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brokenrecord) wrote2009-10-13 11:56 am
brokenrecord) wrote2009-10-13 11:56 am
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I'm finally caught up on TV! It only took forever. This isn't thoughts on everything I've watched, but just the stuff I had stuff to talk about.
This is less about the episode and more about the season in general:
I really want to like Erica/Ethan, but I find them really boring. I don't know why, but I have a feeling it's partially really shallow. I found Tyron Leitso ridiculously attractive in Wonderfalls, and I adored him with Jaye, but on this show, he looks... really different. I don't know! He looks too tall, and I think he needs more scruff. In any case, the character is pretty boring, too, and I don't think he has great chemistry with Erica. On the other hand, I'm really intrigued by Erica and Kaj. I enjoyed in this episode how he was fine talking to her about normal things, but once she started talking about the therapy, he didn't want to talk to her. I'd love if she like... slowly wore him down over the next few episodes and they started talking to each other more about it. And I think they would be cute together. Plus, she can at least be totally honest with him about the therapy and he'll actually understand; I don't know that she could ever tell Ethan. So yeah, I really kind of want Erica and Ethan to break up and Erica and Kaj to get together.
This is also more about this season than this episode:
I'm kind of annoyed how Arthur's been like... reset to the same characterization as in the very beginning of season 1. The Arthur that's been around this season I could never imagine going to the lengths he does in season 1 to save Merlin, you know? (I'm secretly fanwanking that after last season he realized that he cared more about Merlin than a prince should for his servant, and he's trying to be an ass to Merlin on purpose because he knows he shouldn't care that much. But I don't know that that's what they're actually going for there.)
I loved how kickass Morgana and Guinevere were in this episode. I like both of them, but I'm not sure how I feel about Arthur/Guinevere yet. I don't know. I think I ship Merlin/Arthur too much, even though I know there's zero chance of that happening on this show. But I can at least pretend when they're not focusing on other pairings. Arthur and Guinevere are kind of cute, I'll admit, but I'm really not invested in them at all. They kind of came out of nowhere this season. A little more build-up might have been nice, and maybe then I'd be more invested. I do kind of hope it follows the legend. From what I remember, Guinevere and Arthur marry, and then Guinevere cheats on him with Lancelot. Or... something like that? I don't know. But I'd definitely be up for that. I like Guinevere and Lancelot more than I like her with Arthur (after this past episode, I ship Guinevere and Lancelot pretty hard), and I love Arthur (except when he's being an ass to Merlin; I liked him more last season, really), so I would enjoy him being all angsty over Guinevere/Lancelot (...apparently I like my favorite characters to go through a lot of pain?). Is Lancelot going to be back this season? Please tell me he will.
Also, I randomly kind of want to rewatch season 1. I want to see how both Merlin and Arthur would totally die for each other, because it hasn't been apparent this season. :( And I especially want to rewatch the Lancelot episode of season 1.
The episode wasn't as great as I wanted it to be, but all the Jim/Pam moments were wonderful. I don't get as excited over them as I did during season 2 and 3, and I don't like the show in general as much as I did back then, but the two of them were just so sweet this episode. When Jim was watching her down at the end of the aisle and looked all teary, I totally died. They're so sweet together. And I did enjoy the dances down the aisle; that was pretty cute, I thought.
Matt is the greatest ex-boyfriend in the history of ex-boyfriends. Oh man. Can the entire show just be about Matt, Bonnie, and Damon? They're my favorites. Stefan and Elena are boring, Caroline is annoying, I really, really don't care about Jeremy, Vicki, or Tyler. I could maybe accept Elena if she dumped Stefan. Then she could get together with Damon and Bonnie and Matt could get together and they would be awesome. (Actually, I don't know if I really ship Elena and Damon, but they'd be vastly more interesting than Elena and Stefan. Even if Stefan isn't nearly as bad as Bill or Edward or the other boring broody vampires I've seen. Angel beats him, though. By a lot.) I might ship Bonnie and Matt (from the books, really, not really anything from the show).
Thank god Elena figured out that Stefan and Damon are vampires. I was afraid she wouldn't find out until the end of the season, which would get boring. And I liked even more that she figured it out on her own; she didn't see him drinking blood or have someone tell her. Good job, Elena.
I think this was by far the best episode of the season. All Sheldon's suggestions about Raj becoming a pirate and the Eye of the Tiger sequences were ridiculously hilarious. The Leonard/Penny kissing and talking about sex and stuff grossed me out, but that thankfully didn't take up too much time. I loved Sheldon and Raj together, and I loved that Sheldon actually admitted he was wrong to Raj and humbled himself and such. I mean, I'm getting a little worried that this season is going to consist of Sheldon constantly being proved wrong (it seems like that's been a theme this season so far), but for now I'm not going to worry about it too much.
My only problem with the episode really was that it felt so short! I was shocked when it was over because it felt like barely anything happened. Especially with the B-plot. It was pretty much just Howard interrupts Penny and Leonard once, shows up the next morning, they kind of kick him out, immediately feel bad, and he comes back in. It was kind of weird.
