Also, I'm wondering if it's going to turn out that the Dollhouse is some kind of black ops unit that's gone "for profit". It would explain the rather casual linkage with the ATF that just happened, and possibly why they'd handle Paul with kid gloves, so to speak.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
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Frankenbuddha - Mar 17, 2009 6:36:38 pm PDT #732 of 5827
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Consuela - Mar 17, 2009 7:27:42 pm PDT #733 of 5827
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So... I was the only one who caught the Firefly shoutout? Or did I miss that discussion?
To wit: "Did I mention I'd been shot?" With very Mal Reynolds-ish intonation. It was actually cute, the way it entirely failed to charm the other FBI agent.
Dana told me to watch this one, and despite its many logical flaws (like the lipstick on the hitchhiking super-religious blind girl omg), there were no moments where I felt skeeved out.
Could have used more work on the cult, though: it wasn't nearly creepy enough. Or maybe that was the point.
I also wondered what on earth the ATF folks thought: they could totally see that they were watching through someone's eyes, and yet they never said a damn thing. I mean, seriously: they didn't think that was WEIRD?
Laga - Mar 17, 2009 8:36:30 pm PDT #734 of 5827
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I missed the shout-out and the lipstick.
I figured the ATF guys were briefed beforeheand.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2009 6:11:02 am PDT #735 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But briefed with what? The doctor that was performing the procedure was shy of it.
Vortex - Mar 17, 2009 9:21:13 pm PDT #736 of 5827
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Maybe they thought that she was wearing some sort of special glasses or had a camera in her necklace.
aurelia - Mar 17, 2009 9:58:01 pm PDT #737 of 5827
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
They did sort of gloss over that pesky blinking.
tiggy - Mar 18, 2009 4:11:48 am PDT #738 of 5827
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
maybe everyone that was watching was just blinking at the same time as Echo.
Liese S. - Mar 18, 2009 7:12:38 am PDT #739 of 5827
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm sure the ATF briefing was something along the lines of, "And we'll be able to see!" Handwave, handwave.
I mean, if I were an ATFer I wouldn't have accepted the handler's version of why Echo was going to be accepted in the first place.
brenda m - Mar 19, 2009 2:20:43 am PDT #740 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
That whole briefing the ATF scene was weird to begin with. Way too much nudge nudge wink wink about it if they really didn't want people to pick up that there was something hinky going on. Why not just "we can get someone in, none of your business how"?
Gitmo's an urban legend?
Well, what went on there used to be. Until it turned out to be horrifically true.
Turned out to be? When was there ever any doubt?
le nubian - Mar 19, 2009 2:36:53 am PDT #741 of 5827
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."