White Collar 2.12 and Southland 3.05

[ariadnes_string]

Yes, that is the sound of worlds colliding, as these two incredibly dissimilar shows (which occupy the same time slot on Tuesday nights) attempt to occupy the same lj post.

Except that both worlds seem to be preoccupied with the problem of bad fathers (does anyone in Hollywood think about anything else?).

Extra short this week:

White Collar:

Comments

[micheleeeex]

i loved everything about the white collar episode! a lot of people apparently...did not like it and were analyzing a lot of stuff that i didn't care to analyze. i loved the neal/peter relationship whether it be slashy or father/son this week.

LOL, mr. satchmo.

[ariadnes_string]

Really? I don't see a lot of WC commentary on my flist (or have been too busy to notice). Oh well, whatever it was, it didn't make it to the level of things I have the energy to get upset about.

Or perhaps I was distracted by Neal taking off his shirt so many times *g*

[micheleeeex]

well, no one was complaining on my flist, but someone posted a link to their recap/thoughts on the episode @whitecollar_tv & a bunch of people were agreeing with her thoughts...which weren't exactly positive.

[ariadnes_string]

huh--I'll have to try and check it out--

[destina]

maybe from when Cooper awkwardly returned the abandoned kid's embrace

Gaaaaah, you know, I found that so touching. Because at first, Cooper just...didn't seem to know what to *do*. In his own way, he's as closed as Ben - Ben gives the outward stoic appearance of it, but Cooper is different on the surface. And yet, in a moment like that, you see him exposed. Once he decides he's going to hug that kid, it's a full-on, sweet, comforting hug...but until that moment, he was so, so walled up. Wow.

Safe travels!

[ariadnes_string]

Oh, man, I know! It's like the kid was responding to the empathy and gentleness John was genuinely giving out--but John was so surprised, like he didn't know he was doing it, or he was just so used to people ignoring it and not responding--he didn't know what to do when someone really welcomed his compassion--

I was happy they left the question of what his father had actually done somewhat vague--but when they said he was both the son and the victims' representative my mouth kind of dropped....

(and thanks--it's raining, and I hate driving in the rain--but at least it isn't snowing!)

[summerofsoaps]

ITA, the scene with John on the ground looking for his pills... slayed me. It was a wonderful, meaty, traumatic episode. My only wish would be to have seen more of Sammy and Nate's wife in the aftermath of Nate's death, but hopefully we'll get some of that next week.

[ariadnes_string]

oh, me too! that scene was so raw, no punches pulled at all, no making the pain pretty--

It seemed like the episode was set pretty much the day after Nate was killed (because John reminded Ben of all the things he had messed up on their "last shift")--and then Nate's funeral is supposed to be that Sunday...So if the next episode has the funeral...all I can say is, that's a hellava week!

[megan_moonlight]

I wo't have much time for TV shows the next weeks, but I'll keep watching Southland, because it's seriously my favourite TV show at the moment. And for the whole episode I looked like that --> ;______;

I adore this show so very much, this episode was gripping and wonderful and it made want to hug Lydia and Officer Cuddlybear and... I love this show so much! And Michael Cudlitz's acting is just... wow. This episode was simply amazing, touching, gripping... just wow.

Safe trip! *hugs*

[ariadnes_string]

You know, I feel the same way! I have been trying to keep up with 3-4 shows, which is a lot for me, but Southland is the one I've really been looking forward to lately. And that was an amazing episode (as were the two preceding it, I thought). Michael Cudlitz was fantastic--going from his empathy with the abandoned kid, to his stoniness with the parole board, to the raw pain at the end--wow is really the right term for it.

(and we made it safe to DC--my kinds are watching Tron on the giant hotel TV, at noise levels that are making me nauseous...ah, road trips...)

[megan_moonlight]

I have more than 4 shows *lol* But I'll have to give them for the next week or two, because of school. But I could never give up on Southland, even for a week XDDD
This show is really, really addictive.

Well, my brother is watching Austin Powers at the moment. The noise level is... a little higher than I'd like, but unfortunately I can't do anything about it XDDD At least the trip was safe ;D

[ariadnes_string]

yes--and there are awesome hotel breakfasts to look forward to!

[anniehow]

MB shirtless + MB in the white tank top all sweaty = I think that's pretty much the entire skin budget of the whole first season, so I'm pretty stoked *is in an awfully shallow mood*

I didn't feel like we heard a grain of truth from Neal about his father IKR? That's exactly what I thought. For some reason during the Neal-Mozzie scene I even thought Neal's father was secretly some kind of mafia overlord, and Neal had said 'cop' because it was the furthest thing from the truth.

Also, LOL at Peter and his glee!! "OMG, Tell me tell me tellmeeeee"

[ariadnes_string]

That's exactly what I thought! That Neal's father was some kind of criminal bigwig and/or a corrupt diplomat/judge/politician who either didn't know about Neal or had never acknowledged him (hence the conversation about looking for your birth parents). But since MB was taking his shirt off at the same time, I'm not sure my perceptions were all that accurate *g*

And Peter's glee was fabulous!

[anniehow]

I have this vision in my head with TPTB all sitting around a table, and one Hollywwod exec-type is banging his fist yelling "ideas, people! How do we up the ante in the second half of the season?" And someone goes "MB shirtless every episode?" And then they all cheer. The end. :D

[ariadnes_string]

ROFL! it certainly seems like that's what's happened. At least TPTB know their audience, eh? he has some lovely biceps, that man--definition w/o bulkiness, mmmmm