I cracked up over the 'pitchy' hissy fit. "I don't think that word means what you think it means." Princess Bride FTW.
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
beekaytee - Jul 19, 2010 9:46:03 am PDT #5976 of 12003
Compassionately intolerant
tiggy - Jul 19, 2010 9:48:35 am PDT #5977 of 12003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Alona Tal seems far too young to be kissing Elliot.
eh...there's only 9 years difference between them. CK just hasn't aged all that well.
having this episode set in a town i spent most of my childhood in made the accents buuuuuuuuuuurn. especially Alona's.
also? i already have many issues with CK and find it hard to enjoy Eliot as a character. this episode did not help that. i'm still hella amused that he's calling 'The House Rules' a new song. our definitions of new must be vastly different.
smonster - Jul 19, 2010 4:44:21 pm PDT #5978 of 12003
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
having this episode set in a town i spent most of my childhood in made the accents buuuuuuuuuuurn. especially Alona's.
Not from Memphis, but yes. So wrong. Of course, "Worcester" didn't ping me at all! Heh.
Strix - Jul 19, 2010 4:52:56 pm PDT #5979 of 12003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It took all episode to figure out where I knew her from. I kept squinting, and being all "Where...?"
amych - Jul 19, 2010 4:58:05 pm PDT #5980 of 12003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
the accents buuuuuuuuuuurn
Early in the first season, I had to let go of the pain and decide that the accents must be deliberately awful to be so bad, and that the badness must therefore be some sort of knowing metacommentary on the grift. It was the Kentucky episode, now that I think of it.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2010 7:03:45 pm PDT #5981 of 12003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, it wasn't very FUN.
Oh dear lord though, I did love Parker as the Icelandic rock star. "I don't think I'm being weird enough!" "Somehow I doubt that."
Also, her dancing pick-pocketing bit. And the brief look she gave when she realized it was Eliot singing for reals. Actually, pretty much everything with Parker in this episode made me laugh and laugh.
The stuff behind the studio glass when Eliot was fighting was priceless as well. And I did love the Princess Bride shout-out.
Alona Tal seems far too young to be kissing Elliot.
Who is Alona Tal and why should I know her?
megan walker - Jul 19, 2010 7:20:37 pm PDT #5982 of 12003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
She was Meg in Veronica Mars.
I agree that I loved Parker in this episode. The rest sort of fell flat for me.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2010 7:27:57 pm PDT #5983 of 12003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I mean seriously - she has her own version of Bjork's swan dress with X-ed-out eyes and is also a squeeze toy? That alone would have made the episode for me (much as the Angel dancing scene in She was justification alone for that episode. Granted there I can just watch the teaser and skip the rest of the episode - except perhaps for the museum tour bit).
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2010 7:38:16 pm PDT #5984 of 12003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm watching it again because I was kinda exhausted the first time round. Parker and Hardison and a bit of Eliot are fun in this, but it's not big team magic this week.
Nate is rocking the hat, though. And the fangirls are cute.
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2010 8:29:53 pm PDT #5985 of 12003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh dear lord though, I did love Parker as the Icelandic rock star. "I don't think I'm being weird enough!" "Somehow I doubt that."
Ack, that was too silly for me. Plus, it didn't really feel right for Parker to me.
Also, her dancing pick-pocketing bit.
That, however, was awesome.