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geebsTV commentary:
Being Human- Ha, when did Jacob from Lost get typecast as playing figments of people's imagination? Its amusing that Friday he came back as Sam's ChipLucifer (speaking of BSG, I'm amused that ChipSix never actually ended up being caused by a secret chip implanted in Baltar's head) and on this past Being Human, he was Aiden's ChipBishop.
Lost Girl- Honestly, Kenzi brought it on herself. I mean, who randomly just eats something lying around in a stranger's house without their permission? It could be poison, or some freak science experiment that only looks like food! And she knew she was going to the home of a Fae, and she knows the can be all creepy, so that would've been even more reason to not touch anything there.
Plus, the lady was cooking that soup the night before, and then she went to sleep and got sick. I figured they called in Doc lady hours later, and wouldn't she have turned off the burners by then (otherwise that would be a huge fire hazard!). And as such that would've been cold soup, and ew, who eats cold soup?!
NCIS- What's with the celebrity love interests being brought on these crime procedurals as of late? I mean, first Harry Connick Jr for Liv on SVU? Now Jamie Lee Curtis on NCIS?
Glee- I know what you're thinking, isn't he ever going to shut up about Rachel and Quinn already? But I thought this recap succinctly covers how whatever's going on between Rachel and Quinn in this last episode isn't so imagined:
But the lynchpin turns out to be Quinn, who goes to Rachel after the competition and tells her she wants her to be happy, and that she wants to come to the wedding in support. But she checks one thing first: she asks Rachel if she sang her solo "Here's To Us" to Finn Hudson, and to Finn Hudson only. Hold the phone, shut everything down. What is happening here? What is that look on Dianna Agron's face as she hugs a Rachel who just said "yes" to her question? What do you mean Finn and Rachel's wedding all boils down to Quinn Fabray? Because in the end, Quinn ran home to get her bridesmaid's dress, and was holding up the entire wedding. And the choice for Rachel literally boiled down to a) marry Finn now, or b) wait for Quinn, and potentially not marry Finn. It looks like she's leaning towards waiting, as she furiously texts Quinn that she needs to hurry. Quinn texts back "on my way," the episode's title, and immediately gets T-boned, on the driver's side, by a speeding truck.
Look, I know that there's Quinn/Rachel subtext. And I know that historically, it's been just that: subtext. But homies, this kind of construction is wandering out of subtext territory. We're bubbling up into text now. Even if Rachel and Quinn's proud smiles at hearing what each other is looking forward to in the future weren't enough, we have the maddeningly unexpected double-check that Rachel was singing to Finn and Finn alone. What else are we supposed to think with that question, other than that Quinn might be hoping that Rachel was singing to her? But at the same time, while this relationship has developed deliberately and meaningfully, especially recently, the writers have not ever suggested directly that Quinn Fabray would even want Rachel Berry to sing something to her. So I'm left completely bewildered. If the show is going to go there, it needs to commit. Maybe they're hedging their bets because of the claim that this show already has "too many gay characters," and are working to slip it in under the radar of the broader public.
But frankly, they already committed themselves with the way the wedding arc was constructed. Every step of the way, Quinn has firmly opposed the union, and told Rachel she had a bright future before her. This of course is pay-off to the idea that Rachel supported Quinn when she was doubtful about her future prospects, and helped get her out of her self-destructive streak. (Y'know, that "bad dye job.") Then, Quinn finally commits to supporting her friend, only to get held up in actually attending the wedding. This could all be potentially negligible, if it stopped there. But the drama in the cliffhanger came from the construction that Rachel has to choose. She rather harriedly refuses to get married without Quinn there, but is being pressured to go through with it - and only now is she starting to bend to the pressure. She is literally told, "It's now or never." Rachel Berry got ultimatum-ed with a choice between Finn and Quinn, on her wedding day, and she hesitates.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is text. And I don't mean the "on my way" message Quinn sent to Rachel as she was hit by an oncoming truck. This love triangle has shifted and re-positioned itself, and we are suddenly at a place where Quinn double-checks who Rachel's singing to, and Rachel is forced to make a choice between Quinn and Finn. So there's two choices. There's Rachel's not going through with the wedding, and then feeling even more miserable knowing that Quinn got into a car wreck trying to come and support her when she was right all along. Then there's Rachel going through with the wedding without Quinn, and feeling guilty when she realizes that the reason Quinn couldn't be there was because she got into a car wreck. Either way, subtext is rising to the surface, and I think I need to start stocking up on tissues.
