random picspams, yay!
It has been brought to my attention in the past couple of months since I started watching Ashes to Ashes (I still don't know how I got so obsessed, I can assure you!) that Alex is not exactly the most beloved character in the history of British television. This? Is wrong. So I decided that, for the good of the world, there needed to be a scenespam meant to rectify this. And here, after a lot of blood, sweat, tears (but not really) and missed career opportunities (this is true though) because if I keep putting TV higher on my priorities list than school I will end up unemployed, here it is! This is a kind of attempt at compiling the scenes that made me love Alex right from episode one. Or something. Awesome scenes in general. I might do this for other episodes. I say might because if I promise I'm going to do it then I know I won't. But we'll see. If I have a lot of school work, I'll just have to. ;) Meanwhile, enjoy this one. Bow down to the awesome, its name is Alex(andra) Drake.
educational picspam:
why alex drake wins
(in episode one of the first series)
one.
Alex is throwing things across the room in frustration at not being able to communicate with her 2008 world. Gene walks in.
Alex: Huh, God. What's so special about you, "Gene"? When good coppers go under, why do you appear?
Gene: It's my aftershave and stop wiggling your bloody fingers everytime you say my name. Now, we've got the makings of a drug epidemic in this city. I had the chief supplier in my sights and you gave him room to slide loose!
Alex: Markham?! He's not your king pin! God. Any cursory psyche assessment would show he doesn't possess delegation inclinations.
Gene: Sorry, come again? I don't speak Hindustani!
Alex: Top-flight crime lords expect their minions to do their donkey work. They expend their energy only when it's absolutely necessary. Crime lords don't gloat in police stations, "Gene". They don't spend money on expensive lawyers and then do all the talking themselves. And they are not out to impress northern flatfoots like you.
Gene: Is this la-di-da posh bollocks meant to impress me?
Alex: Ha. Just look at me. Look at me. I am trained to get inside the criminal mind and now I'm stuck in my own... with you! Whoopee!
Gene: Are you laughing at me?
Alex: No. No. I just never thought it would seem this real. Sam always said what amazed him most about this place was... Look at you.
Alex places her hand over Gene's heart. Also, she puts her hand under his jacket and it's all very sexy and awesome.
Alex: It's beating. That's incredible.
Gene grabs her left breast. Alex is not pleased.
Gene: Fandabydozy! Now then, Bollinger knickers, you gonna kiss me or punch me?
Alex flings his hand aside, walks away and takes a video tape off the shelf. On the label it says Arthur Layton. She plays that tape, which has some surveillance footage of Layton on it.
Gene: Arthur Layton's a tinker with a minor record. We flipped him over, he keeps his eyes open, we don't bang him up.
Alex: Hmm. He has to be crucial to this. Otherwise why is he in here?
Why is this scene important? Because it shows that Alex is both crazycakes (term not invented by me but I do see it tossed around a lot when talking about this particular character and it kind of fits perfectly) and good at her job. One could argue that she's not actually being crazy but she is establishing a relationship with her "constructs" that is based on their belief that she is and that there is nothing they can do about it. This scene is also fab because Alex is just so sure that she knows exactly what's going on and I find that very endearing. Because she doesn't, at all. Oh, Alex, I'm sorry your life sucks. :(
two.
Gene: I love lunch.
Alex: You know, I invented this world.
Gene: I invented something once. The bruise-free groin slap.
Alex: Mmm. Sam died. Your wife left you. No wonder you moved.
Gene: Would you not start with me? I'm the Manc Lion, says so on me door.
Alex: Well, you're not going to keep me here for seven years. I'm going home. I'm going to my little girl's birthday party.
Gene: You're pissed.
Alex: And you are a bloody figment.
Gene: You're very pissed.
Alex: I'm going to be sick.
Gene: Doesn't surprise me.
Why is this scene important? Uhm because it is hilarious and awesome! And you have a heart of stone if you don't love Alex after this. Alex and Gene, of course, but Gene love doesn't seem to be lacking anywhere in the fandom/press, etc. Of course I can try to convey the awesome through quotes and caps but this scene (and the whole show, duh!) needs to be seen to be loved properly. Keeley and Phil are brilliant and that's a fact. Also, this scene is the first of many throughout the series in which Gene is just ignoring her crazy because he doesn't want to have that pretty little DI of his committed, he's quite fond of looking at her.
three.
Alex looks through her badass binoculars and sees Layton.
Alex: I need Layton alive. Do you understand? Alive. He's my destiny.
The B Team: *look at her all wtf-like*
Alex looks around her.
Alex: Sorry. That's not really helping, is it?
