Television: Atlantis through Supernatural

[butterfly]

Atlantis: Missing

Teyla/Keller -- the less damaged version of McKay/Sheppard, yes?

Their dynamic really did remind me of McKay and Sheppard, affection chased with a heavy dose of frustration. It was interesting to see Teyla that scared and single-minded -- we've never seen her confronted with the complete loss of her people like that, unable to do anything about it if her people were dead. Helpless.

Keller kinda sucks in the woods (which she's aware of), but is still much better at shutting up and following orders than S1 Carson, so I'm willing to cut her slack. Overall, it was really nice to have an episode focused on Teyla, especially one that had so much time for another female character.

Blood Ties: The Devil You Know

*hearts*

I'm still in the honeymoon stage with this show, which means that I adore everything about it, ever (even the cheesy feral vamp growls. Aw). I found the relationship between Christina and Henry to be quite interesting (and found it very intriguing that Mike compared his relationship with Vicki to it). And I loved all of the Henry and Vicki stuff. And Henry scene with Alexander (and Alexander's sister) was pretty heartbreaking.

And this show has such an awareness of how fucked up our society and media are about women, which I really love about it (they also really highlighted that in Stone Cold, when Henry disputes youth=beauty and Mike says that if a woman doesn't believe she's beautiful, nothing he can say is going to make her believe it).

Great show.

Numb3rs: Primacy

Three cheers for Amita being important and significant for reasons that had nothing to do with her dating Charlie. Three cheers for Colby still managing to be very slashy, even without David in the episode.

Don was great (even though we didn't see him much), but Charlie... hmm. He didn't thrill me here. He wasn't just protective, he also acted as though he had final say over Amita's decisions (I'm thrilled that Amita clearly doesn't agree). He was kinda pissing me off in parts. No cookie for Charlie; Amita gets to have Charlie's cookie.

Dexter: That Night, A Forest Grew

Oh, thank fuck (I'm channeling Deb). I'm so glad that Lila is clearly supposed to be fucked up and fucked up for Dexter. I was so afraid that this show was going to be portraying her as 'cute' and 'quirky'. I should have known better. She made Dexter damn close to dislikable, but it was on purpose by the writers, which makes it an intentional character arc, which I find such a relief.

The notion of Deb/Lundy creeps me out, though I guess it makes sense. Last season, she dated her brother and now she's got a crush on her dad. Next season, she'll go out with someone that Dexter's flashbacks will let us know is eerily reminiscent of her mother. If they go to four seasons, though, I'm not sure where they can go next (grandparents?).

Rita and Maria are both still very strong characters (another relief) and I loved seeing both of them these recent two episodes.

Heroes: Four Months Ago

I really loved the Peter/Adam part of the plotline. The stupid way that DL died made me flail and throw up my hands (and the way Niki was dis-empowered back to 'crazy and in need of men's help'). Micah is love. Maya and Alejandro are still pretty boring. There was no West! I'm thrilled about that part.

Overall, could have been much better, but it was quite a bit better than the first few episodes of the season.

Bones, House, Boston Legal: Big fan in a non-fannish way. Bones makes me gleeful just about every week, House is quite emotionally satisfying, and Alan is a better friend than Denny deserves.

Smallville: Blue

All the bits that had to do with the Kryptonian Soap Opera were pretty boring and over the top.
All the stuff was wasn't related to the main plot was pretty terrific, though. Apparently, I'm one of the few people shocked and surprised by the possible Julian revelation in a good way (and I'm willing to believe he could really be Julian because... Lionel has been known to pull that kind of bullshit in the past -- if nothing else, Lillian tried to kill Julian. He may have seen making her believe she succeeded as his son's only chance at survival).

Supernatural: Fresh Blood

This show really is pure emoporn.

Sam and Dean were perfect in this episode (even in the thing that I disagree with them about -- I don't think killing Lucy is necessary but they showed with Madison that they have a much lower ability to think outside the box than Buffy (and Buffy), so they're very much in character in killing Lucy -- they're more like Angel, where outside reasons for staying good aren't good enough, it has to be internal. They'd have shot Lindsey; Buffy wouldn't've.). Adored both the room conversation ('be my brother') and the car one (which made me cry a little, I admit it).

