I felt compelled to rewind and see why the bleeding on him business might be significant. When she scratched his back she had a cut on her arm, so I guess her blood got into his bloodstream. I don't remember the deal with mom's thralls. I have a vague memory that when Ryan met Bo he said something about finally meeting a succubus, so presumably he wouldn't know much about them and their potentially thrall-making ways, so his looking for another explanation makes some sense. Why it's a big secret for Trick, no idea.

And why they aren't talking about Trick's big secrets - I give them bonus points for using "I'm not asking you about this yet" instead of " I'll tell you later", but still, so glaring and annoying.

The blouse line was very funny, and the bit about the wedding dress - it's not my style but I'm pulling it off, something like that - had some nice timing and delivery from both of them.

I think Dyson not having a pack is a big part of his angst, but he's been dealing with it since way back when he first went to the Norn and didn't give up his wolf. Now he can't even hope to make a pack of two and that's a straw too far? Maybe? I don't know. I enjoyed the actor playing Kenzi in Dyson's body so much, I really hope they can come up with something else for him to do than be mopy laconic wolf with no heart.

They did drop the street artist pretty abruptly. Did we even have his gran pointed out to us amongst the water fae's followers? Sloppy.

I enjoyed the actor playing Kenzi in Dyson's body so much, I really hope they can come up with something else for him to do than be mopy laconic wolf with no heart.

Exactly! He was so great in that episode, and funny. I would really like to see him do something other this, frankly, teenaged bullshit.

I mean, even when he had a heart, he didn't seem to have an actual pack, did he? Just the potential for a mate--he was explicitly screwing around and not committing to Bo for a while there. Or maybe that's his pack? Pfft. No idea. But the writing's not doing the actor any favours.

Yeah, he was already a lone wolf for centuries when we met him. And under orders from Trick not to get all relationshippy with Bo because, I don't know, I don't think we found out why. I think he and Hale had a tighter bond, then, but I'm not sure why that would have changed.

Sigh. It is inevitable that I will have to watch Teen Wolf, isn't it?

It is inevitable that I will have to watch Teen Wolf, isn't it?

It's amazing how people are getting sucked in at such a rate. I'm two episodes in and enjoying it very much so far. I'm spoiled on one or two major plot points, but not too much in the way of character arc. That said, I already adore Stiles and Scott, but I'm kind of meh on Derek and Alison. I don't dislike them, but they've yet to do anything to really grab my interest. Again, only two episodes in, so I expect that may change fairly soon.

Also, I really hope the lacrosse coach remains this hilarious throughout the show, because I crack up every time he's on screen.

The lacrosse coach stays golden. He's fucking hysterical. I forget him too often when I think of the show.

In my estimation, Derek really never does anything special. He's not particularly competent or even cool, and I find his pain a bit mechanical--it's a product of the circumstance, not the acting. Allison's my girl, though. She whiplashes a bit, but I also think she's in a really confusing place and I wouldn't know my ass from a hole in the ground if I was a 17 year old in her shoes.

But....Stiles is the true magic of the show. Dylan O'Brien has great comic timing, and he sells pain and doubt and guilt and yearning and inferiority so damned well, it's almost a shame it's not his name on the box. His father is also really great. They have one of the cooler...I'm realising the parenting relationships I really like tend to be single parents, except for Seth and his dad on the OC...anyway...Stiles and Sheriff Stilinski are great. Scott's mother comes into her own later--she's not bad. And, well, the Argents...stay tuned in. That's all I can say.

Speaking of Coach Bobby Finstock, and Stiles, they work so well off each other. I don't remember which episode this was in, but I am realising after having watched S1 on Netflix instant, I need to watch S2 again, and I only have the last ep....I'm dangerously close to buying this, dammit.

Anyway! Coach and Stiles: [link]

I think Tyler Hoechlin does great work in... ep 2.02? The one where he's first talking to Erica. Though that's really the only time the writers have given Derek much to work with.

Loved the Spaceships vid, but it was missing a few. No Andromeda, Babylon 5, Earth 2, Defying Gravity...and I'm not remembering what else I missed when I was watching it.

I just saw the Eureka finale yesterday. I will miss Colin's remarkable range and the town with all it's wackiness! I'm glad Stark at least was in the montage.

Oh, I forgot to mention that while I've been going through the thread looking for comments on shows, I've noticed that there is so very little imagination given to naming characters in SciFi/supernatural shows.

Honestly, why so many Allisons, Olivias and Peters? There are other names out there!

Closing whine tag.

It seems strange to complain about names and not raise the Jack issue. Always in the forefront for me.