Privateers

[sunclouds33]

I had always been fond of but rather ambivalent about this episode. However, recapping it gave me a new appreciation for the episode. There's a lot of meat and good stuff in this deceptively silly episode. I will now rate it much more highly.

Comments

[sunclouds33]

Let's start with the stupid first. On the Donna subplot-which I loathe so much that I fast forward through it-wouldn't the guy know he had a felony and therefore might have an escort in the White House? Couldn't she just say "Hey-you know what you did in College. Deal with a tail in the WW".

I know, right?!

Also- the J/d fans have gone off ad nauseum about Amy attempting to set Josh up in Requiem. I honestly think it was a gaffe on her part. She had no idea(and neither did anyone else except Ronna and Edie who flat out caught them ) that Josh and Donna got their heads out of their collective butts and finally started to date. I don't think the J/d authors-in ALL of the post administration stories that I have read-none of them address the friendship of Amy and Josh-which isn't going to go away because Donna and Josh are dating.

I don't get how people could ascribe evil motives to Amy trying to set Josh up. How did people expect her to know that Josh and Donna were...not even dating back then, they were more just sleeping together.

I really see Amy as Josh's best friend within the Santos administration. Santos is quite cold and treats Josh like the help. Lou is even pricklier than Toby and isn't nearly as nice on the inside. Sam and Josh grew apart during S3-4 and they seemed miles apart life-wise when they met up in Transition. Bram is kind of a male bimbo. With Josh and Amy, we know that they like each other, they've spent years working through their disastrous break-up and have learned to work with each other and they have similar values and tastes. I really see Amy and Josh being BFFs in the Santos administration.

[jean_c_pepper]

Yes- but they are J/D fans who figure Amy was trying to set Josh up so he couldn't be with Donna. I agree-maybe not Bff because he would be with Donna and I don't see her going for that-but still friends. Virtual Season 8 handles the Josh/Amy dynamic much better than Fantasy Season 8- but Fantasy Season 8 is also J/D centric .