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Teevee talk
Let me just talk about Revenge for a moment.
Okay most important thing out of the way first: SAMMY! Brb, sobbing forever. Look, I am not good at animal deaths (and I was out of tissues after the Private Practice season finale the night before*), but he was a 20 year old dog, he wasn't going to stick around much longer, but OMG. He goes to Emanda's house to die. Because he was the only one who recognized her, sob. And he still loved her.
It was a really good scene though, aside from the dog dying. Because it just drove home the point of how she can never reveal herself to Jack, even if she wants to, even if she loves him. There was such a terrible finality to the scene (aside from Sammy's death) - she can never tell Jack the truth, even if she wants to, even if she would like him to know she was Amanda, and Sammy always knew. She's gone too far already to start explaining things to him now, and she knows he's too good, that he wouldn't and shouldn't be involved with her revenge agenda. It was like that was the end of her as Amanda - with Sammy gone, she's now only Emily.
Other things: NOLAN. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOLAN! Okay, I am completely unspoiled, but they can't kill Nolan, right? I knew he was in trouble in the White-Haired-Man's house, when I saw all the clocks. Like, what was UP with all the clocks? Any dude that into clocks is BAD NEWS, even aside from all his other evilness.**
Anyway, WHM was totally onto Nolan, despite how Nolan thought he outsmarted him, and I knew bad things were coming, but omg THEY CAN'T KILL NOLAN. WHM is just going to torture him a bit, right? RIGHT? *sob*
I felt bad for Declan this ep. Is that kid's acting improving, or is it just me? But I mean, I totally saw the "Charlotte walking in while the other girl was in his t-shirt wacky misunderstanding" coming a mile away as did people who have only seen one episode of any TV show in their entire life, because I think every show ever uses that completely unpredictable plot twist. Writers! >:( I guess in this case the wacky misunderstanding leading to Charlotte buying drugs in a seedy part of the Hamptons was not so wacky and more just creepy, but still. Also, would have been nice of Jack to let Declan know he'd found Sammy so Dec and Yonkers-girl could stop looking, but then Jack and Emily wouldn't have makeout time over the dog's body, so... plot purposes, I get it.
Plot purpose I don't get: why was Ashley lurking around Emily's house, so she could conveniently spy on Emily and Jack macking over Sammy's corpse? There was no reason for her to be there! "Oh, Emily, I just wanted to take a walk on the beach in the snow and the dark and thought I'd pop in, even though I kind of hate you and let you know it!" Writers! >:(
Also, I physically recoiled from the screen and said "omg not that" when I heard the words "The Initiative." No! NO! NOT YET ANOTHER SHADOWY BIG BAD CONSPIRACY*** Writers! >:(
I can't wait for next week. NOLAN! SAVE HIM, EMS!
ETA: I also want to point out that I don't care how deep you dig the hole, burying any dead body on the beach is not a good idea. Not that I'm a dead body expert, mind, but seriously. It's sand. Nothing stays buried.
*And I don't even like that show! But omg the tears.
**I don't want him to be evil though, because he'll always be McQueen to me, and I LOVED the Angriest Angel. :D
***Fuck you, Chris Carter!
Okay most important thing out of the way first: SAMMY! Brb, sobbing forever. Look, I am not good at animal deaths (and I was out of tissues after the Private Practice season finale the night before*), but he was a 20 year old dog, he wasn't going to stick around much longer, but OMG. He goes to Emanda's house to die. Because he was the only one who recognized her, sob. And he still loved her.
It was a really good scene though, aside from the dog dying. Because it just drove home the point of how she can never reveal herself to Jack, even if she wants to, even if she loves him. There was such a terrible finality to the scene (aside from Sammy's death) - she can never tell Jack the truth, even if she wants to, even if she would like him to know she was Amanda, and Sammy always knew. She's gone too far already to start explaining things to him now, and she knows he's too good, that he wouldn't and shouldn't be involved with her revenge agenda. It was like that was the end of her as Amanda - with Sammy gone, she's now only Emily.
