"Go ahead. Hit me..."
Supernatural - Suffice it to say that the Winchester boys -who were so very screwed up to begin with- are so very screwed up more than ever now. And yeah, we all saw that Angel episode. Heh. And I still like Ellen a lot. I think I'd like her even more if it turns out that she's a hunter in her own right and not just the sassy switchboard operator of the supernatural set. Ooh, and Amber Benson. So nice to see her again. She is very spiffy. And of course, she's in the vampire episode. Hee! And finally, it is so very Dean to try to square things with Sam by offering to let little brother take a free swing at him. Not discuss things like rational adults, because they're Winchesters, you know. But typical eye for an eye punch for a punch Dean-logic. Even if it was never really about the punch. Boys.
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Ugly Betty - In which I display how I've apparently developed a brand new usual bias. And am exceptionally wordy.
Yes, Betty is adorable and I love her whole family, but it's Daniel and her relationship with him that have totally sucked me in. Clearly I am in need of medication, because not fifteen minutes in and I'm getting sniffly at the scene in the conference room. Firstly, it is all kinds of cute that Daniel and Betty have obviously been there far too long, brainstorming for hours, to little avail. She's adorably slumped with her chin on the table, eyes glazed over. He's literally sprawled across the table, shirt-tail out, flat on his back, staring at the ceiling and rambling aloud at how everybody would be happier if his dead brother was there instead of him. But it's when he rolls over, props himself up on his elbows, and starts poking randomly at the take-out cartons while arguing that yes, all parents do too have a favorite child -and he obviously isn't it in his family- that got me. He's so bloody wistful about it. And Betty's sitting there looking awkward and pitying of him -just as uncomfortable on his behalf as he so often is with her- trying to tell him it's not like that, parents aren't like that. Which highlights two things -how much warmer Betty's family is and that Betty probably is sort of the favorite child in her family. The favorite child never notices. Well, three things. That for all Daniel has and all that Betty doesn't, she's really a much happier person than he is - more secure, better adjusted.
Then there's the little things. The way he oh-so-nonchalantly suggests that they "both" might think about dressing up "a little" for their meeting on Monday. Hee! It's sweet. Then of course she comes in with her mildly terrifying makeover and he tries so hard not to let her know how much it missed the mark. Again, sweet, but slightly (though hilariously) tainted by his expression as he peeks back at her around the edge of the big glass wall. Actually, he seems not so much appalled as just... baffled.
Then there's the scene in the conference room when Wilhelmenia is being typically hideous to poor Betty. Daniel rather weakly attempts to put a vague stop to it once or twice - to no effect. It's the tiny, brave faces Betty keeps trying to make at him that are heartbreaking. The comments and giggles are killing her, but she's still trying to bluff to Daniel that really, she's okay. He doesn't buy it and actually follows her into the bathroom to make his again rather lame apologies. He seems genuinely concerned but honestly clueless about what to say or how to help.
I love that her last words to him are to remind him not to forget the proposal - for two reasons. First, it's similar to how she spends the episode reminding her father not to forget things. She's constantly calling after him, practically reading his mind, knowing what he's doing even when she can't see him. She's beginning to get to know Daniel well enough to treat him the same way she treats her family. Secondly, he was distressed and distracted enough to still go off and leave the proposal anyway. Dork.
Loved the scene in the limo. How Daniel uses Amanda as his fall-back girl, but is annoyed enough to snap meanly about her makeup when he thinks she's the one getting into the car. How Bradford snarkily retorts that he had to fix his hair too. Loved Daniel knowing he wasn't going to be able to cope with Amanda's charade and ordering a large glass of wine. Adored that he broke down before Betty even got there and confessed all. She's already a good influence on him. Loved that Vincent was suitably impressed by this, noting that Daniel was nothing like Alex. And how poor Daniel completely and utterly fails to see this for the compliment it was meant to be.
