Heh, I knew you weren't going to like this one, Boppy.
The degree to which people like Helo and Sharon and Gaeta and, well, everyone, dealt with this disappointment with relative ease seemed really implausible to me. Helo and Sharon were so WTF! I'm glad someone else saw it. Someone commmented that they were just trying to be in the moment with their daughter. Except I don't think we've ever seen them like that with her before. So now they are playing? I wish I had seen their reactions when Hera wasn't in the room. As for Gaeta, as we know, my boy goes into deep denial. Things with Gaeta's mind are not right. Webisodes proved it. My poor boy is gearing up for a complete psychotic break soon. It's not going to be pretty and I'm totally worried about him.
The third goal hovering in the wings was 'give Kara a reason to turn to Anders so that we can have our beloved Kara/Anders ship back'. I don't know about Anders. I know that you feel he and Kara are going to have a thing. But I thought very little about Anders in this ep and I liked that. I just want Sam to find himself, by himself.
I wished Kara would have talked to Lee. But! The fact that she even tried is pretty big for her. And I don't think that any of this is her or Lee's fault. They are all reeling and doing some really frakked up things. I don't really get the Lee/Dee date. I get it for Dee but not Lee. I know it's only a drink but your ex is acting weird, man. Even Gaeta asked her about it but she was determined to go on with her plan. I feel for Lee, though.
I think that Kara was going to tell Lee about the body. She has to tell someone and Leoben couldn't deal. But like Sam and like everyone, she has to do this alone. She's becoming something. Growing up, something. It started two years ago. They will have their moment later, but there are things they each must do alone.
It was not a good ep to be a K/L shipper, I agree. I'm hanging on to tiny hope but I've felt this ever since Kara came back. She is not the same Kara. Literally. She and Lee love each other but this is kind of huge and until they discuss it, they can't be together. And, sigh, it might not be their time. But! They do have a time. But maybe not this one. Time on this show is obviously frakked up. So knowing that, for once, I can look past wanting them together. Everyone's world and belief in who they are just got frakked. I don't think it's time for anyone to be kissing, tickling or hooking up, not even OTPs.
But along with the doomy feeling was Lee (Jamie, really) looking absolutely adorable and better than ever. I want to put him with the pretty on Smallville or something. DAYUM! Lee's not really my type so that really confused me. I'm not supposed to focus on the pretty with this show! But how could one ignore that?
Except I don't think we've ever seen them like that with her before. So now they are playing? Exactly. It rang completely falsely because we've never see them do that before. They could have toned it down and shown them trying to be lighthearted with Hera but struggling.
As for Gaeta, as we know, my boy goes into deep denial. Things with Gaeta's mind are not right. I got the feeling his plot was sidelined in order to let him play witness to Dee in this episode.
I get it for Dee but not Lee. That's exactly it. It makes sense for Dee, and that's all the writers cared about because it was her death episode. It made no sense for Lee.
I know Kara was going to tell Lee about the body. That just amps up the orchestrated melodrama.
They will have their moment later, but there are things they each must do alone. Sorry, DB, I felt that for a long time but I think that it's about the time the show proved it can show us anything else. And 'a moment' ain't enough for me.
But! They do have a time. But maybe not this one. Time on this show is obviously frakked up. That's my only comfort. The show itself is giving me reason to ditch 'this' incarnation of the characters. I will.
I want to put him with the pretty on Smallville or something. DAYUM! Hee hee hee.
I really do get it for Lee as well. It makes sense that he could debrief / offload with Dee. I don't know if he would have sought her out to do this if she hadn't found him in the ready room - it seemed spontaneous - but I can see him wanting to talk to someone he knew, a friendly face, someone who had at times understood both him and the system that he was working in, especially given that his key supports were either planetside on a mission, or in meltdown while he was trying to hold things together. I don't think that this was in any way an attempt at getting back together - I could be wrong.
I've been told it makes more sense on rewatch. Frankly I don't want to put myself through that pain to find out. I do think it arose spontaneously, but I definitely saw something more flirty and relationshipy there than just a heart to heart as colleagues. And that seemed really inappropriate given the dire circumstances.
