead female characters in particular are interesting, I even like the budding romance between the Laurie and the young teacher, of course, now that summer school is over he is not her teacher.  I presume, she is going to be back in high school in the fall, and that is his conflict with taking the permanent job there?

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  • i thought the same thing about the a/c and bruce with his back turned but wide awake.....very nicely done! i don't know if bruce slept with her. his idea of swinging justifies --in his own mind-- cheating. that will be interesting how it plays out---carmen
  • Well, the whole idea of the so-called swinging and open marriage as they have been discussing is....OPEN, that is, nobody lying about it, so if Bruce slept with that girl without talking to Susan about it, he's in breach of the whole concept. And actually I think Susan would not be totally averse to him wanting to do that, IF he was honest and talked to her openly about it beforehand instead of acting like he had NO attraction to her. I've kind of been thinking Bruce was sort of a dope compared to Susan anyway. I like that she is a more open-thinking person, I don't mean just sexually, I mean she seems open to life and new ideas in general. eom/Cynthia

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    Posted by: Bunmi
    Date posted: Sun Jul 20 7:01:36 2008
    Message:
    What kind of stuff have they been saying on the other board?

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  • Well, there are lots of discussions and arguements about real-life swinging. I really am not comforatable with it. I say to each their own, but to argue over it. You can go to the CBS blog about it and read it.

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    Posted by: Bertha
    Date posted: Fri Jul 18 19:22:28 2008
    Message:
    I watched it last night for the first time and found it incredibly boring. The dialogue is silly at times, like when Grant turned around and told the guy to *keep on keepin' on*--really lame and awkward.  I won't watch it again.

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  • well duh, that vocab is right from the 70's. did you want him to say ''chill''? i thought it was ''right on''.--carmen
  • Whethers it is from the 70s or not--it was still lame and adolescent.
  • Duh, Carmen, you missed my point. It was lame dialogue--40s,50s,60s, i don't care. That is my opinion and I am entitled to it!

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    Posted by: Rosebud1
    Date posted: Fri Jul 18 15:49:28 2008
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    I lived through the 70's & it was difficult enough the first time around.  I don't see any sense of responsibility here.  I keep seeing all this casual sex, but no repercussions.  Is the follow up going to be a mini-series about AIDS and HIV?  This is exactly the kind of behavior that created the epidemic that became known in the 80's.

    Personally, I don't find any aspect of Swingtown entertaining.

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  • Sorry, but I have to ask ... WHY are you watching it?? -SpellingAddict
  • I'm not! I saw part of the first episode & haven't watched more than five minutes of it since. I'm a longtime fan of Grant Show's, but even he isn't worth spending the hour to watch this. eom

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    Posted by: CynthiaW
    Date posted: Fri Jul 18 15:01:03 2008
    Message:
    I've been watching it but darn it, it was on last night right?  I missed it.  Can you bring me up to speed on last night's episode?  I've been enjoying it so far.  Fun sexy summer fare. 

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  • CynthiaW, if you live in the USA you can watch the full episode via the CBS web site - http://www.cbs.com/video/?showname=primetime/swingtown#video - unfortunately residents outside the US cannot view these episodes. Dot

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