And so, finally, finally, this show is beginning to take off. There's mystery and intrigue and moles and subterfuge. It isn't just about Echo getting turned into a different personality every week. And now I want to watch it. It isn't just waiting to see if Joss actually does something with it. He is! Yay!!!!
Well, if the show continues with what this episode brought, then, I'd say a resounding yes!, because it's finally going somewhere, and the ensemble is beginning to come into its own.
Which is a very good thing, because I don't think Elisa can really carry the show on her own. But as part of a strong ensemble? She'll do quite well.
But he didn't know for sure that anything was happening. Chances were yes, but, idk, I'd think he would have called Mellie first and warned her to get out of his apartment
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But he didn't know for sure that anything was happening. Chances were yes, but, idk, I'd think he would have called Mellie first and warned her to get out of his apartment.
Yes, but that would've ruined the viewer's surprise when we realise that it's deWitt on the phone and not Agent Helo. I agree that it doesn't make a huge amount of logical sense, but from a writer/director's POV, it makes just enough sense to allow for a dramatic plot twist.
That's a really elaborate plot re: Hearn & Mellie. DeWitt was placing a lot of trust that Hearn's sadistic streak would keep him attacking Mellie, and not just going in and snapping her neck.Yeah, but she did instruct him NOT to make it a clean kill. If Hearn had just walked in and simply snapped her neck or shot her in the head, it would've ruined the set-up deWitt had told him she wanted. Hearn thought Mellie's death was supposed to appear incidental to a sex crime, not appear to be an execution. Now, granted, Hearn had enough of a sadistic streak that he would presumably actually enjoy
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I mean, first of all, who has an actual answering machine these days instead of voice mail?
Me. LOL
But since she had a camera in the apartment spying on him, she would have known about the answering machine. But again, we go back to the fact that her instructions are left on the machine. And you make a good point that the phone could have been knocked over rendering the answering machine useless. I guess that plus Ballard's Super Mad Ninja Skillz aren't meant to be thought about too closely. ;-D
The first two episodes were virtually unwatchable, so yay on Joss & Co. for rapid improvements. I would love to one day see the original pilot that Joss wrote in order to compare it with the less than stellar pilot that Fox wanted. While there were moments in the first five episodes that are important to the overall arc, they were uninteresting enough that I think it was only Joss's reputation and the promise that we were going to get Fox-interference-free episodes that kept as many people watching as there were
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Yeah, if it continues on this way, it'll be a show well worth watching. I'm really relieved, but it was *not* a pleasure for me to continue watching before, and it was only the promise Eliza made that it would really start getting good with episode six that kept me hanging on.
Seriously, I don't know why Fox keeps interfering with Joss. He *knows* what he's doing. The Fox Execs? Do. Not!
The episode had its moments. I hope that Fox gives the show a chance to find its way. What would have happened if BtVS had been yanked after S1? We wouldn't have met Spike. That would have been a shame.
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Double yay!
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Which is a very good thing, because I don't think Elisa can really carry the show on her own. But as part of a strong ensemble? She'll do quite well.
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But he didn't know for sure that anything was happening. Chances were yes, but, idk, I'd think he would have called Mellie first and warned her to get out of his apartment ( ... )
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Yes, but that would've ruined the viewer's surprise when we realise that it's deWitt on the phone and not Agent Helo. I agree that it doesn't make a huge amount of logical sense, but from a writer/director's POV, it makes just enough sense to allow for a dramatic plot twist.
That's a really elaborate plot re: Hearn & Mellie. DeWitt was placing a lot of trust that Hearn's sadistic streak would keep him attacking Mellie, and not just going in and snapping her neck.Yeah, but she did instruct him NOT to make it a clean kill. If Hearn had just walked in and simply snapped her neck or shot her in the head, it would've ruined the set-up deWitt had told him she wanted. Hearn thought Mellie's death was supposed to appear incidental to a sex crime, not appear to be an execution. Now, granted, Hearn had enough of a sadistic streak that he would presumably actually enjoy ( ... )
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Me. LOL
But since she had a camera in the apartment spying on him, she would have known about the answering machine. But again, we go back to the fact that her instructions are left on the machine. And you make a good point that the phone could have been knocked over rendering the answering machine useless. I guess that plus Ballard's Super Mad Ninja Skillz aren't meant to be thought about too closely. ;-D
The first two episodes were virtually unwatchable, so yay on Joss & Co. for rapid improvements. I would love to one day see the original pilot that Joss wrote in order to compare it with the less than stellar pilot that Fox wanted. While there were moments in the first five episodes that are important to the overall arc, they were uninteresting enough that I think it was only Joss's reputation and the promise that we were going to get Fox-interference-free episodes that kept as many people watching as there were ( ... )
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Seriously, I don't know why Fox keeps interfering with Joss. He *knows* what he's doing. The Fox Execs? Do. Not!
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