Basically, besides the cliffhanger of whether Quinn lives or dies, the other big question is does Rachel marry Finn? And the way its laid out in the narrative is Rachel having to make a choice between Quinn and Finn. Go off with Finn, or continue to wait for Quinn?
As I've said in previous posts, I don't expect the show will actually go the route of having Quinn and Rach go lesbian. But what I do hope is the show doesn't mess up what they've started to build here. Because even if you don't think they're secretly in love, you can at least admit the two have become very close friends. Even before they actually admitted it to themselves. They've been looking after each other, and believing in each other, and hoping the best for each other for a while.
So I don't need one or both to come away from this accident with the sudden realization that they love the other. But I would hope this even deeply affects both of them, and I will be majorly annoyed if they don't have Rachel feel guilty- not that it is her fault that Quinn got in the accident, but as close as they've gotten and the pressure she put on Quinn to be there, I think Rachel would blame herself. At the very least, she would be visiting Quinn in the hospital every day.
I've mentioned previously being annoyed 1st season with Quinn moving in with Mercedes. Not because I have a problem with Mercedes, but narratively, after Rachel revealed the true paternity of Beth/Drizzle to Finn, she felt extremely awful afterward. She immediately sought Quinn's forgiveness, and even then Quinn didn't get angry at her, because she knew Rachel did the right thing. It was time to stop lying to Finn, and Rachel did what she couldn't.
Now that it was awkward for Quinn to be staying at Finn's, it would've been perfect if Rachel tried to make it up to her by taking her in. It would've done wonders for her character- I've always felt that while Rachel comes off as an annoying diva, deep down, she cares a lot for the people around her, and would never truly screw them over for her own benefit. But the show has done a piss poor job portraying that. They played up the doing anything to be in the spotlight portion of her personality, but only rarely showed how she thought a lot of those she called friends and would do anything for them. Rachel was already pretty forgiving to the girl who was horrible to her in the beginning and was her rival for Finn's attentions, and taking Quinn in would've been the natural progression of things.
Even before I started shipping Faberry, I've wanted the show to have Rachel and Quinn become the best of friends. So while I wouldn't be averse to a Rachel and Quinn romance, I'm just hoping when we come back from the hiatus, the show doesn't eff up the friendship they've built between the two girls. Like nothing would piss me off more than for Quinn and Rachel to return to their old antagonistic relationship because Q blames her for her accident.
Being Human- Ha, when did Jacob from Lost get typecast as playing figments of people's imagination? Its amusing that Friday he came back as Sam's ChipLucifer (speaking of BSG, I'm amused that ChipSix never actually ended up being caused by a secret chip implanted in Baltar's head) and on this past Being Human, he was Aiden's ChipBishop.
Lost Girl- Honestly, Kenzi brought it on herself. I mean, who randomly just eats something lying around in a stranger's house without their permission? It could be poison, or some freak science experiment that only looks like food! And she knew she was going to the home of a Fae, and she knows the can be all creepy, so that would've been even more reason to not touch anything there.
Plus, the lady was cooking that soup the night before, and then she went to sleep and got sick. I figured they called in Doc lady hours later, and wouldn't she have turned off the burners by then (otherwise that would be a huge fire hazard!). And as such that would've been cold soup, and ew, who eats cold soup?!
NCIS- What's with the celebrity love interests being brought on these crime procedurals as of late? I mean, first Harry Connick Jr for Liv on SVU? Now Jamie Lee Curtis on NCIS?
Glee- I know what you're thinking, isn't he ever going to shut up about Rachel and Quinn already? But I thought this recap succinctly covers how whatever's going on between Rachel and Quinn in this last episode isn't so imagined:
But the lynchpin turns out to be Quinn, who goes to Rachel after the competition and tells her she wants her to be happy, and that she wants to come to the wedding in support. But she checks one thing first: she asks Rachel if she sang her solo "Here's To Us" to Finn Hudson, and to Finn Hudson only. Hold the phone, shut everything down. What is happening here? What is that look on Dianna Agron's face as she hugs a Rachel who just said "yes" to her question? What do you mean Finn and Rachel's wedding all boils down to Quinn Fabray? Because in the end, Quinn ran home to get her bridesmaid's dress, and was holding up the entire wedding. And the choice for Rachel literally boiled down to a) marry Finn now, or b) wait for Quinn, and potentially not marry Finn. It looks like she's leaning towards waiting, as she furiously texts Quinn that she needs to hurry. Quinn texts back "on my way," the episode's title, and immediately gets T-boned, on the driver's side, by a speeding truck.
