Not getting an explanation for the Sally reference didn't bother me in and of itself, but since I found the "broken Beaver" storyline unconvincing I regret not getting more backstory. Not that I think any Sally explanation would have made multiple murders (bus & plane) separated by seven months more convincing, but still.
Last night's episode was okay. I'm always happy to see Vinnie, but I hope CC gets a better send off than being shot off screen. (I love CC so I hope that was a mislead & she isn't getting a send off.) I also thought some of the dialogue was too selfconsciously hip, especially the thing about Beaver "Greg Louganis-ing" off the roof (or pulling a Greg Louganis, whatever he said.) Logan can be a jerk, as can Dick, but would he really say that about the suicide of the brother of one of his best friends? And would he be that flip about it to his girlfriend whom the roof diver tried to kill -- and whose father she thought he had killed -- right before his triple gainer? But I'm glad to have the show back & look forward to next week.
I also wonder if the Donald Fagen reference means that RT is a Steely Dan fan or hater. I assumed the former, but then remembered that DF was a thief in the episode.
Heh. I'll bet it's the former. The Fagan name works doubly as an
Oliver Twist
reference, so.
joe, Logan was also on the roof, and, really, was the one who wasn't able to stop him. With all the trauma in his life, yeah, I buy it from Logan, as a coping mechanism, if nothing else.
tiggy, thanks for the link. Guess what I'm getting for my birthday next week?!
hmmm...a really expensive tattoo shirt? hee!
What do you think the odds are that the never-explained "remember Sally" comment from Beaver will come back into play with the Dick-maybe-rapist storyline?
somebody in the vm comm on lj actually posted an interview with RT the other day that solved the mystery of Sally.
Excerpt from The Star Ledger interview wtih Rob Thomas:
"There's a strange moment that is never answered and there was no way to answer it but meant a lot to me, where (older brother) Dick looks like he's going to punch Beaver for setting him up with the (male) prostitute, and Beaver warns him, 'I'll get even; remember Sally.' It just hangs there. No one knows who Sally is. We had in our head that Sally was a pet of Dick's that Beaver disappeared after Dick did something to upset him. Beaver has a dark side; he can take care of himself, if you're paying attention. It's tough to get that in there without pointing arrows at the bad guy."
or...what P-C said.
now i'm going to go pass out.
I think they would have been better-served using an obvious pet's name, like Fluffy or Duke or Rover (does anyone name their dog Rover anymore?) or something. Made it clear that it was a pet, and thus people not wondering who it was, but more something happened to the pet that makes Dick afraid.
Hmmm... my sister has a chocolate lab named Sally....
Something about Piz reminded me of Cassidy, and I am finding it very disturbing.
Hello peeps! I am watching VM now! This show is really good!
Re: the s3 premiere, I'm super excited to have Mac as a regular, and also glad to see Weevil in the credits again, although sad that he wasn't in the episode. He has just about the prettiest eyelashes of anyone ever.
I'm still kind of confused about the Kendall/Fitzpatricks storyline. Kendall & Cormac were grifters together, right? And lovers? But then while Cormac was in jail, she hooked up with Liam for the Casablancas con, or some other con? Then she asked Keith to help her run away and get back together with Cormac (why? because he was getting out of jail, or was there another reason she wanted to get out of Neptune?), so Keith goes to pick up Cormac from jail and brings him to where Kendall is hiding, only Vinnie is tracking him (for Liam?)? Does Cormac know that they're being tracked? Does that have anything to do with why he shoots Kendall? Why does he shoot Kendall??
