#Shining Vale

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[booasaur]

Shining Vale - 2x06

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Shining Vale (2022-) | Season 2, Episode 5, Chapter 13 – The Miracle

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Has anyone watched Shining Vale? Spent the last 2 days binging it & now all I can think about is a story...

*mild spoiler warning*

with Bucky or Steve where the reader gets possessed by a dead 40's/50's housewife, chaos, smut, & maybe a bit of evil ensues.

[bilbobagginsomebabez]

i'm watching shining vale and this woman literally attacked her family with an axe while in psychosis and they just... let her go to show back up at her house no warning to see her family she almost murdered and it made me actually laugh out loud watching her jumpscare the family members one by one.

that is actually how it works. not the axe thing, she would have gone to prison for that. but yeah they give you a bus ticket and leave you on the front doorstep. there's something called a protective hold where if the person being released presents a danger to you, they have to notify you of release but they Do Not Do This.

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SHINING VALE season 2 premieres tonight at 9pm on Starz

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Most Beautiful & Humorous Dark Haired👩🏻 American Actress Of The 90's

From the Hit TV show Of NBC'S Greatest TV Sitcom 📺 Since Cheers 🍻 & Fraiser

Born On June 15th, 1964

She was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox (1931-2001) and Courteney Copeland (née Bass) (1934-2020). Cox has two older sisters, Virginia and Dorothy, and an older brother, Richard Jr. Her parents divorced in 1974 and her mother then married businessman Hunter Copeland (uncle to music promoter and business manager Ian Copeland and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland).

She is an American actress, director, and producer. She rose to international prominence for playing Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004) and Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream (1996–present). Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cox has starred in the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1987–1989), the FX drama series Dirt (2007–2008), the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town (2009–2015) which she also directed, and the Starz horror comedy series Shining Vale (2022–2023). Her film credits include the action fantasy Masters of the Universe (1987), the comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), the animated comedy Barnyard (2006), the fantasy comedy Bedtime Stories (2008), and the independent drama Mothers and Daughters (2016).

Cox owns the production company Coquette Productions, which was created by Cox and her then-husband David Arquette. She has directed the television drama film TalhotBlond (2012), the black comedy drama film Just Before I Go (2014), and executive produced the game show Celebrity Name Game (2014–2017}.

Please Wish This Iconic & Sexy Dark Haired American Actress Of The 90's and Early 2000's Of NBC'S FRIENDS & Of The Iconic Slasher Film of The 90's,  Scream 😱

A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

YOU KNOW HER

SHE HAS MADE YOU LAUGH IN THE 90'S

& SHE IS STILL OH SO FINE

THE 1 & ONLY

ONE OF THE SELECT FEW ACTRESSES I EVER HAD A MAJOR CRUSH ON 😍

MS. COURTENEY BASS COX 👩🏻 AKA MONICA GELLER OF NBC'S FRIENDS & GALE WEATHERS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES

SCREAM 😱👻🔪

HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MS. COX 👩🏻& HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

  #CourteneyCox #Friends #Scream #CougarTown #ShiningVale #MonicaGeller #GaleWeathers

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My Peak TV Journey *Shining Vale*

I watched both seasons of Shining Vale late last year right before it was cancelled and removed from Starz streaming service. I loved it, but thought that if it had been more popular it would have inspired some kind of backlash where it would involve jeering at the fans for clearly being bad people for cheering for such a harmful  leading character and not careful depiction of mental illness. It would also likely have staunch defenders, though I am not sure I would have been vocally there. But it's not, so I should say how much I liked it and wish there was more.

So let’s talk about the cast which is headed by Courtney Cox (also a producer), Greg Kinnear respectively as Pat and Terry Phelps, all of whom I’ve lived for a while. I’m a more recent fan of Gus Birney, who was great on Dickenson as Jane, (the young hot widow) as their daughter Gaynor, and Dylan Gage who plays their son, Jake.

This is the story of Phelps family that moves from Brooklyn to Shining Vale, Connecticut in the aftermath of the mother Pat’s affair with a contractor. Terry found the house and purchased it without the any of the rest of the family’s input. This does create suspicions especially in regards to the real estate agent Robyn Court, who is played by Sherilyn Fenn (always a joy to see). Also delightful to see Merrin Dungey as Pat’s editor/friend who balances these rolls in funny ways. And then the alway delightful Judith Light shows up as Pat’s mother, who has her own history with mental illness and creates more interesting mirrors between Pat and Gaynor. 

But I’ve been neglecting the series other star, Mira Sorvino! Sorvino plays multiple characters over the seasons starting with Rosemary, who’s a ghost, a demon or figment of Pat’s imagination who “helps” write her long awaited second novel. Her first was an erotic romp with the goal of self definition. The second novel, which is released early in the second season is very different, though still have some filthy bits because that’s Pat’s “brand”. 

The house is TARDIS like in that they keep finding new rooms that were otherwise hidden, most notably a tiki bar that becomes an important location for many scenes, as well as a harbinger of the kinds of substance abuses. It also hints at the building’s secret history as an insane asylum in the 19th century. This history was only partially unraveled in the two seasons that were made.

In addition to liking the cast, I like the series creators Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan. Astor created the two season true crime parody sitcom Trial and Error which I still wish had more time. Horgan co-created and started in Catastrophe and Bad Sisters, both of which I’ve written about here. I kind of want to divide the qualities of the series between the two creators, though I know that it is at best misleading. The series has a melange of horror films reference that was like the  melange of true crime narratives that Astor worked with in Trial and Error. All the things about the dysfunctional married couple and parental relationships with children I associate with Horgan’s work. (Not to mention her treatment of Pat’s alcohol abuse is similar to that of her character’s on Catastrophe)

The references to other horror films are direct, and what I saw of how they add up to something intriguingly different. First as the title and concept of a parent-writer loosing their mind over their latest writing project and the history of their new home suggests, there are plenty of references to The Shining. At least in the first season. The second season, in which Pat’s menopause is reversed by new neighbor Ruth’s (also played by Mira Sorvino) herbal tea, is more inspired by Rosemary’s Baby. There are also liberal references to The Omen and The Exorcist, among other films. And plenty of opportunity to wonder how “real” what we are seeing, especially in the second season where there is an increase in cartoonish-ness. Over the course of the season multiple people get hit by a bus and explode while the bus doesn’t stop. It gets funnier every time. Going in the opposite direction from funny to startling is a gag involving a mysterious Walkman. Three members of it find it at random times, put it on, each hearing a different song, but all doing the same dance. I will forever wonder where they were going with this. 

Tonally the closest comparison I can think is Evil. Sad there will be neither of them soon. 

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PAT: Terry, I had the worst dream last night. I dreamt that you and Roxy and the kids were all buried in the backyard. And then when I woke up, Roxy was covered in dirt. I thought you were dead.

TERRY: No, Roxy just got in the plants and--wait. You thought the kids and I were dead, but you stopped to wash Roxy?

PAT: She was really dirty.

[aesthetically0b5essed]

"A few of us are going across the street for margaritas. Want to come?"

"Oh yeah? Who's "us"?"

"Uh, by "us" I mean me and you... and that's about it. And by "across the street" I mean my office, and buy "margaritas" I mean cocaine."

[gebo4482]

Shining Vale Season 2 Trailer

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[booasaur]

Shining Vale - 2x07

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Shining Vale (2022-) | Season 2, Episode 6, Chapter 14 – Chapter 14 – What's the Matter with Sandy?

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Check out my review of SHINING VALE season 1.

#shiningvale #CourteneyCox #GregKinnear #review #tvseries #tvshow #comedy #fantasy #horror

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