SGA, no? And the crazy writing.

I swear, the episode of Torchwood that I'm watching involves vampires and replicators.

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vampires and replicators? Really?

Huh.

Meanwhile, although I am spoiling myself merrily here, I confess that I'm not at all sorry to wave goodbye to Tori on SGA. For all the fact that they repeatedly tell us she's a great diplomat, and that she takes nobody's crap and blah blah blah respect-cakes, we haven't been shown this, imho. At times she's less bad than at others, but I've found her delivery wince-inducingly bad on more than one occasion, and I can't imagine her successfully managing a group of schoolkids, let alone warring factions. So I'm good with Sam as an alternative.

I agree that Rainbow struck me as quite annoying on the commentaries, but I felt bad for him nevertheless when he got summarily written out. Seemed to me he was kicked out for not being hot enough. Um.

...I'd feel worse about it if it weren't for how distracted I am by Jason Momoa's arms.

Do we know why Paul Gillion (?sp) got written out and replaced by Jewel? Again, I didn't care all that much - I enjoyed Carson, and the accent was spot on (and the bits with his mum and the roast dinners and suchlike I enjoyed), but I have a mighty love for all things Firefly-related, and thus am pleased to have Jewel on board.

I'm kind of displeased. Did we really just go through all of that because the characters wouldn't talk to one another?

You would have thought that after H.O.U.S.E. Rules they would have learned their lesson.

I'm relieved that Henry was not the Evil Mastermind he was pretending to be--and yet I'm still unhappy about this, because he's my favorite character and he's certainly smart enough to talk to Allison and Stark and explain what was going on with Kevin and the Acacian Field (or whatever). Even if they are "freezing him out" (WTF? Is this high school?)

It would have been nice to have a bit more insight into Henry's transition from revenge seeker to saviour. A few "flash forwards" to his POV of the alternate timeline might have given us a few clues regarding his inner monologue. I understand his initial impulse to conceal his plans for revenge or plans to create another temporal anomaly that would bring Kim back.

In sum, the plot made no sense.

After watching it a second time there is a certain logic to the plot. Henry found out from Bev that Stark and Allison were trying to save Kevin. He knew the banned technology in the basement could save Kevin but the only way to legitimately get to it was to manufacture a big enough emergency. The place it falls apart is him bringing Bev along. She wasn't integral to the "emergency" scam and I totally did not buy her "for the greater good of mankind" speech. It was too altruistic for a cold hearted, murdering b****.

I dunno, man. Last year's finale was so good, and this... eh. Certainly we got a cliffhanger, but the character content seemed kind of knocked together and inconsistent to me. Of course, this may be a result of me watching the episode in pieces over the course of a couple of days...

There were several character moments this season that seemed a bit out of whack with the folks we got to know and love during Season 1. Some of it might come from some changes in the writers room, but the key story arc episodes were still written by Jamie or by Jamie and Andy, so the inconsistency came as a bit of a surprise. Let's hope it's just the sophmore slump.

So there were these explosive tumors, and one of them...exploded while he was carrying it.

Well, sure, when you put it that way, it sounds silly.

I caught up to this season through the DVDs and I have to say, this show is one of the worst at airing its dirty laundry. I didn't know any of that from the websites, but was able to put it together from the interviews and commentaries on the disks. I thought Carson added to the show. They made a wrong decision there. Jewel could have been added without killing Paul.

...I'd feel worse about it if it weren't for how distracted I am by Jason Momoa's arms.

This is me. I'm not proud of myself.

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vampires and replicators? Really?

and by "I swear" I meant "I'm lying through my teeth".

ooh, Jason Momoa, I adore him, he actually won me over within two eps as a character and a big ol' cutiepie. Could I watch just for the arms? Could I?

Watching the season premiere, just as I was bitching about how there had been virtually no character moments of any merit, Ronon shows up and acts like a human f***ing being.

I liked Carson a lot at the beginning, but by Season 3 they were shoehorning him into gate team missions he had NO business being on to give him something to do, and he was acting completely out of character. Didn't object to the fact of his removal, just the incredibly cheesy and stupid way the execution was executed.

the only way to legitimately get to it was to manufacture a big enough emergency.

I'm glad this makes logical sense to you but... really? Henry manufacturing an emergency is no more legitimate than him TALKING to Allison and Stark and the three of them working together to get to the transporter thingie.

"Exploding Tumor" ranks almost up there with "Butt Genie" for the phrases I never want to hear.

And yet, weirdly, The X-Files did exploding tumors too (F. Emasculata, 2nd or 3rd season), and it kind of worked. In the handwavy, ponderous, obfuscate-with-encyclopedic-knowledge way of early XF, but it did work.

I enjoyed Friday's SGA a lot. I will miss Elizabeth, actually, not that they ever used her all that well. I like that she got a good out, and that there's potential for her to visit again. And I enjoyed John's angst about all of it.

OK, so, it's time for hair talk now. I mean, it is Stargate, right? Sam's hair. WTF? OK, I get that the actor might be sick of having to keep her hair short, but... a loose, little, casual chic do? Really, hairstylers? In the military? I mean, maybe it is fine - I've never been in the military. But her hair was falling out and she was just standing there! But I love Sam, so... I just had to talk Stargate hair.

Pretty new planet with pretty moons.