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Rubicon season finale – You Never Can Win
Jane you’re playing a game you never can win girl
You’re staying away so I’ll ask you where you been baby
Like a cat and a mouse, (cat and a mouse) from door to door and house to house
Don’t you pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about
Well, those of you who thought Andy was bad should be patting yourselves on the back. Also those of you who thought there was no way they could wrap up this story in a satisfying way. I find myself deeply unsatisfied because I wanted someone to win. Spangler or Will. Someone. I thought that with Ingram’s resources, Will could pull off a win even against a guy like Spangler and his committee of power brokers. But in the end, Ingram turned out to be a bit of a pussy. He’s really no help at all when it really counts. Retreat? Live to fight another day? Screw that, I want Spangler’s head on a plate. Unfortunately, I think the title of the episode is all too correct, and I’m going to guess that reality is a lot like how this thing ends up. Messy. Unsatisfying. Bleh.
Rubicon – Wayward Sons
Once I rose above the noise and confusion,
just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion.
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high.
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man.
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man.
I hear the voices when I’m dreamin’,
I can hear them say:Carry on my wayward son,
there’ll be peace when you are done.
Lay your weary head to rest,
don’t you cry no more.Masquerading as a man with a reason,
my charade is the event of the season.
And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely
means that I don’t know.On a stormy sea of moving emotion,
tossed about, I’m like a ship on the ocean.
I set a course for winds of fortune, but
I hear the voices say:Carry on, you will always remember.
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
Now your life’s no longer empty.
Surely heaven waits for you.
Rubicon – A Good Day’s Work
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
-Henri Matisse
Rubicon – No Honesty In Men
There’s no trust,
No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured,
All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.                               -Romeo and Juliet, Act 3 Scene 2
Rubicon – Caught in the Suck
“Why is it that the bad guys get to feel like they are 100% in line with God and the rest of us are just caught in the suck?”Â
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Rubicon – The Truth Will Out
Nay, indeed, if you had your eyes, you might fail of
the knowing me: it is a wise father that knows his
own child. Well, old man, I will tell you news of
your son: give me your blessing: truth will come
to light; murder cannot be hid long; a man’s son
may, but at the length truth will out.– The Merchant of Venice
Rubicon – “Look to the Ant”
Look to the ant, thou sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,
 which, having no guide, overseer or ruler,
 provideth her meat in the summer and gathereth her food in the harvest.
-Proverbs 6 Read the rest of this entry
Rubicon
There died a myriad
And of the best, among them,
For an old bitch gone in the teeth,
For a botched civilisation.
                    -Ezra Pound
AMC appears to have scored another hit with its new series Rubicon. If you haven’t been watching, it might be a good idea to start now and avoid having too far to catch up. This show is similar to Mad Men in one way: it moves at a languid pace.  Some have complained that the pace is too slow and is making the show dull. But for those who like puzzling out the intricate webs of this story as it spins its twisty way through intrigue and murder in the intelligence community, nothing could be more engrossing.  The pacing of this show is deceptive because it can lull you into thinking that not much is happening, but the beauty of the show is in the details and the small clues, which are actually revealed in quite rapid fire fashion. Read the rest of this entry
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