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elrhiarhodan) wrote2014-01-16 10:37 pm
elrhiarhodan) wrote2014-01-16 10:37 pm
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Post Ep Dish - S5.11 - Shot Through the Heart
This one's going to be painfully, but hopefully there will be a light at the end of this long, dark tunnel for Peter and Neal and their dying friendship. However, like with the renewal, I'm now afraid to hope.
My apologies for the somewhat delayed and slightly truncated edition of this Dish...I'm too engaged in the episode to take notes as it's airing. I will need to do a complete rewatch to give a complete analysis.
Initial reactions:
A - From the promos, it seemed that Peter was extremely cold about "Rebecca's" betrayal (which was really hurting my heart), but I always forget how they tweak those - whether it's a carefully dropped line or a misleading reaction shot - nothing is quite what it seems.
B - Can I say that if all this turns out to be for the "twin" to the Hope Diamond, I'm going to be seriously pissed. How many times does the season mythology have to be about some precious treasure? Or maybe it will always be about treasure of some kind.
Okay - onto the episode.
1 - I honestly don't think I have anything negative to say about this episode. Nothing. The pacing was perfect, the characters (and the relationships between them) were definitely going in the right direction, and for once, they seemed to have gotten the geography right.
(Okay - I take that back. Rebecca's apartment was three blocks from where Siegel was shot. Siegel was shot a few blocks from where Neal met Hagen to hand over the chapter from the Codex. They make a big deal about how the apartment is out of Neal's radius. So how did he get to the place to deliver the Codex chapter without tripping his anklet?)
2 - It seemed that Neal wasn't going to be able to carry off his date with Rebecca - he looked nervous and unsteady. But it was interesting to see how he managed to use that - that he was worried about her, that he felt guilty about leaving her alone...and then the big reveal, that he "loved her". (Collars - do you think it was real or was he just telling himself that it was?)
(On a side note, I thought she might be bringing Neal a few cronuts.)
3 - The healing bromance. It was fascinating to see Peter start losing his anger, to see them working together to a common goal. Very much shades of early S2. This is the show I know and love.
4 - Rebecca's backstory. Or should we call her Rachel now? I was wondering how they were going to explain the how she managed to gather all that intel, but if she was MI-5, it makes perfect sense. MI-5 is the British equivalent of the NSA, and we know what the NSA does, right?
Do we believe her that she doesn't have a copy of the blackmail evidence?
Do we think she's actually batshit insane?
5 - Okay, another slight niggle with the story. You mean to tell me that the tech labs couldn't figure out a way to work around Rebecca/Rachel's alarm without setting it off? Didn't Mythbusters do a whole special on that? Well, I guess not if they wanted to show off Peter's smarts with the Chinese takeout menu.
And also - Neal getting "shot" - the scene with the ambulance, but Peter and Jones so nonchalant was perfection. And Neal being pissed off about his jacket. I have a feeling that this is foreshadowing something major for the finale. One can only hope.
6 - Speaking of Peter's smarts - I do love how he figured out where the gun was.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladyrose42 suggested that the cement would have been corrosive, but I don't think so - because steel/iron rebar is placed in cement to stabilize it and give it tensile strength and having dealt with construction contracts, I can tell you that that iron rebar doesn't corrode. So, I don't think the gun would have been damaged, especially not so quickly.
Though I was disappointed that she was so careless to get a print on a bullet. Amateur!
7 - El and Peter are really going to DC??? Well, I guess if the series is ending, that would make for a nice way to end it. She's already got a job at the National Gallery! Resourceful Elizabeth is resourceful. And I do have to say that this is the Elizabeth I know and love - especially in that earlier scene with Peter.
Question - how many of you thought that El was about to tell Peter she was pregnant? I know I did, and I was actually a little sick at that. It's always been a special joy for me that these two mature adults don't feel the need to have children to complete their lives.
8 - Peter telling Neal about his promotion. This was done a lot better than was expecting. There were moments last week when I was thinking that Peter was no better than James. That he'd take off without telling Neal, and that would be that - shades of wee!Neal losing his daddy again.
And I'm glad (at least in the context of the angst from last week's ep) that he's giving Neal's keeping over to Jones.
