Post Ep Dish - 2.10 - Burke's Seven
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elrhiarhodanI can't believe it's mid-January already. It seems like Mozzie just got shot.
All signs have pointed to this episode as being superlative. I don't doubt that...just as I don't doubt that it's filled with the snappy dialogue, the gorgeous shots of Manhattan Island, plenty of glass and good looking extras. And Tatt DeBomer at their finest (and hopefully shirtless).
And more plot holes than can be found in Blackburn, Lancashire. Remember, folks. This was the last episode filmed for the season...JE decided to change the order of the shows...so unless they've done a lot of work in post, there may be things that are inexplicable until the rest of the season airs.
A word about the episode title - does anyone think its a nod to the 1980's British sci-fi classic, Blake's Seven, about a crew of escaped convicts trying to (1) overthrow the evil Terran empire and (2) save the innocent and prevent injustice and (3) grap as much loot as possible. Or is it really a homage to Ocean's Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen? ETA – I did look up JE’s twitterstream – he does say it’s a homage to the Ocean movies…but in a way, I’m still right, because Blake’s Seven was also a homage to the original Ocean’s Eleven.
I do so wish I was back in Chicago, sitting with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
afiawri, hoosierbitch and rabidchild67 and watching it together. But you, the rest of my peeps, can play along and join this post ep dish and give me your thinky thoughts.
These are mine:
1. The superspeed rushing Mozzie through surgery...meh...shades of the Munsters...
2. Neal at Mozzie's bedside – Sniffles – but I WANT MORE OF THAT EMOTION
3. But where is the discussion of the trust issues between Neal and Peter? What about repercussions from Neal's attack on Fowler, getting Alex to steal the music box? You'll see those in future eps, I bet. I HOPE
4. Love the gathering of the forgers...and the location...and the pedal harp in the corner (a nod to Pilot and The Dutchman's office, mebbe? ETA – I just remembered from one of the cut scenes on the DVD set, there was a packing crate for a pedal harp in Flip of a Coin. I used to play the pedal harp, so I take note of these bits of squeeful ridiculousness.)
5. YAY - Elizabeth!!!!!!!!! - Neal comes to Peter - he's listening to Peter!!!!!!!
6. ANGRY PETER!!!!!! And it's more than the missing mug - Nail that son of a bitch!!!!!
7. HUGHES!!!!!!!!!! Oh, I love your scary face, smishes you.
8. YOUR GUN AND YOUR BADGE??????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - PETER!!!!!!!!!!!!
9. Why would Peter and his mole and his seksi, seksi body need to leave the building? Wouldn't he be held for investigation?
10. And for the record - I think the Mozzie hospital and Mozzie-Neal scenes were filmed for a different episode - will someone try to convince me otherwise, please?
11. Why didn't Diana or Jones mention Neal's tracking data?
12. YEAH FOR JONES STANDING UP TO DIANA
13. SARA IS LUSTING FOR PETER - I swear her nipples went perky when Peter went undercover
14. PETER AS SPOILED PLAYBOY - Do I smell an A/U coming on?
15. Burke Back Story Mirrors Tim's Real Life - Peter grew up in Upstate New York!!!
16. YEAH JONES - Peter finally, finally calls you by your first name. I ♥ CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17. Elizabeth delivers the straws to Mozzie. My heart just melts.
18. Mozzie joins the crew in a motorized wheelchair - and it's supposed to be a surprise. Hmmm...still not buying that this wasn't done in post, or a script change.
19. Looks exchanged between Mozzie and Sara? Do I see some UST there? Nah...she'll eat him alive
20. SO MANY PLOT HOLES...SO LITTLE TIME
21. Nazi china would not have just a Swastika...it would have had the full Third Reich insignia – an eagle with outspread wings clutching a wreath with the Swastika. And oddly enough, the Blue and White pattern on the porcelain doesn’t annoy me (and it should).
22. Doesn't the FBI frisk anyone before putting the cuffs on them? Larson's carrying tweezers AND A FUCKING GUN? (ETA – this is where having more than 3 hours sleep the night before would have made for a better watching experience, because my peeps have smacked me down on this – Larsen took the gun from Roes, obviously)
23. ENOUGH WITH THE PLOT HOLES
24. Neal in a sweaty tee shirt that’s too big for him...guh.
25. Peter Burke on a horse. Officially the HOTTEST THING EVER.
26. Mozzie with the solution! And in a wheel chair on a 3rd floor apartment.
27. Bendy straws - it's always bendy straws. And Neal, he's so bendy.
Okay, my dear and beloved flist...