Also adored in this episode -- Gordon! So sympathetic and so fucked up and fucked over. Gordon's point of view makes sense. Sam is hailed by demons as a leader. Right now, it's a step beyond what Sam and Dean do in killing Madison and Lucy, but not a terribly far step, considering that Sam was afraid of not being able to control turning evil last season. I'm sad that we lost him, though seeing Sam get his hands that bloody over saving Dean's life was... symbolic and such.

Bela was also great. I'm really enjoying how straight the writers are playing her -- she doesn't have a secret heart of gold. She's too fucked up for that. She does for herself and doesn't get emotionally attached to other people, no matter how cute. I like her.

Really great episode.

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

but not a terribly far step
Absolutely. That's what I loved about this ep. Gordon, when turned, doesn't suddenly pull an Angelus. He's still Gordon. And it feels like his decision to take innocent lives is a decision, not an imperative. It's him saying, "Well, I'm a monster now, I may as well act like one," instead of trying to find a way not to be a monster, which we've seen vampires do.

Which makes absolute perfect fucking sense! Cause if he, as a vampire, can not be evil, not kill people, then his sister wasn't evil and he murdered her, really murdered her. It's cognitive dissonance. He's always believed vampires are pure evil, so as a vampire, he chooses to be pure evil. It's a choice. That is why it is awesome.

He has been a great villain, and I'm sad to see him go. But I'd rather they kill him now then pull a Kolya and keep bringing him back and bringing him back till he's a joke and then killing him.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. That's what I loved about this ep. Gordon, when turned, doesn't suddenly pull an Angelus. He's still Gordon. And it feels like his decision to take innocent lives is a decision, not an imperative. It's him saying, "Well, I'm a monster now, I may as well act like one," instead of trying to find a way not to be a monster, which we've seen vampires do.

*nods*

Exactly. For Gordon, vampires had to be evil (sorta the reverse of S7 Buffy, who had to believe that a vampire getting a soul made a fundamental difference, because of her experience with Angel/Angelus). If he was a vampire, then he was evil. Period. Despite the fact that he was still trying to do the same thing he'd been doing before he was turned.

[abigail-n.livejournal.com]

Nitpick: The Dexter episode's title was "That Night, A Forest Grew," which, quite aptly, is a quote from Where the Wild Things Are.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I knew there was something about a forest and that it was a literary reference, but I couldn't quite place it (and thus forgot it).

[spiletta42.livejournal.com]

I'm ticked off about Niki too, but I'm hoping my anger will get directed at the Company instead of at the writers. I think the pills that the Company gave Niki were designed to trigger that kind of sequence of events. There are plenty of real world drugs that will trigger a psychotic episode after the patient stops taking them, and they probably guessed that if the pills made her miserable she'd stop taking them.

I don't want to believe that DL is gone for good and am clinging to the hope that there's a trick of some kind. Maya was slightly less boring this week, but that's not saying much, and the complete lack of West was squeeful.

Speaking of West, have you heard the new Carrie Underwood album? The song "The More Boys I Meet" would fit very well as a Claire/West vid after Claire recovers from the lobotomy she's apparently had and gets rid of him.

[fanaddict.livejournal.com]

I kind of think they needed Niki to need the Company in order to make it ambiguous this season as to who's the Big Bad - Adam or the Company. AS written, Niki is really being helped by them to control her multiple personalities, which (if what Bob said is true) are triggered in some people when their powers emerge but can't be controlled and so the person does something bad they can't face.

I actually think in a way it's a fascinating way for Heroes to delve into comic superhero tropes of the superhero with dual identities. In the comics, they are heroes who separate their lives (normal people) from their heroics (as an Other)and have dissonance because of that, but are still integrated. Niki, though, has dissociated completely into "normal" vs "Other" because they really are tough to integrate and Heroes life isn't like the comics.

So, see, I think Niki's storyline this season has a point, I just wish they hadn't gutted her entire progress from last season to do it....

[spiletta42.livejournal.com]

So, see, I think Niki's storyline this season has a point, I just wish they hadn't gutted her entire progress from last season to do it....


