Liveblog: A2A 1.04
Gene just parks like that every time, doesn't he.
Alex has a pretty pretty neck. /shallow
"Who said he jumped?" Okay, Gene's immediate assumption that this is suicide makes my neck prickle, although it's a weak connection.
Alex, trauma. Trauma, Alex. I see you've met.
*suppresses the urge to chew gently on her bare shoulder*
Pac-Man mug!
"Great! The Dreaded Hammer Killer of South London!"
Oh, this is CREEPY with the toy chest. So creepy. And another addition to Alex's Wall of Crazy -- god, she must live right around the corner from the station.
Alex vs. the MIB! Well, in grey, actually.
They drop this thread with the coffin being heavy (presumably lead-lined), don't they? I mean, clearly it's an Edge of Darkness reference, but it doesn't really go anywhere.
Gene believes in the authorities; he doesn't like having his corpse snatched, but he's not fighting it yet. It's very endearing.
"No, but you interrupted perfectly."
AUGH, Evan. "If I'd known it was a date."
Luigi SHIPS.
Oh, Evan, offering to mediate between your mistress and the lady you're hitting on is CREEPY. Trust me on this one.
God, I could watch Gene smoke ALL DAY.
Viv! I love Viv. There needs to be more Viv, and I am perpetually bummed that there wasn't.
Gene is starting to dig without admitting or wanting to be seen to be starting to dig. Gene.
"What if Lee Harvey Oswald shot Elvis and they both flew to the moon?"
Tiny Shaz! Tiny socialist Shaz! I LOVE HER I LOVE HER. Also Chris's face of "My girlfriend knows stuff. Sweet."
"Murder is not about politics. It's about money, sex, or bloody women." I would be interested to know where Gene Hunt thinks the dividing line is between the latter two.
AUUUGH this part. I HATE this part. OH LEXA BABY NO.
*CRINGES*
Creepy music-box music is creepy. As is Tim Price -- I really wish I could remember watching this unspoiled. But this is really, really brilliant at evoking that feeling of coming back to someplace you knew ages ago.
Tiny Caroline is tiny.
Keeley really does do this beautifully, it's just I can barely watch.
Evan is sitting on the floor with a direct eyeline up Caroline's skirt if he happens to want one. That's, like, Portrait of a Lady levels of non-platonic body language. /geek
I do envy the Prices' bookshelves.
Oh, love-starved Alex. And Caroline is policing her boundaries very firmly, in an understated way.
And is very very good at covering what has to be one hell of a shock.
Evan looks guilty as sin. I wonder how much he knows. And Caroline is so, SO relieved that the topic is veering away from her, and you wouldn't even notice that until your second or third time through. Just tiny things with the speed of her voice.
Okay, this -- Alex in her old bedroom -- I can't watch at ALL.
*dies at the feminists, kind of a lot* I'm sorry, I am, I'd probably have been in that room at the time, but it's all terribly Judean People's Front.
... and setting this to "Girls On Film" is kind of cheap-joke inspired.
"But she's not an idea. She's me girlfriend." Ohhh, Chris gettin' consciousness-raised.
... you know, the girl eying Ray in the hallway looks remarkably like Lily Loveless for about half a second.
"How do you live with yourself?"
"I honestly don't know."
Oh WAUGH ghostmolly.
Oh, Gene. You have interesting views on what the public interest actually is. And a really heartbreaking brand of optimism, sometimes, in retrospect.
"Spies do not wear camo and keep girly mags under the beds. They're too busy sipping claret and touching each other's posh todgers." *dies laughing*
"Sounds like a potent symbol of female power."
"In this scenario, who has got eyeball on the rabbit?" First of all, I love that woman's short A's, and second of all *dies again*.
It's really a marvelous bit of misdirection the way Alex tends to only mention her mother's name.
God, she's tall.
*cringes and cringes and cringes*
OH ALEX.
Oh, Alex, honey, you really did see that, didn't you. I wonder if you remembered. I wonder if it meant anything at all to you. I wonder if your father ever asked you what you'd seen.
*hides again*
Yeah, I, um. I'm kind of skipping again. Poor Caroline.
Evan, you utter weasel. How many things are you mentally dismissing, in that little twitch before "And that's why it's over"? (Yes, I know, construct. But if there's one person Alex Drake knows well enough to get right --)
Evidence-snatching!
And now Gene gets angry.
God, I keep meaning to say something thoughtful, and then I keep looking at Gene's driving gloves, and her hips in those jeans, and then it just keeps fading away.
"I'm working to overthrow a corrupt and anti-democratic state."
"Fair dos."
Ms Templeton is terribly cool under fire, considering.
Oh, the paranoia.
"She's the kind of copper who works on hunches."
Gene's stoneface of refusal to acknowledge sexual jealousy is far too entertaining. As is Alex's babbling.
Chriiiiiiiiis.
... okay, so maybe I just got slightly turned on watching Gene forge things. If it's any justification, I think Alex did too.
Yeah, this is one of those cases where nothing makes sense without factoring in "and it's his own private universe." And those guards are so fired either way.
Good soundtrack, though.
"Bet you say that to all the girls."
"Don't give 'em a choice."
Eyes in the rearview mirror! Drink!
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaz. I love Shaz.
And I am perfectly okay with Alex being handed the idiot ball here -- well, mostly -- because it leads to one of my Favorite Things Ever. And her little "I didn't touch it!" face is hilarious.
"Why is she the only one wearing a t-shirt?"
"She likes to show she's got equal assets."
*chinhands*
(Note that I would be screaming at this point -- I like tight spaces, but only when I know how to get the door open -- and in fact just the sight of it makes my hair stand up a little, but, well.)
Ray and Chris being competent! That's always nice. (I'm not entirely positive this would work on someone like her, mind, but I suppose killing someone is fairly stressful.)
*just stares for a bit longer*
This is actually very clever with the Clown's face never quite coming into focus between the shots of Tim. But, God, they really hand you everything in this episode, don't they?
"Oh, dear Lord, if this is a test, I fear I may fail." I -- GOD, I love this bit.
God, that little smile.
"I can't die. Can I? Can I?"
CUDDLING.
"Gene."
"I know."
*SHIPS FOREVERMORE*
Deus ex Skelton! (But how did they get in -- you know what, never mind.)
"Bloody hell, it's Wonder Chris."
Sara Templeton is rather heartwrenching in her way.
Oh, Caroline. I do love her. And. "You don't know what --" and that tiny headshake.
Alex, quit smiling like that at the Evan. (Who is being full-bore charming, as usual. Weasel.)
Mmm, that shot of Gene walking out of the office with the lights rolling down behind him.
I do slightly wonder if MI5 creep here is a construct or, you know, someone from Up the Ladder. He does have a bit of a vibe of the latter.
"So what are ya? C or a D cup?" (I, personally, would guess the latter, but hardly an expert.)
I really do like that one, despite the massive embarrassment squick -- it's the first really solid episode of the season, all considered, and my god they really DO hand you all the pieces. And I want Caroline fic, dammit, as depressing as that's likely to be.
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