Other things: NOLAN. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOLAN! Okay, I am completely unspoiled, but they can't kill Nolan, right? I knew he was in trouble in the White-Haired-Man's house, when I saw all the clocks. Like, what was UP with all the clocks? Any dude that into clocks is BAD NEWS, even aside from all his other evilness.**
Anyway, WHM was totally onto Nolan, despite how Nolan thought he outsmarted him, and I knew bad things were coming, but omg THEY CAN'T KILL NOLAN. WHM is just going to torture him a bit, right? RIGHT? *sob*
I felt bad for Declan this ep. Is that kid's acting improving, or is it just me? But I mean, I totally saw the "Charlotte walking in while the other girl was in his t-shirt wacky misunderstanding" coming a mile away as did people who have only seen one episode of any TV show in their entire life, because I think every show ever uses that completely unpredictable plot twist. Writers! >:( I guess in this case the wacky misunderstanding leading to Charlotte buying drugs in a seedy part of the Hamptons was not so wacky and more just creepy, but still. Also, would have been nice of Jack to let Declan know he'd found Sammy so Dec and Yonkers-girl could stop looking, but then Jack and Emily wouldn't have makeout time over the dog's body, so... plot purposes, I get it.
Plot purpose I don't get: why was Ashley lurking around Emily's house, so she could conveniently spy on Emily and Jack macking over Sammy's corpse? There was no reason for her to be there! "Oh, Emily, I just wanted to take a walk on the beach in the snow and the dark and thought I'd pop in, even though I kind of hate you and let you know it!" Writers! >:(
Also, I physically recoiled from the screen and said "omg not that" when I heard the words "The Initiative." No! NO! NOT YET ANOTHER SHADOWY BIG BAD CONSPIRACY*** Writers! >:(
I can't wait for next week. NOLAN! SAVE HIM, EMS!
ETA: I also want to point out that I don't care how deep you dig the hole, burying any dead body on the beach is not a good idea. Not that I'm a dead body expert, mind, but seriously. It's sand. Nothing stays buried.
*And I don't even like that show! But omg the tears.
**I don't want him to be evil though, because he'll always be McQueen to me, and I LOVED the Angriest Angel. :D
***Fuck you, Chris Carter!
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Because it just drove home the point of how she can never reveal herself to Jack, even if she wants to, even if she loves him. There was such a terrible finality to the scene (aside from Sammy's death) - she can never tell Jack the truth, even if she wants to, even if she would like him to know she was Amanda, and Sammy always knew. She's gone too far already to start explaining things to him now, and she knows he's too good, that he wouldn't and shouldn't be involved with her revenge agenda. It was like that was the end of her as Amanda - with Sammy gone, she's now only Emily.
((flail))((sob)) Yes. She chose to live among the dead--holding only her father's memory close--rather than embrace the living and that has separated from her from the life she might have found in Jack. That, like her name, belongs to somebody else now. And she's the ghost haunting her own life, able to look in but never interact, never really be part of it.
I feel like Sammy's age was always ridic (oldest dog ever!) and the beach burial was too but I can accept the ridic because I felt what what they were saying and the way they said it really worked.
I'm hoping that they can manage that with the Shadowy Big Conspiracy. IDK. It was important to me that this was a personal story, so I'm not sure how well S2's themes are going to grab me. But I feel so satisfied with what they did in S1 and hopeful-ish.
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OMG, EXACTLY. She's in this world that she left long ago, trying to reset the balance that was upset so long ago and put things right, but it's never going to be her world again.
I feel like Sammy's age was always ridic (oldest dog ever!) and the beach burial was too but I can accept the ridic because I felt what what they were saying and the way they said it really worked.
Yes, those two scenes made all of that 20-year-old-miracle-dog stuff worth it.
I'm hoping that they can manage that with the Shadowy Big Conspiracy. IDK. It was important to me that this was a personal story, so I'm not sure how well S2's themes are going to grab me. But I feel so satisfied with what they did in S1 and hopeful-ish.
Yes, even with a Big Conspiracy, I am hoping it remains rooted in Emily's personal agenda, whatever happens. That cliffhanger reveal gave me hope that it would stay personal, even while expanding.