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"She closes her eyes. And lies." - oh, that's heartbreaking and beautiful and making me really anxious to see how the actress played it, all at the same time. How strong of her to do that, to go against what her guts are screaming, what her past is wishing, what Web had actually done on the first episode, in the price of the pre-filer probably murdering them both - but still not playing his game.
"you wanna know how you were gonna do it?" - did I mention how creepy this episode is? Killing - or even attempting to kill - somebody in the same manner to which he would have probably killed himself? Really making him see what it's like, but before he has ever done anything, so it's not for real in his head yet? Cree-py.
"What happened a long time ago, to us?" - to *us*. That's why he connected to her from the beginning, and she understood him so well all along, isn't it? And the only difference between them is the paths in which they chose to use the damage that was done to them, her under the FBI umbrella, with Web finding her, and Marty without one, becoming a killer.
And if all throughout the episode there were hints and jokes about who could have done something like that, with Danny and his possible-past, Web with actually killing someone, Paul with Danny's joke and Rebecca with possibly sympathizing with the pre-filer's methods, does it mean that all it takes is a little difference, a small bend on the road, for somebody to become, in a way, the opposite of what they currently are?
Oh, and I loved how Marty thought that Danny had intended to kill him and missed. With all his abilities, smarts and profiling, he still couldn't get past the way other people look at things, couldn't understand them seeing things so completely different than him, when he had thought that they would have agreed with him, like Rebecca or Danny.
And Rebecca made me jump a bit, with kicking Marty, when he said that he knew that she was one of the good guys. Because he did get to her, didn't he? Was it because she wasn't sure, herself, that she was making the right choice? Poor girl.
And it fit with Paul needing to ask her about knowing she had done the right thing. And does Paul have to think the worse of her, with questioning her about wanting to see Roger getting kicked out of his home, getting some sort of payback for something he hadn't done yet?
So was it about something along the lines of "if you didn't experience it, you couldn't hope to understand what it was like", so the pre-filer wanted Rebecca, a past victim, to understand? He did try to lead them to himself, just like he said about the other killers, what with giving them Roger's address and all, so there was something there.
And if it were about letting people have a chance, not judging until there was a crime to judge about, letting them go with the doubt - wasn't that, in a way, what Paul was doing with Rebecca, all along? She wasn't supposed to be in this part, Web put her there despite it, and Paul was trying to keep things as clean as possible - and he was doing that by, with his words, thinking - more than once - the worst about Rebecca, but in his deeds, jumping to her rescue and watching her back, actually indeed giving her that chance.
And the question still remained hanging in the air, right? Would Roger be able to get over himself? Would some little girl suffer in his hands? And would Rebecca blame herself, then, just like the pre-filer had been blaming the authorities, like Web had said? I want to type "creepy" again, but I don't think I've ever typed that word so many times in one post.
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And now, to a completely different question: on Kristen's site, there were no scripts for the following two episdoes, 5 and 6. They skip straight to the 7th episode, "Thief of Hearts". As a no-spoilers-please and I-want-the-whole-story and continuity-yay kind of person, I would usually just stop reading. But I'm soooo curious right now. I want to know what happens next, in terms of the dynamics between the characters, in Rebecca's story, in Paul's. And I'm way too intrigued by Web than is probably healthy for me.
So, what do I do? Skip "Loneliest Number" and (I think) "Point of Origin" and jump straight to "Thief of Hearts"? Or just stop and wait until I - somehow, someway - get to watch the show? I mean, episodes 11 ("The Perfect Couple") and 13 ("Skin and Bone") are also posted-scrips-less, so by the time I get there, I'll probably actually stop, and not just read "Gem" and be all in-the-middle of things and that's that. I'll have to stop and wait like a good little girl anyway. The question is, now or four more episodes later? What do you say?
I would love to see the unaired (in the US) episodes of The Inside -- if they've aired everywhere else in the world, and then come out on DVD -- what are the odds that we'll get some here? Have they aired in Canada?
Last I heard, there was still no talk of a DVD release.
Nilly is awesome! I think you could skip straight ahead and read the next scripts without feeling like you missed too much. (Keep in mind that people here in the US saw Thief without having seen Point of Origin. Though PoO -- that is an unfortunate acronym -- does have some interesting info on Rebecca's backstory.) But I might be biased because Thief was one of my favorite episodes of the entire series and I think everyone should love it as much as I do.
Or I could just write you recaps of what happens in those missing episodes.
ETA: Seekrit musical message for Allyson --
iTunes now has Jam on It. Just make sure you get the right one because there's a bunch of remixes up there too.
What he does after I kick him out of bed is not my concern.
Which one are you talking about, here? I don't think you gave your own answers for this one.
He's too father-y for me. He must be chucked.
Somebody's never seen DOUBLE INDEMNITY or THE APARTMENT, methinks. Let's just say, Billy Wilder brought out the sleaze in good ol' Fred.
No, I have. It's just what aurelia said. There's
My Three Sons,
and you CAN'T JUST ERASE THAT.
eta, I think Bogie has to be a C or an M, because he was a serial monogamist who was serial via marriage. However, anyone who got Baby and kept her 'til the end has got to have SOMETHING going for him, IMO, so it's probably worth giving the F to someone else.
Yes. This is why Bogart is my M, and Holden my F, since even playing this game with MacMurray is wronger than a wrong thing.
Bacall's book,
Lauren Bacall: By Myself,
only reinforces the M-ness of Bogart.
I don't think you gave your own answers for this one.
F - Holden, M - MacMurray, C - Bogart.
Also, Nilly, I withdraw my earlier suggestion. Your dilemma might have just resolved itself in my inbox. Gimme a few minutes.
Kristen, you so very much rock. Thank you.
Thanks even on the recaps suggestions. It doesn't matter you didn't get to follow through with them - the intention was lovely enough. Oh, and of course, thanks for the resolver of my dilemma.
And now, to hold myself from jumping (um, virtually) and reading instead of doing that work thing, for at least a while.
Jon, I think I have all the unaired eps (I haven't watched them yet) and I can burn 'em to DVD if you can't find.
I found, but thanks again for the offer!
Allyson, what's the current best email to use for you?
