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Eureka season 5, episodes 1-3
I really should sit down and try to have some coherent thoughts on this.
Things I enjoyed:
1. Allison getting some good, meaty emotional stuff (even if it was a fake world). It was nice to see her pulling out all the stops. (and they did some nice stuff with her and Jo in the fake world, and her kids, and I appreciate that they didn't try to gloss it over)
2. That it seemed to be Allison, Holly and Grace who were going to save the day (and also did a lot of the saving and stuff in episodes one and two).
3. Zane is pretty. I can't help it.
4. Henry continuing to be intelligent and thinking outside the box, and trusting Beverly.
5. Jo on her walkabout! She is amazing, and I really hope we'll get more of her running off by herself. And, y'know, having a plotline that isn't about who she's screwing. Also, Jo returning and getting Jack and Andy out of jail. Because she is that awesome.
6. JO SAVING THE DAY AT THE END WITH HER INSANE FLYING SKILLS.
Things I was ... meh on:
1. Jo and Jack as lovers. OH GOD NO. Seriously, it's, ugh. I also find it really iffy and a bit sexist that, of course, Jo drops her clothes at some point so he sees her naked.
2. NPC!Henry menacing Grace.
3. Beverly saving the day. While I don't think she'd ever been into killing people (at least not brilliant ones), I am sort of a little "really? That's how fast she goes running to Jack?" about it. Although I appreciate her solution for Senator Wen (though, srsly, a senator disappears, and no one goes looking? On what planet?). (also, to be shallow, she was very hot)
4. Senator Wen being the Bad Guy. Erm. ok.
5. I figured out it was fake!world from the episode description. Highly predictable, and I wish they'd just done something different or less obvious.
Things I was angry about:
1. Jo finally gets a plotline all about her, and not her nether regions, and IMMEDIATELY we return from break and she's dating Jack? oh, wait, it's a fake-out. She's... back and maybe will sleep with Zane again. So. Two scenes in one episode were about this other plotline, and now that's out the window. Great.
2. Jack will never die. Nor will Fargo. Every time either is threatened, you can ignore it.
3. The death of Holly Martin. I am fucking pissed about this, as it's obvious it was only so that Fargo could have some 'character growth'. For fuck's sake, that end scene in 5.3 is two dudes mourning the death of a woman. I AM SO TIRED OF THIS PLOT. SO FUCKING TIRED. And there was NO reason for it. None.
Oh, wait. There was. Because you can't kill Zane, Fargo or Jack, and killing a red-shirt wouldn't have emotionally resonated with people. And besides, Holly's only purpose was to be Fargo's trophy in his ongoing game of egos with that dude Wheaton plays.
So, on the whole, while I appreciate that the show has multiple women, who sometimes talk to each other (and that was the end of Holly, wasn't it? She was talking to Allison and Grace, and three women conversing is the death knell of at least one of them--so Stargate has taught me), and occasionally gives them plots that aren't about who they're sleeping with, it still views them as lesser to the male characters.
Because no one would watch Eureka if Jack or Fargo were dead, amiright?
Things I enjoyed:
1. Allison getting some good, meaty emotional stuff (even if it was a fake world). It was nice to see her pulling out all the stops. (and they did some nice stuff with her and Jo in the fake world, and her kids, and I appreciate that they didn't try to gloss it over)
2. That it seemed to be Allison, Holly and Grace who were going to save the day (and also did a lot of the saving and stuff in episodes one and two).
3. Zane is pretty. I can't help it.
4. Henry continuing to be intelligent and thinking outside the box, and trusting Beverly.
5. Jo on her walkabout! She is amazing, and I really hope we'll get more of her running off by herself. And, y'know, having a plotline that isn't about who she's screwing. Also, Jo returning and getting Jack and Andy out of jail. Because she is that awesome.
6. JO SAVING THE DAY AT THE END WITH HER INSANE FLYING SKILLS.
Things I was ... meh on:
1. Jo and Jack as lovers. OH GOD NO. Seriously, it's, ugh. I also find it really iffy and a bit sexist that, of course, Jo drops her clothes at some point so he sees her naked.
2. NPC!Henry menacing Grace.
3. Beverly saving the day. While I don't think she'd ever been into killing people (at least not brilliant ones), I am sort of a little "really? That's how fast she goes running to Jack?" about it. Although I appreciate her solution for Senator Wen (though, srsly, a senator disappears, and no one goes looking? On what planet?). (also, to be shallow, she was very hot)
4. Senator Wen being the Bad Guy. Erm. ok.
5. I figured out it was fake!world from the episode description. Highly predictable, and I wish they'd just done something different or less obvious.
