I'm gonna pretend that she knows, in a gut-level way, that the Hobbit is in cahoots with the people behind the blackout and she is playing him to get more info. In other words, she is still on the side of the good but is not very trusting of anyone, like she said about Marcie. I'm gonna believe, until proven wrong, that she is just very perceptive and cagey.
Willow, check you out! Witch-Fu!
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quester - Apr 09, 2010 7:23:55 am PDT #12582 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Polter-Cow - Apr 09, 2010 7:55:25 am PDT #12583 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm gonna pretend that she knows, in a gut-level way, that the Hobbit is in cahoots with the people behind the blackout and she is playing him to get more info.
Oh, yeah, I like that. That she's just playing him, not pretending to be a double agent for an entire enemy group.
Juliebird - Apr 10, 2010 5:10:47 am PDT #12584 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
lazy Saturday morning, watching Chuck. Morgan made me laugh with his "Great! Now I hate this song!" And before that Casey made me whimper with his "Yeah, you too [enjoy my old life]."
Juliebird - Apr 10, 2010 6:02:17 am PDT #12585 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
chocolate milkshake and creamed spinach: I really want to smack Sarah. Her whole issue with who Chuck is and is not and which parts of him she loves. "MY Chuck"? Smack. And then throwing that issue of him killing equalling not being Her Chuck out the window because it wall All For Her. Smack. "You saved me!" Smack.
But hey, Mark Sheppard!
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2010 10:42:12 am PDT #12586 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I really enjoyed io9's FF recap, entitled "This Week's FlashForward Was 60 Minutes Of Pure Nudity" in an attempt to help the ratings.
Some choice quotes:
It's never really explained how Mark made the jump from Somalia to chess opponents. The man truly is one of television's greatest off-camera savants, along with Urkel from Family Matters (remember, he invented a shrink ray).
3.) ICE absconds with Keiko after they find her working in a low-rider garage. This is a prime example of Flashforward's weirdly hyper-compressed storytelling. A cute, fish-out-of-water subplot about fixing cars how charming BAM DEPORTED.
Meanwhile back at the office, Vogel and Mark interrogate Janis - it turns out she's been investigating Marcie in her free time. Who's Marcie? Some who-cares minor character who goes outside and puts sugar in her coffee a lot. But Mark Benford pulls a Carnac the Magnificent and notices that HOLY CRAP MARCIE DOESN'T TAKE SUGAR IN HER COFFEE. Demetri and Mark determine that the sugar is a signal. They make confused eye contact with Marcie, and shit suddenly gets Peckinpah. She kills about a million FBI agents until Janice takes her down with pregnant karate.
Was this episode particularly good? Negatory. Was it loopy fun watching characters jump to insane conclusions and having their madness validated? Indeed. Will episodes of this quality bring back ratings? Probably not.
Jon B. - Apr 10, 2010 6:25:06 pm PDT #12587 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
New Doctor Who: I'm glad they've stopped being cruel to the space-whale but how about their own people? Weren't they feeding grown-ups and misbehaving kids (after they'd grown up) to the whale?
DCJensen - Apr 10, 2010 7:19:30 pm PDT #12588 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Doctor Who #11, Episode 2, too:
I'm amused that the Queen was named Elizabeth. heh.
Also, as for the companion's costume if it was good enough for 10 and Arthur Dent...
Consuela - Apr 10, 2010 8:05:48 pm PDT #12589 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Less than five minutes into Doctor Who 5.02, I must ask:
has Stephen Moffat read James Blish? Because seriously. It's just a bit of a complete ripoff of Cities in Flight.
Fiona - Apr 10, 2010 10:46:55 pm PDT #12590 of 30001
Who 2: I was a bit meh on the episode until Liz showed up, and then the whole thing gelled nicely. Although the whole concept did seem familiar, and I've never even heard of the thing Consuela refers to .
I do very much like the way that Steven Moffat is establishing the Doctor's continuity while letting Eleven be his own man. Lots of references back but not in a forced way. And Amy certainly made her mark .
Anne W. - Apr 11, 2010 3:38:15 am PDT #12591 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
New Who: I wish I could take credit for this observation, but the crack that we see in the Spaceship UK not only matches the crack we saw in Amy's room, but it also matches a line we see in the oscilloscope in the new Tardis.
What I did notice when I went to verify, was that we get a good look at the oscilloscope right by the Doctor's head while he Amy is asking why he's taking her along of all people. What I noticed on rewatch was that the Doctor did see what was on the oscilloscope screen, and was VERY quick to turn it off when he 'promised' Amy that he was only asking her along because he was lonely.