I need to rewatch to be sure why precisely, but I really liked Colin's delivery when he goes to Allison's house and hasn't quite worked out how far gone she is. Nicely human.

I really liked it too, and I really liked the "I'm going to regret this whether I do the right thing or the wrong thing" vibe I was getting off of him once he did realize.

The Chef thing doesn't make sense because he always just serves his customers what he wants to anyway, right?

Does anyone actually find Stark attractive?

You betcha.

Got the Apocalypse Now reference.

Not to mention the North by Northwest reference...

Loved the opening.

What I love best about Purple Haze: Carter figured it out by his lonesome.

Yeah, that was great. I especially liked it because he figured it out on the second try, not the first. And, well, because the idea of chopping down a cell tower with a chain saw just made me laugh and laugh.

Great episode! Allison was fantastic. Very sexy and so over it all. Excellent. And then touching at the end with Stark. Jo! So much fun. Well, what everyone said about everyone I guess, so no need to rehash. Except... aw, Henry. (I'd gush more about Colin, the line delivery champ, but I don't want to embarrass. Myself.)

Also - I love, love, loved Beverly's dress.

As much as I want the character to stay around, I like the fact that Henry isn't just the cheerful super-competent JoaT he's been pretending to be, and that he has some deep-seeded resentment over being constantly relied on and, mostly, taken for granted.

I was hoping we'd have seen that come out a little more in the episode with his ex-by-unwilling-means, but it's still nice that it came out at some point.

Re: Henry, didn't in one of the podcasts (Before I Forget, I think) say that they were planning on bringing back Tamlyn Tomita? So, while we don't know where that is going exactly, I'm not sure there's any reason to panic about losing Joe Morton yet.

Woo-hoo, I have caught up and I can comment!

Someone besides Vincent was oding the cooking at Cafe Diem. Has that always been the case and I just didn't notice until this ep? It seemed terribly significant when I did notice it, esp. since we never saw whoever was doing the cooking and saying "order up".

No Henry leaving! I have a foot and I'm not afraid to stamp it! Well, the right one I'm not afraid to stamp, the left one kind of hurts, but I only need one.

Zoe's eye makeup is just gorgeous. Her eyes looked so fabulous when she had the red hair, I've been trying to pay extra attention to her face since, and I just love what they do with her eyes.

Deeper thoughts to follow eventually, I'm sure.

I was too sleepy to post much last night, and now I have little original to add. Colin's delivery is unfailingly great. I'm liking Stark better, and hoping that Stark and Alison will try the marriage again, leaving no romance for poor Jack. Why I want him to be romanceless, I don't know, I just didn't like the Alison/Jack not!romance. The actress playing Zoe does a really good job; Zoe is rebellious and unpredictable, but when she needs to be, smart and responsible, and the actress makes this believable. Jack is smart, and not immature, despite what they say; don't listen to them, Jack! Also, really hoping for Beverly's whole act to blow up in her face.

Was there some fancy filmwork going on during the Beverly/Alison catfight? It looked like a flash of a Tarantino movie. I liked that both women were able and willing to fight, and that Jack didn't seem to feel he had to treat them delicately.

Oh, but the best thing. Jo. So what she really wants is to be a silly giggly teenager? Whoa. Wonder if she really was, once? She was so cute.

Stark is hot, but Jack is hotter.

Jo is so wonderful - a fun drunk and good with weapons and hot. And paints landscapes! She'd make an awesome BFF.

Skipping a bazillion posts:

Zack Exley (the pioneering online activism strategist from MoveOn) and other online politics hackers have put their heads together to produce the world's greatest fan-party planner for Battelstar Galactica fans. FrakParty.com's mission: "Everyone we've ever met who's into Battlestar is pretty frak'n cool. So we thought, why not get all these people together and have one big cool nationwide party when the new season Premieres on October 6th." It's like MoveOn parties, but for BSG crazies.

Boing Boing link: [link]

If you go to FrakParty.com, they have a picture of some of the cast of BSG - mouse over and see what happens....

I liked that both women were able and willing to fight, and that Jack didn't seem to feel he had to treat them delicately.

absolutely. Also, loved that Jack didn't get involved till Bev whacked him in the face, and then said "NO!" like she was a naughty puppy.

I thought a lot of the camerawork was really exceptional, from the fights (great choreography), to the feel of the sheriff's station with Jo banging on the bars, and that subtely off-kilterness of a bit of fish-eye lens (or whatever it was) in the tunnel to the artifact. I noticed it once in the pilot when Taggart shoots Carter, and the camera pans up from Carter on the ground up to Tag, and the white cow looks like it's moving as the distortion plays over it. Just a little bit odd without being in-your-face and flashy *coughlikethenappingscenecough*.

So question, when Fargo missed "bucket-time", did he wet himself? Something along that line?