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quinn222 at 09:15am on 04/07/2005
quinn222 at 09:15am on 04/07/2005Just a few thoughts on Entourage and QAF, spoilers for both through last night's eps.
One of the things I really love about this series is it's fast pace. This whole Aquman/James Cameron thing is dragging out a bit too long for me. I hope it gets resolved next week.
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Not a lot to say. I found this one to be an interesting transition episode. Everyone seems to be going though one at this point. For a change the lesbians were handled in a realistic way and not demonized. Lindsay is the worl'd worst liar though. Whenever she's lying or otherwise upset she gets that silly little girl's voice going and isn't even a little convincing. Could be Thea Gill though. Remember that cringeworthy moment in S1 where she was doing her Rodney King imitation?
Nice to see Drew again, I think I jumped as high as Emmett when he grabbed him though! I like the way they are handling his outing too. It happens. People are outed against their will and it's good to see them touching on that. I adore Emmett of course and you can see why in this ep with the way he handled Drew. He was kind but firm and truthful and gave excellent advice.
Michael and Ben. Going through the loss of a child in totally different ways. They'll come around. Michael was thoughtless to get rid of that bed but I can see why he did it. He often deals by denying something matters to him when it's so obvious that it matters very much.
Justin confronting his father. It's one of those Hunter things for me. I know I should be emotionally engaged, but I'm not. Partly because I feel as though Craig is being demonized in a bad!fic kind of way. He was always a homophobe and a jerk and a hothead, but there was never any indication from anyone that he was this kind of person. I feel as though he's yet another charazcter who's being stuffed into a wrong shaped box to fit a stoyline.
Which brings us around to Brian. This was a good episode for him. The contest actually turned out to be a good thing for him. Brian is one of those people who has to learn things for himself. Especially he has to learn about himself on his own. People telling him things doesn't work. He needs to see and experience for himself. The worst thing for him recently was that feeling of being out of control. Brian is a total control freak and the idea of Brandon shoving him out and taking over was clearly intolerable. But you could see at the end that he was okay. He'd proven to himself and Brandon that he is still on top so now he can just bow out gracefully and on his own.
Also I loved that speach he gave to Ted. He was willing to show Ted that yes, he is entirely aware of the fact that he is who he is and why. And that he knows that's probably not such a good thing. I also like the parallel all the way back to S1 when Emmett asked Ted (about Brian), "How did he ever survive growing up in that house?" and Ted replied, "Who's to say that he did?" For a change they bring it full circle and have Ted involved in the conversation again. He did survive, by building a wall that even he is having a hard time bringing down.
Oh, and one final thought. I really love Carl.
One of the things I really love about this series is it's fast pace. This whole Aquman/James Cameron thing is dragging out a bit too long for me. I hope it gets resolved next week.
and
Not a lot to say. I found this one to be an interesting transition episode. Everyone seems to be going though one at this point. For a change the lesbians were handled in a realistic way and not demonized. Lindsay is the worl'd worst liar though. Whenever she's lying or otherwise upset she gets that silly little girl's voice going and isn't even a little convincing. Could be Thea Gill though. Remember that cringeworthy moment in S1 where she was doing her Rodney King imitation?
Nice to see Drew again, I think I jumped as high as Emmett when he grabbed him though! I like the way they are handling his outing too. It happens. People are outed against their will and it's good to see them touching on that. I adore Emmett of course and you can see why in this ep with the way he handled Drew. He was kind but firm and truthful and gave excellent advice.
Michael and Ben. Going through the loss of a child in totally different ways. They'll come around. Michael was thoughtless to get rid of that bed but I can see why he did it. He often deals by denying something matters to him when it's so obvious that it matters very much.
Justin confronting his father. It's one of those Hunter things for me. I know I should be emotionally engaged, but I'm not. Partly because I feel as though Craig is being demonized in a bad!fic kind of way. He was always a homophobe and a jerk and a hothead, but there was never any indication from anyone that he was this kind of person. I feel as though he's yet another charazcter who's being stuffed into a wrong shaped box to fit a stoyline.
Which brings us around to Brian. This was a good episode for him. The contest actually turned out to be a good thing for him. Brian is one of those people who has to learn things for himself. Especially he has to learn about himself on his own. People telling him things doesn't work. He needs to see and experience for himself. The worst thing for him recently was that feeling of being out of control. Brian is a total control freak and the idea of Brandon shoving him out and taking over was clearly intolerable. But you could see at the end that he was okay. He'd proven to himself and Brandon that he is still on top so now he can just bow out gracefully and on his own.
Also I loved that speach he gave to Ted. He was willing to show Ted that yes, he is entirely aware of the fact that he is who he is and why. And that he knows that's probably not such a good thing. I also like the parallel all the way back to S1 when Emmett asked Ted (about Brian), "How did he ever survive growing up in that house?" and Ted replied, "Who's to say that he did?" For a change they bring it full circle and have Ted involved in the conversation again. He did survive, by building a wall that even he is having a hard time bringing down.
Oh, and one final thought. I really love Carl.
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