But anyways, overall, it was a much better episode. I'm looking forward to Penny and Leonard ending, though, which I have to assume, for the sake of my sanity, that it will eventually.
OMG CAPPIE/CASEY/EVAN YES. Their relationship and history is my absolute favorite part of the show and what got me hooked in the first place. I love that Evan and Cappie have repaired their friendship, and I had been hoping Casey would find out and she did and it was awesome! Although I wanted to see in the secret sharing initiation thing Casey talk about how she still has feelings for Cappie and is jealous of his new girl and all that, but they passed over that. I was concerned originally after the premiere and after it was clear that they were dragging Cappie/Casey out even longer that the two of them would have like 1-2 scenes together an episode and then in the finale there would be another cliffhanger about if they'd get together or not. But I like that if they do have to drag them out, they're delving into the Cappie/Casey/Evan dynamic. Just, yeah, I adored every bit of them in this episode. And now I really want to rewatch the series so I can watch all the awesome backstory of them again.
I'm liking Dan this season! I think I only really dislike him when he's with Serena because he ends up being a total douche and hypocrite and such. But I'm liking him now! Which is good. Also, I oddly really like Hilary Duff's character. I hated Hilary Duff when I was like 14, and I still don't think she's a great actress, but I didn't even hate her slightly. And I kind of like her character with Dan. I reserve the right to start hating them if they start getting irritating, but for now, I enjoy them.
I continue to adore Carter and Carter/Serena. I know Carter's not a great guy, and I think a lot of my love for him is because of Sebastian Stan and leftover love of his character on Kings (who was pretty much the only reason I watched more than one episode of that show), but I'm glad anyway that he's stuck around and didn't disappear after the first or second episode. I don't know how long he's going to be around, but I hope it's for awhile.
I luckily don't have too much work to do this week, at least in comparison to last week and the week before. The most major thing I have is a test in German on Friday, but I'm not too worried about it based on how I did on the first one and how I'm doing in the class. Discrete Math is still being a pain, but at least I don't have to stress out too much about my grade. It does really suck having to get up at 7 AM for a class I don't remotely enjoy, though. I should not have taken another 8 AM class after last semester. Last semester I was like "Never again!" and then I went ahead and signed up for another 8 AM class. Oh well. We're nearly to the halfway point in the semester, at least. I'll be very happy when this semester is over.
This is less about the episode and more about the season in general:
I really want to like Erica/Ethan, but I find them really boring. I don't know why, but I have a feeling it's partially really shallow. I found Tyron Leitso ridiculously attractive in Wonderfalls, and I adored him with Jaye, but on this show, he looks... really different. I don't know! He looks too tall, and I think he needs more scruff. In any case, the character is pretty boring, too, and I don't think he has great chemistry with Erica. On the other hand, I'm really intrigued by Erica and Kaj. I enjoyed in this episode how he was fine talking to her about normal things, but once she started talking about the therapy, he didn't want to talk to her. I'd love if she like... slowly wore him down over the next few episodes and they started talking to each other more about it. And I think they would be cute together. Plus, she can at least be totally honest with him about the therapy and he'll actually understand; I don't know that she could ever tell Ethan. So yeah, I really kind of want Erica and Ethan to break up and Erica and Kaj to get together.
This is also more about this season than this episode:
I'm kind of annoyed how Arthur's been like... reset to the same characterization as in the very beginning of season 1. The Arthur that's been around this season I could never imagine going to the lengths he does in season 1 to save Merlin, you know? (I'm secretly fanwanking that after last season he realized that he cared more about Merlin than a prince should for his servant, and he's trying to be an ass to Merlin on purpose because he knows he shouldn't care that much. But I don't know that that's what they're actually going for there.)
I loved how kickass Morgana and Guinevere were in this episode. I like both of them, but I'm not sure how I feel about Arthur/Guinevere yet. I don't know. I think I ship Merlin/Arthur too much, even though I know there's zero chance of that happening on this show. But I can at least pretend when they're not focusing on other pairings. Arthur and Guinevere are kind of cute, I'll admit, but I'm really not invested in them at all. They kind of came out of nowhere this season. A little more build-up might have been nice, and maybe then I'd be more invested. I do kind of hope it follows the legend. From what I remember, Guinevere and Arthur marry, and then Guinevere cheats on him with Lancelot. Or... something like that? I don't know. But I'd definitely be up for that. I like Guinevere and Lancelot more than I like her with Arthur (after this past episode, I ship Guinevere and Lancelot pretty hard), and I love Arthur (except when he's being an ass to Merlin; I liked him more last season, really), so I would enjoy him being all angsty over Guinevere/Lancelot (...apparently I like my favorite characters to go through a lot of pain?). Is Lancelot going to be back this season? Please tell me he will.
Also, I randomly kind of want to rewatch season 1. I want to see how both Merlin and Arthur would totally die for each other, because it hasn't been apparent this season. :( And I especially want to rewatch the Lancelot episode of season 1.
