30 Day TV Meme
Just so you know, I had to re-watch "Severed Dreams" for this entry. The sacrifices I make for you people. Spoilers!
There are many, many to choose from, but in the end, I have to go with "Severed Dreams." There was so much about that episode, on both the macro and micro level. On the macro level of course was the thing I keep saying: that thing you keep thinking will never happen, because it's too HUGE, and TV doesn't work like that? HAPPENED.
And then there's the micro level.
1. So many characters had great moments. Londo and the Narn; Ivanova in her starfury, Corwin's silent shock and Ivanova asking if he was okay; Garibaldi's, "Ah, NUTS."
2. Delenn, OTOH, ruled this episode. From "I will tear this ship apart with my bear hands until I find them," and "we move now, together, or not at all."
3. And her crowning moment of awesome that I simply must quote in full:
"Do not force us to engage."
"Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari Fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives … be somewhere else!"
I jumped up and cheered. It was a moment marred only by my asshole roommates telling me to calm down, it was just a TV show. This from people who were planning to make a living studying modernist poetry. And yes, I owe a fraction of my radical canon-busting awareness to that moment.
4. And yet, that moment was made possible by Sheridan's quiet, defeated, "How many?" when told that jump gates were opening.
5. And in the small details: when Sheridan gave people permission to leave the bridge before they had to essentially commit treason, someone did. That, in the end, was a big part of what set this show apart. There's a lot to be said for uplifting solidarity, but there's something else to be said for acknowledging that the choice you're making is hard, that no everyone is on your side (and for good reasons), and that as we eventually saw, these choices have long-term consequences.
I think I might need to watch it again.
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
This entry was originally posted at http://cereta.dreamwidth.org/803001.html. If you can, please speak there.
have spoken there.
There are many, many to choose from, but in the end, I have to go with "Severed Dreams." There was so much about that episode, on both the macro and micro level. On the macro level of course was the thing I keep saying: that thing you keep thinking will never happen, because it's too HUGE, and TV doesn't work like that? HAPPENED.
And then there's the micro level.
1. So many characters had great moments. Londo and the Narn; Ivanova in her starfury, Corwin's silent shock and Ivanova asking if he was okay; Garibaldi's, "Ah, NUTS."
2. Delenn, OTOH, ruled this episode. From "I will tear this ship apart with my bear hands until I find them," and "we move now, together, or not at all."
3. And her crowning moment of awesome that I simply must quote in full:
"Do not force us to engage."
"Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari Fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives … be somewhere else!"
I jumped up and cheered. It was a moment marred only by my asshole roommates telling me to calm down, it was just a TV show. This from people who were planning to make a living studying modernist poetry. And yes, I owe a fraction of my radical canon-busting awareness to that moment.
4. And yet, that moment was made possible by Sheridan's quiet, defeated, "How many?" when told that jump gates were opening.
5. And in the small details: when Sheridan gave people permission to leave the bridge before they had to essentially commit treason, someone did. That, in the end, was a big part of what set this show apart. There's a lot to be said for uplifting solidarity, but there's something else to be said for acknowledging that the choice you're making is hard, that no everyone is on your side (and for good reasons), and that as we eventually saw, these choices have long-term consequences.
I think I might need to watch it again.
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
This entry was originally posted at http://cereta.dreamwidth.org/803001.html. If you can, please speak there.
have spoken there.