Episode Notes: Sentinel "Spare Parts"
That squeaking sound you hear, as I'm getting prepared for watching here, is me flossing all of my preconceptions about Naomi right out of my head. I'm trying to go into this episode without *anything* cluttering up my reading of her here. So ::squeeksqueek::, I'm forgetting everything that comes up in later episodes, fanfic, etc
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How does she get into the loft anyway? And I'm sorry but moving furniture goes beyond the pale. Jim's a saint for not giving her hell.
And I cringed for Blair when she was all but oochy-cooching him in front of Simon and Jim. He didn't deserve that.
She's the sort of mum your friends think is cool and you wish you didn't have because she embarrasses the hell out of you.
And Jim's tolerance for her seems unending; even in the final episode he doesn't get mad at her. I'm baffled.
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Yeah, it does seem like she'd maybe be fun to have around for a weekend. Then hughugkisskiss and let her go off on her way again with a sigh of relief. (I bet she's the last person he wants around when he's sick or injured though--he doesn't need that kind of stress when he's already down.)
How does she get into the loft anyway? And I'm sorry but moving furniture goes beyond the pale. Jim's a saint for not giving her hell.
Moving furniture is *way* beyond the pale!! (Though I admit to liking her layout.) She really does give me more than a little bit of a stalker-mom vibe--she's tracking down phone numbers to call Blair on other than the one he gave her, she breaks into her son's home, etc.
And I cringed for Blair when she was all but oochy-cooching him in front of Simon and Jim. He didn't deserve that.
gillyp raised some interesting points on that and I'm still pondering them ( ... )
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I mostly just "go with the flow" and don't think too much about the plot inconsistencies and such in an ep., so when I read your notes, they always give me a whole new perspective on things. =>}
Thanks so much for sharing them with us here. *g*
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Wow! Thanks! That's so nice of you to say! I really have a great time making the episode notes and caps and I like to think that my enjoyment of the process comes through in the final result. I'm glad to know that it does. ;)
I mostly just "go with the flow" and don't think too much about the plot inconsistencies and such in an ep., so when I read your notes, they always give me a whole new perspective on things. =>}
Certainly, it is possible for me to watch the eps without thinking about the inconsistencies and problems. And while I'm trying, this time through, to watch *attentively* and to let go of my fanon-based preconceptions, I have seen all the episodes a bunch of times. I think the plot holes become more obvious with repeated exposure. :)
Thanks so much for commenting!!
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I'm really a person who can totally get with the "suspension of disbelief" when it comes to my shows. Supposedly, I'm an intelligent woman, but I am such an airhead when it comes to my fandoms and my hotties. *vbg*
Plot holes, schmott holes. Heh heh heh! =>}
Thanks again for your great ep. notes!
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As long as they're pretty--heck yeah! :)
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I just felt it had to be said. (o:
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I'm going to have to look for it next time I watch...::pouts::
I must have been typing something.
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And of course, I love the fact that having Blair around does not produce this reaction in him....
--Blair: "I did have a lot of candidates to consider. It seemed like every man Naomi met would fall in love with her. She never stayed with any of them for very long." He sounds so wistful on that last line.
Yeah, and I love that makes it sound like there was such a string of them (which I'm sure there were), but it's pretty easy to narrow down the window of conception to a rather specific timeframe, and the fact that were STILL "a lot of candidates to consider"...she was really gettin' around... (And part of me wonders if she really does know and never wanted to tell Blair for some reason or another)
--Oh, yeah, Alpha!Jim's pretty! I'm getting such a thing for commanding men. (I think it's your fault, sassyinkpen. :))
I will happily take the blame for this, and I don't feel bad at all... (I think you' ( ... )
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OOooooo! You're so smart! I hadn't thought of that as a logical corollary! Mmmm! :)
Nice!
it's pretty easy to narrow down the window of conception to a rather specific timeframe, and the fact that were STILL "a lot of candidates to consider"...she was really gettin' around... (And part of me wonders if she really does know and never wanted to tell Blair for some reason or another)
I think Naomi knows, or at least has a suspicion, and doesn't want to explore the question more deeply because she doesn't really want to know the answer. But that's just me and probably influenced by Candy Apple's "Outside Influences". :) Or maybe she doesn't want Blair to know. She wants Blair all to herself, so she gives him no connection at all to his father.
I'm not at all certain that in Blair's family they would bother or care about a license for Blair to drive it.I don't know that a trucker can afford to play fast and loose with the law on that. ( ... )
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I think Naomi knows, or at least has a suspicion, and doesn't want to explore the question more deeply because she doesn't really want to know the answer. But that's just me and probably influenced by Candy Apple's "Outside Influences". :) Or maybe she doesn't want Blair to know. She wants Blair all to herself, so she gives him no connection at all to his father.
I think you're very right on several of these points, and the big mystery here is part of why I actually like Naomi. I know this can be read in a lot of ways, but my over all impression of her after reading all the transcripts was that she's the new-age flake, who is capable of being very very shrewed when she wants to be, but has clearly breezed through life on her good looks and allure with men, so she hides that behind a veil of ( ... )
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Oh, moop!! Well, we're even because I just had a finger slip and I closed the browser window I was typing my reponse in. So I lost about half of my response. D'oh!
I know this can be read in a lot of ways, but my over all impression of her after reading all the transcripts was that she's the new-age flake, who is capable of being very very shrewed when she wants to be, but has clearly breezed through life on her good looks and allure with men, so she hides that behind a veil of sage smoke.I can actually see that. Hell, I could see that the entirety of the New Age flake thing is basically an act (she's not very good at it for one thing) and that she's really just shaping her life around moving her way to an increasingly secure position on the social ladder by sleeping with richer and richer men ( ... )
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That's a very good point that I hadn't considered. Thanks! And I could see Jim being quiet in Simon's office becuase he couldn't trust himself to be polite.
She also doesn't strike me as someone who has ever worked hard for a living or been deprived at any time of her life.
Definitely. I'm liking the trust fund idea more and more. :)
One thing I can say in her favor is that, unlike many in this fandom, I don't fault her for not being around very often.Yeah, I don't see my mom more than every 6 months, and when she lived farther away it was less often than that. On the other hand, if I'd been shot, or drowned, or drugged or any of the other things we *know* happened to Blair during the course of the series, she'd have gotten to me if she had to freakin' walk. Which, really, sometimes when ( ... )
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Ooooo! Savvy Jim!! I like that. :D
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