You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.

Xander ,'Help'


Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...

To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])


SailAweigh - Feb 25, 2009 7:03:06 am PST #2094 of 11998
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

The thing that bugged me the most is that Maggie was unaware of this experimental therapy and Nate never told her. WTF? If that was my kid, I sure would have known about it! Even if my husband didn't tell me about it, I would have been right there researching cures and treatments. I would have been talking to the doctors. I would have been on the horn with every damn specialist and medical center in the fucking country. I would have known about it. Sorry, that was just such an emotional cop-out for me, it really tempered my reaction to the son's death and Nate's over-the-top "NOOOOO."


SuziQ - Feb 25, 2009 7:03:25 am PST #2095 of 11998
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Frank - you are probably right about that example and her not wanting to ask for help when she could easily have saved herself.

The more I think about it though, she is kinda like Sophie in that she can pull it off when she is playing a role, such as a cop in The Bank Job, or a drunken bridesmaid. But not so much when she just has to be a "normal person", such as when she was on jury duty.


§ ita § - Feb 25, 2009 7:13:16 am PST #2096 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Parker's more often than not socially inept, even in-con, but she is supposed to have improved over the season. But that early on? Even in that ep she was awkward enough to make the chief bridesmaid cry. Perhaps they should have had someone prompt her to act drunk, and then she added on the Hardisex.

They're also situationally deaf over the comms, but I guess they have to pay attention to other things too.


Liese S. - Feb 25, 2009 8:58:00 am PST #2097 of 11998
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Nate talked about how they'd mortgaged the house, maxed out the credit cards, etc.

Ah. I missed this.

Agree with Sail about that aspect of it, though.

I think I'm caught up after the marathon, but maybe I'm not. Or maybe the order is just jacking with me. Is there a good ep guide up somewhere?


SuziQ - Feb 25, 2009 9:07:12 am PST #2098 of 11998
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

The episode order yesterday was really off.

Oh, another thing that pinged me was Nate's reaction in The First David Job to the "intervention" at the beginning. He says something like "are my bags packed, am I going to rehab". Shouldn't that have been "again", or "a real rehab" or something referring back to his fake stint in rehab?

Man, I'm being picky today.


§ ita § - Feb 25, 2009 9:17:33 am PST #2099 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

John Rogers has an ep order up in his last Leverage post.

I don't think it's a problem not referring back to rehab, but it might have been nice.


le nubian - Feb 25, 2009 9:28:39 am PST #2100 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ita, thank you for the link to the blog. 1) I didn't know Rogers was behind this show. Makes me like it EVEN MORE! Second, the stuff he says is really fascinating.

I'm gripped.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 25, 2009 9:47:35 am PST #2101 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

It's probably been said here before, but what would I know John Rogers from?


§ ita § - Feb 25, 2009 9:52:37 am PST #2102 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Did you ever get to see the Global Frequency pilot? He also wrote the latest Blue Beetle series for DC, as well as stuff for smaller houses.

He also wrote an episode of Eureka, which is funny because he knows Colin (and me) from school and the comedy subculture in Montreal.

I'm sure he's done other stuff I'm forgetting. He's basically a fannish geek made real good.


Tom Scola - Feb 25, 2009 9:53:53 am PST #2103 of 11998
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

John Rogers has namechecked ita on at least on occasion on his blog.