Jericho 2x04
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vaznettiAnd this is what Jericho does really, really well.
Oh, Bonnie. This is what I love about Jericho, the way they build characters so slowly you barely even notice, and then everything comes together in a moment like that: Bonnie picking up the shotgun to defend her home and Mimi. And she was amazing, but not amazing enough. I loved the way it was filmed, how you didn't hear the sounds themselves, just saw the play of light and shadow, just as Bonnie would have.
Thank you Jericho, for making me come to like a character, and then killing her off so beautifully. I'm really not surprised that CBS wanted to cancel this show, because it's complicated and demanding.
There was other stuff, wasn't there, but the end, and Bonnie's death, kind of made me forget about it. But Heather was there (and a really bad liar, I thought), and Beck may turn out to be both smart and honest. At least, he knows exactly how rotten the government he serves is, and it will be interesting to see whether he changes his "go along to save the people under me" MO in light of this.
I am unsure of what to think of Hawkins' mysterious informant -- it all feels like it's being laid on a bit thick, somehow.
Dale's subplot, on the other hand, was excellent -- because he remains such a crook at heart, but he's a crook they need, and every now and then it's clear that he does see himself as part of the community, not external to it (which I suppose is how he differs from Jonah). The scene in the bar, where it seems like the whole town is in on the conspiracy to keep Dale smuggling, was great. But I also loved how the episode made it clear how young he still is -- I loved how despite all their planning, he was still vulnerable when Goetz decided to take him out. Although I really do wonder what things were like everywhere else during the last year. I mean, I know it's dramatic convention, but can Jericho really be the only town where people are protesting this kind of thing? I prefer to imagine that the same thing is happening in towns all across the west.
Goetz, meanwhile, remains a satisfyingly monochrome villain -- and scary, too.
Am I the only one who's kind of shipping Beck and Heather? I know Beck has a wife out there somewhere, so I feel bad about this -- but I suspect that unavailability makes him just Heather's type. And I'm not sure how beck will take her stealing from his office, when he finds out.
I can't wait for next week, to see how everyone reacts -- to Bonnie's death, to what they learned in this episode, everything. I want to know what happens next.
This is such a good show.
Oh, Bonnie. This is what I love about Jericho, the way they build characters so slowly you barely even notice, and then everything comes together in a moment like that: Bonnie picking up the shotgun to defend her home and Mimi. And she was amazing, but not amazing enough. I loved the way it was filmed, how you didn't hear the sounds themselves, just saw the play of light and shadow, just as Bonnie would have.
Thank you Jericho, for making me come to like a character, and then killing her off so beautifully. I'm really not surprised that CBS wanted to cancel this show, because it's complicated and demanding.
There was other stuff, wasn't there, but the end, and Bonnie's death, kind of made me forget about it. But Heather was there (and a really bad liar, I thought), and Beck may turn out to be both smart and honest. At least, he knows exactly how rotten the government he serves is, and it will be interesting to see whether he changes his "go along to save the people under me" MO in light of this.
I am unsure of what to think of Hawkins' mysterious informant -- it all feels like it's being laid on a bit thick, somehow.
Dale's subplot, on the other hand, was excellent -- because he remains such a crook at heart, but he's a crook they need, and every now and then it's clear that he does see himself as part of the community, not external to it (which I suppose is how he differs from Jonah). The scene in the bar, where it seems like the whole town is in on the conspiracy to keep Dale smuggling, was great. But I also loved how the episode made it clear how young he still is -- I loved how despite all their planning, he was still vulnerable when Goetz decided to take him out. Although I really do wonder what things were like everywhere else during the last year. I mean, I know it's dramatic convention, but can Jericho really be the only town where people are protesting this kind of thing? I prefer to imagine that the same thing is happening in towns all across the west.
Goetz, meanwhile, remains a satisfyingly monochrome villain -- and scary, too.
Am I the only one who's kind of shipping Beck and Heather? I know Beck has a wife out there somewhere, so I feel bad about this -- but I suspect that unavailability makes him just Heather's type. And I'm not sure how beck will take her stealing from his office, when he finds out.
I can't wait for next week, to see how everyone reacts -- to Bonnie's death, to what they learned in this episode, everything. I want to know what happens next.
This is such a good show.
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Date: 2008-03-06 05:36 pm (UTC)It'll be interesting if they take that anywhere (in the three episode we have left!).
I suspect it's something that they might have worked through in a full season, but will be left to the imagination (and to fanfic?) in what they got -- but they do have excellent chemistry. I think Heather's is actually better with Beck than it was with Jake.