Tons of people do the 90 day border run with a ferry boat over to Uruguay for the day. You have 3 options Buquebus, Colonia Express and Seacat Colonia. Fares can be as cheap at $30 if you get the promotional seats early enough.
The $140 reciprocity fee is a one time payment good for 10 years...
http://www.cuevana.tv is what we use to catch up on many English TV shows (Dexter, Madmen, etc). I already checked and "Deadlist Catch" isn't one they publish. It's an Argentinean website that side loads files from Megaupload (among others) along with Spanish subtitles. In addition to TV...