Things I was angry about:
1. Jo finally gets a plotline all about her, and not her nether regions, and IMMEDIATELY we return from break and she's dating Jack? oh, wait, it's a fake-out. She's... back and maybe will sleep with Zane again. So. Two scenes in one episode were about this other plotline, and now that's out the window. Great.
2. Jack will never die. Nor will Fargo. Every time either is threatened, you can ignore it.
3. The death of Holly Martin. I am fucking pissed about this, as it's obvious it was only so that Fargo could have some 'character growth'. For fuck's sake, that end scene in 5.3 is two dudes mourning the death of a woman. I AM SO TIRED OF THIS PLOT. SO FUCKING TIRED. And there was NO reason for it. None.
Oh, wait. There was. Because you can't kill Zane, Fargo or Jack, and killing a red-shirt wouldn't have emotionally resonated with people. And besides, Holly's only purpose was to be Fargo's trophy in his ongoing game of egos with that dude Wheaton plays.
So, on the whole, while I appreciate that the show has multiple women, who sometimes talk to each other (and that was the end of Holly, wasn't it? She was talking to Allison and Grace, and three women conversing is the death knell of at least one of them--so Stargate has taught me), and occasionally gives them plots that aren't about who they're sleeping with, it still views them as lesser to the male characters.
Because no one would watch Eureka if Jack or Fargo were dead, amiright?
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(Also, the Jack/Jo storyline? ARGH. Though I do appreciate the way the actors have acted it physically; of course Zane immediately picked up on it in that one scene where Jo was worried about Jack being hurt. Still. ARGH. I enjoyed them a lot more as friends who hung out drinking beer at Jack's house.)
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Holly's death was SO stupid. I hated that her only purpose last season was to fuel the tension between Fargo and...Parish, I want to say? BUT SHE WAS ALIVE, at least. Felicia Day is adorable and I'll miss her face.
I still like Jack but I do think it's ridiculous that the show constantly puts him in danger when we know nothing will ever happen to him. But I could say the same about Fargo and Allison and Jo and Zane and Henry, as well. IDK...it's all very anti-climactic.
But I loved all the Allison stuff and the ladies interacting and Jo being the most awesome person to ever exist in this town full of awesome people. And I liked seeing Beverly and Wen again, even if Beverly's instant side-switching and Wen being the Big Bad were both hard to swallow.
I guess I was kind of 'meh' on these 3 episodes? I didn't hate them, but I think they were mostly pointless? All they seemingly did was explain Beverly's plan from last season and get rid of Wen. Who was Ming Na so even if she was evil, I would've liked for her to stick around. Hopefully the rest of the season is better...
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Why kill off a woman anyway? Oh, right. Because women are more expendable than precious male characters (who are, for the record, boring as hell, AND a dime a dozen on this show).
Or are you one of those people who doesn't understand why more women (and more women of color, who should ideally have roles that aren't just 'sassy best friend') should have roles on television?
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Which still rules out Grace, since she was in the original timeline. She shows up briefly at the start of "Founder's Day" and helps Henry fix the car. He knows of her but doesn't know her well.
I'm with Lyssie on this. If they'd killed off yet another female character of color, especially one married to Henry, I would've stopped watching entirely. It's bad enough that they did it once.
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Oh, wait. There was. Because you can't kill Zane, Fargo or Jack, and killing a red-shirt wouldn't have emotionally resonated with people. And besides, Holly's only purpose was to be Fargo's trophy in his ongoing game of egos with that dude Wheaton plays.
Hm. I figured it was due to Felicia Day being overbooked and not able to commit to the show for another season. I kind of have issues with the character in general - it's clearing playing to type for her, and centered far too much around who she was dating. But there were awesome portions of her character too....hence, issues.
Jack/Jo was creepy. And I think (I hope!) it was designed to be. They just aren't meant as a romantic couple. Too different for that, but awesome friends/team.
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Jack/Jo was creepy but so were both NPC!Jack and NPC!Jo so they did fit well together. The thing I liked about it was how the show concentratet on the impact on Allison not Zane. Generally, the best thing about the VR plot was having more Allison. And Grace.
Jo being Big Damn Hero and kicking ass always makes me feel better.
I also really liked Allison and Grace storylines and I liked Beverly being kind of awesome in latest episode. This is good because guys were all kinds of boring.
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