Kristen, great episode of Nikita!

Seconded!

My season passes weren't prioritised correctly! I got a CSI over Nikita.

Well, I'm not making that mistake again. Yikes.

sj, yes. I was a little worried with the first ep, because the first ep of last season left me going WTFF?! That was crazy-good-creepy-compelling!

And then I wasn't as caught by the first couple of eps, but now it is WAY fucked up, and I'm liking it. But yeah, it's different. Lange continues to be seriously impressive, and Evan Peters (I think that's his name) is quite an impressive young actor. I'd never seen him before last season, and watching him go from that season's character to this season's makes me intrigued about where he'll go.

And I just love Quinto. But my god, when you watch this ep, come back. There was a scene that just...ugh, psychology in the 60's!

Lange continues to be seriously impressive

Yes, just give Jessica Lange all the Emmy's right now.

Evan Peters (I think that's his name) is quite an impressive young actor.

He's brilliant. I almost didn't recognize him as the same actor from last season because he is just so good.

ugh, psychology in the 60's!

I think this season in general has done a great job of making the 60s in general a very scary place.

I think this season in general has done a great job of making the 60s in general a very scary place.

Oh, yes.

And I found Sarah Polley kind of annoying last season, but I like her a lot this season.

I hear Dylan McDermot and Frances Conroy will be making cameos/having small roles this season.

Wow, that was quite obvious repetitive word choice on my part. That will teach me to post before fully awake.

And I found Sarah Polley kind of annoying last season, but I like her a lot this season.

I completely forgot she was even in last season.

You mean Sarah Paulson?

This season is much creepier than last because everything is presented as a taboo to be shamed. The helplessness of being trapped, plus infinitely more body horror, is also pretty intense.

And I will never look at James Cromwell the same way again.

PAULSON, duh!

And I said pretty much the same thing about Cromwell to D Wed. night.

I agree. I thought the scene with Paulson and Quinto this week must have been incredibly hard to film for both of them, for a variety of reasons. It's creepier on a different level because, although there's a supernatural/alien element, it's really about the evil that lies in the heart of humanity.

What's appalling (at least right now -- god, I hope Quinto's character doesn't turn out to be evil) is that I think what we are seeing is a genuinely good man trying to do what much of society thought of what was right. Which makes it so much more horrifying is that THIS HAPPENED, and on a meta-level, that Quinto the person is a gay man. It would STILL be appalling if the actor was straight, but...layers.

I read some stuff about that scene and apparently the set was closed and everyone involved was just...quiet. And Paulson and Quinto were consummate professionals.

I may not always like Murphy or everything he does on his TV shows but he's got balls and some spicy brains...and hires spicy brains.

And apparently the next ep will have even more of a HSQ than last week's.

Ben came home from school while I was watching it, and ended up sitting down with me. We talked about that scene after, and it wasn't as awkward as I thought it might be. It was really painful to watch, and Paulson and Quinto were incredible.

Ouch. That would be...potentially awkward, yes. Worse than my mom deciding to watch Basic Instinct with me at 20.

It WAS painful to watch, and that's why it was really good storytelling, acting and social commentary, I think.