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Wow, if this is where they're going with the Terry Quinn plots, I may have to bail on H50 until his guest arc is over.
I mean, last season's torture of suspects was bad, but at least there was some in-text criticism of it. I did not sign up to watch some jingoistic, rah rah, lets cheer on SEAL teams killing a bunch of people without any sort of due process and viewers are supposed to applaud bullshit.
For the first part of the episode, though I was annoyed that the new characters are significantly reducing the time Danny and Kono are spending onscreen, I was willing to be patient because clearly they're setting up Kono with a big juicy undercover plot (and now I understand why they chose not to show most of her interactions with dickish IA guy last week, to create mock suspense--as if anyone believes Kono is really going rogue!!), and it's not like they're going to write Danny out, or anything--but that was when I thought I was going to like the Terry Quinn plots.
But words cannot express how much I am not into this pro-military shit. They better not continue with it very long, or I actually will stop watching, despite the fact that I love Max to death and think the new female character has promise. But really half the time this episode was on I was actually reading fic, because I was bored or disgusted. Don't abandon your core characters, show! We're in this for Steve and Danny bantering, and Kono and Chin being kickass, and all four of them being randomly half-naked a lot. Too much distraction from these core elements will drive us away.
Seriously, the only reason to watch this episode as far as I could tell was Danny asking Steve whether there was an Operation Abbey Road, and whether he was the walrus. Well, that and Max going undercover as Inspector Gadget. Hee!
Meanwhile, The Good Wife continues to be awesome.
Oh my God, Kalinda and Eli are going to take over the world now that they've joined forces, aren't they? I kind of love that, because Kalinda needs a new friend, and Eli is a great candidate: they're both complete cynics and world-class manipulators with soft squishy centers that are very, very well-hidden. And they can bond over their secret love of Alicia.
Did anything else happen in that episode? I didn't pay attention to much of the British libel suit case, I must confess, because it tripped my embarrassment squick too much. I did love how Peter is being very very subtle in going after Lockhart Gardner--he is a formidable opponent. I must say, though, that my opinion of him shot up a lot when he basically told Zach it was his fault that he and Alicia broke up without actually exposing any details. I honestly didn't expect him to take that much responsibility. Really I'm impressed at how both he and Alicia are trying to shield the kids from this.
And wow, that scene where Diane showed up at Alicia's apartment--that was just a fantastic scene, watching Alicia trying to maneuver without disclosing anything and Diane trying to get the information she needed without actually crossing the privacy line. I am really interested in what Diane's reaction to the whole thing is going to be when she finds out.
And finally, Pan Am.
I don't think I posted about it, but I really liked the premiere of Pan Am--enough to rec it to a bunch of people I know in RL--but I didn't really like the second episode as much. Too many of the scenarios felt too cliched to me. I don't know. I'll probably give it another episode or two, but I'm not sure even Christina Ricci being a bohemian proto-feminist is going to make up for the sexual harassment, if it's going to be that blatant.
I mean, last season's torture of suspects was bad, but at least there was some in-text criticism of it. I did not sign up to watch some jingoistic, rah rah, lets cheer on SEAL teams killing a bunch of people without any sort of due process and viewers are supposed to applaud bullshit.
For the first part of the episode, though I was annoyed that the new characters are significantly reducing the time Danny and Kono are spending onscreen, I was willing to be patient because clearly they're setting up Kono with a big juicy undercover plot (and now I understand why they chose not to show most of her interactions with dickish IA guy last week, to create mock suspense--as if anyone believes Kono is really going rogue!!), and it's not like they're going to write Danny out, or anything--but that was when I thought I was going to like the Terry Quinn plots.
But words cannot express how much I am not into this pro-military shit. They better not continue with it very long, or I actually will stop watching, despite the fact that I love Max to death and think the new female character has promise. But really half the time this episode was on I was actually reading fic, because I was bored or disgusted. Don't abandon your core characters, show! We're in this for Steve and Danny bantering, and Kono and Chin being kickass, and all four of them being randomly half-naked a lot. Too much distraction from these core elements will drive us away.
Seriously, the only reason to watch this episode as far as I could tell was Danny asking Steve whether there was an Operation Abbey Road, and whether he was the walrus. Well, that and Max going undercover as Inspector Gadget. Hee!
Meanwhile, The Good Wife continues to be awesome.
Oh my God, Kalinda and Eli are going to take over the world now that they've joined forces, aren't they? I kind of love that, because Kalinda needs a new friend, and Eli is a great candidate: they're both complete cynics and world-class manipulators with soft squishy centers that are very, very well-hidden. And they can bond over their secret love of Alicia.
Did anything else happen in that episode? I didn't pay attention to much of the British libel suit case, I must confess, because it tripped my embarrassment squick too much. I did love how Peter is being very very subtle in going after Lockhart Gardner--he is a formidable opponent. I must say, though, that my opinion of him shot up a lot when he basically told Zach it was his fault that he and Alicia broke up without actually exposing any details. I honestly didn't expect him to take that much responsibility. Really I'm impressed at how both he and Alicia are trying to shield the kids from this.
And wow, that scene where Diane showed up at Alicia's apartment--that was just a fantastic scene, watching Alicia trying to maneuver without disclosing anything and Diane trying to get the information she needed without actually crossing the privacy line. I am really interested in what Diane's reaction to the whole thing is going to be when she finds out.
And finally, Pan Am.
I don't think I posted about it, but I really liked the premiere of Pan Am--enough to rec it to a bunch of people I know in RL--but I didn't really like the second episode as much. Too many of the scenarios felt too cliched to me. I don't know. I'll probably give it another episode or two, but I'm not sure even Christina Ricci being a bohemian proto-feminist is going to make up for the sexual harassment, if it's going to be that blatant.
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they can bond over their secret love of Alicia.
Totally.
I do hope the writers give Cary more to do soon.
I have to admit I wasn't that impressed with the Pan Am pilot (it was pretty but I was a little bored) so I've decided not to continue watching.
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I will let you know if Pan Am gets less boring, but I'm doubting it will at the moment.
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I did love Danny physically pulling Steve away from the guy the wife wasn't having an affair with, and Steve letting him. And their conversation about Danny's marriage. Mmmmphg, yes.
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