Oh my god, I love Sundays!
YOU GUYS! My shows were on fire tonight. LOCI was pretty damn awesome, and IPS? OMG THE SUBTEXT! THE SUBTEXT! YOU GUYS! Was it as subtexty as last week? No, but it was full of so much blatant partnershippy goodness that it melted me into a puddle of goo. SO many M/M moments. Which is good, because Marshall wasn't even in the preview for next week. Looks like it's going to be Mary/Dershowitz story time which is just... wrong on every level. I love the Dersh, but Marshall should be the one searching for Mary, not Dershowitz. Unless Marshall is just so DISTRAUGHT WITH WORRY that he is curled up into a ball on his bed and is catatonic, therefore incapable of doing anything. I wouldn't put it past the writers, to be honest. But no, Marshall is a total badass, and he's gonna bust some nuts looking for his Mary. I know he will. Because Mary would do the same for him. And because he loooooooves her. But if Mary doesn't get to save herself, I fear that I may puke at the misogyny. This is a kickass woman who is perfectly capable of saving herself. Obviously she needs a way to get out, and that's where the boys will come in, but as far as kicking all the bad guys' asses? That better be done by Mary and no one else. And if they force the whole "Female must be saved by strong, virile man," then the man better be Marshall (although I'd be fine if it was Stan too, because he's pretty much her father figure. But not Dershowitz). ANYWAY, back to tonight's programming.
LOCI - Was interesting from start to finish, plot was very well-developed, and in true Law and Order fashion, the bad person had a big dramatic confession at the end brought out by Goren playing innocently oblivious. And guess what? THIS EPISODE MADE ME WEEP! I WEEPED AT LOCI!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? I blame my period, plain and simple. But the bit where the father was holding the tuxedo and fussed about how stupid his son was and that was the moment that made the loss of his son so real? That made me weep. It wasn't even all that dramatic. Maybe that's why it touched me, it was subtle as opposed to the usual over-dramatic crying and/or anger. That totally sealed the episode for me, and that was the moment where I was like, "Oh, they best lay off the father. He's innocent!" and then they went and suspected the father. The Goren/Eames partnership was subtle and full of steamy looks from the D'Onof. I know there was nothing inherently shippy about the episode at all, but the whole time I kept thinking, "Oh, Goren so wants to sleep with Eames." I think
jesshelga has invaded my brain. I used to be pretty neutral to the ship in regards to sexy time feelings, but now... well, I see it CONSTANTLY! But yeah, the ep was full of daddy issues and unrequited love and naughty rich kids, so I loved it.
IPS - OMG! OMG OMG OMG! Too much goodness to wrap my head around. Firstly, Serge was hot. I had many sexual feelings for him. Again, I blame my blasted period. Loved the return of territorial Marshall when Serge was hitting on Mary. Also, she'll use you like a swizzle stick? Holy mother of... is that what he fantasizes about? For serious. No, actually, he said it with a touch of... hurt, maybe? Regret? Like he's really thinking that if he himself were to make a move on Mary she would use him like a swizzle stick and then break him in half and throw him away? Perhaps. Also, Marshall said poop. *girly giggle* I loved Marshall's uncomfortableness over Tasha and Serge being so PDA with each other, and Mary was touched by it. Marshall = uncomfortable because he was in the car with Mary and he already has to fight the lusty feelings, and Mary is oblivious as always. MARSHALL WAS PLAYING SCARFACE ON THE WII! OMG! Now I have to buy Scarface. Except my sis-in-law would never let me play it with my nephew in the room. But I've played Wii boxing like Lassiter on Psych, and I played Wii Golf like Alan and Denny on Boston Legal, so now I have to play Scarface. I have to. It's the law. Anyway, Marshall's nerdiness was at an all time high this episode, so adorable. Mary and Marshall in the bathroom? "Would it be weird if we took a shower together?" Bwahahahaha. I loved Marshall's face after she said that. And his comment was something like, "Yes. Weird on more levels than you know." Or maybe he said "...on so many levels," but I prefer the first way, because it's more subtexty, so even if he said it the second way, I'm going to choose to believe it was the first way. Mary and Marshall having to be broken apart by Stan, Marshall's complete glee over Mary losing so monumentally with the computer stuff, the way he still did what she was originally going to do without her ever actually asking him to do it, the way SHE LOVES HIM like an $8 hooker, his smile after he sees that he's pleased her, Marshall calling Serge a dickweed, the return of the Ukrainian girl (yay continuity! Also, that girl is an excellent actress, I must say. She can do so much with such a small part, effortlessly switch between comedy and extra dramatic drama without actually being over-dramatic, innocent yet not so innocent, she's awesome, wouldn't mind seeing her again). As for my weepiness, that came with Brandi and the baby and her giving the baby the teddy bear, and the teddy bear being so important to her because Mary gave it to her to scare away the monsters, and to this day she still believes that the bear protects her purely because it's like Mary is always with her, and I think I got so broken up over this because such a small little thing said so much about the Brandi/Mary relationship and how much Brandi looks to Mary for comfort and love and guidance. And of course babies always make me cry, especially when I'm being hormonal. So... yeah, even though that B-plot made no sense and was boring the hell out of me until the baby showed up, I still loved it for that one single moment. And I'm glad that Brandi was brave and chose the right thing to do. And the fact that she loves Mary SO MUCH is going to make Brandi/Raph all the more difficult. Mary is going to resent Brandi, and Brandi will forever be in awe of her big sister and all she wants is some love and acceptance, and Mary will rip her apart. Oh, show. I hate that Mary keeps going to Raph every time she has a revelation about love, but I guess I have to deal with that until they are broken up for good. It's just... you'd think she'd go to the person she's closest to, and that would be Marshall, not Raph. But she's trying to be relationshippy with Raph, and she's so freaking sensitive that she ends up running away every time and Raph NEVER goes after her. So hopefully Mary/Raph is finally over, because he kind of chose Brandi here when he didn't even get up or make an attempt to go after Mary. But oh, how I want to strangle Mary when she goes to Raph to feel close to someone. She's already close to Marshall, all she needs to do is see that and she'll get the satisfaction that she needs in those moments, but instead she goes to people who don't understand her. ARGH! Damn it, Mary! Go to Marshall! AND TAKE A SHOWER WITH HIM! You know you want to.
