Elementary: I got to watch the first hour before I had to leave for work, which turned out to be a TERRIBLE IDEA because CLIFFHANGER. And then I had to avoid the internet until after I'd seen the second hour. THE HARDSHIPS OF MY LIFE. SIGH.
( Spoilers!Collapse )Excellent first season!
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Doctor Who:
( In which Moffat's excesses prove to be his undoing.Collapse )*~*~*
I really like how
The Borgias features Lucrezia in political settings: it puts her into scenes with men, most often of the ruling class (a class she is also in, by virtue of her family), who interact with her just as you'd imagine they'd interact with anyone who shared their class--politely, even deferentially--but, simultaneously, with a specific brand of condescension and/or outright vitriol that's provoked entirely by the fact that she's a woman. (See: the King of Naples's toast to her and her new husband's marriage in 3.05, and her chess game with the aspiring King of Naples in 3.07.) Lucrezia can be smooth and charming and intellectually equal to these men (or, frequently,
superior to them), yet you can
see their dismissal of her skimming through every word they speak to her.
I tell you what, it does wonders for making us sympathise with her predilection for poisons.
In other news: oh, Micheletto, your love life is
tragic. Which, granted, puts him in good company on this show, but
still.
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I rewatched
DaVinci's Inquest's 'Banging on the Wall' this week. (Thank you, Canadian Bravo, for syndicating this show at exactly the right hour for me to catch an episode before I go to bed.)
I wish this ep were available on YouTube so I could share it. The scene where DaVinci lets the father of the dead 8-year-old with heroin in her system know what happened to her without spelling it out explicitly--followed by his scene with drunken, obsessive Mr Steadman--is pretty much the epitome of Selfless Humanity In The Face Of Hardship. Dominic absolutely had his failings, but even when he was caught in a fit of malaise, he found both the time and the emotional energy to be there for people who were going through the worst experiences of their lives.
Besides which, this was part of the buildup to the whole Mick's Emotional Crisis storyline, which was
extremely well done for a storyline that essentially boiled down to Manpain.
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