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het_reccers eats up so much time.
I wanted to touch on the last four episodes of Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye that I’ve seen. (2.3 to 2.6) They’ve been very heavy on the Sue/Jack shippiness, but also featured massive tonal shifts – one minute it’s laughing at Miles investing in (fraudulent) art work, then it’s worrying about an older friend who’s acting oddly, then it’s TERRORISTS. (2.3 ‘Homeland Security’). It’s been TERRORISTS a lot, actually.
The shippiness came first in the bachelor charity auction, which was played for laughs in the background, as Sue took on a cold case, confiding in Jack as she worried over trying to help the grieving mother, now dying. They had a proper fight about the outcome, where he argued the case for getting some justice whilst protecting the dead daughter’s reputation, which would be trashed if all the truth came out. And then the ladies in the team protected Jack from the over eager organiser by buying him a date with Sue. We even saw them dance! And that was from Sue’s POV, so the music dropped off. (2.4 Cold Case)
Then there was the delight that is undercover married trope. The case involved TERRORISTS, and the team trying to get close to a suspect. Cue Sue seeing a ‘for sale’ sign and volunteering for some of them (her and Jack) to move in as newlyweds. Cue several adorkable moments, forced intimacy, Jack getting a little too invested in ‘Sue’ finding him marriageable, and the issues brought on by her being deaf – Jack needing to get her attention and not being able to shout. I liked the relative demureness of the UST, too. The suspect was A TERRORIST, so the second part of the two parter was almost back to normal, apart from the gentle teasing. (2.5-6 ‘The Newlywed Game’).
The teasing of Miles is not gentle, but then he is appalling and I can’t feel too sympathetic towards him. I liked Tara and Sue partnering up for some questioning and that Lucy helped find the crucial clue, but the opening scene was a mix of exposition about the serious TERRORIST threat, light-heartedness – not even gallows humour – and then a reminder of the serious TERRORIST threat. Misjudged.
But Sue and Jack had a long, lingering goodbye to the house where they’d pretended to be together, and admitted – more by the looks they exchanged – that they’d enjoyed it. Aww. I know that the show didn’t go anywhere much with the ship until the last minute and that it was cancelled for commercial reasons that didn’t have much to do with the show.
het_reccers eats up so much time.I wanted to touch on the last four episodes of Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye that I’ve seen. (2.3 to 2.6) They’ve been very heavy on the Sue/Jack shippiness, but also featured massive tonal shifts – one minute it’s laughing at Miles investing in (fraudulent) art work, then it’s worrying about an older friend who’s acting oddly, then it’s TERRORISTS. (2.3 ‘Homeland Security’). It’s been TERRORISTS a lot, actually.
The shippiness came first in the bachelor charity auction, which was played for laughs in the background, as Sue took on a cold case, confiding in Jack as she worried over trying to help the grieving mother, now dying. They had a proper fight about the outcome, where he argued the case for getting some justice whilst protecting the dead daughter’s reputation, which would be trashed if all the truth came out. And then the ladies in the team protected Jack from the over eager organiser by buying him a date with Sue. We even saw them dance! And that was from Sue’s POV, so the music dropped off. (2.4 Cold Case)
Then there was the delight that is undercover married trope. The case involved TERRORISTS, and the team trying to get close to a suspect. Cue Sue seeing a ‘for sale’ sign and volunteering for some of them (her and Jack) to move in as newlyweds. Cue several adorkable moments, forced intimacy, Jack getting a little too invested in ‘Sue’ finding him marriageable, and the issues brought on by her being deaf – Jack needing to get her attention and not being able to shout. I liked the relative demureness of the UST, too. The suspect was A TERRORIST, so the second part of the two parter was almost back to normal, apart from the gentle teasing. (2.5-6 ‘The Newlywed Game’).
The teasing of Miles is not gentle, but then he is appalling and I can’t feel too sympathetic towards him. I liked Tara and Sue partnering up for some questioning and that Lucy helped find the crucial clue, but the opening scene was a mix of exposition about the serious TERRORIST threat, light-heartedness – not even gallows humour – and then a reminder of the serious TERRORIST threat. Misjudged.
But Sue and Jack had a long, lingering goodbye to the house where they’d pretended to be together, and admitted – more by the looks they exchanged – that they’d enjoyed it. Aww. I know that the show didn’t go anywhere much with the ship until the last minute and that it was cancelled for commercial reasons that didn’t have much to do with the show.