The episode wasn't as great as I wanted it to be, but all the Jim/Pam moments were wonderful. I don't get as excited over them as I did during season 2 and 3, and I don't like the show in general as much as I did back then, but the two of them were just so sweet this episode. When Jim was watching her down at the end of the aisle and looked all teary, I totally died. They're so sweet together. And I did enjoy the dances down the aisle; that was pretty cute, I thought.
Matt is the greatest ex-boyfriend in the history of ex-boyfriends. Oh man. Can the entire show just be about Matt, Bonnie, and Damon? They're my favorites. Stefan and Elena are boring, Caroline is annoying, I really, really don't care about Jeremy, Vicki, or Tyler. I could maybe accept Elena if she dumped Stefan. Then she could get together with Damon and Bonnie and Matt could get together and they would be awesome. (Actually, I don't know if I really ship Elena and Damon, but they'd be vastly more interesting than Elena and Stefan. Even if Stefan isn't nearly as bad as Bill or Edward or the other boring broody vampires I've seen. Angel beats him, though. By a lot.) I might ship Bonnie and Matt (from the books, really, not really anything from the show).
Thank god Elena figured out that Stefan and Damon are vampires. I was afraid she wouldn't find out until the end of the season, which would get boring. And I liked even more that she figured it out on her own; she didn't see him drinking blood or have someone tell her. Good job, Elena.
I think this was by far the best episode of the season. All Sheldon's suggestions about Raj becoming a pirate and the Eye of the Tiger sequences were ridiculously hilarious. The Leonard/Penny kissing and talking about sex and stuff grossed me out, but that thankfully didn't take up too much time. I loved Sheldon and Raj together, and I loved that Sheldon actually admitted he was wrong to Raj and humbled himself and such. I mean, I'm getting a little worried that this season is going to consist of Sheldon constantly being proved wrong (it seems like that's been a theme this season so far), but for now I'm not going to worry about it too much.
My only problem with the episode really was that it felt so short! I was shocked when it was over because it felt like barely anything happened. Especially with the B-plot. It was pretty much just Howard interrupts Penny and Leonard once, shows up the next morning, they kind of kick him out, immediately feel bad, and he comes back in. It was kind of weird.
But anyways, overall, it was a much better episode. I'm looking forward to Penny and Leonard ending, though, which I have to assume, for the sake of my sanity, that it will eventually.
OMG CAPPIE/CASEY/EVAN YES. Their relationship and history is my absolute favorite part of the show and what got me hooked in the first place. I love that Evan and Cappie have repaired their friendship, and I had been hoping Casey would find out and she did and it was awesome! Although I wanted to see in the secret sharing initiation thing Casey talk about how she still has feelings for Cappie and is jealous of his new girl and all that, but they passed over that. I was concerned originally after the premiere and after it was clear that they were dragging Cappie/Casey out even longer that the two of them would have like 1-2 scenes together an episode and then in the finale there would be another cliffhanger about if they'd get together or not. But I like that if they do have to drag them out, they're delving into the Cappie/Casey/Evan dynamic. Just, yeah, I adored every bit of them in this episode. And now I really want to rewatch the series so I can watch all the awesome backstory of them again.
I'm liking Dan this season! I think I only really dislike him when he's with Serena because he ends up being a total douche and hypocrite and such. But I'm liking him now! Which is good. Also, I oddly really like Hilary Duff's character. I hated Hilary Duff when I was like 14, and I still don't think she's a great actress, but I didn't even hate her slightly. And I kind of like her character with Dan. I reserve the right to start hating them if they start getting irritating, but for now, I enjoy them.
I continue to adore Carter and Carter/Serena. I know Carter's not a great guy, and I think a lot of my love for him is because of Sebastian Stan and leftover love of his character on Kings (who was pretty much the only reason I watched more than one episode of that show), but I'm glad anyway that he's stuck around and didn't disappear after the first or second episode. I don't know how long he's going to be around, but I hope it's for awhile.
I luckily don't have too much work to do this week, at least in comparison to last week and the week before. The most major thing I have is a test in German on Friday, but I'm not too worried about it based on how I did on the first one and how I'm doing in the class. Discrete Math is still being a pain, but at least I don't have to stress out too much about my grade. It does really suck having to get up at 7 AM for a class I don't remotely enjoy, though. I should not have taken another 8 AM class after last semester. Last semester I was like "Never again!" and then I went ahead and signed up for another 8 AM class. Oh well. We're nearly to the halfway point in the semester, at least. I'll be very happy when this semester is over.
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I like Gossip Girl this season. I think the writing's kind of weak, but I'm still enjoying it. And I like Carter too, for reasons that escape me. I also really like Dan as a character a lot more. Penn Badgley is kind of sleep walking through his performance this year, but it's somehow making Dan less self-absorbed and annoying.
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Yeah, same here. I'm not as excited about the show as I used to be, but I'm enjoying it. I definitely think that Dan's less self-absorbed and annoying, and he's also not as condescending as he was getting last year.