Monday night TV

[prillalar]

Only three eps this week. D. was worn out from either too much drinking or too much inactivity -- not sure which.

Six Feet Under: An Open Book
Everyone goes through the wringer in this ep. The porn star funeral was beautiful to behold. Brenda is finally getting a little interesting, what with the book and now her brother. Hints of incest? I kind of thought that Nate would refuse to read the book, actually. David and Keith had a fight! I'm a little confused by Keith and what he actually wants from David. He should cut David a little more slack, in my opinion. Because David is my platonic gay boyfriend.

X-Files: Roland
When you've seen one episode about the severed head of a rocket scientist directing his mentally handicapped brother to carry on his work and murder the colleagues who have stolen his research, you've seen them all. No come-ons to speak of from Mulder, sadly. (Or not so sadly, seeing as most of his interaction was with the mentally handicapped man.) And it's a goddamn tease to tell us that there's a severed head in a container of liquid nitrogen but never show it to us. Scully had the cutest line of dialogue ever.

Cryogenics guy: This is Arthur Grable. Uh, because of the massive internal damage to his body caused by the car accident, we could only preserve the head.

Scully: Wouldn't your client find it somewhat inconvenient to be thawed out in the future, only to discover he had no functional mobility?

Mulder also had an interesting bit where he was trying to get Roland to tell him about his dreams, so he told one of his own:

You know, I had a dream last night. I dreamt I was, uh, swimming in this pool. And I could see my father underwater, but when I dove down, the water stung my eyes. Then there was another man at the pool, watching me. He upset me. He was asking me questions I didn't want to answer. And I had to leave. I couldn't find my father.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Doppelgangland
Evil Vampire Willow is so sexy. And this ep has one of my fave Xander moments ever. Buffy, Xander, and Giles think that Willow has been vamped and they're all sad. Then Willow comes in. Xander jumps up and tries to ward her off with a cross. When it doesn't work, he gives it a little shake and tries again. I had also forgotten that Willow hauls off and punches Anya in the face during the brawl near the end. Whatever their later antagonism over Xander, it started in this ep.

Oh, and in the end when they were doing the spell to send Vampire Willow back, one shot nicely framed Giles and Anya. *sigh* Their love was so thwarted!

Comments

[debchan.livejournal.com]

Brenda is finally getting a little interesting, what with the book and now her brother. Hints of incest?

Keep watching. That's all I'm gonna say.

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

What she said.

(Also, grrrr Keith. I have Keith Issues.)

[prillalar]

Good, good.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Then there was another man at the pool, watching me.

Krycek.

Thwarted love, baby, thwarted love

[cageyklio.livejournal.com]

Screen cap, anyone?

[ex-mommybir.livejournal.com]

"Roland" is weird, but I have a soft spot for Zelko Ivanek. And I'm with you on the thwarted love. *makes googly eyes for Giles/Anya* I hope Emma Caulfield gets the career she deserves--what a great comedic actress.

[prillalar]

She's excellent! And I was shipping those two for a year before Tabula Rasa. When they kissed, I almost fell off the couch. *sigh*

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I've always liked Roland -- I think it's because of the guest performances. They're all excellent and very compelling. Certainly it's not about the liquid nitrogen or the sucking fan of doom.

I only seem to find Evil Vampire Willow sexy when she's with Evil Vampire Xander. The whole "Can I play with the puppy?" scene from The Wish makes me weak in the knees.

[prillalar]

Yeah, I'm with you about the performances. It's one of those good bad episodes.

How about Good Human Willow pretending to be Evil Vampire Willow?

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

::shrug:: I don't find Willow sexy, in general. I find her fascinating and lovable and cool, but she's profoundly Not My Type.

Now, Faith, OTOH...

[minitrog.livejournal.com]

Dopplegangland is superb. So many goodies.

After Xander shakes his cross and he and Buffy hug Willow madly, she looks to Giles for an explaination, and he runs over to hug her too. Aww. He gets a little embarressed, and pokes his glasses further up his nose. I went all gooey for Giles right then and there.

[prillalar]

Oooh, your icon! And there is nothing, nothing about Giles that I do not love. He is worthy of our goo.

And Snyder is really hot in that ep.