9 - One more thought about Neal and Rachel/Rebecca - how perfect was that final scene with Neal getting the cuffs on her, her shooting them off and then escaping, just as Neal had planned. It was nice to see Neal having the upper hand there. Especially after the scene in R/R's apartment with all the self-loathing.
Lots and lots of other thoughts, but these are the big ones dominating my brain. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give this a very solid 9.825 (the Russian judge marked them down for the inconsistencies with the radius).
After four years of the Dish, you know the drill - let's share those thinky and not-so-thoughts. Only two episodes left for the season and possibly the series.
My apologies for the somewhat delayed and slightly truncated edition of this Dish...I'm too engaged in the episode to take notes as it's airing. I will need to do a complete rewatch to give a complete analysis.
Initial reactions:
A - From the promos, it seemed that Peter was extremely cold about "Rebecca's" betrayal (which was really hurting my heart), but I always forget how they tweak those - whether it's a carefully dropped line or a misleading reaction shot - nothing is quite what it seems.
B - Can I say that if all this turns out to be for the "twin" to the Hope Diamond, I'm going to be seriously pissed. How many times does the season mythology have to be about some precious treasure? Or maybe it will always be about treasure of some kind.
Okay - onto the episode.
1 - I honestly don't think I have anything negative to say about this episode. Nothing. The pacing was perfect, the characters (and the relationships between them) were definitely going in the right direction, and for once, they seemed to have gotten the geography right.
(Okay - I take that back. Rebecca's apartment was three blocks from where Siegel was shot. Siegel was shot a few blocks from where Neal met Hagen to hand over the chapter from the Codex. They make a big deal about how the apartment is out of Neal's radius. So how did he get to the place to deliver the Codex chapter without tripping his anklet?)
2 - It seemed that Neal wasn't going to be able to carry off his date with Rebecca - he looked nervous and unsteady. But it was interesting to see how he managed to use that - that he was worried about her, that he felt guilty about leaving her alone...and then the big reveal, that he "loved her". (Collars - do you think it was real or was he just telling himself that it was?)
(On a side note, I thought she might be bringing Neal a few cronuts.)
3 - The healing bromance. It was fascinating to see Peter start losing his anger, to see them working together to a common goal. Very much shades of early S2. This is the show I know and love.
4 - Rebecca's backstory. Or should we call her Rachel now? I was wondering how they were going to explain the how she managed to gather all that intel, but if she was MI-5, it makes perfect sense. MI-5 is the British equivalent of the NSA, and we know what the NSA does, right?
Do we believe her that she doesn't have a copy of the blackmail evidence?
Do we think she's actually batshit insane?
5 - Okay, another slight niggle with the story. You mean to tell me that the tech labs couldn't figure out a way to work around Rebecca/Rachel's alarm without setting it off? Didn't Mythbusters do a whole special on that? Well, I guess not if they wanted to show off Peter's smarts with the Chinese takeout menu.
And also - Neal getting "shot" - the scene with the ambulance, but Peter and Jones so nonchalant was perfection. And Neal being pissed off about his jacket. I have a feeling that this is foreshadowing something major for the finale. One can only hope.
6 - Speaking of Peter's smarts - I do love how he figured out where the gun was.
ladyrose42 suggested that the cement would have been corrosive, but I don't think so - because steel/iron rebar is placed in cement to stabilize it and give it tensile strength and having dealt with construction contracts, I can tell you that that iron rebar doesn't corrode. So, I don't think the gun would have been damaged, especially not so quickly.Though I was disappointed that she was so careless to get a print on a bullet. Amateur!
7 - El and Peter are really going to DC??? Well, I guess if the series is ending, that would make for a nice way to end it. She's already got a job at the National Gallery! Resourceful Elizabeth is resourceful. And I do have to say that this is the Elizabeth I know and love - especially in that earlier scene with Peter.
Question - how many of you thought that El was about to tell Peter she was pregnant? I know I did, and I was actually a little sick at that. It's always been a special joy for me that these two mature adults don't feel the need to have children to complete their lives.
8 - Peter telling Neal about his promotion. This was done a lot better than was expecting. There were moments last week when I was thinking that Peter was no better than James. That he'd take off without telling Neal, and that would be that - shades of wee!Neal losing his daddy again.
And I'm glad (at least in the context of the angst from last week's ep) that he's giving Neal's keeping over to Jones.