I do think though that if Dee had thought there was a chance of getting back together, she'd not have committed suicide and taken the emotional escapism of that instead. So I guess the boundaries were still firmly in place. But it still felt tonally 'off' in terms of how I would expect Lee to react to such news.
The degree to which people like Helo and Sharon and Gaeta and, well, everyone, dealt with this disappointment with relative ease seemed really implausible to me.
Helo and Sharon were so WTF! I'm glad someone else saw it. Someone commmented that they were just trying to be in the moment with their daughter. Except I don't think we've ever seen them like that with her before. So now they are playing? I wish I had seen their reactions when Hera wasn't in the room. As for Gaeta, as we know, my boy goes into deep denial. Things with Gaeta's mind are not right. Webisodes proved it. My poor boy is gearing up for a complete psychotic break soon. It's not going to be pretty and I'm totally worried about him.
The third goal hovering in the wings was 'give Kara a reason to turn to Anders so that we can have our beloved Kara/Anders ship back'.
I don't know about Anders. I know that you feel he and Kara are going to have a thing. But I thought very little about Anders in this ep and I liked that. I just want Sam to find himself, by himself.
I wished Kara would have talked to Lee. But! The fact that she even tried is pretty big for her. And I don't think that any of this is her or Lee's fault. They are all reeling and doing some really frakked up things. I don't really get the Lee/Dee date. I get it for Dee but not Lee. I know it's only a drink but your ex is acting weird, man. Even Gaeta asked her about it but she was determined to go on with her plan. I feel for Lee, though.
I think that Kara was going to tell Lee about the body. She has to tell someone and Leoben couldn't deal. But like Sam and like everyone, she has to do this alone. She's becoming something. Growing up, something. It started two years ago. They will have their moment later, but there are things they each must do alone.
It was not a good ep to be a K/L shipper, I agree. I'm hanging on to tiny hope but I've felt this ever since Kara came back. She is not the same Kara. Literally. She and Lee love each other but this is kind of huge and until they discuss it, they can't be together. And, sigh, it might not be their time. But! They do have a time. But maybe not this one. Time on this show is obviously frakked up. So knowing that, for once, I can look past wanting them together. Everyone's world and belief in who they are just got frakked. I don't think it's time for anyone to be kissing, tickling or hooking up, not even OTPs.
But along with the doomy feeling was Lee (Jamie, really) looking absolutely adorable and better than ever. I want to put him with the pretty on Smallville or something. DAYUM! Lee's not really my type so that really confused me. I'm not supposed to focus on the pretty with this show! But how could one ignore that?
*looks for new Lee icons*
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Except I don't think we've ever seen them like that with her before. So now they are playing?
Exactly. It rang completely falsely because we've never see them do that before. They could have toned it down and shown them trying to be lighthearted with Hera but struggling.
As for Gaeta, as we know, my boy goes into deep denial. Things with Gaeta's mind are not right.
I got the feeling his plot was sidelined in order to let him play witness to Dee in this episode.
I get it for Dee but not Lee.
That's exactly it. It makes sense for Dee, and that's all the writers cared about because it was her death episode. It made no sense for Lee.
I know Kara was going to tell Lee about the body. That just amps up the orchestrated melodrama.
They will have their moment later, but there are things they each must do alone.
Sorry, DB, I felt that for a long time but I think that it's about the time the show proved it can show us anything else. And 'a moment' ain't enough for me.
But! They do have a time. But maybe not this one. Time on this show is obviously frakked up.
That's my only comfort. The show itself is giving me reason to ditch 'this' incarnation of the characters. I will.
I want to put him with the pretty on Smallville or something. DAYUM!
Hee hee hee.
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I do think though that if Dee had thought there was a chance of getting back together, she'd not have committed suicide and taken the emotional escapism of that instead. So I guess the boundaries were still firmly in place. But it still felt tonally 'off' in terms of how I would expect Lee to react to such news.
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