Look, I know that there's Quinn/Rachel subtext. And I know that historically, it's been just that: subtext. But homies, this kind of construction is wandering out of subtext territory. We're bubbling up into text now. Even if Rachel and Quinn's proud smiles at hearing what each other is looking forward to in the future weren't enough, we have the maddeningly unexpected double-check that Rachel was singing to Finn and Finn alone. What else are we supposed to think with that question, other than that Quinn might be hoping that Rachel was singing to her? But at the same time, while this relationship has developed deliberately and meaningfully, especially recently, the writers have not ever suggested directly that Quinn Fabray would even want Rachel Berry to sing something to her. So I'm left completely bewildered. If the show is going to go there, it needs to commit. Maybe they're hedging their bets because of the claim that this show already has "too many gay characters," and are working to slip it in under the radar of the broader public.
But frankly, they already committed themselves with the way the wedding arc was constructed. Every step of the way, Quinn has firmly opposed the union, and told Rachel she had a bright future before her. This of course is pay-off to the idea that Rachel supported Quinn when she was doubtful about her future prospects, and helped get her out of her self-destructive streak. (Y'know, that "bad dye job.") Then, Quinn finally commits to supporting her friend, only to get held up in actually attending the wedding. This could all be potentially negligible, if it stopped there. But the drama in the cliffhanger came from the construction that Rachel has to choose. She rather harriedly refuses to get married without Quinn there, but is being pressured to go through with it - and only now is she starting to bend to the pressure. She is literally told, "It's now or never." Rachel Berry got ultimatum-ed with a choice between Finn and Quinn, on her wedding day, and she hesitates.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is text. And I don't mean the "on my way" message Quinn sent to Rachel as she was hit by an oncoming truck. This love triangle has shifted and re-positioned itself, and we are suddenly at a place where Quinn double-checks who Rachel's singing to, and Rachel is forced to make a choice between Quinn and Finn. So there's two choices. There's Rachel's not going through with the wedding, and then feeling even more miserable knowing that Quinn got into a car wreck trying to come and support her when she was right all along. Then there's Rachel going through with the wedding without Quinn, and feeling guilty when she realizes that the reason Quinn couldn't be there was because she got into a car wreck. Either way, subtext is rising to the surface, and I think I need to start stocking up on tissues.
Basically, besides the cliffhanger of whether Quinn lives or dies, the other big question is does Rachel marry Finn? And the way its laid out in the narrative is Rachel having to make a choice between Quinn and Finn. Go off with Finn, or continue to wait for Quinn?
As I've said in previous posts, I don't expect the show will actually go the route of having Quinn and Rach go lesbian. But what I do hope is the show doesn't mess up what they've started to build here. Because even if you don't think they're secretly in love, you can at least admit the two have become very close friends. Even before they actually admitted it to themselves. They've been looking after each other, and believing in each other, and hoping the best for each other for a while.
So I don't need one or both to come away from this accident with the sudden realization that they love the other. But I would hope this even deeply affects both of them, and I will be majorly annoyed if they don't have Rachel feel guilty- not that it is her fault that Quinn got in the accident, but as close as they've gotten and the pressure she put on Quinn to be there, I think Rachel would blame herself. At the very least, she would be visiting Quinn in the hospital every day.
I've mentioned previously being annoyed 1st season with Quinn moving in with Mercedes. Not because I have a problem with Mercedes, but narratively, after Rachel revealed the true paternity of Beth/Drizzle to Finn, she felt extremely awful afterward. She immediately sought Quinn's forgiveness, and even then Quinn didn't get angry at her, because she knew Rachel did the right thing. It was time to stop lying to Finn, and Rachel did what she couldn't.
Now that it was awkward for Quinn to be staying at Finn's, it would've been perfect if Rachel tried to make it up to her by taking her in. It would've done wonders for her character- I've always felt that while Rachel comes off as an annoying diva, deep down, she cares a lot for the people around her, and would never truly screw them over for her own benefit. But the show has done a piss poor job portraying that. They played up the doing anything to be in the spotlight portion of her personality, but only rarely showed how she thought a lot of those she called friends and would do anything for them. Rachel was already pretty forgiving to the girl who was horrible to her in the beginning and was her rival for Finn's attentions, and taking Quinn in would've been the natural progression of things.
Even before I started shipping Faberry, I've wanted the show to have Rachel and Quinn become the best of friends. So while I wouldn't be averse to a Rachel and Quinn romance, I'm just hoping when we come back from the hiatus, the show doesn't eff up the friendship they've built between the two girls. Like nothing would piss me off more than for Quinn and Rachel to return to their old antagonistic relationship because Q blames her for her accident.
