Obligatory Alias Post

[vaznetti]

I kind of felt like I was watching a montage of X-Files clips. And not in a good way. Didn't they do an episode about enlarged pituitary glands once? And then the paranoid hallucinations, and the vampires and the creepy pictures on the walls of some hidden room... You see my point.

To be honest, I was bored. I just don't care about Sydney. I just don't care about Vaughn. I want them off my television screen. This does not bode well for me, since they are the stars of the show. There were moments that I loved, here, in particular that final scene between Sloane and Dixon, because Sloane is so completely inscrutable. What was that expression? Was he being made uncomfortable? Was he amused? I love that you can never tell, with Sloane. He's just that good.

But the A-plot didn't work for me. Sure, Sydney has issues. Well, duh. Her father had her mother killed. And yes, I still love watching Jack "is he evil?" Bristow, but without an ongoing story arc to keep me engaged, I just find it hard to care about this show. I can't even summon the enthusiasm to be snarky and funny about it.

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[timesink.livejournal.com]

Didn't they do an episode about enlarged pituitary glands once? And then the paranoid hallucinations, and the vampires and the creepy pictures on the walls of some hidden room...

Sleepless, Wetwired -- well, Bad Blood was about vampires, but I don't think that fits here -- Grotesque.

With a touch of Kitsungari.

[vaznetti]

well, Bad Blood was about vampires, but I don't think that fits here

No, and neither does "3" (wasn't that the S2 vampire episode? I'm wretched with titles.)

[veejane.livejournal.com]

Plus all that mytharc about the pineal gland (shut up -- who can tell between one P-gland and another??)

3 was indeed the S2 episode about vampires in which Mulder got some.

[vaznetti]

Pineal. Damn. Well, I was close.

[psychme.livejournal.com]

Here via friendsfriends, and I must say, wordy mcword to this:

Sloane is so completely inscrutable. What was that expression? Was he being made uncomfortable? Was he amused? I love that you can never tell, with Sloane. He's just that good.

I was staring at Sloane as he watched Dixon walk away and I was all, what is the dude thinking? I even turned to the person I was watching with and asked him what he figured that expression meant. Man, the First Generation Spies are awesome. Weepy Syd would do well to learn from them.

Heh at Jack "is he evil?" Bristow. The all-black outfits do seem to be pointing toward the answer there, don't they? *g* But I still do have much love for SpyDaddy (and think he's yum in black), so I keep watching.

[vaznetti]

Man, the First Generation Spies are awesome.

They are indeed. I'm just not sure I can bear to sit through all that Sydney and Vaughn for those precious minutes of Jack and Arvin.

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested in your speculations on Sloane and his agenda at this point-- or are you as lost as I am due to obscure/non-existent story arcs?

Still like Syd and Vaughn, but I am clearly part of a minority, and I am definitely not as invested in them as I am in another pairing. *g*