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I just want to say this: if Hal Holbrook doesn't get nominated for an Emmy, I will have a serious fit. There's just something about his performance that's so unexpected and different from the whole Denny-Crane-Boston-Legal-Mad-Cow that makes you wonder, makes you take it on a level that's much more serious and I love it. That last beat, just before the credits, where he listens to his own heart? And a light just goes out of his eyes at his self-diagnosis? Yeah, that's acting.
Can I just also say that I 'ship Hooten/Gato right now? "Why is it that you're a diagnostic savant and when I do it, I'm an asshole?" (I think I'm paraphrasing) I'm loving the end of episode bar sequence and part of me wants it to be a regular thing. There's so little comedy in this show and I need that as an anchor.
I'm glad also to see Ty come out and call Hooten out on the carpet about what he did to Tina last episode re the interrogation on her marriage. It gave me a bit more likability for his character because I was wondering when the show was going to use Jamie for voice of sanity/morality strengths. Regardless, they need to do more Jamie. I'm sure I'm not the only one frustrated. Everyone else seems to be getting more stuff to chew on.
The bad: that weak Asperger's joke during date night. It made me wonder if everything I saw re Boston Legal and Jerry Espenson was some sick joke. I thought DEK was a true ally of those with autism. It wasn't funny and I didn't appreciate it since it didn't further anything in the story or for the characters. It was a throwaway bit of dialogue that frankly, reduced the characters in my eyes.
In the end, not a perfect episode (but what is?). In the end, there were less legal issues and more of the human ones, which is always a plus IMHO.
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And, as you said, the moment helped to further develop Ty, who still seems to be lacking in character development.
Not exaggerating, I leaned forward with a big shit-eating grin on my face during that scene. Not just because Hooten needed to have it spelled out for him (preferably by someone other than Buck, who he clearly finds all too easy to write off as a busybody)... but because Jamie finally had a really meaty bit of script to chew on, and he was SO fucking good in that moment! Look, I get it, it is an ensemble... there were plenty of episodes in BSG where Lee didn't have much to do, either. But this early on, I do agree that they could stand to dig a lot deeper with Ty. As you noted before (which I agree with), we should have gotten to know him a little better before the Quinn calamity hit. I so wish he had been the primary focus of the pilot, and that we had fewer plot strands to juggle every week. *sigh*
But I DID LIKE THIS EPISODE. Much much better than last week. :)
Edited at 2013-03-06 03:45 am (UTC)
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OMG, I think I am going to deliver all my commentary in replies this week. No epically long rambles! RUM AND COKES FOR EVERYBODY. ;) You know, with Ty now that  kim_j_8472 brought up how long they might take to get back to the Quinn/Alison plot, I wonder if that is still his primary through line and they just decided to take a GIANT pause from it. Which I'm not sure was the wisest decision, right now it really does feel like they abandoned it save for Ty mentioning it as a case of Tina being there for him. I honestly don't think it is the fault of either Jamie or Jen, both of them are quite capable of more based on the performances they are giving but the show seems to be all but insisting on keeping them from demonstrating any romantic affection at all. I GET that it is super complicated, but would it hurt to let them fumble a bit and not know what they really are feeling in any given moment, and oh I don't know, maybe kiss?! Just once! A chaste kiss, like on her temple or something, at bare minimum. At one point in that closet I thought they would and I may have mumbled "god dammit!" under my breath. ;)
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