What are YOUR thinky thoughts?
All signs have pointed to this episode as being superlative. I don't doubt that...just as I don't doubt that it's filled with the snappy dialogue, the gorgeous shots of Manhattan Island, plenty of glass and good looking extras. And Tatt DeBomer at their finest (and hopefully shirtless).
And more plot holes than can be found in Blackburn, Lancashire. Remember, folks. This was the last episode filmed for the season...JE decided to change the order of the shows...so unless they've done a lot of work in post, there may be things that are inexplicable until the rest of the season airs.
A word about the episode title - does anyone think its a nod to the 1980's British sci-fi classic, Blake's Seven, about a crew of escaped convicts trying to (1) overthrow the evil Terran empire and (2) save the innocent and prevent injustice and (3) grap as much loot as possible. Or is it really a homage to Ocean's Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen? ETA – I did look up JE’s twitterstream – he does say it’s a homage to the Ocean movies…but in a way, I’m still right, because Blake’s Seven was also a homage to the original Ocean’s Eleven.
I do so wish I was back in Chicago, sitting with
afiawri, hoosierbitch and rabidchild67 and watching it together. But you, the rest of my peeps, can play along and join this post ep dish and give me your thinky thoughts.These are mine:
1. The superspeed rushing Mozzie through surgery...meh...shades of the Munsters...
2. Neal at Mozzie's bedside – Sniffles – but I WANT MORE OF THAT EMOTION
3. But where is the discussion of the trust issues between Neal and Peter? What about repercussions from Neal's attack on Fowler, getting Alex to steal the music box? You'll see those in future eps, I bet. I HOPE
4. Love the gathering of the forgers...and the location...and the pedal harp in the corner (a nod to Pilot and The Dutchman's office, mebbe? ETA – I just remembered from one of the cut scenes on the DVD set, there was a packing crate for a pedal harp in Flip of a Coin. I used to play the pedal harp, so I take note of these bits of squeeful ridiculousness.)
5. YAY - Elizabeth!!!!!!!!! - Neal comes to Peter - he's listening to Peter!!!!!!!
6. ANGRY PETER!!!!!! And it's more than the missing mug - Nail that son of a bitch!!!!!
7. HUGHES!!!!!!!!!! Oh, I love your scary face, smishes you.
8. YOUR GUN AND YOUR BADGE??????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - PETER!!!!!!!!!!!!
9. Why would Peter and his mole and his seksi, seksi body need to leave the building? Wouldn't he be held for investigation?
10. And for the record - I think the Mozzie hospital and Mozzie-Neal scenes were filmed for a different episode - will someone try to convince me otherwise, please?
11. Why didn't Diana or Jones mention Neal's tracking data?
12. YEAH FOR JONES STANDING UP TO DIANA
13. SARA IS LUSTING FOR PETER - I swear her nipples went perky when Peter went undercover
14. PETER AS SPOILED PLAYBOY - Do I smell an A/U coming on?
15. Burke Back Story Mirrors Tim's Real Life - Peter grew up in Upstate New York!!!
16. YEAH JONES - Peter finally, finally calls you by your first name. I ♥ CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17. Elizabeth delivers the straws to Mozzie. My heart just melts.
18. Mozzie joins the crew in a motorized wheelchair - and it's supposed to be a surprise. Hmmm...still not buying that this wasn't done in post, or a script change.
19. Looks exchanged between Mozzie and Sara? Do I see some UST there? Nah...she'll eat him alive
20. SO MANY PLOT HOLES...SO LITTLE TIME
21. Nazi china would not have just a Swastika...it would have had the full Third Reich insignia – an eagle with outspread wings clutching a wreath with the Swastika. And oddly enough, the Blue and White pattern on the porcelain doesn’t annoy me (and it should).
22. Doesn't the FBI frisk anyone before putting the cuffs on them? Larson's carrying tweezers AND A FUCKING GUN? (ETA – this is where having more than 3 hours sleep the night before would have made for a better watching experience, because my peeps have smacked me down on this – Larsen took the gun from Roes, obviously)
23. ENOUGH WITH THE PLOT HOLES
24. Neal in a sweaty tee shirt that’s too big for him...guh.
25. Peter Burke on a horse. Officially the HOTTEST THING EVER.
26. Mozzie with the solution! And in a wheel chair on a 3rd floor apartment.
27. Bendy straws - it's always bendy straws. And Neal, he's so bendy.
Okay, my dear and beloved flist...
What are YOUR thinky thoughts?
