Oops. Wrong thread.
Well, might as well edit to add some content.
Stephanie, I'm having some issue with the 180 degree turnaround in Meg's characterization this season as well. (and to think, for most of the part, she was comatose!) It sort of fits the noir axiom of Everyone Has A Thing To Hide/Lying Through Their Teeth, but still.
I don't usually notice the fight stuff on this show, unlike Buffy, but I thought both the scene at River Stix last week (when Ed Jerse hauled Veronica up and slammed her down on the pool table) and the fight between Weevil and Logan in this episode were terrifically done. Nice, dynamic camera work, plus some real heat and menace behind the violence.
I've read that the alternative ending has no bearing on the plot lines. It was just a publicity stunt. Between this and the Someone! Will! Die! (oh, that old trick...)promo, I'm getting teed off at UPN.
Then...why are we voting? Cuz it's fun? Ok. Sure. I...stupid network.
'Tis a truth universally acknowledged that the UPN promo department is run by a pack of monkeys on crack.
My guess is that the death is going to be a relatively minor character. My kitten's on Meg,
since the alterna-ending showed her flatlining anyway.
ETA: Er, right. I guess we're WFing the alterna ending still? Do we need to?
So Col. Mustard and his candlestick can go pack, eh?
In the alternate ending, didn't Meg's mother say "We'll see you soon" or something like that before leaving? I took that to mean that she was tying up the loose end before going home to do the whole cult-murder-suicide thing with the rest of the family.
Do I need to be white-fonting this? (eta, looks like not)
OK, we need a bullshit concensus in-thread re. spoiler-fonting the alternative ending. I say we don't, because it's a one-time ratings gimmick and in-thread WF-ing annoys me, but I am not wedded to my position or anything.
I'll agree that everyone's probably (?) had a chance to see the alternate ending by now, and we could stop white fonting. Just my two cents, of course.
I'm still aheming the episode, myself, so I shouldn't be here anyway...
I've read that the alternative ending has no bearing on the plot lines. It was just a publicity stunt.
Is this official or rumor? Cause if the former, that hoovers mightily.
Ellen, can I send you tapes of Slings and Arrows? I need a good home for them in Somerville for an airing there. It's the Canadian miniseries starring Paul Gross. It's great.
David! That sounds so awesome! Connie/Theo's probably your woman for this, since anything sent to my apartment will probably join my passport, favorite tank top, and credit card on whatever thrilling adventure they are off having without me.
Maybe it's not Meg's first pregnancy, and that's why she's showing so much. I'm trying to remember Meg-details from the purity test episode.
