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azziriaOK, so this was a much, much better episode for me. Still not back to where it needs to be, but at least on par with some of the less strong episodes from S1.
First the negatives (because that way I get to end on a positive note):
- Yes, we had lots more Steve and Danny, and we had a cargument, which was good, but where was the *fire* between them? Have Alex and Scott been ordered to tone down the bromance? Because I wasn't feeling that spark between them, and the show needs to sort that out. This was like two people acting Steve and Danny, instead of actually *being* Steve and Danny.
- Nobody mentioning Kono or asking after her. It wouldn't take much, so sort it, Show. And they're taking too long with this Kono storyline - the length of time would be fine if they were giving us substantial advancement every week, but they're not. It's as though they've parked Kono (no pun intended) so that they can give screen time to Lori to get us used to her being the girl on the team.
- And of course, Lori. What is the point of her, exactly? In 2.02 she was Danny, in 2.03 Chin, and this week she was Kono, all roles that are played better by other people. And when she was talking about how Danny should ask the museum girl out – sorry, no way would Steve have had that convo about Danny with her. And no way was it her place to offer that sort of personal advice to someone she's known for what, 3 weeks at the most? And storming the boat at the end with Steve? That's Danny's place, he's Steve's partner, and anyway she just looked wrong with a gun. Even though there was less of her this week, I'm still finding Barbie Girl and her perfectly-painted-on eyebrows superfluous to requirement. She needs to go.
What I did like:
- Lots more Steve and Danny :)
- Slightly less Joe, and what there was had a point. I didn't feel he was replacing Danny this week. At the start he's at the shrimp truck because Steve wants to ask him something, and then he's on the dive boat because he's a trained diver. Plus, I like this bit of moral ambiguity we've got coming in – is he trying to protect Steve, protect Steve's Dad's reputation, or protect himself?
- The way Steve is questioning Joe's actions. This week we didn't have Steve doing the unquestioning hero-worship of a father figure thing, and I preferred it.
- Shirtless Steve. Because that will never get old :)
- The museum girl, who showed more character in her acting in the, what, 3 minutes she was on screen than Lauren German has managed to show in three episodes.
- Max, who was a believable geek this week rather than a caricatured figure-of-fun like he was last week.
- Chin being supportive of Kono. And I like Fong, too, I could stand to see more of him.
- And finally, Steve and Catherine. I nearly cried when they said goodbye, I thought they knocked it out of the park, especially Alex. Both of them uptight, show-no-emotion military types who *clearly* wanted to say more to each other than they did. I got the feeling that they mean more to each other than we've seen (or that they would admit), even if it is in an 'old friends with benefits' way rather than a hearts-and-flowers romance way. I know Michelle Borth has another show to go to, so they had to move her out of the way somehow, but if they've done it this way to leave room for some sort of attempt at Steve and Lori flirting… well, just NO.
Those are my thoughts after the first watch, I'm sure I'll have more in due course.
First the negatives (because that way I get to end on a positive note):
- Yes, we had lots more Steve and Danny, and we had a cargument, which was good, but where was the *fire* between them? Have Alex and Scott been ordered to tone down the bromance? Because I wasn't feeling that spark between them, and the show needs to sort that out. This was like two people acting Steve and Danny, instead of actually *being* Steve and Danny.
- Nobody mentioning Kono or asking after her. It wouldn't take much, so sort it, Show. And they're taking too long with this Kono storyline - the length of time would be fine if they were giving us substantial advancement every week, but they're not. It's as though they've parked Kono (no pun intended) so that they can give screen time to Lori to get us used to her being the girl on the team.
- And of course, Lori. What is the point of her, exactly? In 2.02 she was Danny, in 2.03 Chin, and this week she was Kono, all roles that are played better by other people. And when she was talking about how Danny should ask the museum girl out – sorry, no way would Steve have had that convo about Danny with her. And no way was it her place to offer that sort of personal advice to someone she's known for what, 3 weeks at the most? And storming the boat at the end with Steve? That's Danny's place, he's Steve's partner, and anyway she just looked wrong with a gun. Even though there was less of her this week, I'm still finding Barbie Girl and her perfectly-painted-on eyebrows superfluous to requirement. She needs to go.