LOCI - Was interesting from start to finish, plot was very well-developed, and in true Law and Order fashion, the bad person had a big dramatic confession at the end brought out by Goren playing innocently oblivious. And guess what? THIS EPISODE MADE ME WEEP! I WEEPED AT LOCI!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? I blame my period, plain and simple. But the bit where the father was holding the tuxedo and fussed about how stupid his son was and that was the moment that made the loss of his son so real? That made me weep. It wasn't even all that dramatic. Maybe that's why it touched me, it was subtle as opposed to the usual over-dramatic crying and/or anger. That totally sealed the episode for me, and that was the moment where I was like, "Oh, they best lay off the father. He's innocent!" and then they went and suspected the father. The Goren/Eames partnership was subtle and full of steamy looks from the D'Onof. I know there was nothing inherently shippy about the episode at all, but the whole time I kept thinking, "Oh, Goren so wants to sleep with Eames." I think
jesshelga has invaded my brain. I used to be pretty neutral to the ship in regards to sexy time feelings, but now... well, I see it CONSTANTLY! But yeah, the ep was full of daddy issues and unrequited love and naughty rich kids, so I loved it.
IPS - OMG! OMG OMG OMG! Too much goodness to wrap my head around. Firstly, Serge was hot. I had many sexual feelings for him. Again, I blame my blasted period. Loved the return of territorial Marshall when Serge was hitting on Mary. Also, she'll use you like a swizzle stick? Holy mother of... is that what he fantasizes about? For serious. No, actually, he said it with a touch of... hurt, maybe? Regret? Like he's really thinking that if he himself were to make a move on Mary she would use him like a swizzle stick and then break him in half and throw him away? Perhaps. Also, Marshall said poop. *girly giggle* I loved Marshall's uncomfortableness over Tasha and Serge being so PDA with each other, and Mary was touched by it. Marshall = uncomfortable because he was in the car with Mary and he already has to fight the lusty feelings, and Mary is oblivious as always. MARSHALL WAS PLAYING SCARFACE ON THE WII! OMG! Now I have to buy Scarface. Except my sis-in-law would never let me play it with my nephew in the room. But I've played Wii boxing like Lassiter on Psych, and I played Wii Golf like Alan and Denny on Boston Legal, so now I have to play Scarface. I have to. It's the law. Anyway, Marshall's nerdiness was at an all time high this episode, so adorable. Mary and Marshall in the bathroom? "Would it be weird if we took a shower together?" Bwahahahaha. I loved Marshall's face after she said that. And his comment was something like, "Yes. Weird on more levels than you know." Or maybe he said "...on so many levels," but I prefer the first way, because it's more subtexty, so even if he said it the second way, I'm going to choose to believe it was the first way. Mary and Marshall having to be broken apart by Stan, Marshall's complete glee over Mary losing so monumentally with the computer stuff, the way he still did what she was originally going to do without her ever actually asking him to do it, the way SHE LOVES HIM like an $8 hooker, his smile after he sees that he's pleased her, Marshall calling Serge a dickweed, the return of the Ukrainian girl (yay continuity! Also, that girl is an excellent actress, I must say. She can do so much with such a small part, effortlessly switch between comedy and extra dramatic drama without actually being over-dramatic, innocent yet not so innocent, she's awesome, wouldn't mind seeing her again). As for my weepiness, that came with Brandi and the baby and her giving the baby the teddy bear, and the teddy bear being so important to her because Mary gave it to her to scare away the monsters, and to this day she still believes that the bear protects her purely because it's like Mary is always with her, and I think I got so broken up over this because such a small little thing said so much about the Brandi/Mary relationship and how much Brandi looks to Mary for comfort and love and guidance. And of course babies always make me cry, especially when I'm being hormonal. So... yeah, even though that B-plot made no sense and was boring the hell out of me until the baby showed up, I still loved it for that one single moment. And I'm glad that Brandi was brave and chose the right thing to do. And the fact that she loves Mary SO MUCH is going to make Brandi/Raph all the more difficult. Mary is going to resent Brandi, and Brandi will forever be in awe of her big sister and all she wants is some love and acceptance, and Mary will rip her apart. Oh, show. I hate that Mary keeps going to Raph every time she has a revelation about love, but I guess I have to deal with that until they are broken up for good. It's just... you'd think she'd go to the person she's closest to, and that would be Marshall, not Raph. But she's trying to be relationshippy with Raph, and she's so freaking sensitive that she ends up running away every time and Raph NEVER goes after her. So hopefully Mary/Raph is finally over, because he kind of chose Brandi here when he didn't even get up or make an attempt to go after Mary. But oh, how I want to strangle Mary when she goes to Raph to feel close to someone. She's already close to Marshall, all she needs to do is see that and she'll get the satisfaction that she needs in those moments, but instead she goes to people who don't understand her. ARGH! Damn it, Mary! Go to Marshall! AND TAKE A SHOWER WITH HIM! You know you want to.