Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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.
FK might have been my first genre (shut up, take it to b'cracy, this is how we use 'genre' here.)
you know, that whole genre discussion was a bit unsettling to me. Mostly because the HEADER for "Boxed Set", which is supposedly the genre thread, includes reference to "Due South", which does not come anywhere near the supposed definition of genre. Of course, the whole discussion had come and gone by the time I read it, so I never got to say it.
due South has ghosts. And magic snow.
And magic closets.
due South has ghosts. And magic snow.
but are they random episode elements or an essential part of the show? (edited for clarity)
His father shows up pretty damn often, and in later seasons, lives in a closet in Fraser's office.
ETA: And is dead at the time.
ETA: And is dead at the time.
thanks for the clarification. I was thinking "okay, his father visits, so?"
Plus there is a fat streak of magic realism in the show, in general. Even if it weren't grandfathered in, it would still end up being vociferously argued in.
Note that Frobisher could also see the elder Fraser's posthumous appearances, so they weren't just a hallucination of Benton's.
My favorite thing about the magic snow was that none of it stuck to Fraser after that fall from an airplane in the finale. He was just standing undusted atop the snowbank when Ray K finally dug himself out of his impact crater.
Plus there is a fat streak of magic realism in the show, in general. Even if it weren't grandfathered in, it would still end up being vociferously argued in.
Yeah. Pretty much what they said. Various things that we'd count as fantasy are SOP reality in dS. Ghosts, spirits, magical snow, lip reading wolves...
...implausibly amusing secondary characters, a team of Mountie cadets re-building and manning a life-size working replica of the HMS Bounty, Russian nuclear subs, FRASER'S MOM BEING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN ANOTHER SHOW.
Seriously. BBC4 had a due South marathon the Saturday after Christmas, and I was watching "Call of the Wild" and flailing, and at the end, Fraser's mom is Ellen from Slings & Arrows. Boy was that disconcerting.