The Beast with 171 Labs

[spectralbovine]

Today I had oatmeal for the first time. It was not as bad as I expected, though that's probably the maple and brown sugar talking. I feel so...fibrous.

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[the_partyman]

I am still watching FlashForward and mostly loving it. :)

I just finished watching the Dollhouses and feel like I have OD'ed on awesome!

Enver Gjokaj is like just... I have no words. Perfect?

I too would have liked some clarity on whether Imprint!Perrin reverted to the original plan or if it was amended. I guess that could have been the original plan and Adele may have been mistaken about them planning on outing the LA house? Or maybe it wasn't and they amended the plan after the LA house got involved. Hmmm.

Though that's one small critriscism in a whole load of awesome, so i am happy. Though also sad because, as you rightfully remind, show is ending. :(

[eldritch_flame]

Enver Gjokaj is insanely brilliant. The two Tophers was definitely the highlight of these episodes for me, with Topher/Bennett nerdliness a close second. I still have some issues with Topher, but damn if he isn't hella entertaining

[spectralbovine]

And I'm confused as to how Bennett knew Caroline. Were they supposed to have been friends before Caroline joined the Dollhouse? And then Bennett just happened to get a job at another Dollhouse?
That's what it sounds like. What a coincidence, right?

Also, I have heard that some scientist claimed that problems with the real life LHC were because it was sabotaging itself from the future. That bit of information will never not amuse me.
Yep! It's pretty great.

[iheartbridges]

UGH. The Office = death right now. That episode was so fraking dumb. Here are some lines that could have been used: "Dwight. I did not ask you to collect money from everybody. Please return it." Also, "Dwight, how did you assemble this list of people? May I please see the data behind it?" Jim fell straight into that trap; he's normally smarter than that. GUH. Ugh.

[spectralbovine]

I know! Come on, Jim.

[iheartbridges]

Yeah. Fail.

[zenkitty_714]

Dexter: I'm sure Arthur meant to kill Christine that night, if the cops hadn't gotten there first. Especially after he freaked out in the truck after he sent her away and started screaming curses at her. Whoa

[cran]

I really don't want Dexter to feel remorse for killing an innocent guy. Frustration with himself for screwing up, yes, but... he's supposed to be a sociopath. He doesn't feel emotion; his entire life is a carefully-constructed cover. He only kills "bad guys" because of the code Harry taught him, which stands in for actual ethics. And although he doesn't love anyone, he's loyal to certain people (like Deb). Or that's the way it's supposed to be, anyway. I always found Dexter more interesting when he was more true to the character in the books (with the exception of the Dark Passenger crap; I like the TV show's interpretation more). Like Jeff Lindsay said recently, "My Dexter pretends to be nice. Their Dexter is trying to become nice." The TV show's new Dexter is a bit wimpy, and he's making more mistakes than usual because of it.

[spectralbovine]

Personally, I like the evolving, "wimpy" Dexter. I haven't read the books, but I haven't heard great things about them. I don't think Dexter should necessarily feel remorse, per se, but the fact that he made this one mistake should make him call into question all the other people he's killed. Was he completely sure, every time? That can manifest as frustration, anger at imperfection rather than a more human remorse at killing an innocent.