And that's where I'm hoping they've written her backslide as having been caused by the Company (or something else they plan to reveal at some point), as opposed to me needing to get angry with the writers for pointlessly screwing up.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm ticked off about Niki too, but I'm hoping my anger will get directed at the Company instead of at the writers. I think the pills that the Company gave Niki were designed to trigger that kind of sequence of events. There are plenty of real world drugs that will trigger a psychotic episode after the patient stops taking them, and they probably guessed that if the pills made her miserable she'd stop taking them.

I'm also hoping it was something done to her and not something inherent in her powers -- unless we also get to see a man go crazy because he can't handle his abilities (going emo doesn't count).

I don't want to believe that DL is gone for good and am clinging to the hope that there's a trick of some kind. Maya was slightly less boring this week, but that's not saying much, and the complete lack of West was squeeful.

The complete lack of West was wonderful. Maya... has potential, especially in her storyline with Sylar. The real problem with her and Alejandro is that they had the same plot for four weeks in a row, thus boring me with their very existence.

I'm pissed that DL is dead and would be thrilled for it to turn out to be a trick.

Speaking of West, have you heard the new Carrie Underwood album? The song "The More Boys I Meet" would fit very well as a Claire/West vid after Claire recovers from the lobotomy she's apparently had and gets rid of him.

I haven't, but I'll go check out the lyrics.

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

The notion of Deb/Lundy creeps me out

Me too!! Ick. I wanted her to actually want a father-figure in the non-creepy way.

Next season, she'll go out with someone that Dexter's flashbacks will let us know is eerily reminiscent of her mother.

Well, I'm all for more bi characters on tv :)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Me too!! Ick. I wanted her to actually want a father-figure in the non-creepy way.

Especially since she herself recognized that she was interacting with him in a father-figure way (jealous when he seemed to be favoring Dexter over her -- and I really like about Deb that her jealous didn't at all affect how concerned she was over Dexter about Rita).

Well, I'm all for more bi characters on tv :)

*grins* Yes, good point.

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

No cookie for Charlie; Amita gets to have Charlie's cookie.

Heh. I agree. I didn't mind Charlie being protective to a point, but the way he went about it made me mad. I get scared and upset, especially since Amita's never been in direct danger before, but his attitude was too overbearing at times.

I really liked this episode overall, though.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the episode was great. And my annoyance is only focused on Charlie, as I really didn't feel like the show was trying to say that Amita had to wait for Charlie's say-so.

And I wouldn't be so annoyed with him if I didn't love him so much.

[carpenyx.livejournal.com]

Missing

One of my favorite episodes. It was refreshing to see a deeper side to Teyla in light of lossing all of her people. We've never really seen her that angry or helpless. I love Teyla centric episodes. :) And the Keller and Teyla dynamic was awesome and I can see it being a version of Sheppard and McKay. :)

Four Months Ago

Loved the episode. I was so happy to see Adam in the future. I actually had a theory that he would be in the future/present time but I thought it'd be more connected with Hiro (like latching onto him mid-time travel or something) but it's interesting to see how powerful Adam/Kensei's power is to make him immortal, which leads into Claire....

I loved the Peter/Adam story. I, too, am bored with Maya and her brother. I was annoyed with how DL died, I don't really see the point. I'm bored with Niki.

Loved Elle. ;)

Blue

I think I'm one of the few who loved this episode. The reveal of Julian at the end? Loved it and totally never saw that coming! I'm really excited to see where that goes. I've been very happy with this season. :)

Fresh Blood

Loved the episode. :) And I also love Bela, especially being all f-ed up, hehe

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I think I'm one of the few who loved this episode. The reveal of Julian at the end? Loved it and totally never saw that coming! I'm really excited to see where that goes. I've been very happy with this season. :)

As a whole, I'm very happy with the season. And the Julian reveal brings up so many possibilities and I love that it means that Lois had better taste than falling for one of Lex's minions. Much more complicated than that.

[coreopsis.livejournal.com]

Next season, she'll go out with someone that Dexter's flashbacks will let us know is eerily reminiscent of her mother. If they go to four seasons, though, I'm not sure where they can go next (grandparents?).
Oh, that made me laugh. Because they certainly do seem to be going that way. *g*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

They really kinda do!

*grins*