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shallownessI forgot to mention that I did watch some season 2 Deep Space Nine episodes whilst on holiday, so I’d like to carry on with that, although I’ll be putting catching up on the telly first and the last time I tried to use my DVD player, it wouldn’t work properly, which I hope I can fix, but even if I don't, I could use the laptop. First world inconveniences, eh?
Parks and Rec 5.19
Lots of competitions this episode! I chuckled at them all, but the most at Chris trying to get Ron and April through his management training seminar. Oh, sweet Chris, no. And April came out on top.
Also, how can experimenting on Jerry count for anything?
The referencing to Star Wars and Game of Thrones felt slightly more current, normally the show's referencing makes me realise how long it is since P&R first aired, although given that both Patton Oswald and Chris Pratt have now appeared in the Marvelverse, I felt a bit flummoxed.
5.20
Awwwww. I was really sad that Jerry was retiring, but not surprised that nobody in the office had picked up on this or that Leslie would sacrifice her day off with Ben to Do Something in Leslie style. But after that inevitability (I am Ben) and some more of the mysteries of the Gergich clan – they came off like a weird familial cult – Leslie learned from Jerry that she should spend more time with the man who wants to make her her favourite pizza.
And talking about starting a family tied in nicely into the also inevitable Ann/Chris, although beyond her thinking seriously about him as the father of her child, I’m still not madly excited about the coupling. They literally ran to a lot of places together.
Meanwhile the (short-term) absence of Jerry caused the once bullied Tom angst. I was not as sympathetic as I could have been because I may have been gloating that I called that he was the most likely replacement ‘Jerry’ of the group. Donna was ace and Ron did something nice for Tom (possibly also for the intern, given that he wasn’t that interested in Donna.)
Undercover episode 4
Must remember that for some reason we’ll have to wait a fortnight for the last episode.
Again, Sophie Okenedo was amazing. Couldn’t take your eyes off her Maya as she reacted and acted.
I kept expecting Maya to take the next step and demand that ‘Nick’ told her what his birth name was. I think he has finally realised that this cannot be contained, that ‘they’ are killing people to cover themselves up. Whether he can turn his brilliance at going undercover on his handler etc remains to be seen. I have more faith in Maya now that she knows more.
Instead of engaging with the lawyerly appropriation of the Bible in the execution case in the States, thanks to The Good Wife, I was unimpressed by their lawyering. Maya went for the theatrics instead of trying to get data on when the doctor left and entered the treatment. Her argument about competence was flimsy and she knew it - she had had instructions from her client. The other side could have done a little research on Maya’s American co-worker – a Google search would probably have covered it. So that undermined the high drama, plus we were meant to be wondering about the man who came in and out of the courtroom.
But then I think Julia is a terrible journalist, it’s her co-worker who’s doing all the hard work, so I can’t get worked up about her big dilemma about whether to be a journo or a best friend first. Maya has decided to protect her children comes before exposing the truth, for now, although with ‘Lola’ bumping into Dan (sweet, innocent Dan! In some ways a little boy in a big boy’s body!!) that choice is going to be more difficult than she thinks.
Some of this was on the nose and not entirely convincing, but the acting was barnstorming.
Parks and Rec 5.19
Lots of competitions this episode! I chuckled at them all, but the most at Chris trying to get Ron and April through his management training seminar. Oh, sweet Chris, no. And April came out on top.
Also, how can experimenting on Jerry count for anything?
The referencing to Star Wars and Game of Thrones felt slightly more current, normally the show's referencing makes me realise how long it is since P&R first aired, although given that both Patton Oswald and Chris Pratt have now appeared in the Marvelverse, I felt a bit flummoxed.
5.20
Awwwww. I was really sad that Jerry was retiring, but not surprised that nobody in the office had picked up on this or that Leslie would sacrifice her day off with Ben to Do Something in Leslie style. But after that inevitability (I am Ben) and some more of the mysteries of the Gergich clan – they came off like a weird familial cult – Leslie learned from Jerry that she should spend more time with the man who wants to make her her favourite pizza.
And talking about starting a family tied in nicely into the also inevitable Ann/Chris, although beyond her thinking seriously about him as the father of her child, I’m still not madly excited about the coupling. They literally ran to a lot of places together.
Meanwhile the (short-term) absence of Jerry caused the once bullied Tom angst. I was not as sympathetic as I could have been because I may have been gloating that I called that he was the most likely replacement ‘Jerry’ of the group. Donna was ace and Ron did something nice for Tom (possibly also for the intern, given that he wasn’t that interested in Donna.)
Undercover episode 4
Must remember that for some reason we’ll have to wait a fortnight for the last episode.
Again, Sophie Okenedo was amazing. Couldn’t take your eyes off her Maya as she reacted and acted.
I kept expecting Maya to take the next step and demand that ‘Nick’ told her what his birth name was. I think he has finally realised that this cannot be contained, that ‘they’ are killing people to cover themselves up. Whether he can turn his brilliance at going undercover on his handler etc remains to be seen. I have more faith in Maya now that she knows more.
Instead of engaging with the lawyerly appropriation of the Bible in the execution case in the States, thanks to The Good Wife, I was unimpressed by their lawyering. Maya went for the theatrics instead of trying to get data on when the doctor left and entered the treatment. Her argument about competence was flimsy and she knew it - she had had instructions from her client. The other side could have done a little research on Maya’s American co-worker – a Google search would probably have covered it. So that undermined the high drama, plus we were meant to be wondering about the man who came in and out of the courtroom.
But then I think Julia is a terrible journalist, it’s her co-worker who’s doing all the hard work, so I can’t get worked up about her big dilemma about whether to be a journo or a best friend first. Maya has decided to protect her children comes before exposing the truth, for now, although with ‘Lola’ bumping into Dan (sweet, innocent Dan! In some ways a little boy in a big boy’s body!!) that choice is going to be more difficult than she thinks.
Some of this was on the nose and not entirely convincing, but the acting was barnstorming.
