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  1. True — I was thinking about this and realized I probably wasn’t giving the show enough credit for establishing this part of Tim.
  2. Finally, something Bailey is not an expert at! That's all I have to say about the ridiculous tenant subplot. Its potential to induce rage migraines is too great for me to give it much attention. Please, no more Elijah. He just makes me so tired. All these "supervillains" who are always five, ten, twenty steps ahead -- but only because our heroes seem to lack the sense the good Lord gave a lemon. I think I actually liked the way Lucy handled the domestic violence situation. She was shown to be competent and compassionate in ways that she doesn't always get to be on this show. I ... did not mind the doofy but essentially sunny-natured Uncle Sgt Tim & Lucy Coach Kids at Baseball plot. Bradford refusing on principle to make little kids feel bad about themselves? Sure! I'll take more of that. (Is it psychologically realistic? Probably not really, but who cares? Is "realistic" even a thing this show aspires to? Not that you'd notice.)
  3. “At least he’s got the trains running on time” didn’t start out as a joke, after all.
  4. I’m honestly not sure what degree of liberty the writers were taking with history here. From everything I’ve read, the Duke of Windsor was a shallow, vain idiot. This line seems distressingly plausible to me.
  5. I’m not sure the casting thread is the place for this observation, but am I the only one who can’t tell Jim Sturgess and Tom Sturridge apart? I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever seen them together, but I am informed they’re two separate people. I liked Sturgess in One Day. I think that’s all I can say with certainty. Casting Ryan Gosling as a younger version of James Garner in The Notebook (speaking of Nicholas Sparks) is almost as ridiculous as the Bracey/Marsden casting above — but it might just be saved by the fact that Gena Rowland’s Allie has no idea that the story Duke is telling her is about them, so Noah and Duke are kind of … not really the same person?
  6. Agreed. I really liked the actress playing Lopez’s mom. The writing skirted just this side of some pretty hoary clichés, but the actress sold every moment — there was something so warm and genuine about her. Hope we see more of her.
  7. Is Taylor Kinney slowly morphing into Neal McDonough? I’m not sure the Severide Sex Eye needs to become the McDonough Thousand-Yard Death By Dismemberment Stare.
  8. No way does an FBI field office outside the U.S. get involved in extraction of intelligence agents, let alone such an extraction involving a jailbreak! The American agents depend on the goodwill of law enforcement in the host countries, and local law enforcement would never trust the FBI again. I kept thinking this was the most unrealistic episode yet. Just call it “Forester’s Eleven” and call it a day. Tank remains my favourite part of the show.
  9. Well, thank goodness that's over with. No. One. I still don't understand how someone as thoroughly and fundamentally unpleasant as Rosalind has even one measly follower, let alone acolytes, plural. Yes, there are clearly nasty, sociopathic serial killers who attract followers, but there seem to be recognizable patterns of charisma to account for at least some part of this phenomenon; I have serious doubts that someone as supercilious and self-adoring as Rosalind could (a) attract or (b) need validation from those she would doubtless consider inferiors.
  10. Or Severide is the nine-year-old’s version of the ultimate cool guy. But even Severide knows the limits of that.
  11. Good golly, but I love Trudy. She’s the best character in the whole franchise.
  12. Already tired of New Surgical Resident Kai. What do we need him for? The one thing this place does have a steady supply of is smug, judgmental bastards in Ethan and Dean, and often Halstead — and Sam, too, but at least Sam is shown to be consistently good at his job.
  13. I like to think that at least some of Lucy's hesitation comes from this, but you're right: it's never been explicitly said.
  14. Also, Wersching was so obviously wearing a wig in the opening sequence, I don’t know how any of the various forces missed it. It’s not that Rosalind’s some Evil Super Genius, it’s just none of these bozos pays any attention!
  15. Can this be it for Rosalind the Evil Genius, please? God, I’m so sick of Annie Wersching’s endless smirking. I mean, of course it’s a two-parter. Eccch.
  16. Looking back on it, I'm sure you're right about her redemption being inevitable. It made sense to me, and I found it worked, given that the character had to have some purpose, since we know she wasn't going to kill Luke. Prequels (and fanfic) are already written into corners, pretty much by definition. But the actress did a better than decent job with it, I thought. A little more development of her character along that line wouldn't have gone amiss, though. (The Grand Inquisitor, by contrast, I found unthreatening and almost entirely useless, in that overweening yet mingy way -- a badly written character, played without noticeable conviction by Rupert Friend. A real misstep for the series.) I had put off watching the end of Part VI, but I'm glad I saw it through. The first half of the episode dragged a bit, I thought, getting everyone in place for the denouement. Up to the first section of the climactic lightsaber duel I just wasn't feeling it -- I know Obi-Wan was supposed to be obviously holding back, but the fight choreography itself struck me as grindingly slow and full of holes in tactics or technique that seemed to sap the thing of any real risk. The second stanza, as it were, after Obi-Wan un-buries himself and seems to remember, Oh, right; I taught this little pisher everything he knows, and I was trained by the greatest was far more coherent and engaging. I felt absolutely everything after that. Reva's heel-face turn, the power of mercy, the goodbye scene with Leia (and her holster!), the reconciliation with Owen, meeting Luke, and the return of (:: snif ::) Qui-Gon -- I knew it had to be coming, but it still worked! I found it all quite moving. A lovely end to a mostly satisfying series.
  17. Remember when Commissioner Grampa Mumbleteeth was only Chris Kositchek and he was a lot less prone to spouting passive-aggressive crapola that was supposed to pass for wisdom? Because I do, Ron; I DO.
  18. Nope. I did NOT need that image in my head, thankyouverymuch. 😉
  19. You’ve heard of method acting? RSW is the foremost practitioner of bangs acting.
  20. Good point, @brisbydog. I find Kristen so genuinely horrifying I want to forget she exists. She may have begun as a complex, fully realized character, but she was awful long before Davidson left the role. Yeah, I said it. :: fight chin :: 😉
  21. Or this one in particular? Nevertheless, aside from the supervillain-level strength part, this theory does make a certain sense. As someone with some investment in Leo’s happiness, Diana could have a motive to tick names off Leo’s list. (Of course, the sheer logic of it probably means the show’s not going to go there.)
  22. Ouchie. Hee. Though if we're talking about lowering the standard of acting, Nathan Owens was always a prime offender there, for me -- Cameron was surely not the worst character, but Owens was arguably one of the three worst at reproducing recognizable human emotion. RSW and he appear to be proof (if more were needed) that models should not become actors. The worst character? That's easy: Darling Effin' Julie. A selfish, cruel busybody who's inexplicably treated by her family and the rest of the townsfolk as an example of compassion and goodness. Even RoboMar on her worst day can't match the Wicked Stepmothersister's bottomless well of self-righteous rage.
  23. Ucch, would that mean twice the smarm from Rikaart? Hard pass. This show is already lousy with doppelgangers. Kristen and Susan; Hope and Gina; Adrienne and Bonnie; Marlena and Samantha and Hattie; Tony and André; Stefan and Jake -- no one has ever said of this show "You know what's missing? A twin storyline!" Double ucch.
  24. #ICan'tWriteForBeans #TheyPAYMeToWriteThisMalarkey #EveryCharacterITouchIsRuined #ITakeKillAllYourDarlingsLiterally #LegacySchmegacy! At least Nicole marrying ShutUp!Rafe means two stupid people are miserable instead of four.
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