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'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."  

A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.

Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.

Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


Kalshane - Sep 29, 2006 10:27:31 am PDT #2014 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Although it's a tactical mistake for Sam to have refused to kill his father, it was a decision that supported the familial political situation going on. If Sam had done it, Dean would never have forgiven him, and the family would have been destroyed. (Presuming Dean would have survived, which is a shaky presumption to go with.)

Well, if Sam had shot his father, the car accident wouldn't have happened and Dean's life wouldn't have been on the line like it was in this episode.

I do agree that Dean probably wouldn't have forgiven Sam for shooting their dad, though he would have pretended he was okay with, since it was an "order". Which, yeah, would have destroyed the family.


Nutty - Sep 29, 2006 11:09:56 am PDT #2015 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Well, if Sam had shot his father, the car accident wouldn't have happened and Dean's life wouldn't have been on the line like it was in this episode.

This isn't so -- the injuries the doctor recites (presumably the ones that have Dean teetering on the edge) are liver and kidney damage. If Marble-Eyed John had been squishing Dean from the inside, then he would be likely to go into organ failure and die whether or not a car accident happened.

(One presumes that Dean was seat-belted in, and he was on the side away from the truck, so he probably got whiplash and some glass cuts, maybe a fractured wrist, but the insides-squishing was what was going to kill him.)


Kalshane - Sep 29, 2006 11:34:22 am PDT #2016 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

For someone reason I thought it was the head trauma the doctor was emphasizing.

Eh. I don't remember and it's not like I hated the episode, so I'm just going to let it go.


Nutty - Sep 29, 2006 11:43:15 am PDT #2017 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

You might be right about the head trauma -- I vaguely recall having heard the phrase. I think my bullshit meter kicked in, however, because from where he was in the car, there doesn't seem like anything he could have banged his head against hard enough! (The window he was leaning against wasn't broken.)


sumi - Sep 29, 2006 12:00:38 pm PDT #2018 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I think that there was head trauma. . .


Kristen - Sep 29, 2006 12:09:12 pm PDT #2019 of 10001

The window he was leaning against wasn't broken.

I just looked and again and, not only did the window next to him break, every window but the front windwshield broke. Plus, the way the frame of the car buckled, there are many other things his head could have hit during that accident.

I doubt he was buckled in. Even if he was, it's a '67 Impala. At best, the back seat has lap belts. That's not going to help his head. It might've snapped his spine, given the impact.

ETA: Heck, they didn't seem to be wearing seat belts in the front seat.


sumi - Sep 29, 2006 1:52:04 pm PDT #2020 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I agree that it's unlikely that he was wearing a seatbelt.

ION, the Nightstalker this week is, I think, the last one they showed -- you know the one with the cliffhanger and after which ABC cancelled the show.

And there is a 2 minute preview for the 1st episode of Season 3 of BSG on demand.


Kalshane - Sep 29, 2006 2:49:20 pm PDT #2021 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Well, crap. No second season for Blade. [link]


sumi - Sep 29, 2006 3:35:15 pm PDT #2022 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Nice promo for the Dresden Files. (Still without a date.)


Kalshane - Sep 29, 2006 3:41:43 pm PDT #2023 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Robert Wolfe said to bet on January 5th or January 12th, most-likely coming on right after Galactica.

I'm looking forward to it, but I'm still bitter about the hockey stick thing.