Not me. Tom, or whatever his name was, was the dumbest spy ever.
Occasionally I'm callous and strange.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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§ ita § - Nov 25, 2008 2:16:23 pm PST #5530 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vonnie K - Nov 25, 2008 2:26:38 pm PST #5531 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I'm still stuck in the middle of S6 (during Adam's emo phase) and I want to rush rush rush to S7 because there have been a lot of behind-the-cut-tag flailing. Not to mention the .... shit, I can't even say anything vague about anything, since this is the "oh, yeah, it'd do that. It's totally the do-that show" and everything is a spoiler landmine. I can't believe they are more than half way into season 7! Maaaan.
Juliebird - Nov 25, 2008 2:48:16 pm PST #5532 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Not me. Tom, or whatever his name was, was the dumbest spy ever.
See, for me, it was All. About. Tom. It was the Tom show. He was the emotional heart for me, he was the vantage point of "what does this crazy spy-business do to our humanity?". I thought they were all bumbling idjits in those first few seasons. And then the new crew came in all cold and callous and Danny and Matthew MacFadyen's wife were phased out and I had to bail. I keep trying to watch it all and keep failing because of the no-more-Tom roadblock I keep hitting. If I push past that, is there some heart and soul that comes back?
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2008 3:06:24 pm PST #5533 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I push past that, is there some heart and soul that comes back?
I'm the wrong person to ask, because I thought Tom was so completely ill-suited for the job. I'm not sure how much heart and soul I'd want to see. But the show does keep getting me in the gut. It is the do-that show, as Vonnie notes.
Vonnie K - Nov 25, 2008 3:08:14 pm PST #5534 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
If I push past that, is there some heart and soul that comes back?
Heart and soul of the show, for me, came back (or stayed, since I think she was introduced in S2) in the form of Ruth. I loved Tom and Zoe and Danny, but I loved Ruth more than all of them put together. And Harry. And Oh, God, the understated simmer that was Ruth/Harry. I find the term OTP excessively silly, but I was all Harry/Ruth OTP 4evah!!eleventy!! for quite a while. Boy, did I ship them hard.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 25, 2008 4:18:27 pm PST #5535 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
What I wouldn't have given to be a Fox Network programmer with a Lunesta ad at my disposal when the teaser of Fringe went to commercial...
dcp - Nov 25, 2008 4:19:54 pm PST #5536 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Fringe had a terrific opening tonight, in several senses of the word.
Responding to a comment in another thread, Walter doesn't sound British to me, just...professorial?
Consuela - Nov 25, 2008 4:55:57 pm PST #5537 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Ruth. She's so awesome. Although I have great fondness for Connie, and for Jo. And Roz rocks my socks off. Roz is what Tom Quinn should have been.
Vortex - Nov 25, 2008 6:09:47 pm PST #5538 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Okay is it bad that I am watching Chuck and notice the coffee cups at the resort? Anyone know where to get them, cause they were awesome.
Dana - Nov 25, 2008 6:18:08 pm PST #5539 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hey, I see why Xander looked so familiar! He was Wilfred Woodruff, the vengeful Chinese Dixietocrat from the funeral episode of Pushing Daisies!
ZOMG. I never would have known.
ZOMG, what an episode.
ZOMG, Cromartie John Henry!