This episode is really good, or I am being swayed by others.
No, it's really good.
Paul Blackthorne - great.
Also, I'm officially afraid that the grave 6 months from now is Cop Daddy's.
Lorne: My little prince. Oh…what did they do to you? Angel: Nina…tried to…eat me. Lorne: Oh, you're--medic! You're gonna make it Angel. Just don't stop fighting. Doctor! Is there a Gepetto in the house?
'Smile Time'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Steph L. - Oct 28, 2015 3:56:02 pm PDT #28589 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Hil R. - Oct 28, 2015 4:03:40 pm PDT #28590 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Loved this episode. Setting up a lot of stuff.
Typo Boy - Oct 28, 2015 9:11:05 pm PDT #28591 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Coming late to thread. Current vision means I end missing whole sentences and many sentence parts if I'm not careful. So on first reviewing the discussion, my thought was "Calista Flockhart plays Supergirl? To put it tactfully, that's a bold casting choice." Soon realized that was not exactly what was happening.
billytea - Oct 28, 2015 10:20:28 pm PDT #28592 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Teppy, you just made me so sad that I'm currently watching the Republican debate.
I'm mildly disappointed that she wasn't talking about the Republican debate.
Jessica - Oct 29, 2015 3:04:53 pm PDT #28593 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You know, at one point I was watching an episode with the 10h Doctor and he was runnind around and the thouht crossed my mind, "hyperactive little git" and I realized - wouldn't he make a good Miles Vorkosigan?
Belatedly, but YES.
Jessica - Oct 29, 2015 6:11:15 pm PDT #28594 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Supergirl thoughts:
I do not like Supergirl's narrator voice. I like her just fine onscreen, so hopefully now that the exposition is covered we'll be hearing less of that.
Speaking of exposition, THANK YOU SHOW for taking care of the origin story so quickly. Now we can get on with the fun bits.
So Superman in this universe is basically like the Eagles from LotR. He could be helping all the time...but he's not going to be, so there.
Steph L. - Oct 29, 2015 7:08:27 pm PDT #28595 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Sleepy Hollow: man, Pandora straight up stole that kid's candy. (I was SO DISAPPOINTED when she pulled a mask out of the bag and handed it to undead!Howe. I really wanted it to be a Zagnut.)
Also, I know nothing about Bones, but David Boreanaz is aging quite nicely.
Susan W. - Oct 29, 2015 8:56:12 pm PDT #28596 of 30001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm in this weird place where I totally enjoyed the crossover while I was watching it, but as soon as I walked away it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I feel like Crane & Abbie's bond, which is WHAT I WATCH THE SHOW FOR--everything else is just an excuse to make it happen--has been totally absent the last two episodes. It's actually making it hard for me to feel like sitting down to write the last chapter of the novel-length fanfic I've been working on since the S2 finale. Which sucks, because A) I love that story, and feel like it's actually helped me grow as a writer, B) I want to finish it this weekend so I can devote November to my NaNoWriMo project, wherein I get back to original fiction after a brutal case of burnout that started this time last year, and C) I left my version of Crane and Abbie on a fairly vicious cliffhanger at the end of the previous chapter, and it'd be pretty obnoxious of me to never finish the story!
I'll finish it somehow. I'll rewatch some S1 and read some good fanfic if that's what it takes. And when *I* write a multi-volume insane paranormal story with a slow burn romance, I will FREAKING maintain a consistent tone for both the paranormality and the character/relationship development.
There. I feel better for having vented. But it's painful to be so frustrated with a show when I've become deeply involved in the fandom. It's like, if the show can't get it together, I don't just lose the weekly entertainment, I lose the community and the ongoing conversation.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 30, 2015 5:58:16 am PDT #28597 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I avoided watching last night. I just cannot imagine the two series/settings meshing well, and suspect I don't have a hall long enough to watch it from.
sj - Oct 30, 2015 6:48:14 am PDT #28598 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Paul Blackthorne - great.
Yes! I think he has been one of the most underused actors in this series. So, it's nice to see him getting some good material.
Also, I'm officially afraid that the grave 6 months from now is Cop Daddy's.
No. I'm afraid of the same thing, but I don't want to believe it.
The Supergirl name speech
That was the only part I didn't like, because grown-ass women are not girls (admittedly, this is a hill I've chosen to die on and I know lots of female humans over the age of 18 call themselves and other similarly-aged female humans "girls" [but it still gets on my last nerve]).
I can totally see that, and I personally would never like to be referred to as a girl, but I appreciate people that see it as a powerful word.