9 - One more thought about Neal and Rachel/Rebecca - how perfect was that final scene with Neal getting the cuffs on her, her shooting them off and then escaping, just as Neal had planned. It was nice to see Neal having the upper hand there. Especially after the scene in R/R's apartment with all the self-loathing.
Lots and lots of other thoughts, but these are the big ones dominating my brain. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give this a very solid 9.825 (the Russian judge marked them down for the inconsistencies with the radius).
After four years of the Dish, you know the drill - let's share those thinky and not-so-thoughts. Only two episodes left for the season and possibly the series.
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It gave me emotional Neal whump (and sadly, a lack of real physical whump...couldn't she have aimed just a wee bit better?). It gave me Peter and Neal slowly reconciling somewhat, and working together as a team again. It gave me awesome!conflicted!conman!Neal in all his glory (Matt acted the living daylights out of these scenes!). Hell, it gave me Neal in his leather jacket. I'm sold. *g*
What I still don't get is the motivation. Are we supposed to believe that WhatsHerName pulled this elaborate con, finding a way to use Neal and Hagen, fool paranoid!to!the!extreme!Moz and set everything up like this...for the twin of the Hope Diamond? How did she even know about the treasure being the diamond? For that, she must've figured out the Codex before sending her band of merry conmen on a wild goose chase. No makey sensey. *handwaves*
Yes, I also thought El would tell Peter she's pregnant, and I CRINGED. Thank goodness it was the new job instead. Though it confuses me a little how enthusiastic El is about this. I mean, yay, hubby moves up the greasy pole. Yay, new opportunities! Yay, no more kidnappings or being shot at or ending up in car accidents. But what about her own business? Up and leaving within 2 weeks?! Maybe it's because I'm European and Americans tend to move around a lot more and set up camp thousands of miles from home time and again, but this seemed a bit odd to me (given the character). *shrugs*
I did like that she asked/was worried about/felt for Neal.
I loved Moz and his impromptu dinner-on-the-floor with Neal. Oh Moz. ♥
BTW, hon, it's only one ep left this season, not two. (WOE!)
And I'm hoping for something really tragic to keep us on the edge of our seat. I mean, Diana will be back! \o/ Maybe Neal will get shot (WTF was he talking about, he wants his sentence over? How's that supposed to work?) Maybe El gets Elnapped again as leverage. Maybe the Burkes move to DC only to find out it was a dirty trick by Bruce. (Jones was the mastermind behind everything! I knew it all along! He hired Rebecca to set this whole thing up while blackmailing Bruce to move Peter to DC! He's had his eyes on Peter's/Hughes' job from the get-go! *g*)
Maybe Peter sits down one rainy Sunday afternoon in DC and reads Neal's childhood file and realizes he's actually fathered the guy with that one sperm donation he did when he needed extra cash for that trip to Mexico as 16-year-old (he looked older and had an awesome fake ID). He's then glad that he never boffed his pet con because, ya know, eww? But hmm...the thought of Neal and El together kinda turns him on even more now. (Not to mention that El loves the idea of shagging father and son.)
Okay, I'll stop now. *slinks away*
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P.S. Sorry if this comment shows up twice. I posted it w/out being logged in, and then it didn't seem to show up, but IDK if the 1st version will appear later. :-)
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I mean, that means one more ep than I was looking forward to, so \o/. But it still felt kind of like leading up directly to the finale, this last ep. Weird.
But yay, two more eps! :D
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I swear, I shouldn't be allowed near the internet without my morning coffee.
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And don't you know, Mozzie is behind EVERYTHING. Everything!
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Also? Mozzie is always behind everything! The Dentist Strikes Again!!!
Wouldn't that be a fun AU for this season to write? LOL!
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But, he's more than just hinted at not enjoying the paperwork or the being off the streets bit. And, as section chief he will never leave his office except to go to interdepartmental meetings. Bleh!
I also think part of him thinks that this is what El would want, to keep him off the streets and safe from harm.
And, I know it's a minor point, but no way, no how did she get a job at the National Gallery. She doesn't even come close to having the credentials. Assistant Manager at a NY gallery a decade ago, even a high profile one is not the right resume. Unless she got a job managing their catering facilities. Then maybe. And, what about Burke Premier Events???
Done with ranting now.