Having just seen the SG-1 cliffhanger with its stunted gargoyledragon in reruns, the Dresden one looked pretty impressive in comparison. At least they managed the impression of looming bulk and kept it mostly in the shadows.

Sometimes less is more, especially when you don't have Peter Jackson's budget for SFX.

This episode was a Robert Hewitt Wolfe script, so I'm not surprised I liked it more than a lot of the other eps. I wish he actually wrote the entire season a la Straczynski.

Dresden Files:

Yes, when I saw that Robert Hewitt Wolfe was the writer for this episode I was very happy.

Did I mention here how sad Iwas that Murphy doesn't know yet? I so wanted real Murphy to know.

(I went back and added the name of the show to my posts. It is difficult to remember to do.)

TDF:

I wanted real Murphy to know too. I was impressed with how well she was handling it all, and then, damn, not really her. But yeah, I totally didn't see it coming. The dragon had her Murphy imitation down pat.

Some good one-liners, and the Harry-n-Bob Show is always neat.

I don't think the next episode was intended to be the season ender. That's a little troubling. But we'll see. I haven't been sorely disappointed by any of them yet.

Dresden Files:

Why don't you think that next week's show was intended to be the season ender?

If you go to epguides - the "originally" intended order is listed and there is nothing on that list that suggests that next week's episode wasn't meant to be episode 12.

However, I still didn't come away feeling that I understood why Harry is so despised by the other wizards, who at least in the person of Ancient Mai seem at least ethics-neutral.

I actually thought that the conversation between Harry and the girl warden was very informative. The fact that there's a file on Harry that clearly has a bias made me understand why he was so hated. In the White Council's mind, he killed a warden with black magic, two big no no's. Of course, the fact that he knew black magic and had the necessary accoutrements "suggests" that his teacher the warden knew black magic, so they shouldn't be but so upset. But then, that's probably why Harry's still alive. In the books, it's clear that some people on the council believe him and some don't, and I guess the people that didn't wrote the report.

I also thought that there was good work with Morgan. Some of his issues with Harry stem from disappointment it seems, like when he says that once he would have taught Harry the trick with the eyes. Morgan's comments about the Morningways were interesting as well. Seems like Harry was behind the 8 Ball a little bit with Morgan just based on his family.

DF: Yes, he would have had to prove himself good even if he hadn't killed his uncle with black magic.

Clearly, Harry should have been sent away to Hogwarts as a teenager.

Why don't you think that next week's show was intended to be the season ender?

I thought Robert Hewitt had said that What About Bob? was supposed to be the season ender. For a while it was listed that way on the SciFi Channel episode listing.

Vortex, where was it said that Justin was a Warden? I don't recall that.

DF: It was said in the "What About Bob?" episode that Justin was either a Warden or a member of the High Council. (Can't recall which.)