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SFF: Playing Catch-up Edition (SH, E, POI, MFMM)
Still alive.
Sleepy Hollow 1x2
I know, I'm behind by like a week. I thought it was an all right episode. More snark and entertainmentand naked Tom Bison, not objecting.
I love that Abbie's reaction to getting haunted is to demand clarity.
Glad John Cho isn't out for the count, though. It'll be interesting to see if he's half-shade (one assumes that if his body is really missing someone might have noticed).
Archives don't seem to mean what they should mean, though. Um. That was more, like, furniture storage.
Blowing people up = ace.
Interested in Abbie's sis, too. I hope she's not the only woman, though. I don't do incest.
(then again, every time he calls her lieutenant, I'm like "please do that while screwing her against a wall, kthnx")
Elementary 2x1
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT SCENE? And how I had to rewind and watch it three times just because it was AMAZING? And how I'm going to be utterly disappointed in fandom if there aren't a billion gifs out there?
WHAM BAM KAPOW. And the dude is down for the count. That was so hot. Seriously. (also, awesome)
I appreciated that it didn't feel like they spent the summer whining and bored. They've been working cases! As a team! And they're pretty good at it, too.
I also really really appreciated Sean Pertwee, even if he wasn't as hot.
Ok, and I appreciated Mycroft not being the smug, "I know everything ever" guy. Because that's always grated (I was telling![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nique that I didn't mind it normally, except that I realize now that it's a lie. My sympathy is pretty much always with Sherlock, and I find Mycroft grating and annoying. Possibly because I'm an eldest child. idk)
I thought the case was sort of interesting as well (if predictable, as it was obvious he'd done it and I thought he'd thrown it into the river, since the murder location seemed to be in some loft apartment along the Thames, except that it wasn't, so), and also, plastic guns?? O.o Who knew.
And I'm sort of intrigued with how Elementary has set out to systematically break every one of the canon characters in some fashion.
Person of Interest 3x1 (who knew we'd make it to season three???)
Carter is now in uniform. Otoh, she's hot. Otoh, NO. She was such an amazing detective, that is so unFAIR. Otooh, can we talk about the whole Elias thing? Because I love how she's being drawn in further and further, and not in the ways I was predicting (also, can we still talk about that thing where she dug up a body for Fusco, because OMG, STILL REELING). She's in some ways, not the person that she was at the beginning of the show. The core of her is still there, but she's had to make compromises and decisions, and she's changed.
I wonder what she would tell herself if she could go back in time? "Don't follow the man in the suit case" ? Probably not.
Root. If you had told me at the end of season one/beginning of season two that I would actually like Root and be eager to watch more scenes with her (even if they're not really part of the episode-plot, OMG HOW MUCH DO I LOVE that they're getting away with splicing her in as they go?), I would have said you were nuts, because she annoyed the shit out of me. I disliked her immensely.
I don't know why it changed. I do know it was sometime during a random marathoning last year (after the beginning of the season) where I fell in love and was just like "HEARTS IN MY EYES, OH, ROOT". I'm fascinated by her dialog with the Machine. I love this idea that she considers it God, and it doesn't know what to make of her (but she doesn't want Root to kill, which is interesting. Is that from John, Finch or just innate programing?)
The end scene with Root and her creepy shrink was excellent. I sort of hope the Machine finally decides to ruin him financially or something. Because he's gross.
Shaw. She's entertaining. Two things. 1. I have told her this already, but when Shaw goes, "You owe me a steak." I turned to the cat and said, "they're writing Shaw asnique. Suddenly my tolerance makes excellent sense." 2. Shaw is Domino. So if you've never read any X-Men-related comics about Domino, and you're a huge Shaw fan? Go dig them up.
My only worry with Shaw is that they'll soften her in some way. I don't think they will, though.
Fusco knew how to defuse a bomb? Go him. Reese and Finch were... Reese and Finch. I'm sort of intrigued about them not doing anything to keep Carter as a detective.
Also, I think Reese knows Carter went to Elias by the hand-writing (Elias, you did that on purpose).
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 2x1-2x3
Not enough Dr. Mac.
Otherwise, they were all right. I think I do best with this show when marathonning.
I appreciate that Jack's ex was not evil. I also appreciate that he and Phryne practically have eye-sex every other scene. And also the first two ended with them very... cozy.
I feel like I should have more to say, but. It's mostly brain-candy, and hot shirtless dudes not-withstanding, I don't really keep much an impression of the plot.
Sleepy Hollow 1x2
I know, I'm behind by like a week. I thought it was an all right episode. More snark and entertainment
I love that Abbie's reaction to getting haunted is to demand clarity.
Glad John Cho isn't out for the count, though. It'll be interesting to see if he's half-shade (one assumes that if his body is really missing someone might have noticed).
Archives don't seem to mean what they should mean, though. Um. That was more, like, furniture storage.
Blowing people up = ace.
Interested in Abbie's sis, too. I hope she's not the only woman, though. I don't do incest.
