Southland Season One Finale
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annundrielOkay, so I feel kind of bad because I'm posting kind of a lot, but Mom and I just watched the Southland seaon one finale "Derailed" and OMFG.
THANK GOD FOR TNT.
AND NEW EPISODES NEXT WEEK.
AND DETECTIVE LYDIA ADAMS.
That was some serious edge-of-your-seat stuff. That scene in Lydia's house? Left me shaky. Left them all shaky. But what does Lydia do? She does what she has to do, what she's trained to do. Damn, I love her.
Other things...
I knew something was going to happen to Russell because I'd seen commercials for season two. As soon as he left his wife in the street, I could see how that was going to go down. And then with the fireworks going off, I wonder how long that'll take for someone to go look.
Sherman had some more obvious facial expressions, I think. That kind of sounds like a dig, and it's really not. Sherman is very contained and he has these looks that are very subtle, but there were a few times here where Cooper would say or do something odd or unexpected (like putting up the decorative wall) and Sherman would get this look like, "Ooookay." I don't know. Maybe it's just that I hadn't watched any for a while. Maybe it's a sign of Sherman becoming more comfortable with Cooper as his partner. ::shrug::
The chicken nugget/fish sandwich scene made me laugh. As did the "Call me a cab" bit.
Cooper continues to watch him. I thought the blocking for the scene when Daisy called Sherman was interesting. You've got all this stuff going on with the guy in the trunk and what's Cooper doing? Watching Sherman on the phone.
And then there's his friend Cesar. His friend.
(There's a part of me that wants to look at Cooper as observer - with Sherman, with Cesar, with the Dewey/Chickie situation - but I'm not sure I actually have anything to say.)
Dewey is off to rehab. How messed up was that? I'm sorry that's all I have to say about that, but what a fucktard.
Janila's off to witness protection. Her ex-boyfriend and his family are in serious trouble. That scene with him in the living room surrounded by gang members disturbed me a lot. People live like that. People live like that, with that fear, all the time. I may know kiddos living with that. What the fuck? How do you do that? How is that okay at all? Who thinks that's okay? Or anyway to live your life?
Rhetorical questions, mind you. I know it's all about power and who has it and who doesn't. I was going to say power and fear, but the fear is because you a) don't have power or b) have power and might lose it. So in the end: power. Control.
I don't know. It's messed up. It's messed up and it's scary.
But good television makes you feel things, and that was a damn good episode.
THANK GOD FOR TNT.
AND NEW EPISODES NEXT WEEK.
AND DETECTIVE LYDIA ADAMS.
That was some serious edge-of-your-seat stuff. That scene in Lydia's house? Left me shaky. Left them all shaky. But what does Lydia do? She does what she has to do, what she's trained to do. Damn, I love her.
Other things...
I knew something was going to happen to Russell because I'd seen commercials for season two. As soon as he left his wife in the street, I could see how that was going to go down. And then with the fireworks going off, I wonder how long that'll take for someone to go look.
Sherman had some more obvious facial expressions, I think. That kind of sounds like a dig, and it's really not. Sherman is very contained and he has these looks that are very subtle, but there were a few times here where Cooper would say or do something odd or unexpected (like putting up the decorative wall) and Sherman would get this look like, "Ooookay." I don't know. Maybe it's just that I hadn't watched any for a while. Maybe it's a sign of Sherman becoming more comfortable with Cooper as his partner. ::shrug::
The chicken nugget/fish sandwich scene made me laugh. As did the "Call me a cab" bit.
Cooper continues to watch him. I thought the blocking for the scene when Daisy called Sherman was interesting. You've got all this stuff going on with the guy in the trunk and what's Cooper doing? Watching Sherman on the phone.
And then there's his friend Cesar. His friend.
(There's a part of me that wants to look at Cooper as observer - with Sherman, with Cesar, with the Dewey/Chickie situation - but I'm not sure I actually have anything to say.)
Dewey is off to rehab. How messed up was that? I'm sorry that's all I have to say about that, but what a fucktard.
Janila's off to witness protection. Her ex-boyfriend and his family are in serious trouble. That scene with him in the living room surrounded by gang members disturbed me a lot. People live like that. People live like that, with that fear, all the time. I may know kiddos living with that. What the fuck? How do you do that? How is that okay at all? Who thinks that's okay? Or anyway to live your life?
Rhetorical questions, mind you. I know it's all about power and who has it and who doesn't. I was going to say power and fear, but the fear is because you a) don't have power or b) have power and might lose it. So in the end: power. Control.
I don't know. It's messed up. It's messed up and it's scary.
But good television makes you feel things, and that was a damn good episode.
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Date: 2010-02-24 05:33 am (UTC)Oh man, I adore Lydia, too.
Cannot wait for the new episodes! SO EXCITED.
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Date: 2010-02-24 06:12 pm (UTC)Dear Lydia, how so awesome? She is the kind of person I'd want on my side. In trouble, out of trouble. Doesn't matter. She's fantastic.
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Date: 2010-02-24 05:58 am (UTC)Also, I have so much Janila love. Her storyline was one of my favorites, and I'm really sad that they seem to have wrapped it up.
And I pretty much agree with everything else you wrote. :)
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Date: 2010-02-24 06:19 pm (UTC)Oh, totally. It's like...the whole show is amazing, but that scene sort of embodied it: these people putting their lives on the line to protect the people that need protecting. And how much more clearly can you show that than by taking it into their home? Which I think kind of ties back to what Cooper said in the first episode, "You're a cop because you don't know how not to be one."
I'm feeling massive love for them all now.
I love Janila! With her interest in being a detective and her bravery for getting in contact with them even with all of the attempts on her life. And I LOVE that crossover! She would be amazing. I'm totally going to pretend this is what happens in her future. Yup. Can't convince me otherwise.
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Date: 2010-02-24 04:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-24 06:23 pm (UTC)Ahem. :)