TW Miracle Day ep 3
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shapinglightOkay, this is probably the only time I'm going to d/l an ep. Mostly, I'm content to wait for the BBC version. However, I didn't want to feel I'd missed out on anything so I made an exception for this episode.
More behind cut, with spoilers
I enjoyed it. It had its bonkers moments, but they were arguably less bonkers than all the transatlantic hi-jinks on the plane in ep 2. Plus, it had some good character stuff, including the scene that I d/l'ed the episode to see - ie. the intercut Rex/Doctor Wotsit Jack/Generic Gay Hunk sex scenes, which did let us see deeper into Jack's emotional state, but really more in his misfire phone conversation with Gwen the morning after than in the scene itself. He's full of self-doubt and blames himself for everything. Got it. He's also kidding himself (and not very well) if he thinks Gwen will choose him over Rhys and Anwen.
In actual fact, I haven't a lot more to say, beyond that I hope the villains of the piece will turn out to be a little more than just Big Pharma wanting to make more profit, because if that's the case, I can't help feeling that making the whole human race unkillable is rather going to extremes.
I like the doctor character a lot. Also Gwen, who is great. Not so keen on Esther, and really, really not keen on Oswald Danes. We're not meant to be, I know, but I still don't understand why PhiCorp would think recruiting Danes was a good idea, given that everyone hates him. Or they did. By the end of the episode, they're beginning to go the other way, which I still find inexplicable even though the general populace weren't privy to Danes's confession to Jack. Also, is Jane E channelling David Fury, do you think? Seems to me the large lady at the end who gets all fangirly over Danes and asks Jack if he's seen him is supposed to be a comment on 'those women who write to serial killers in prison and then marry them.' :rolls eyes:
Apart from that, the main thing I noticed in the ep was shoes. Yes, shoes - specifically women's shoes. As in, apart from Gwen, who is wearing sensible boots, all the female characters - even the doctor - were wearing the most absurd stiletto thin nine inch heels, especially Esther, though bizarrely, even with them on, the actress was barely as tall as Eve Myles who is - and I've met her in person, so I know - a teeny, slight little thing. In other words, the actress playing Esther - no offence to her acting- is another size 0 midget. How depressing.
Anyway, the shoes (apart from Gwen's) are silly. So there. And yay! for Gwen for bucking the trend, though I suppose she only gets away with it because if she wore shoes like the others she would tower over them and it would look silly. Also, I wish Eve Myles wouldn't pout. Stop it, Eve!
ETA: Should probably have mentioned that I thought the 'Britain and America are two countries divided by a common language' (or whatever the expression is) repartee was a teeny bit silly. We see enough American TV over here for Gwen to have known the stuff Esther was telling her already.
More behind cut, with spoilers
I enjoyed it. It had its bonkers moments, but they were arguably less bonkers than all the transatlantic hi-jinks on the plane in ep 2. Plus, it had some good character stuff, including the scene that I d/l'ed the episode to see - ie. the intercut Rex/Doctor Wotsit Jack/Generic Gay Hunk sex scenes, which did let us see deeper into Jack's emotional state, but really more in his misfire phone conversation with Gwen the morning after than in the scene itself. He's full of self-doubt and blames himself for everything. Got it. He's also kidding himself (and not very well) if he thinks Gwen will choose him over Rhys and Anwen.
In actual fact, I haven't a lot more to say, beyond that I hope the villains of the piece will turn out to be a little more than just Big Pharma wanting to make more profit, because if that's the case, I can't help feeling that making the whole human race unkillable is rather going to extremes.
I like the doctor character a lot. Also Gwen, who is great. Not so keen on Esther, and really, really not keen on Oswald Danes. We're not meant to be, I know, but I still don't understand why PhiCorp would think recruiting Danes was a good idea, given that everyone hates him. Or they did. By the end of the episode, they're beginning to go the other way, which I still find inexplicable even though the general populace weren't privy to Danes's confession to Jack. Also, is Jane E channelling David Fury, do you think? Seems to me the large lady at the end who gets all fangirly over Danes and asks Jack if he's seen him is supposed to be a comment on 'those women who write to serial killers in prison and then marry them.' :rolls eyes:
Apart from that, the main thing I noticed in the ep was shoes. Yes, shoes - specifically women's shoes. As in, apart from Gwen, who is wearing sensible boots, all the female characters - even the doctor - were wearing the most absurd stiletto thin nine inch heels, especially Esther, though bizarrely, even with them on, the actress was barely as tall as Eve Myles who is - and I've met her in person, so I know - a teeny, slight little thing. In other words, the actress playing Esther - no offence to her acting- is another size 0 midget. How depressing.
Anyway, the shoes (apart from Gwen's) are silly. So there. And yay! for Gwen for bucking the trend, though I suppose she only gets away with it because if she wore shoes like the others she would tower over them and it would look silly. Also, I wish Eve Myles wouldn't pout. Stop it, Eve!
ETA: Should probably have mentioned that I thought the 'Britain and America are two countries divided by a common language' (or whatever the expression is) repartee was a teeny bit silly. We see enough American TV over here for Gwen to have known the stuff Esther was telling her already.