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deinonychus_1

Episode review for 2.8 - The Madness of Hercules

Apr 26, 2015 21:08

Sorry! I'm a day late with this review as well. I completely failed to get it posted before ep 2.9 aired yesterday. In my defense, this particular review turned out to be about twice the length of most of the other review posts. I appear to have had a lot to say about this episode ( Read more... )

hercules/medusa, pythagoras, medusa, fandom: atlantis, ariadne, hercules, jason

Comments 10

eriah211 April 26 2015, 21:10:53 UTC

It was good to see critias back (although it made me remember how we lost Dion) and even better seeing him getting away safely (I thought he might be the red shirt of the episode).

Also it was great to see Delmos was loyal, but that was it, the rest of the episode was very angsty and sad (not a real complaint here).

What felt slithgly wrong was Pyth's 'It's her or Jason' part. He was indeed blunt, unlike him. Maybe it was just to get to the point of the story, because a lot of things happened in the episode (the discussion about Medusa-or-Jason-or plan B, would have taken long, but I would have liked to see it anyway).

Great review, as usual. I'm really dying to read the next one (good luck with that!).

deinonychus_1 April 26 2015, 21:26:48 UTC

I'm not sure what it was about this episode, but most of my episode reviews have been about 1.5 - 2k. This one was 3.5k! I'm just annoyed at myself for not getting it posted in time before 2.9 aired :-(

I really was surprised, and disappointed, by how much the boys seemed willing to sacrifice Medusa. She was their friend, a very good friend, in series 1. Have they forgotten her so easily? I guess now we've seen 2.9, that does redress the balance a bit, and shows them all together and working together again, but still.

Perhaps it was just that there was so much plot to get into ep 2.8 they didn't have time to show them discussion other options. But it just seemed harsh.

Oh, god I have no idea what the hell I'm going to do with the 2.9 review! If *this* one was unexpectedly long, The one for ep 9 is going to be *huge*. Maybe if I start writing it tomorrow, it might be done in time for next weekend!

clea2011 April 26 2015, 23:22:52 UTC

I have a feeling you'll manage it! *g*

deinonychus_1 April 27 2015, 20:09:56 UTC

Yes, but the question is not whether I will manage it, and more whether I will manage it *in time*!

aussiemel1 April 27 2015, 04:58:12 UTC

Yes to all of that. I had a lot of problems with this episode, starting with Melas apparently betraying one Oracle for another. I was surprised by how little loyalty he had to the older Oracle, they had been through a lot together.

I found Ariadne's aloofness quite cruel, surely she could have gotten word to Jason that she was forming a plan rather than let him believe she had abandoned him. The poor guy was about to be executed.

And the ease with which Ariadne was thrown in prison was strange.

Not a lot of love for this episode. I wish it had been better thought out.

Thanks for the recap, always fun to read them.

deinonychus_1 April 27 2015, 20:21:35 UTC

The entire thing with Melas bothers me. I'm not convinced that the kidnapping of Cassandra is a good enough reason for him to betray The Oracle, and the queen, and Jason, and, well, pretty much the entire city. There was a bit that seemed to imply that he hadn't known they intended to kill The Oracle, only to abduct her, but really, what did he *think* Paspiphae was going to do once she had The Oracle captive ( ... )

aussiemel1 April 27 2015, 22:45:10 UTC

Sorry, I was a bit negative about this episode and forgot to mention how good Robert Emms was. He was heartbreakingly good.

deinonychus_1 April 28 2015, 16:47:26 UTC

Well, I was pretty negative in my entire review, so that's fine! :-)

Robert Emms is one of the best actors on this show (and that's saying something when you've got the likes of Sarah Parish and Mark Addy in there as well), but he really absolutely nailed it in the last couple of episodes. I'm just annoyed it's taken them until this far into the series to give him any decent scripts to work with.

fififolle April 30 2015, 19:29:52 UTC

Delmos' pal was very cute, wasn't he? :)
Yeah, never poke the plot too hard. Nice to see Critias back, though, that was a good bit :D
Only 2 days to go!

deinonychus_1 May 1 2015, 16:45:57 UTC

Nestor was adorable! If it wasn't for the impending arrival of Icarus, I would have slashed him with Pythagoras! Hmmm... threesome? Nestor/Py/Icarus sandwich? ;-)

God yes, this plot really didn't withstand much poking at all. Which was a shame, because in all other aspects it was excellent.

I've just started writing the review post for ep 2.9. Hope I get it finished in time before ep 2.10 tomorrow! *flails* *curses the crossover fic for taking valuable time this week when I could have been writing the review instead*

PS. Sorry for the repeated edits. I must learn to proofread comments. Or not be bothered by typos.