[The Alienist by Caleb Carr]

13 hours ago, callmebetty said:

 

I hate the way they've written Sara in this series. I don't know if it's am acting choice or the way the character was written or both,  but they ruined a character I have loved for the last 20 years.

Sara in the book is strong,  smart, resourceful but was also not stoic, humorless and intimidated.  She carried a concealed gun and wasn't afraid to threaten people.  She kidded around with John and would give him a hard time when needed but also cared for him.

There is no way that the Sara of the book would have allowed Kreizler to slap her (which is another thing that pissed me off, the book Kreizler NEVER would have done that).she would have hauled off and decked him.

 

I’m glad you mentioned this; I too found Book Sara much more confident, authoritative, a commanding presence, etc. Actually, several of the characters suffer when translated from book to show; I prefer the non-jackass version of Kreizler and the street-smart police reporter version of John as well. 

[S06.E03: Thank You]

It would be kind of cool if one actual perk of the ZA is that whatever this thing is that everyone is infected with acted as some kind of agent that fought off all other infections (although obviously not all diseases-- just bacterial infections OR viral infections, whichever the ZA plague is, and we'll just assume for this little scenario the prison plague was the opposite kind). Kind of "thou shalt have no other infections before me".

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I pretend this zombie virus is actually the Kellis-Amberlee virus from Mira Grant's Newsflesh book trilogy. (Cure for cancer & cure for common cold mutated, so no one gets either of those anymore, but everyone's infected and reanimates after death.) This helps a great deal.

[Television Vs. Book: Why'd They Make [Spoiler] Such A [Spoiler]?]

 

I'm not even sure if I care who the valonqar is.

 

Ha, me either. I tried to come up with a list once and drove myself nuts. (Even (F?)aegon could be presented as a little brother, and Jon would be one too since R+L=J would give him two older half-siblings.) I've decided to quit speculating for now - there are a lot of little brothers in the Seven Kingdoms and a good many of them have reason to be just as unhappy with Cersei as her actual brothers are.

[Spoilers and Speculation]

I got the "Oh crap" and am mildly worried about Carl and Judith, but am hopeful that Carl will be able to handle things as I've already worried enough about Judith's fate between the bloody carseat and her run-in with Martin. :) Of course, it would certainly count for the "pissing people off" part if something happened to Rick's family while he was off being greatly concerned about Jessie's family. (But it would probably also piss people off if Rick demanded that the ASZhats deal with Jessie's abusive husband and she ended up dead immediately anyway. And it would be chilling if Sam had locked himself in the closet not knowing that everyone is infected...)

[Spoilers and Speculation]

Remember we are supposed to be in tears...and also pissed off.

Danai Gurira says the finale is "chilling."

 

 

Pete pulls an "If I can't have you no one will" and kills Jessie during a final beating while Sam is hiding in Chekov's Bolted Closet, and the last shot is Jessie's eyes reopening? (ETA - sorry, that wasn't terribly clear - I was thinking maybe Pete had already killed Jessie and possibly other family members before going to the meeting, and the last scene might involve the others finding this out at his home....)

[S05.E14: Spend]

I interpreted that scene in an entirely different way.  I found it very sibling-ish, with Tara's position being, "I am now going to tease my brother about this girl because I think he might liiiike her..."    As charming as I find Tara now and as much as I would like to see her find someone nice, your POV for that scene never occurred to me!

 

Oh gosh, that's how I read it too - it seemed like a really bad omen for Noah at the time, to have him doing optimistic things like talking to girls and asking about architect training and thinking about the future in general.

 

The brand-new law enforcement feels that he's always on duty so he should remain sober (well, most of the time), but the town's only doctor is OK with being drunk in the middle of the day? I hope he has assistants to help him deal with Tara's head injury.

 

I was just thinking this apocalypse had a shortage of religious wackiness. So thanks for that, Father Gabriel.

[Carol: One Day You Just Change]

I was hoping there was just enough truth in her lies to be convincing. I imagine she did clean, garden, and have dinner on the table by the time her Ed was home (if she didn't want a black eye or dislocated shoulder). She misses that stupid, wonderful man every day (emphasis on stupid, I guess - maybe she dug deep and remembered him being nice while they were dating). She did cook and do laundry and have few other useful skills, and was provided with protection (by an almost entirely different group). Then she was a den mother (teaching the prison kids survival skills). And she'd love to become involved with the community (so she can spy on Pleasantville).

 

 

[Carol: One Day You Just Change]

Agree with all that. ^ I like the character a lot and think she's just very depressed after Mika/Lizzie and not being able to talk about it.

[Daryl: Your Leading Man and Norman Reedus: the Actor]

I'm a latecomer to the show (binge-watched Seasons 1-4 over summer) and it FINALLY hit me who the Daryl character reminded me of - Eddie Dean from Stephen King's Dark Tower series, who also started out as a guy who loyally followed his jackass of an older brother in a variety of unproductive endeavors. Whew. That was bothering me.