Deadwood, 2x2
Mar. 14th, 2005 12:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vaznettiI'm glad to see that I'm not the only person who could not understand large chunks of the dialogue. Too much muttering! Especially by Trixie, in her scenes with Sol! OK, but how much did I love out-of-his-mind Sol haranguing Seth and swearing at him? That was beautiful. Sol should go ahead and lose control more often, because it's truly priceless, and it's not like Seth is going to listen to anyone else.
I also very much liked watching Alma talk herself out of running away with Seth. Just as well, since he'd already decided not to, but still, it was interesting watching her being forced to think like a responsible person. I may have to take back the things I said about her last week.
Otherwise, this episode felt a bit flat, compared with last week's. Which I suppose was kind of the point, because it was building up to a confrontation that never actually came. Was it just that Al decided he didn't care enough? Al needs to get rid of that stone soon, so that he can go back to being an utter bastard. Even though he's not--he has a strange definition of his own responsibilities, is all.
And I suppose there's some mileage in drawing a connection between Alma's dialogue on leaving Deadwood and Al's on confronting Seth--the problem this season even more than last may simply be "what kind of man is Seth Bullock, anyway?" because I don't think we quite know the full answer to that question: on the outside he's very much about his duty, but that's not the whole of him. He's more like Al than he lets on, once you get over the "basic respect for women" issue--and we'll see how that works out as he navigates between his wife and his lover.
I find myself less interested in Joanie's subplot, although that will probably change once Cy comes to kill her.
I watched Carnivale afterward. Sadly, I just don't feel the love for that show.
I also very much liked watching Alma talk herself out of running away with Seth. Just as well, since he'd already decided not to, but still, it was interesting watching her being forced to think like a responsible person. I may have to take back the things I said about her last week.
Otherwise, this episode felt a bit flat, compared with last week's. Which I suppose was kind of the point, because it was building up to a confrontation that never actually came. Was it just that Al decided he didn't care enough? Al needs to get rid of that stone soon, so that he can go back to being an utter bastard. Even though he's not--he has a strange definition of his own responsibilities, is all.
And I suppose there's some mileage in drawing a connection between Alma's dialogue on leaving Deadwood and Al's on confronting Seth--the problem this season even more than last may simply be "what kind of man is Seth Bullock, anyway?" because I don't think we quite know the full answer to that question: on the outside he's very much about his duty, but that's not the whole of him. He's more like Al than he lets on, once you get over the "basic respect for women" issue--and we'll see how that works out as he navigates between his wife and his lover.
I find myself less interested in Joanie's subplot, although that will probably change once Cy comes to kill her.
I watched Carnivale afterward. Sadly, I just don't feel the love for that show.
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