# 'Rubicon' is sooooo slow paced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033 "2010-08-12T12:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/61 "2010-11-11T22:06:53Z")
AMC announced that the series is cancelled. [http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/11/11/amc-cancels-rubicon/](http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/11/11/amc-cancels-rubicon/) I agree that it was slow paced, but it was entertaining once you got into it. Also James Badge Dale is a good actor. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/62 "2010-11-11T22:39:20Z")
That’s a shame. I watched it to the end, and it got really good for a while. Though the last episode was a bit of a disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/63 "2010-11-11T23:05:36Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > AMC announced that the series is cancelled. > > [http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/11/11/amc-cancels-rubicon/](http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/11/11/amc-cancels-rubicon/) > > I agree that it was slow paced, but it was entertaining once you got into it. Also James Badge Dale is a good actor. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/64 "2010-11-11T23:40:25Z")
Nuts. Thanks for sharing the bad news though. It was worth following though. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/65 "2010-11-12T00:54:46Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > …and it got really good for a while… Yes, the time between when he stood up from the break room table and walked to the fridge, which took nearly two episodes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/66 "2010-11-12T01:38:04Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yes, the time between when he stood up from the break room table and walked to the fridge, which took nearly two episodes. 😛 You forgot the part where he frowned at his leftover spaghetti for ten minutes before taking it out of the fridge! It was critical to the plot! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/67 "2010-11-12T01:55:10Z")
It did seem that the spaghetti may have been rearranged by an unknown operative to give the appearance of frowning back at him. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/68 "2010-11-12T02:11:03Z")
But there was so much latent tension. You could almost _feel_ the spaghetti drying out. I think I may have missed the ‘walking to the fridge’ episode (hopefully not the same one so I don’t look too stupid). You guys really crack me up sometimes - and I was one of the show’s fans. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/69 "2010-11-12T02:39:09Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > …I think I may have missed the ‘walking to the fridge’ episode… Episodes ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/70 "2010-11-12T06:03:51Z")
The three episode dry cleaners arc that followed Spaghetti at Lunch was the series highlight for me. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/71 "2010-11-12T06:48:46Z")
OMG, the missing pants! The badly ironed shirts! We may never know how they related to his father’s death. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/72 "2010-11-12T07:02:23Z")
Too bad it was cancelled. Truxton had been voted to kill himself, and it would have been interesting to see if he would do it or try to kill the committee. He seemed to me to be pretty clearly a Cheney stand in. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/73 "2010-11-12T13:30:28Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Too bad it was cancelled. Truxton had been voted to kill himself, and it would have been interesting to see if he would do it or try to kill the committee. He seemed to me to be pretty clearly a Cheney stand in. Astute observation, minus the bad heart and the equally bad shotgun skilz. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/74 "2010-11-12T16:11:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > OMG, the missing pants! The badly ironed shirts! We may never know how they related to his father’s death. It was the spaghetti sauce stain in the shape of a four-leaf clover, you dolt! ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/75 "2010-11-12T16:57:37Z")
Booooooooooooo… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/76 "2010-11-12T16:58:54Z")
I loved… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/77 "2010-11-12T17:09:54Z")
…the pace… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/78 "2010-11-12T17:11:31Z")
… of this show. … :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/79 "2010-11-12T17:28:47Z")
Just imagine that the writers and producers opted to get into a pace to rival Detroit 1-8-7 or Blue Bloods, where less than 30 seconds goes by between the introduction of a clue and its investigation and the chase that goes with it. Just how many episodes would it take to cram in all the Rubicon details? My guess is that a three-episode stretch could get it done and still feel a bit draggy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/80 "2010-11-12T18:00:15Z")
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