Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.

Xander ,'Empty Places'


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.


shrift - Jan 12, 2007 6:05:12 am PST #5242 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

She was from Peoria, CanIllinois.

Heh. And many actors on Due South were from Chicagoronto, Illinada.


Laura - Jan 12, 2007 6:05:37 am PST #5243 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

What irritated me was Sam's vanishing facial injuries.

It was a surprise, so I waved my hands and decided it was just splashed blood on his face that he washed off. See how easy I am?


tiggy - Jan 12, 2007 6:05:42 am PST #5244 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

Dean's accent?

he said something last night in the car at the end when he was talking to Sam and i heard the Texan accent come out. can't remember what it was though...


Nutty - Jan 12, 2007 6:21:58 am PST #5245 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Every word out of both their mouths bellows Texas, to me. It's like they both have peanut butter permanently welded to their soft palates.


Lee - Jan 12, 2007 6:32:38 am PST #5246 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

The one thing that bugged me a little last night, and more so on rewatch was Gordon trying to blow Sam up in the other room, but leaving Dean unharmed. Gordon is smart enough to know he would have to kill Dean if he killed Sammy (unless he wanted to be hunted down and killed, painfully), so why not just set Dean up as the second trip wire?


§ ita § - Jan 12, 2007 6:35:30 am PST #5247 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, that was definitely lacking in foresight from the guy who's looking to play the long con.


sumi - Jan 12, 2007 6:36:40 am PST #5248 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Plus, he has no compunction about killing people who aren't evil: i.e., the possessed girl who he was exorcising when the demon spilled something about that war.


Beverly - Jan 12, 2007 6:49:50 am PST #5249 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

But see, that plays back into Gordon seeking Dean's approval. I got a little frisson in there that maybe somewhere in the back of his mind Gordon was thinking if Sam's gone, Dean's got nobody--like me. I don't know if he thought that maybe, when Dean got over being upset about Sam's death they could bond, or something. I don't know. Gordon's elevator doesn't go all the way up, I'm afraid, but then neither does the family Winchester elevator.

I do think Gordon felt he made a connection with Dean in the earlier episode, felt like he'd found a kindred spirit. Sammy was in the way of that, Gordon didn't like Sam; without Sam Dean would be a less conscience-troubled hunter, like Gordon. They could be hunting buddies. Gordon would never admit to this, consciously, but I think it colored how avidly he went after Sam. And I also believe Gordon thought if Dean lost Sam it somehow made Gordon's killing his vamped sister more "right."


P.M. Marc - Jan 12, 2007 7:04:56 am PST #5250 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Gordon killing Dean, or setting it up so that the tripwire took Dean out, wouldn't have been consistant with what I've seen as Gordon's moral code: Dean, while a potential threat to Gordon, isn't a threat or potential threat to humanity.

He's made his peace with acceptable losses (see: possessed girl), but as of Hunted (and if we see Gordon again, this may change), killing Dean's a line he's unwilling to cross.


§ ita § - Jan 12, 2007 7:10:51 am PST #5251 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

killing Dean's a line he's unwilling to cross.

Then how does he plan to survive? Self defense is okay, I wager.

Is there netiquette about dragging bits of LJ discussions (especially with some but not all Buffista participants) over to a message board?

I am so totally confused about some shared opinion, and I'm looking for as many different explanations as possible.