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Episode Post 05: A Burning Dog

Aug 10, 2008 20:24

This is the episode post for part five, A Burning Dog.

You may discuss all aspects of the episode, its themes and characters, and any and all things you find relevant to discuss. You may discuss before, during or after the episode.

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donna_c_punk August 11 2008, 02:26:48 UTC

Is Encino Man retarded, for serious? Or just super incompetent? What the hell was with him and the, "Thank you for taking the radio out of my hands. GO YELLOWJACKETS?" Really ... whut? And who was the dude who came up to him on the bridge? It looked like he got out of a Charlie company humvee, was that Charlie company commander? Hard to tell who some of these guys are in the dark.

Fick's getting super-jaded as well. I haven't heard the company line of, "I'm assured of this" for a few episodes. Poor guy. He's probably all, "I graduated Dartmouth and opted for this?" now.

Person just rolls on. No matter what. It seems like nothing phases the guy. "I'm here, I'm dead. I'm here, alive. Here, dead. Here, alive." "I'm just trying to make you feel better." LOL. In a way only you can, dude. And I love his photo's on the Wall of Heroes at the Nevada Wal-Mart.

No Patterson this week. :( I was bummed.

Oh, and Captain America was more batfuck than usual this week. Again, who was the guy who was on the bridge? He shut his dumbass down by just LOOKING at him. That was awesome.

accioheartache August 11 2008, 02:32:51 UTC

Haha I was dying when Encino Man was like "This is the endzone! WHOO!". I really wouldn't mind if someone friendly-fired his ass.

donna_c_punk August 11 2008, 02:37:09 UTC

I actually went, "What the fuck?" when he did that. And started dancing or whatever. I almost fully expected a tracer round to hit him square in the back at that point. Thank God for small miracles, yanno?

m_buggie August 11 2008, 03:39:21 UTC

Thank God for small miracles, yanno?
Makes you wish there was someone around fumbling with hand grenades.

donna_c_punk August 11 2008, 03:43:02 UTC

I truly am surprised no one's fragged Captain America yet. Even though what's his name already threatened him. I just can't get over how much I loved it when the mystery man shut him down on the bridge with a simple LOOK. Before that point, I was going, "Goddamn, somebody shut him up! Talk about an overdramatic mofo." "I've got good men in there, DYING!" Oi.

m_buggie August 11 2008, 03:46:27 UTC

Honestly, someone should've just picked up one of the enemy AKs they found and blast him...which would've been SO against regulations but so very satisfying. The man's a disaster waiting to happen. I keep hoping he'll be relieved of command or something but I get the feeling that's not going to happen.

m_buggie August 11 2008, 03:31:14 UTC

Is Encino Man retarded, for serious? Or just super incompetent?
He's both! It's like his superpower or something. His other superpower is making me want to slam my head into the nearest hard object during that whole scene.

Poor guy. He's probably all, "I graduated Dartmouth and opted for this?" now.
That would be funny if it wasn't so sad. He's too freaking intelligent to be stuck in Marine Corps middle management.

"I'm here, I'm dead. I'm here, alive. Here, dead. Here, alive."
That was priceless. I gasped when the bullet first went through but having Ray do that really brought it home. We could have lost Fruity Rudy! And that would have been a very bad thing.

Captain America = made of FAIL. I'm just waiting for him to break into a million little pieces now.

donna_c_punk August 11 2008, 03:46:24 UTC

We could have lost Fruity Rudy! And that would have been a very bad thing.

Unfortunately, we've lost Pappy for a while. We may never see him again in the series. And Rudy doesn't have anyone to take care of and smother with Neutrogena. LOL. I laughed so hard at that. "Am I going to far with this?"

Captain America = made of FAIL. I'm just waiting for him to break into a million little pieces now.

I just hope none of the guys get taken down with him.

m_buggie August 11 2008, 03:50:01 UTC

Unfortunately, we've lost Pappy for a while. We may never see him again in the series.
Which makes me really sad because I liked him.

Rudy as the platoon den mother? Makes me smile.

And since this is war we're talking about, I have the sinking suspicion that the only way something's going to be done about Captain America is if he does take men down with him.

theyreforrachel August 11 2008, 03:52:38 UTC

While I'm fairly certain it won't be Fick that gets dragged with him, I fear for the rest of the men. :/

m_buggie August 11 2008, 03:55:18 UTC

I'm just hoping that Fick doesn't get dragged down by the staggering weight of his own crushed ideals.

stormcloude August 11 2008, 04:51:37 UTC

I think it was Eckhoff-- Godfather's radioman/second.

alethialia August 11 2008, 06:31:13 UTC

And who was the dude who came up to him on the bridge? It looked like he got out of a Charlie company humvee, was that Charlie company commander? Hard to tell who some of these guys are in the dark.

Book says it was Major Shoup...but it seems like they made it Major Eckloff for ease of 'hey, I've seen that guy before' recognition.

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