I'm with you. I didn't find it boring, but a lot of setup setup setup. I am hoping that future episodes will have some more variety in the structure.
I also appreciated Aldis Hodge for being against type for the 1,000 time after seeing alphas.
Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.
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le nubian - Jul 14, 2011 3:49:36 pm PDT #17569 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sj - Jul 14, 2011 4:33:01 pm PDT #17570 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I also appreciated Aldis Hodge for being against type for the 1,000 time after seeing alphas.
Yes, so very much this.
Zenkitty - Jul 15, 2011 11:09:01 am PDT #17571 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I was honestly in suspense as to whether or not Myka would come back. Well played.
Me too. I was surprised she's back already. Glad, just surprised. I'm irritated that she's straightening her hair, though. Pete seemed toned down, which was good; they'd been writing him as rather an idiot in the last few episodes. I'm feeling a little sorry for H.G., which is also surprising, since the character annoyed the hell out of me. I like Jinks a lot and I hope he stays around. I keep expecting him to speak with an English accent; maybe he reminds me of some Brit I can't think of.
Vonnie K - Jul 15, 2011 11:34:40 am PDT #17572 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I, too, loved that Myka was back quickly and ditto on feeling bad for H.G Wells. I heard some rumor about H.G.-centric spin-off somewhere? Or maybe I'm making that up.
I know Pete is supposed to be an overgrown adolescent, but the way he was treating that FBI agent made me really, REALLY, angry, regardless of the fact that she turned out to be Evil. The combination of the condescension and the sexual harassment made me want to bitchslap him so much. I hated that the whole thing was played for laughs. As a professional woman who deals with this kind of crap all the time (... Oh, God, let me tell you about the time an older male colleague called me "honey" in a professional meeting. Except I can't think of the words because of the RAGE BLACKOUT), stuff like this makes me see red. Yeah, it's an entertainment, yada, yada. I don't have to like it.
Zenkitty - Jul 15, 2011 1:17:58 pm PDT #17573 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yeah, I didn't like that either, Vonnie. He hasn't been like that with other professional women, so I assumed (for the sake of my blood pressure) that he was doing it deliberately to annoy her. Counterproductive, yes, but Pete doesn't always think things through.
A male manager called me "sweetheart" in a meeting once. I calmly called him "sweetiecakes" back, in my best sarcastic-irony tone, and I thought several people in the room were going to have aneurysms. Later my boss's boss told me it was all she could do not to bust out laughing. I'm surprised they didn't fire me.
Zenkitty - Jul 15, 2011 2:16:30 pm PDT #17574 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I just watched last season's ender of W13 again. Myka's decision was so hard and it was hard on everyone to see her go. I'm glad she's back, but I wish they'd let the emotional consequences of that decision play out a little more. And I wish we'd gotten more than one episode to get to know the new guy before she came back. I know Joanna Kelly is probably contracted to appear in every episode, and having her "consult" in the season premiere was great, but I wish they'd brought her back in the second episode instead. A little more angst, in this case, would have been good.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2011 2:25:56 pm PDT #17575 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know Joanna Kelly is probably contracted to appear in every episode
I don't think they do that. You can pay them and keep them home.
Zenkitty - Jul 15, 2011 2:29:34 pm PDT #17576 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
If I paid for Joanna Kelly, I'd use her as much as I could.
And I don't mean porn.
Although if porn were appropriate, I'd totally mean porn.
sumi - Jul 18, 2011 11:08:36 am PDT #17577 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Theodosia - Jul 18, 2011 11:32:55 am PDT #17578 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
W13: I'll hand-wave that Pete's spider-sense was subconsciously alerting him that the FBI gal was hinky.
Aside from that repellant sexism, I thought the writing on this past episode was more witty and sharp than last season.
Yes, I'm THAT far behind on watching. Still haven't seen ALPHAS yet, but presumably it won't go bad on my TiVo.