Sorry, Debet, I meant my response to be lighter than it ended up sounding.
Angel: You know, I killed my actual dad. It was one of the first things I did when I became a vampire. Wesley: I hardly see how that's the same situation. Angel: Yeah. I didn't really think that one through.
'Lineage'
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-t - Sep 25, 2013 6:50:57 am PDT #3030 of 5827
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Steph L. - Sep 25, 2013 6:51:26 am PDT #3031 of 5827
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I actually like the fact that Agent Lone Wolf has horrible people skills, rather than being a suave James Bond type (attractive, fit, can defuse a nuclear bomb, good punching skills, AND great people skills).
And I'm looking forward to more Melinda May. She's a stone badass.
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2013 6:51:30 am PDT #3032 of 5827
brillig
I found the Back to the Future car thing annoying. It felt like "see the cool effect we'll never use again because our budget won't allow it!"
brenda m - Sep 25, 2013 6:54:58 am PDT #3033 of 5827
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It didn't help that the opening credits for the show immediately following showed the actual Back to the Future flying car.
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2013 6:58:15 am PDT #3034 of 5827
brillig
Plot question: Skye is/was apparently working with this Rising Tide group. Or is she the Rising Tide group all on her own? Those people that jumped Ward in the Parisian apartment, were they part of Rising Tide? And kudos to the blonde woman in the apartment who, upon seeing the plot falling apart, calmly got dressed and and walked out of there.
Jessica - Sep 25, 2013 7:01:56 am PDT #3035 of 5827
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I actually like the fact that Agent Lone Wolf has horrible people skills, rather than being a suave James Bond type
I was annoyed by the fact that his poop-with-a-knife-sticking-out-of-it people skills are so stereotypically made-for-tv charming. It's not like the truth serum unlocked a string of inappropriate catcalls or racial slurs, he's just what, slightly awkward and better with machines than people? Oh noes, however will he be able to relate to a hacker who lives in her van?!
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2013 7:07:07 am PDT #3036 of 5827
brillig
I was annoyed that Ward has apparently missed the probably training on how to resist truth serum--don't volunteer anything, say as little of the truth as possible. It's truth serum, not "Babble like Tony Stark with no filters" serum.
§ ita § - Sep 25, 2013 7:22:03 am PDT #3037 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's truth serum, not "Babble like Tony Stark with no filters" serum
It's technomagic truth serum. It's totally within scope for it not to follow any rules of sodium pentathol etc. right from the first moment they declared it didn't follow a rule of it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 25, 2013 7:27:21 am PDT #3038 of 5827
"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 thought real world sodium pentathol just removed inhibitions and made you more likely to ramble and spill something by mistake, rather than acting like Wonder Woman's golden lasso?
Jessica - Sep 25, 2013 7:30:00 am PDT #3039 of 5827
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
One thing I did like quite a bit in that scene - Skye in that moment has no idea that Ward has only had level 7 clearance for about half an hour. Coulson knows she's already hacked them, so he also knows Ward can't really give her any more information than she could find out on her own.