Brief reactions to Friday TV: BSG, Sarah Connor, Dollhouse

[butterfly]

Battlestar Galactica

So.

*glances around flist*

Am I the only person not hating Boomer right now?

Sarah Connor

Hmm. I need to watch that one again. Also, Sarah really adores her kid, doesn't she? It's even more obvious in her dreams than in real life. I love their relationship so much. The only fic that I really want to read in SCC is gen Sarah & John fic that deals with their relationship.

Dollhouse

Okay, I was really enjoying the show before tonight, but with the look between Echo and Sierra at the end there, I'm seriously fangirling in a major way (not only does Echo remember that she and Sierra are friends, she's aware that it might be dangerous to be too open about it!). I loved the episode as a whole -- the issues that Rayna was dealing with are just the sort of thing I was hoping for when I heard about this show. Identity and what the world expects of women and how we can deal.

So, you know. Awesome.

Also, I loved the Victor reveal.

Comments

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

But it seemed to me that Boomer tried to avoid that several times -- she ducks away from his kiss at least twice that I recall. Helo, quite understandably, wanted to be with his wife before they got separated for a while. She tried to skate out without having sex with him, but it only made him suspicious.

(sorry for all the edits -- typos will eat us all)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I might have to watch that again because it seemed to me like she was practically waiting for him, pouncing him the moment he walked in.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

She was washing the blood off of her hands when he walked in. I remember because until they showed Athena in the closet, I was quite afraid that Boomer had actually killed her.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I went ahead and rewatched the scene (because I was afraid that my partiality for Boomer had biased me) and she definitely avoids getting close to him until he asks her if something's wrong (she ducks away from a kiss and pulls away from him in a clear attempt to leave) -- at that point, she gets this determined look in her eyes and pulls him in for a kiss because it's clear that he's not going to just let her slip away. He's also the one to pull both her shirt and his off and there's a point in the scene where she pushes him away quite forcefully (then he takes his shirt off and we pan to the closet where Athena is). And when he first nuzzles her at the beginning, she has a very hunted look in her eyes in the mirror and there's this tiny intake of breath from her that just killed me this time -- she's definitely startled. She's just good at covering.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Okay, that does make things better for me. The way I had seen it was just really brutal.