So yeah. How did I go from vaguely thinking that this show might be sort of cute and maybe giving the pilot a glance to loving it to the point of extreme overanalysis despite the tele-novella silliness and a setting that I care nothing about? The characters are adorable. Even the evil ones. Wonderful cast.
Also, it amuses me greatly that the last thing prior to this that I saw Eric Mabius in was a horrifically cheesy zombie movie with Charisma Carpenter. Hee!
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Ugly Betty - In which I display how I've apparently developed a brand new usual bias. And am exceptionally wordy.
Yes, Betty is adorable and I love her whole family, but it's Daniel and her relationship with him that have totally sucked me in. Clearly I am in need of medication, because not fifteen minutes in and I'm getting sniffly at the scene in the conference room. Firstly, it is all kinds of cute that Daniel and Betty have obviously been there far too long, brainstorming for hours, to little avail. She's adorably slumped with her chin on the table, eyes glazed over. He's literally sprawled across the table, shirt-tail out, flat on his back, staring at the ceiling and rambling aloud at how everybody would be happier if his dead brother was there instead of him. But it's when he rolls over, props himself up on his elbows, and starts poking randomly at the take-out cartons while arguing that yes, all parents do too have a favorite child -and he obviously isn't it in his family- that got me. He's so bloody wistful about it. And Betty's sitting there looking awkward and pitying of him -just as uncomfortable on his behalf as he so often is with her- trying to tell him it's not like that, parents aren't like that. Which highlights two things -how much warmer Betty's family is and that Betty probably is sort of the favorite child in her family. The favorite child never notices. Well, three things. That for all Daniel has and all that Betty doesn't, she's really a much happier person than he is - more secure, better adjusted.
Then there's the little things. The way he oh-so-nonchalantly suggests that they "both" might think about dressing up "a little" for their meeting on Monday. Hee! It's sweet. Then of course she comes in with her mildly terrifying makeover and he tries so hard not to let her know how much it missed the mark. Again, sweet, but slightly (though hilariously) tainted by his expression as he peeks back at her around the edge of the big glass wall. Actually, he seems not so much appalled as just... baffled.
Then there's the scene in the conference room when Wilhelmenia is being typically hideous to poor Betty. Daniel rather weakly attempts to put a vague stop to it once or twice - to no effect. It's the tiny, brave faces Betty keeps trying to make at him that are heartbreaking. The comments and giggles are killing her, but she's still trying to bluff to Daniel that really, she's okay. He doesn't buy it and actually follows her into the bathroom to make his again rather lame apologies. He seems genuinely concerned but honestly clueless about what to say or how to help.
I love that her last words to him are to remind him not to forget the proposal - for two reasons. First, it's similar to how she spends the episode reminding her father not to forget things. She's constantly calling after him, practically reading his mind, knowing what he's doing even when she can't see him. She's beginning to get to know Daniel well enough to treat him the same way she treats her family. Secondly, he was distressed and distracted enough to still go off and leave the proposal anyway. Dork.
Loved the scene in the limo. How Daniel uses Amanda as his fall-back girl, but is annoyed enough to snap meanly about her makeup when he thinks she's the one getting into the car. How Bradford snarkily retorts that he had to fix his hair too. Loved Daniel knowing he wasn't going to be able to cope with Amanda's charade and ordering a large glass of wine. Adored that he broke down before Betty even got there and confessed all. She's already a good influence on him. Loved that Vincent was suitably impressed by this, noting that Daniel was nothing like Alex. And how poor Daniel completely and utterly fails to see this for the compliment it was meant to be.
So yeah. How did I go from vaguely thinking that this show might be sort of cute and maybe giving the pilot a glance to loving it to the point of extreme overanalysis despite the tele-novella silliness and a setting that I care nothing about? The characters are adorable. Even the evil ones. Wonderful cast.
Also, it amuses me greatly that the last thing prior to this that I saw Eric Mabius in was a horrifically cheesy zombie movie with Charisma Carpenter. Hee!