'Sleeper'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
I apologize for continuously blathering about Veronica Mars since my conversion a few days ago -- somebody point me to a better venue (if there is one) where I won't get spoilered. :)
I've now nudged (by the simple tactic of handing them a CD with .avis on it) four coworkers into checking out VM's first two eps. Hopefully there are toasters in my future, I haven't gotten any feedback yet.
And humor the newbie: why toasters?
Hee. I've got two words for you, lilserf: Blather. On.
Unless I'm mistaken, the "get a toaster for converting a new fan" comes from the coming-out episode of Ellen, where it was implied that you "get a toaster for converting a new lesbian."
"get a toaster for converting a new lesbian."
Further back - they both come from the tradition of banks giving toasters for opening a new account.
"But why a spoon, cousin?"
Used to be, to get customers to open a checking or savings account, banks would give away small appliances: electric skillets, toaster ovens, mixers, etc. Incentive prize.
Here, if you convert someone to your beloved show, it's you that gets the metaphorical toaster.
ETA: inevitable xpost.
Also, I'm fond of paraphrasing Oz's "Toad me" when I manage to recruit a new convert: "toaster me."
I need a new fucking toaster, actually. Mine really can't handle Pop-Tarts.
I want a toaster. I have a toaster oven. It's not the same.
I brought at least two viewers to The Inside. Does that get me small appliances?
I like the show a lot. Boyfriend LOVES. L-o-v-e.
We think Web is teh cool one!!!!1!!!!11!!!!
Kiba, I have a feeling Web would kill you in your sleep for that.
I also loved the good-natured way Paul says, "I walked right into that", when Rebecca asks him why Ted would leave the knife in the pool. Paul seems to care more about catching the right guy than being right, which seems to be the exception for tv cops.
Also intriguing: Mel's possible acrophobia. What's her childhood trauma, ay?
Paul strikes me as the sore thumb, especially last night. He brought in the sonogram and the others burst that bubble as second nature. Instead of "Awww, cute!", he got "Bring the baby to see the corpses because YOU CAN'T PROTECT IT!!".
Also, anvilly or no, saying "Some people are just born wrong." to a man about to become a father is pretty ouchy.