This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.

Mal ,'Ariel'


Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon  

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sj - May 25, 2010 12:53:17 pm PDT #13093 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I was a little surprised that someone as paranoid as Papa Bartowski wouldn't have had a bullet-proof vest or something. Granted a head shot or the right kind of bullets would have made short work of that, but I would have thought he'd have at least a little protection.

I'm still holding out hope that somehow he is not really dead.

I'd like Lynda Carter better, mostly because Lena Olin has a lot more gravity than the show usually calls for. I could see LC married to Scott Bakula, whereas, LO? Much darker than I'd be comfortable with.

My first thought for mommy was Kate Jackson.


beekaytee - May 25, 2010 2:55:56 pm PDT #13094 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

My first thought for mommy was Kate Jackson.

Even better...though I've seen some distracting cosmetic surgery photos of her recently.


Zenkitty - May 25, 2010 4:30:11 pm PDT #13095 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm still holding out hope that somehow he is not really dead.

Well, there was no indication that they went back for the body, or had a funeral, so I bet the writers are at least holding the possibility open. I can't imagine why he'd fake his death right at that point, but someone could have brought him to a secret hospital and... now they're keeping his brain in a jar!


Laga - May 25, 2010 4:32:07 pm PDT #13096 of 30001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

He had a trick bullet proof vest with blood in it.


beekaytee - May 25, 2010 4:38:34 pm PDT #13097 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

He had a trick bullet proof vest with blood in it.

Well, in the previouslies, they showed Shaw gut shot 5 times, blood spurting and falling off a building. HE's still alive, so I'm voting for Papa Bartowski to be alive too. (stamping wee foot)

Mom will have been doing some kind of surveillance, or summat, scooped him up after the baddies amscrayed and the two of them will work together to find and rescue Chuck.

You heard it here first. (stamping wee foot again)


Morgana - May 25, 2010 5:29:09 pm PDT #13098 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

I'm still holding out hope that somehow he is not really dead.

At the party at Chuck's place, for the brief moment before he opened the door to Casey's daughter I was expecting it to be Papa Bartowski standing there.


Zenkitty - May 25, 2010 7:34:29 pm PDT #13099 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I was sure he was going to die as soon as he told Ellie that he'd never leave her again.


quester - May 25, 2010 8:06:44 pm PDT #13100 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I kept thinking Ellie's a doctor, she'd get him to a hospital and do medical stuff. But no, she had to follow Chuck.


beekaytee - May 26, 2010 1:44:34 am PDT #13101 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

Ugh. Maybe, because she is a doctor, she assessed him as really, truly dead before running off.

Do not want.


§ ita § - May 26, 2010 11:17:08 am PDT #13102 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Review of two seasons of Fringe.

I like his viewpoints.