One Thing And Another

[poliphilo]

I dreamed I was visiting a house where a young woman arrived at the door, told the householder she loved her, then cut her own throat. This is what comes of watching The Shadow Line last thing at night.

I find it helps to appreciate The Shadow Line if you stop comparing it to social realist epics like The Wire and think of it as an updated Jacobean revenge tragedy. 

I spent a lot of time yesterday on this site, which collects together evidence for the afterlife and reincarnation. It has links to some excellent videos. 

Comments

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I decided to give The Shadow Line a miss. I don't mind dark drama up to a point, but after that, I find it upsetting and from the bits I've read in the Radio Times, this crosses that threshold.

We have, however, been enjoying Rubicon, which is a complex conspiracy theory serial.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The Shadow Line is quite unsettling. You're continually expecting horrible things to happen- and then they do....