S01.E01: Pilot

[PurpleTentacle]

13 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

I don't know how you missed it since they clearly show her changing her shoes from red knee high boots to white tennis shoes and showed her feet multiple times while she was dancing.

I don't know how you missed it but I said:

15 hours ago, PurpleTentacle said:

Also her heels weren't as thin in the original. She actually didn't even switch her shoes before she started cleaning. She cleaned in heels. Which informs her character, I think. Weird choices by the american team here...

I linked a Youtube video of that scene above and you can see her cleaning in heels.

The weird choice by the american team was giving her less practical heels and then having her switch shoes. Both imo change her characterisation, but then they seem to try to give her the same character in the rest of the episode...

[Johannah]

13 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

I don't know how you missed it since they clearly show her changing her shoes from red knee high boots to white tennis shoes and showed her feet multiple times while she was dancing.

I think she was referring to the French version...  Unless you were, too, in which case...  Nevermind.

[Yeah No]

7 hours ago, astrohip said:

Nice catch! Terribly under-rated show.

Thank you! I loved that show and still miss it. And I hated how they rushed it to a hasty conclusion when it got canceled.

[Chaser]

Suspended my belief at like 90% of the things going on but who cares. I thought the cast was great and had good chemistry. I like the cozy, quirky, procedural mysteries. 

[JAYJAY1979]

The one line that the lead protagonist said to the captain provided a layer to a character that can very easily veer into campy territory.  She is aware of her gift, but also is aware of the cost of having the gift (which leads to boredom, trouble with interpersonal relationships, keeping a job, etc).

I would like to see more cases not get resolved at thee end of each episode.. but be a multi episode story.. and also eventually give the other characters plots that are ongoing as well.

[bros402]

On 9/24/2024 at 8:20 AM, Tachi Rocinante said:

I liked it enough, but this kind of premise can get stale quick.  My thoughts:

• I'm a sucker for quick cutaways, and these were well done.
• Shopping cart on a public bus?
• Regarding the station being empty, all they needed was a throwaway line about night shift being on a different floor. (Wasn't it like that on Brooklyn 99?)
• Her IQ should be more around 170 with the way she is able to retain and process information. High potential actually starts at 130, which is nowhere near what she is able to do. (You'll have to trust me on this).
• And finally, why the fuck does she dress like a hooker with no taste? People with half her IQ do a better job. At least take the Einstein approach and remove the decision from the equation.

Didn't she say her IQ was 160?. When it's that high, it's pretty much just a bad day if you test 160 or 170.

[LaylaGirl]

On 9/19/2024 at 6:16 PM, ams1001 said:

It was driving me nuts trying to remember where I've seen the male detective (Daniel Sunjata), and then I realized he was once on an episode of Sex and the City.

He was a major player in "Rescue Me." The firefighter drama/comedy with Dennis Leary. Great show.

[rejnel]

LOL. Three minutes into the pilot and I'm wondering whether the lead actress or anyone connected with this show has ever actually cleaned anything in their lives . . . 

ETA: Five minutes in. After the custodian's dramatic scene about exactly what her groceries should cost, including dollars and cents, she wins her point and then hands over a sheaf of bills and no coins. 

For a show about someone with preternatural observation skills, so far startlingly lax on details!

Edited October 5, 2024 by rejnel
Added a thought without posting twice in a row.

[lookeyloo]

We just started watching and mostly like it.  What struck us was how dumb the script made the police look in the beginning.  As if they never thought of any of that?  But, it is a fun way to pass a part of an evening.  We usually like procedurals.

[Paloma]

On 9/20/2024 at 3:05 AM, shapeshifter said:

On 9/19/2024 at 7:58 PM, Chit Chat said:

It was driving me nuts trying to remember where I've seen the male detective (Daniel Sunjata)

Same. I was sure I knew him from a specific role, but no, for me it’s just H!ITG!
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0839326

For my husband and me, it was his role as Franco in Rescue Me (I remembered the show but not the character name--had to look it up in IMDB). 

ETA: @LaylaGirl got there first, but I hadn't read her comment yet when I posted the Rescue Me memory.

Edited 13 hours ago by Paloma
didn't read all the comments before posting