I'm torn because on the one hand, taking any screen time away from Ilya and Shane would have been agonizing, but I feel like we deserved to see Scott meeting Kip's dad, coming out to Eric and Carter, gradually relaxing the secrecy without being out publicly, etc instead of jumping ahead three years with nothing in between their last scene and this episode.
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
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Jessica - Dec 20, 2025 7:41:50 am PST #7347 of 7403
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 20, 2025 10:34:24 am PST #7348 of 7403
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, as a non-book reader that storyline feels very incomplete, like I missed an intervening episode. Though I still find it more interesting/involving than the A plot. I hope we get more backstory to fill in the gaps in Season 2.
-t - Dec 20, 2025 4:19:36 pm PST #7349 of 7403
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I can understand wanting to keep the focus on Shane and Ilya but that was not enough of Scott’s story
meara - Dec 22, 2025 7:19:49 pm PST #7350 of 7403
Yeah I just assumed there was Kip stuff happening in the intervening years that we weren’t let in on (as opposed to some people who seemed to think Kip just randomly went to the Stanley cup finals to watch his ex from a few years ago play??)
But my god, episode 5 had SO MANY good parts!!
-t - Dec 22, 2025 8:30:48 pm PST #7351 of 7403
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read something saying they’d been broken up for all that time, and, no, I will not even consider that.
As for good parts, yes! So many! I had forgotten all about the injury and Ilya looking extremely young while worrying on the ice and Shane all high on painkillers and reckless really got me in the feels
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 22, 2025 9:57:09 pm PST #7352 of 7403
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
François said in some interview that there was timeline hinkiness and when he and Robbie shot the scene in ep 5 it was their understanding it was set a few months after ep 3.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2025 11:19:38 pm PST #7353 of 7403
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pizza In A Cup scene: [link]
-t - Dec 23, 2025 8:24:31 am PST #7354 of 7403
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's what I like to hear, Matt!
Heh, I went and looked that up when you mentioned it in Natter, Hec
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 23, 2025 8:37:55 am PST #7355 of 7403
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
There's a good interview on GQ's website with Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams about the show: [link]
The part that absolutely cracked me up about Storrie (bold text mine):
Nothing in Hollywood is ever a sure thing—not even a sequel to a movie that earned 11 Oscar nominations. After Folie à Deux’s release, a short write-up on Storrie appeared in Variety. But then, well, nothing. In no particular order, he shot a low-budget thriller in Romania, moved in with his older sister in Los Angeles, came to idolize David Lynch, and took classes with The Groundlings before falling in with the experimental clown scene on the east side of Los Angeles.
Just how close did we come to having a method acting-driven Joker in real life before hockey slash saved the day?
-t - Dec 23, 2025 8:50:03 am PST #7356 of 7403
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's a Joker movie I would watch