The Collector 1x01-1x03

[oyceter]

Morgan Pym (a rather unfortunate name, as I was watching this while eating tasty raspberry Pim's and will now forever associate the two and really he is not even remotely like a tasty raspberry Pim's

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[oyceter]

Ok, phew! I was watching episode 3 and.... ZOIHTR$_)*(@L#KNMDSLIJ!!!!!!!

RAWR!

I think I will try 1x10 and see what I think; the stand-alones aren't holding much interest currently because they seem so straightforward and non-surprising, so the intricate plotting is nice to look forward to.

[ide_cyan]

2x02 love! :-D

[oracne]

I'll be able to read this and comment when I've actually watched the eps I have....

[oyceter]

Thankfully, episode 4 was ten times better than episode 3, which nearly made me throw something at the TV screen!

[ide_cyan]

Like you, I thought the first two episodes were pretty boring, and the "Supermodel" episode nearly made me give up on the show for good, when I was watching the original run of it on TV. Then I just peeked at the show from time to time, to see if it had gotten better, and by the time of "The Roboticist" I found it worthwhile again, and the last few episodes of S1 really grabbed me for good. I rewatched the "Supermodel" episode again recently and liked it a lot more in retrospect, although the weight-yoyo for comic effect is still extremely cruel, and the showrunners did a lot of foreshadowing and subtle character-building of the regulars even when the A-plot of the soul-of-the-week wasn't so good. This applies to later seasons as well. They were often better at long-term planning than short-term structuring.

And they do explain why Morgan gets special treatment.

[ide_cyan]

(I'll add that "The Old Man" made me cringe too much to watch it, initially, though.)

[oyceter]

Argh, the supermodel one still irritates me! As does the acting. But the long-term arcs are interesting, especially what they're doing with Gabe.