Did anyone besides me keep thinking of Wesley?
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
le nubian - Sep 27, 2010 10:36:33 am PDT #6906 of 12003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
JZ - Sep 27, 2010 10:36:42 am PDT #6907 of 12003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I liked the detail that Joan claimed her daughter was younger -- I took it to mean that she chose that age to make the mother feel a little better.
I'm pretty sure she chose that age because it's the age the mother confesses she was "when I had mine." Possibly also the age Joan's own first child would have been, but mostly for that connection. It's the weirdest, saddest, most heartbreaking kindness I've seen a TV show portray in maybe ever.
eta: LeN, yes. Mr. Pryce could go toe to toe in a shitty father cage match with Mr. Wyndham-Pryce anytime. Following which I suggest we torch the remains.
lisah - Sep 27, 2010 10:45:16 am PDT #6908 of 12003
Punishingly Intricate
Mr. Pryce could go toe to toe in a shitty father cage match with Mr. Wyndham-Pryce anytime.
OH! That's why the interaction seemed familiar. der.
megan walker - Sep 27, 2010 10:52:06 am PDT #6909 of 12003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The Pete/Don relationship is wonderfully conflicted and layered and intriguing. Pete was over a barrel, but I was surprised he took the whole failure on his own shoulders.
I think it was partly because that's what account people do everyday. You couldn't be good at accounts and not be able to suck it up like that. Pride is Creative's thing.
le nubian - Sep 27, 2010 11:00:06 am PDT #6910 of 12003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I stopped the DVR and rewound because I couldn't quite grasp that his father had hit him with his cane the first time around. Wow.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 27, 2010 11:32:46 am PDT #6911 of 12003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Did anyone besides me keep thinking of Wesley?
Very much so. And unlikely to turn out to be a robot in this case, more's the pity.
sumi - Sep 27, 2010 12:01:30 pm PDT #6912 of 12003
Art Crawl!!!
Although, I suspect that the robot was a fairly faithful replica of the actual person.
sj - Sep 27, 2010 12:09:40 pm PDT #6913 of 12003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Did anyone besides me keep thinking of Wesley?
Not just you.
-t - Sep 27, 2010 1:16:11 pm PDT #6914 of 12003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think it was partly because that's what account people do everyday. You couldn't be good at accounts and not be able to suck it up like that. Pride is Creative's thing.
That's an interesting perspective. I can't see Roger doing the same thing (and Roger beating Pete up with what could just as well be Roger's own failures that no one knows about. Ouch)
Oh, man, the Pryces.That's hard to absorb, much less process.
megan walker - Sep 27, 2010 1:26:37 pm PDT #6915 of 12003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That's an interesting perspective. I can't see Roger doing the same thing (and Roger beating Pete up with what could just as well be Roger's own failures that no one knows about. Ouch)
Agreed. Except, as Lucky Strike dude pointed out, Roger's not necessarily good at his job, he inherited it. I think they hired Pete for his connections, but he's actually good at it.