Why is this scene important? UHM, HILARIOUSNESS ONCE MORE. This scene is awesome because for once Alex realizes how ridiculous what she's saying sounds to everyone around her. Also, Keeley's delivery/body language and the guys' looks are priceless.
And that's it, folks! A bit random perhaps but I had actual work to do so this couldn't be helped. :DD Caps by me, transcripts adapted from this transcripts directory. I apologize for any typos/possible stupidity, it is nearly 3 AM. ;D
educational picspam:
why alex drake wins
(in episode one of the first series)
one.
Alex is throwing things across the room in frustration at not being able to communicate with her 2008 world. Gene walks in.
Alex: Huh, God. What's so special about you, "Gene"? When good coppers go under, why do you appear?
Gene: It's my aftershave and stop wiggling your bloody fingers everytime you say my name. Now, we've got the makings of a drug epidemic in this city. I had the chief supplier in my sights and you gave him room to slide loose!
Alex: Markham?! He's not your king pin! God. Any cursory psyche assessment would show he doesn't possess delegation inclinations.
Gene: Sorry, come again? I don't speak Hindustani!
Alex: Top-flight crime lords expect their minions to do their donkey work. They expend their energy only when it's absolutely necessary. Crime lords don't gloat in police stations, "Gene". They don't spend money on expensive lawyers and then do all the talking themselves. And they are not out to impress northern flatfoots like you.
Gene: Is this la-di-da posh bollocks meant to impress me?
Alex: Ha. Just look at me. Look at me. I am trained to get inside the criminal mind and now I'm stuck in my own... with you! Whoopee!
Gene: Are you laughing at me?
Alex: No. No. I just never thought it would seem this real. Sam always said what amazed him most about this place was... Look at you.
Alex places her hand over Gene's heart. Also, she puts her hand under his jacket and it's all very sexy and awesome.
Alex: It's beating. That's incredible.
Gene grabs her left breast. Alex is not pleased.
Gene: Fandabydozy! Now then, Bollinger knickers, you gonna kiss me or punch me?
Alex flings his hand aside, walks away and takes a video tape off the shelf. On the label it says Arthur Layton. She plays that tape, which has some surveillance footage of Layton on it.
Gene: Arthur Layton's a tinker with a minor record. We flipped him over, he keeps his eyes open, we don't bang him up.
Alex: Hmm. He has to be crucial to this. Otherwise why is he in here?
Why is this scene important? Because it shows that Alex is both crazycakes (term not invented by me but I do see it tossed around a lot when talking about this particular character and it kind of fits perfectly) and good at her job. One could argue that she's not actually being crazy but she is establishing a relationship with her "constructs" that is based on their belief that she is and that there is nothing they can do about it. This scene is also fab because Alex is just so sure that she knows exactly what's going on and I find that very endearing. Because she doesn't, at all. Oh, Alex, I'm sorry your life sucks. :(
two.
Gene: I love lunch.
Alex: You know, I invented this world.
Gene: I invented something once. The bruise-free groin slap.
Alex: Mmm. Sam died. Your wife left you. No wonder you moved.
Gene: Would you not start with me? I'm the Manc Lion, says so on me door.
Alex: Well, you're not going to keep me here for seven years. I'm going home. I'm going to my little girl's birthday party.
Gene: You're pissed.
Alex: And you are a bloody figment.
Gene: You're very pissed.
Alex: I'm going to be sick.
Gene: Doesn't surprise me.
Why is this scene important? Uhm because it is hilarious and awesome! And you have a heart of stone if you don't love Alex after this. Alex and Gene, of course, but Gene love doesn't seem to be lacking anywhere in the fandom/press, etc. Of course I can try to convey the awesome through quotes and caps but this scene (and the whole show, duh!) needs to be seen to be loved properly. Keeley and Phil are brilliant and that's a fact. Also, this scene is the first of many throughout the series in which Gene is just ignoring her crazy because he doesn't want to have that pretty little DI of his committed, he's quite fond of looking at her.
three.
Alex looks through her badass binoculars and sees Layton.
Alex: I need Layton alive. Do you understand? Alive. He's my destiny.
The B Team: *look at her all wtf-like*
Alex looks around her.
Alex: Sorry. That's not really helping, is it?
Why is this scene important? UHM, HILARIOUSNESS ONCE MORE. This scene is awesome because for once Alex realizes how ridiculous what she's saying sounds to everyone around her. Also, Keeley's delivery/body language and the guys' looks are priceless.
And that's it, folks! A bit random perhaps but I had actual work to do so this couldn't be helped. :DD Caps by me, transcripts adapted from this transcripts directory. I apologize for any typos/possible stupidity, it is nearly 3 AM. ;D