Family Guy: Volume Three Review (Spoilers)

[mattzimmer]

Also reviews for the latest episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Dollhouse, Smallville, Reaper, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Dad, Lost, and the three part series finale of Battlestar Galactica

Comments

[stewie_14]

Lost "Namaste"

I think the thing I like best about it is that Jack and Sawyer's roles are completely reversed. And the funny thing is, not only is Sawyer a better leader than Jack ever was (he thinks instead of reacts) Jack let him get away with saying it and had a self-deprecating smile on his face while he was being tongue-lashed! That is a GREAT turn-around from the Jack of three years ago who took himself WAAAYYY too seriously and was only SLIGHTLY less likely to brook descent than Locke was at his worst.
I don't think that's an accurate depiction of things.
Sure, Sawyer is the thinking one now. But in Season 1 all he could think about was how to piss people off. Jack managed to get a scared group of whiners to build a sustainable society.
It's true Jack has always let his emotions dictate his actions. But that's what his character is all about.

Compare leadership styles now.
Jack: Get everyone together and go save those left behind.
Sawyer: Make shit up as I go along. And if half the people I know happen to die in the process, so be it.

Sawyer wasn't "thinking" when he left everyone at the beach to get flaming-arrowed. (It's one thing to run, but there were like two episodes after that of traipsing around the jungle not caring what happened to everyone else).
And he's not thinking now. He's just happy to be in a position where, for once, everyone needs him more than they need Jack.

Jack took himself seriously because if he didn't, no one else would. And if they had no one to believe in, to blindly trust, they would have died. With or without those meddling others.

I don't like this thread. It ties into the Jack-Kate-Sawyer will-they/won't-they triangle which became annoying a long time ago.

[mattzimmer]

All decent points. I do have to point out that Sawyer has been in charge for three years, a MUCH longer time than Jack had to get his sea legs. While Jack is undoubtably more noble than Sawyer and does things for the right reasons at this point Sawyer has had more time in charge.

Did you see the last episode of Battlestar Galactica? What did you think?

[stewie_14]

Did you see the last episode of Battlestar Galactica? What did you think?

It didn't answer some big questions. And a lot of the answers weren't great.
But I didn't care. It wrapped things up. It felt right. I'm very happy, very satisfied.
It was "good enough."

[mattzimmer]

Agreed. There were a lot of things I wanted to know (particularly about the first Earth and the Final Five) but dang, this episode had a definitive feeling to it that I didn't expect. It WAS good enough.