What I did like:
- Lots more Steve and Danny :)
- Slightly less Joe, and what there was had a point. I didn't feel he was replacing Danny this week. At the start he's at the shrimp truck because Steve wants to ask him something, and then he's on the dive boat because he's a trained diver. Plus, I like this bit of moral ambiguity we've got coming in – is he trying to protect Steve, protect Steve's Dad's reputation, or protect himself?
- The way Steve is questioning Joe's actions. This week we didn't have Steve doing the unquestioning hero-worship of a father figure thing, and I preferred it.
- Shirtless Steve. Because that will never get old :)
- The museum girl, who showed more character in her acting in the, what, 3 minutes she was on screen than Lauren German has managed to show in three episodes.
- Max, who was a believable geek this week rather than a caricatured figure-of-fun like he was last week.
- Chin being supportive of Kono. And I like Fong, too, I could stand to see more of him.
- And finally, Steve and Catherine. I nearly cried when they said goodbye, I thought they knocked it out of the park, especially Alex. Both of them uptight, show-no-emotion military types who *clearly* wanted to say more to each other than they did. I got the feeling that they mean more to each other than we've seen (or that they would admit), even if it is in an 'old friends with benefits' way rather than a hearts-and-flowers romance way. I know Michelle Borth has another show to go to, so they had to move her out of the way somehow, but if they've done it this way to leave room for some sort of attempt at Steve and Lori flirting… well, just NO.
Those are my thoughts after the first watch, I'm sure I'll have more in due course.
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Date: 2011-10-11 06:43 pm (UTC)And Lori. Christ. She needs to go. Now. I was actually saying "Get off my screen if you can't do any better than that" last night.
Catherin - okay so I think her TV show got canceled so she MIGHT be back, but no confirmation on that yet. But god, weren't they wonderful together? The halting way Steve so very much wanted to say more and Cat just standing there and ...can't...say... anything...either. GAH!God I hope they didn't ship her off in favor of Lori, that's just going to blow up in everyone's faces.
And OMFG Gabrielle just WON in 2 scenes where Lori has been failing for 3 eps. There is something wrong here, Show. As I said in my post, there are better actresses out there, Show. Get one.
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Date: 2011-10-11 07:09 pm (UTC)To me, th way hasn't been cleared for Lori but it's actually showing Steve with a deeper commitment then once was thought.
And I don't think we were supposed to think that Lori and Steve spoke about Danny but rather we were supposed to be amazed at Lori's super-profiling abilities. And I actually liked her in the action/adventure moments but her scenes with Patty Duke just highlighted how unemotional she's actually coming across.
And we need more Steve/Danny moments and less Joe/Steve--hopefully, Steve will start to pull away from him now that Joe's lied to him.
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Date: 2011-10-11 11:25 pm (UTC)Agree on all +1 points except for the one, which totally had me curling my lip. You know my feelings though and I'm just gonna shhh about all that from now on.
MAX MAX MAX. I want MORE Max because right now he is my favorite character--sad, but true--and I thought the Inspector Gadget thing was really silly, but I couldn't keep from smiling and finding it cute, too. Inspector Gadget was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid, so I got this weird dose of nostalgia when he did that. *hangs head*
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Date: 2011-10-11 11:39 pm (UTC)OTOH, I didn't realize how very well Scott can do goofy-faced.
At least there was a jealous-sounding Steve telling him to get back in the saddle. The way Steve utterly ignores women besides Catherine is amazing to me. It's like Alex himself doesn't even notice them.
I was still surprised that, even as absorbed in his own problems as he was, he failed to come up with the expected dinner invitation without a reminder. That left me thinking that their parting wasn't all that fraught with things they couldn't say . . . except possibly, "Steve, I love you," and "Cath, I'm interested in somebody else." I actually expected him to say that, seeing TPTB filmed Lori in the background behind them.
Steve doesn't seem like he's all that interested in Lori, but it sure looks like the show is headed that way.
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Date: 2011-10-12 02:13 pm (UTC)I also loved Danny awkwardy flirting with the museum lady and asking her out, he was adorable. :3