I actually took Rebeccas's statements to Simon at the end of the premiere to suggest she might not have much of a life apart from her job. Seeing her decide to build one might be as intriguing as a reveal of something that's already there.
Yes, this. I imagine Rebecca as totally engrossed in her work, to the point that she lives in an apartment that is decorated only by yet-to-be-unpacked boxes. I might be over-trying-to-identify (does that make sense?) but I imagine in college Rebecca was the girl who sat in the corner doing more work than she had to, while everyone else was out getting drunk. And she didn't mind. And she only felt left out a little (I like that felt and left are anagrams). I imagine she gets very little sleep, but that it works for her, that if she gets too much she starts to feel like her brain is foggy. In my mind, when Rebecca leaves the office, she just goes home and waits to go back to the office.
Granted, all of the above could be me trying to find a hook into a character by ascribing my characteristics/life for the past year to her. (I really have spent the past year sitting at home, an undecorated, never fully unpacked home, wishing I was at work). (And it's not that my job was especially great, though it wasn't especially bad. It was just much less lonely than home, and much more purpose-filled.)
The more I see of Rebecca, the more I like her. This is true for me and lots of characters. At first, I thought Xander was stupid and unfunny. Shows what I know based on a first impression, huh? (Of course, FunnySyphilis!Xander was my first encounter, so...)
I imagine she gets very little sleep, but that it works for her, that if she gets too much she starts to feel like her brain is foggy. In my mind, when Rebecca leaves the office, she just goes home and waits to go back to the office.
Well, she never went home in between her first two days at the office, right?
Drive-by, since I'm 2 episodes behind and may never catch up. But SMRT-tv has a column on The Inside this week, as well.
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Melody is the flip side of Harmony
I feel like people are reading in-jokes into the show that never even occurred to me.
Me, too. Also, the implication that the shout-outs are a nose-thumbing to Fox execs. is odd. I always take them as a wink to fans or to friends of the showfolk, neither of which bother me. For, I am a fan. And I (rarely) catch the friend kind, de-gloved Allysons excepted, so they couldn't bug. Interesting take.
THEY DIDNT EVEN MENTION ME
Also, today a browncoat asked who this Allyson person is and if I'm legit.
I'm 2 legit to quit, baybee.
I don't get how the in-jokes are stabs at the network.
Angel was on the WB. FOX had nothing to do with its cancellation. Besides, naming a cat "Angel" and putting "Wolfram" on a uniform are really weak digs if that's the point of the in-jokes (which I highly doubt).
And Buffy ENDED on UPN.
I can respect her opinion on the show, but her whole ending paragraph wasn't really well thought out. Plus, these little fleeting moments don't take me out of the world, or affect the story quality.
[scratches head]
No, they're love notes to the hardcore fans.
I can respect her opinion on the show
Yeah, the show analysis seems perfectly reasonable. I should've said that, too. The last part just made me go, "Whuh?" so I got distracted.
