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[redscharlach]

Despite the fact that I rarely do anything but watch the telly, I'm stuck in a televisual time lag this week. However, I've now managed to get caught up with James May's Toy Stories, with the full story of his plasticine garden (conclusion: I still adore him), and also with last week's guest appearance of a certain augustly buttocked personage on

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[artekka]

lol You get invisible cookies just for coining the name "Don Qui-Hiro." And I'm glad I'm not the only one who envisioned Charlie and Caitlyn sitting in their time loop complaining.

I think (think) they attempted to address the question of why would Future Hiro go back to rescue Charlie if she had in fact been rescued by Future Hiro already, and I believe their conclusion was that Future Hiro told Past Hiro that Charlie had been killed and he had to try to save her, so past Hiro will continue to believe Charlie has been killed right up until the... present. I don't know if that would actually work or not, but at least the writers noticed the problem...

I have to say it was really weird seeing Hiro actually get seriously angry at somebody. He's usually so bouncy. That bit with Samuel in the end was surprisingly intense. Kind of shows how his bouncy character could become like Future Hiro from Season 1...

[redscharlach]

Ah yes, I just rewatched the relevant bit, and current!Hiro did tell past!Hiro that Charlie had died, so that part of history will happen as before. But I don't think there's any excuse for when past!Hiro returns and Ando (presumably) tells him that no one's been killed, and he should know because he's been sitting there all day. Then again, I'm sure one of the two Hiros can bamboozle Ando into thinking he's missed something, since he doesn't seem to be the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to figuring out the plot.

Enough to drive a man to drink....

[heidi8]

Sometime over the holidays, I think I will have to make a Sylar-centric vid to "You'll Always Find Me In the Kitchen at Parties", as your mention of it means I cannot get it out of my head!

GAH! Heee!

[redscharlach]

Ha, that would be excellent. I'm imagining him showing off his cutlery-throwing powers to Elle and smashing a mug over Candice's head on the "I don't do no washing up" line...

[alkari]

A platicine garden. Brilliant!! Flowers all year round, and the perfect solution to flower-chomping possums who wreak havoc on balcony gardens. Must remember to suggest at our next owners' corporation meeting for our block of flats :)

[redscharlach]

A word of warning - when they were doing the research part of the show, it was discovered that plasticine melts rather severely in the heat. Fortunately it wasn't a problem during an English summer, but if you did manage to convince your fellow owners, you could all wake up one morning to discover a prettily coloured plasticine swamp outside...

[san_valentine]

For some reason, my PVR keeps throwing a hissy fit when I try to record things on BBC2, so I had to watch James May on iplayer. (and still haven't seen this week's Coal House at War).
The flowers and plants that were produced were wonderful. I'd always imagined that plasticine was American, so was delighted to learn that it was invented in England. And was stunned at the brilliant, bright colours they had. My chief memory of plasticine's colour is a marbled effect that became murkier and murkier.

[redscharlach]

Yeah, I remember most Plasticine turning poo-brown pretty quickly because all the colours got mixed up (and Playdough was the same). The garden only worked because it was all straight out of the packet and just got used once, which is not a method that works when you're six years old, sadly!

[huskyteer]

I, OTOH, watched Part 2 of The Marriage of Sarah Jane Smith on the red button this morning (last chance before it disappeared from iPlayer), then had to stop crying so I could go to work.

[redscharlach]

Awww. It's all right, the real Nigel Havers remains unharmed.