(then again, every time he calls her lieutenant, I'm like "please do that while screwing her against a wall, kthnx")
Elementary 2x1
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT SCENE? And how I had to rewind and watch it three times just because it was AMAZING? And how I'm going to be utterly disappointed in fandom if there aren't a billion gifs out there?
WHAM BAM KAPOW. And the dude is down for the count. That was so hot. Seriously. (also, awesome)
I appreciated that it didn't feel like they spent the summer whining and bored. They've been working cases! As a team! And they're pretty good at it, too.
I also really really appreciated Sean Pertwee, even if he wasn't as hot.
Ok, and I appreciated Mycroft not being the smug, "I know everything ever" guy. Because that's always grated (I was telling
nique that I didn't mind it normally, except that I realize now that it's a lie. My sympathy is pretty much always with Sherlock, and I find Mycroft grating and annoying. Possibly because I'm an eldest child. idk)I thought the case was sort of interesting as well (if predictable, as it was obvious he'd done it and I thought he'd thrown it into the river, since the murder location seemed to be in some loft apartment along the Thames, except that it wasn't, so), and also, plastic guns?? O.o Who knew.
And I'm sort of intrigued with how Elementary has set out to systematically break every one of the canon characters in some fashion.
Person of Interest 3x1 (who knew we'd make it to season three???)
Carter is now in uniform. Otoh, she's hot. Otoh, NO. She was such an amazing detective, that is so unFAIR. Otooh, can we talk about the whole Elias thing? Because I love how she's being drawn in further and further, and not in the ways I was predicting (also, can we still talk about that thing where she dug up a body for Fusco, because OMG, STILL REELING). She's in some ways, not the person that she was at the beginning of the show. The core of her is still there, but she's had to make compromises and decisions, and she's changed.
I wonder what she would tell herself if she could go back in time? "Don't follow the man in the suit case" ? Probably not.
Root. If you had told me at the end of season one/beginning of season two that I would actually like Root and be eager to watch more scenes with her (even if they're not really part of the episode-plot, OMG HOW MUCH DO I LOVE that they're getting away with splicing her in as they go?), I would have said you were nuts, because she annoyed the shit out of me. I disliked her immensely.
I don't know why it changed. I do know it was sometime during a random marathoning last year (after the beginning of the season) where I fell in love and was just like "HEARTS IN MY EYES, OH, ROOT". I'm fascinated by her dialog with the Machine. I love this idea that she considers it God, and it doesn't know what to make of her (but she doesn't want Root to kill, which is interesting. Is that from John, Finch or just innate programing?)
The end scene with Root and her creepy shrink was excellent. I sort of hope the Machine finally decides to ruin him financially or something. Because he's gross.
Shaw. She's entertaining. Two things. 1. I have told her this already, but when Shaw goes, "You owe me a steak." I turned to the cat and said, "they're writing Shaw as
nique. Suddenly my tolerance makes excellent sense." 2. Shaw is Domino. So if you've never read any X-Men-related comics about Domino, and you're a huge Shaw fan? Go dig them up. My only worry with Shaw is that they'll soften her in some way. I don't think they will, though.
Fusco knew how to defuse a bomb? Go him. Reese and Finch were... Reese and Finch. I'm sort of intrigued about them not doing anything to keep Carter as a detective.
Also, I think Reese knows Carter went to Elias by the hand-writing (Elias, you did that on purpose).
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 2x1-2x3
Not enough Dr. Mac.
Otherwise, they were all right. I think I do best with this show when marathonning.
I appreciate that Jack's ex was not evil. I also appreciate that he and Phryne practically have eye-sex every other scene. And also the first two ended with them very... cozy.
I feel like I should have more to say, but. It's mostly brain-candy, and hot shirtless dudes not-withstanding, I don't really keep much an impression of the plot.
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Also: my God Tom Mison is pretty.
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(whoops, Mison, not Bison, self)
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It was really Joan's episode. For all the London sights and guest stars (both Sean Pertwee and Rhys Ifans were great) it was really all about Joan. I also liked that Lastrade was really close to book Lastrade - not good enough to solve the crimes by himself. And this was also a really nice take on Mycroft. I hope we see him again.
Carter looks great in uniform and I love that she now has her own secret mission and is hiding Elias.
I loved Root since Amy Acker showed up and run circles around the team. I always had this thing for evil characters with their own morality settings and Root with her Machine above everything else attitude is an interesting one. It wasn't as instant love as with Shaw but almost. I also really loved Shaw vs. Root and I want more. Or even Shaw and Root.
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It was really Joan's episode. That's a very good point (it's been too long since book-Lestrade--and oddly, I like that, um, whatsisface in New York is somewhat more competent?)
I desperately want a spin-off with Root and Shaw. I would watch the hell out of that.
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In the meantime the CAD files for the gun parts have been up on various BitTorrent sites for the better part of a year, so it's kind of a moot point.
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