Man I wish that show had lasted. It was like an inverted DueSouth.
Oh yeah-- it was so completely and utterly bent. I would've loved to have seen where they would have taken it.
I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle.
Xander ,'Help'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
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Barb - Sep 03, 2008 6:56:14 pm PDT #1623 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”
aurelia - Sep 03, 2008 7:07:51 pm PDT #1624 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Was the Gravedigger plotline ever resolved?
Connie Neil - Sep 03, 2008 7:11:57 pm PDT #1625 of 11831
brillig
Was the Gravedigger plotline ever resolved?
No, darn it.
edit: I wonder if we'll see Max again. I like Max Keenan.
Sheryl - Sep 04, 2008 3:10:42 pm PDT #1626 of 11831
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Meh. Too much soap opera for my taste last night. If this is the direction they're going this season, I'm out. (It doesn't hurt that a show I'm looking forward to will be airing at the same time in a few weeks)
Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2008 5:13:48 pm PDT #1627 of 11831
brillig
I think Clark leaving with "I want to work in real lab!" was an acknowledgement of the heightened level of soap opera. Maybe that's why they broke up Hodgins and Angela, unless the writers drag in some sort of family-oriented drama, the two of them being married doesn't advance the show.
Morgana - Sep 04, 2008 8:04:17 pm PDT #1628 of 11831
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Or the writers will just put them back together again two episodes from now.
fialka - Sep 05, 2008 2:15:43 am PDT #1629 of 11831
I am leaving. You are about to explode. ~Teal'c, 'Talion'
the two of them being married doesn't advance the show.
I think I'd be happier if they'd stop 'advancing' the show and remember that even a character-driven procedural needs some vaguely logical procedure. I really don't think Scotland Yard would allow the FBI anywhere near the murder of one of its own, let along bring the body to a dimly-lit wine cellar to be autopsied by a civilian foreigner.
Between that, and the American Idiot in London stereotyping, I just couldn't wave my hands fast enough to enjoy this one, though I really really wanted to love it.
Barb - Sep 05, 2008 2:30:38 am PDT #1630 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”
Maybe that's why they broke up Hodgins and Angela, unless the writers drag in some sort of family-oriented drama, the two of them being married doesn't advance the show.
There's a definite reason they broke them up and I'm not crazy about it, from a not advancing the story POV. It's been all over the preview magazines but just in case no one wants to be spoiled, whitefont following:
Having established last year that Angela's bi, she's going to have a female lover through at least part of the season.
Connie Neil - Sep 05, 2008 5:17:29 am PDT #1631 of 11831
brillig
though I really really wanted to love it.
It wasn't their best efford, no.
re: the whitefont, which I wasn't aware of: that's perilously close to pandering, unless they put it in the guise of Angela rebounding from her brush with conventionality. She's often pointed out that she's had this job longer than any other, which is why I was expecting her to leave the show.
I can buy Angela bailing on getting married period, whether she loves Hodgins at all. Her "you must trust me 100% or it's over" struck me as the kind of romance-blinded thing people do who haven't had a relationship where they accept a loved one's imperfections and put up with them anyway. A person can distrust someone else 2% and just keep it to themselves and not let it get in the way.
I wonder if we'll see Angela's dad again.
Connie Neil - Sep 05, 2008 5:18:06 am PDT #1632 of 11831
brillig
And I keep thinking about Zach's poor family back in Michigan, what they must have thought about what happened.