In which Patti LuPone rocks, and it is understandable that the cast calls this their favourite episode.

( I want a Penny Dreadful crossover for all the obvious reasons )

In which it turns out the Teen has things in common with Catherine and Frederick the Great.

( Spoilers should see someone in a crown )

( Agatha All Along 1.04 )

( Rings of Power 2.07 )

Rings of Power 2.05 and 2.06: In which things go really bad for dwarves and (some) Numenorians, but really well for Sauron.

( Spoilers really want to surpass Feanor )

In which a previously unfilmed LotR character makes his screen debut, and lives get saved in practically every storyline.

( Not all those who wander are lost )

In which the show is back and continues to please me. No doubt this is partly because it's been decades since I read the books, and while I liked them, I was never passionate about them. (Meanwhile: behold my childhood love for Michael Ende's The Never-Ending Story and the corresponding grrr-arggh feeling towards the movie (the first one, I never ( Read more... )

Had a very very busy week, though yes, I did watch the DW finale.

( Thoughts )

I only rarely bring up politics - this is supposed to be my fannish journal - but let's just say this week had started really badly in real life terms (not that it was unexpected, but the European Election results were really as terrible as feared), so I have to say it was oddly charming and relieving to be reminded of positive European interaction ( Read more... )

Sad news about William Russell, aka Ian Chesterton this week, though of course we were fortunate to have him this long. Perhaps it's appropriate this week we got a historical, a genre the First Doctor's era was especially good at.

( Spoilers want to cosplay this planet to death )