Insta-reaction for once: H50 1.12 (and not-so-instant: SPN 6.11)
In which I am reduced to bullet points.
H50 1.12
Okay, it may be that I write a more coherent post about this later, in which I worry more about the continuity issues (what were S&D up to between the nighttime shots of the raid on the boat and the daytime shots of Chin at HQ? When did D change his pants? Whose car is it, again?). But at the time I was swept up in the awesomeness--which made me enjoy all kinds of inappropriate things.
*okay, I am not mushy about Christmas--I don't even celebrate Christmas--but Danny wanting to be Santa for Grace made me all melty....(sad as I am that the little fanon movement to make Danny Jewish has been squashed).
*I'm not sure why I like Sang Min so much, in all his duplicitous, big-haired, icy-coldness, but I do. I was so happy to see him again. And that whole sequence had so much win, from Steve being so sweetly reassuring to Danny, to Danny calling Sang Min "babe" (Steve's probably all "wait, he does this to all the guys?!"), to Danny and Sang Min's "hair off." I expect he'll be back, and I'm glad.
*Cock-fighting. No, I don't actually like cock fighting, but I enjoyed seeing it, and Steve being all "Deal, just deal" with Danny about it.
*Danny's, uh, better-fitting trousers. Oh, come on, you noticed too.
*Sniper!Kono. I mean: Whoa. I like to think that the show has changed a bit, and if this had been an earlier episode, we would have seen Kono dressed up to "infiltrate" the hostess bar. But now we see her pairing up with Steve to take down a bad guy. Part of me was saying "where's Danny" during that sequence, but most of me decided that Steve took her along not just because she was personally involved in the case, but also because next to him, she's the best shot on the team. Danny was all, "take me, take me" and Steve was all, "C'mon, Danno, you know you're crap with a sniper rifle--Kono was top of her class." Plus, I kind of loved the little Danny-Chin interaction after the bomb came off, so the whole thing was win-win.
*The whole thing about the money was great. What does Chin know about the lock-up that he's still hiding? (and why didn't we get to see Chin's bedroom?) What's going to happen now that Steve has, for once, totally fucked up, and is lying to hide it? Love the chinks in his perfection!
*And I'll say it again. I'm not mushy about Christmas. I don't even celebrate Christmas. But, oh, that scene...with Danny and Grace surrounded by people who love them. *sniff* Plus, I think it broke all the newfangled, high-tech slash-ometers at the National Slash Monitoring Station (despite it's highly secret location--even Steve McGarrett doesn't have the clearance to get in).
ETA: I forgot to mention:
Steve McGarrett, folks:
He drinks tea
He sews
He takes bad guys down with his ankles
And he already has a boyfriend.
SPN 6.11
I just finished watching it, and I haven't read other responses yet. And, anyway, I expect you can guess what I'm going to say.
*I love Dean and Tessa. I just love them. Take a look at dotfic's pic spam of their relationship if you want to know why. I love that the show has brought her back so many times. Part of me wants Dean/Tessa missing scene fic. And part of me was having so much fun watching Dean partner up with a competent, professional woman who had no time for his shit (he never flirts with her, does he?).
*And I love Death. Only Dean Winchester could have both an ongoing relationship with death, and an ongoing relationship with Death.
*I know lots of people have had much deeper and more serious thoughts about this, but the Sam-Bobby interaction reminded me of nothing so much as Home Alone, with Bobby in the Macauly Caulkin role, what with his booby traps and determination not to leave his house. And Sam was the hapless robber. Maybe Home Alone II, since didn't Sam try to kill Bobby before, in "Mystery Spot." Sorry guys, maybe I'll be able to take all more seriously after the hiatus.
H50 1.12
Okay, it may be that I write a more coherent post about this later, in which I worry more about the continuity issues (what were S&D up to between the nighttime shots of the raid on the boat and the daytime shots of Chin at HQ? When did D change his pants? Whose car is it, again?). But at the time I was swept up in the awesomeness--which made me enjoy all kinds of inappropriate things.
*okay, I am not mushy about Christmas--I don't even celebrate Christmas--but Danny wanting to be Santa for Grace made me all melty....(sad as I am that the little fanon movement to make Danny Jewish has been squashed).
*I'm not sure why I like Sang Min so much, in all his duplicitous, big-haired, icy-coldness, but I do. I was so happy to see him again. And that whole sequence had so much win, from Steve being so sweetly reassuring to Danny, to Danny calling Sang Min "babe" (Steve's probably all "wait, he does this to all the guys?!"), to Danny and Sang Min's "hair off." I expect he'll be back, and I'm glad.
*Cock-fighting. No, I don't actually like cock fighting, but I enjoyed seeing it, and Steve being all "Deal, just deal" with Danny about it.
*Danny's, uh, better-fitting trousers. Oh, come on, you noticed too.
*Sniper!Kono. I mean: Whoa. I like to think that the show has changed a bit, and if this had been an earlier episode, we would have seen Kono dressed up to "infiltrate" the hostess bar. But now we see her pairing up with Steve to take down a bad guy. Part of me was saying "where's Danny" during that sequence, but most of me decided that Steve took her along not just because she was personally involved in the case, but also because next to him, she's the best shot on the team. Danny was all, "take me, take me" and Steve was all, "C'mon, Danno, you know you're crap with a sniper rifle--Kono was top of her class." Plus, I kind of loved the little Danny-Chin interaction after the bomb came off, so the whole thing was win-win.
*The whole thing about the money was great. What does Chin know about the lock-up that he's still hiding? (and why didn't we get to see Chin's bedroom?) What's going to happen now that Steve has, for once, totally fucked up, and is lying to hide it? Love the chinks in his perfection!
*And I'll say it again. I'm not mushy about Christmas. I don't even celebrate Christmas. But, oh, that scene...with Danny and Grace surrounded by people who love them. *sniff* Plus, I think it broke all the newfangled, high-tech slash-ometers at the National Slash Monitoring Station (despite it's highly secret location--even Steve McGarrett doesn't have the clearance to get in).
ETA: I forgot to mention:
Steve McGarrett, folks:
He drinks tea
He sews
He takes bad guys down with his ankles
And he already has a boyfriend.
SPN 6.11
I just finished watching it, and I haven't read other responses yet. And, anyway, I expect you can guess what I'm going to say.
*I love Dean and Tessa. I just love them. Take a look at dotfic's pic spam of their relationship if you want to know why. I love that the show has brought her back so many times. Part of me wants Dean/Tessa missing scene fic. And part of me was having so much fun watching Dean partner up with a competent, professional woman who had no time for his shit (he never flirts with her, does he?).
*And I love Death. Only Dean Winchester could have both an ongoing relationship with death, and an ongoing relationship with Death.
*I know lots of people have had much deeper and more serious thoughts about this, but the Sam-Bobby interaction reminded me of nothing so much as Home Alone, with Bobby in the Macauly Caulkin role, what with his booby traps and determination not to leave his house. And Sam was the hapless robber. Maybe Home Alone II, since didn't Sam try to kill Bobby before, in "Mystery Spot." Sorry guys, maybe I'll be able to take all more seriously after the hiatus.