Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.

'Destiny'


All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American

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DebetEsse - Jan 05, 2012 6:46:35 pm PST #9371 of 9843
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Anthea's involvement with Irene

(Ok, so I wasn't crazy in thinking that was her. For scoring as well as I did on that facial recognition test, I am crap at "Is that someone we're supposed to know? What character is that?")

Also, OHShit, that probably means that Anthea is in with Moriarty. I don't want this show to get all espionage-y.

I think that the boomerang guy was not one of the Bond Air people, so, yes, I believe that he was actually killed by a boomerang.

Anytime they talk about "terrorists", I find myself assuming that it is the Moriarty network, even though it probably wasn't, in the case of the Bond Air plotters.


Zenkitty - Jan 05, 2012 6:56:18 pm PST #9372 of 9843
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Ok, so I wasn't crazy in thinking that was her.

I wasn't sure it was her until John was all, oh, you're just picking me up for Mycroft, and then he got into a car. Her hair is different, I think.

I think that the boomerang guy was not one of the Bond Air people

Mycroft said he was. Didn't he?

Bond Air. Ha.


Calli - Jan 06, 2012 2:48:10 am PST #9373 of 9843
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I think that John's just reached the point where he assumes lovely women leading him to sleek, black cars are taking him to Mycroft for another little talk. Poor man.


Tom Scola - Jan 06, 2012 5:12:32 am PST #9374 of 9843
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Uncle Sleuth

The detective work of Sherlock Holmes in the BBC's version of the character is only impressive if you have never seen House or CSI, even once accidentally while waiting for something else to come on. "Noises can tell you everything," the sleuth opines, and somehow everyone around him resists vomiting in their tea. Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes treats women as if they were mentally disabled idiots incapable of understanding the logic (of noises). If Holmes treated people this way in America, he'd be qualified for the Republican presidential nomination.


P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2012 6:22:22 am PST #9375 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

That wasn't Lisa McAllister. So, not Anthea.


P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2012 6:22:22 am PST #9376 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

DebetEsse - Jan 06, 2012 6:30:42 am PST #9377 of 9843
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Good, then, that makes things simpler.


P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2012 6:34:55 am PST #9378 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Had the author actually watched any of the other three episodes?

Or, you know, paid much attention to that one? Because reducing the window toss moment to this

As bad as the female gender is, Americans drive Sherlock absolutely bonkers. If a British person offends him, the ensuing Oscar Wilde-like dance constitutes an elaborate game he's going to win anyway. When Holmes encounters an American, he pepper sprays the poor guy and throws him out a window like some kind of reverse Captain America.

Completely misses the point. (Also, Mrs Hudson is not a servant, she's his landlady, though she clearly acts in loco parentis de facto for him.)

There are legit critiques to be made. Those... lacked context.


P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2012 6:37:30 am PST #9379 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

(I also feel the pedantic need to point out that the parts of the plot directly lifted from ASiB ended with Sherlock drugged, defeated, and in bed. For the record.)

(The rest of the plot, which suffered from some of Moffat's habit of Plot Souping things, was not part of the ACD story.)

(Yes, I have three different pedantry tags for my Tumblr entries.)


DavidS - Jan 06, 2012 6:39:19 am PST #9380 of 9843
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Personally, Ple I like to imagine you in a glowering fury of pedantry, scowling bitterly for hours with occasional irate gesticulations.