Also, I just went to the CW website to look at the opening scene/director's cut, and looked at the name of last week's ep, which was "There's Got to be a Morning After Pill" which definitely indicates it's more than marketing fucking THAT "Plan B v. RU-486" situation up.
And, jiminy! There's a lot of stuff going on there. Between the preview, the opening scene, AND the director's cut, you've got your A, B, and C plots there, and potentially another thread, if (wf)
none of those three have anything to do with the Dean O'Dell mystery, which it didn't look like they did, but could work out to do.
indicates it's more than marketing fucking THAT "Plan B v. RU-486" situation up.
The writers did know the difference, but they liked the pun, so.
and the episode titles have been puns since day one. so...
The writers did know the difference, but they liked the pun, so.
...they went with it even though it helps perpetuate a myth propped up by the mass media that Plan B is an abortificant.
(sorry, I'm feeling self-righteous today)
and the episode titles have been puns since day one. so...
Well, there are some that aren't. Coincidentally, one example is, in fact..."Plan B."
All I know is, I've had that awful song stuck in my head since yesterday. "There's got to be a morning aaaaafffffftttter..."
...they went with it even though it helps perpetuate a myth propped up by the mass media that Plan B is an abortificant.
Well, "There's Got to Be an RU-486" would be a pretty lame title. (Though, actually, a lot of the titles for VM episodes are pretty lame.) I don't mind that the title mentions the morning-after pill rather than RU-486, because in the context of the title, it represents the same thing.
I don't care all that much, but it seems to me that there are other punny titles one could come up with that, you know, didn't confuse an already confusing issue.
OK, I care a little. I'm bothered by the willful ignorance of this particular ep. title. It's just so... lame-ass. I don't know why I even get surprised that people don't care enough to keep it straight though.
OK, here's a link that helps me articulate my irritation, annoyance, and anger regarding the Morning After Pill thing: [link]
Back to the problems: No. 4 is that the episode wasn't thorough in its depiction of RU-486, either, since RU-486 is usually just the first part of a two-drug chemical abortion process, the second part being misoprostol, which is taken two days after RU-486 to induce uterine contractions. (If someone slipped that into Bonnie's food, too, the episode didn't cover it.) Fifth, while the CW did go back after the episode aired and correct the episode description, replacing the mention of the morning-after pill with RU-486, the episode's title is still "There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill." I like a '70s music reference as much as the next guy, but in a show whose target audience is young women, it really seems worth giving accurate reproductive health information priority over Maureen McGovern puns.
Signed,
One of Those Humorless Feminists
IMO it's odd to be angry about the episode title, which is only lightly publicized, if at all. I agree that it's a huge problem that the MAP is confused with abortifactants, but seeing that episode title on the internet or a DVD isn't going to make me assume that RU-486 and the MAP are the same. And misdescribing RU-486 as, well, a one-step abortifactant isn't a big public health issue.
