...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!

Spike ,'Selfless'


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.


Kathy A - Aug 23, 2006 7:02:30 am PDT #684 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Even with all the hand-wavey bits, I still liked the ep. The woman who played Eugenia was wonderful; I hope she shows up occasionally in future eps, since she and the daughter had great chemistry together. And are we going to see bits of Thatcher's thoughts buzzing through Jack's for a while longer?


Vortex - Aug 23, 2006 7:09:48 am PDT #685 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Oh, and i loved the kiss between Eugenia and Jack. Especially when Eugenia said "hush, Zoe" or whatever she said. It was a very sweet moment, there was a terrific expression on Colin's face right before Jack realized that he wasn't Thatcher


Liese S. - Aug 23, 2006 7:10:51 am PDT #686 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

It was certainly implied we would. I liked the "Did I say we again?"

But then, we've been getting mostly standalone, so I dunno that we'll see too much bleedover. Maybe an allusion or so.


Liese S. - Aug 23, 2006 7:13:15 am PDT #687 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I liked the way the kiss was filmed, too. Was it Colin in the flash-backy bit before we see that it's Jack in reality? It seemed like it might have been him in that particular young Thatcher blurry shot. If so, I like the representation of the twisted lines between Jack's identity and Thatcher's memories.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 23, 2006 7:20:31 am PDT #688 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

My biggest problem with the ep was not enough Jo (again), though the scenes she was in were fun.


§ ita § - Aug 23, 2006 7:23:02 am PDT #689 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

'Tis my understanding that bits will come back, though I have no idea if this is one of them.


sumi - Aug 23, 2006 7:28:48 am PDT #690 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Possible Stargate tv movies.


Vonnie K - Aug 23, 2006 7:47:46 am PDT #691 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

I LOVED the Jack/Eugenia kiss, especially for that blissed-out expression on Jack's face before he realized what was going on. It a very aww! moment. Plus, the actress who played Eugenia was just terrific.

I handwaved like mad for the rest of the bit and the suspenders of my disbelief totally snapped 10 minutes into the show, but I find I don't care that much about wacky science on this show, since it's not really meant to be taken seriously.


Zenkitty - Aug 23, 2006 7:56:03 am PDT #692 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I loved the Power Walk of the old geniuses going into their forgotten lab to kick some physics butt one last time.

I do wonder what Eugenia was doing there, though. Her talk of him explaining the stars and planets to her didn't make me think she was a Eureka-level genius, but she came into the lab with the guys like she'd been part of the "crew." Hand-wavey, whatever - I like Eugenia. Love to see her again.

(I think Jack has better chemistry with Eugenia than Allison.)


DXMachina - Aug 23, 2006 8:00:49 am PDT #693 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Maybe that part of town wasn't there when they built it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Then there would've been no park or sundial back then, either. The town was already an established concern when Thatcher built the death ray. t Continues to wave hands...