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Good point. Though, with all the S1-Snowing parallels we think they are shoving at us with the LGBT ship, Red going off to find Dorothy/a way to save her makes her the Charming stand in. Doesn’t the PR make it seem like they don’t know where Dorothy is? So can Mulan really be standing guard? Maybe she’s searching Oz while Ruby searches elsewhere.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Finally sat down and watched the Nygma/Gordon episode for this week.
Overall thoughts:
–This was a good episode but not one without problem. The cat and mouse, catch or be caught part with Nygma and Gordon was outstanding. This is the kind of story Gotham could play out for several episode (heck, maybe an entire half arc!) with tons of meaty story and success that falls into all their sweet spots: exploring Gordon’s temptation into darkness, the gritty underbelly and overbelly of Gotham-city, and iconic villains becoming iconic. This is one of Gotham’s biggest flaws; it cuts its interesting stories off at the knees to move on to another story, never staying in one place for long enough. The Ogre was last years keeper, but he came and went. Joker was the keeper of the first part of this season, but he “died” a few episodes in for the super dull Galavan. Now it’s Nygma becoming the Riddler, something the show is sure to play out but in these piecemeal episodes, with too much time in between (AKA: Get Nygma out of jail and let him play havoc on the city!)
–One of the problems of Gotham is its insistence to make the subtext (or at least, not explicit text) into text through some seriously heavy handed and clunky dialogue. Like Penguin changing his hair—it doesn’t need commented on. We get WHY Penguin changed his hair. It’s a great little piece of visual subtext that the audience is smart enough to read without the characters calling attention to it with their talking.
LIKED
–Everything that is Ed Nygma. Seriously, show. Make him your series villain and leave your shiny canon-mandated objects alone. Nygma is where it’s at. He has the kind of evil magnetic staying power you need for this show.
–“The people of Gotham can eat my socks!” Donal Logue, kids.
–Bruce tossing the money off the roof made me laugh, as did Selena’s reaction to it. (I saved enough for burgers!) (This is honestly the first time I actually laughed/wasn’t annoyed at Baby!Batman)
–Harvey and Gordon working together; the show needs to explore their partnership a bit more. Too often Harvey gets one line and then is left to the sidelines.
–I really need Ed’s red/black plaid coat.
–“You’ve killed lots of people, haven’t you?” I adored the entire Nygma/Gordon talk at the apartment. It’s so twisted and tense, especially with Nygma’s “Riddler” side coming out and chastising him. And yeah, it was rather melodramatic with the spinning fan and the red light and the cuckoo clock that chirps AT JUST THE RIGHT MOMENT but I don’t care. “That’s why your chair is wired to the mains…” More of this plz.
–“You don’t want to admit that there’s a monster in all of us!” #Theme!
MIXED OR DISLIKED
–Penguin began this series as a very nuanced and compelling villain. A quiet nobody who was trying to climb the ranks to becoming our canon-mandated supervillain. Now he’s almost comical in his portrayal and storyline. Comical, I said. Not comic(book). I mean, really? Feeding the step kids to the mother and turning back to his murderous ways because of the murder of his father whom he met maybe a day before? So bizarre and otherworldly that you can’t take it seriously (this is why Nygma is better; so far his crimes and plots have felt really real-world)
–Speaking of the above, the demented family kept the poison alcohol because…..? Oh right, PLOT. Silliness. This whole story arc is silliness. (even the jingly musical cues are full of hammy silliness)
–No but really…Ed didn’t hear all those police men sneak up and hide OR he didn’t see them behind the very small trees when he was walking to Kringle’s grave?
–Jim is putting off going to find Leah (his fiance and mother of his baby) because he made Baby!Batman a promise. Jim, honey. No. There’s honor and then there’s idiocy.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Bex looks gorgeous in this clip. Her hair is to die for.
#Zades (halp) (she kept his flower)
Look! They’re using non specific language to talk about Red’s “friend” who is Dorothy! (cough friend of Dorothy) Golly! When else do they do that? Right. When they allude to Mulan’s sexuality. Sorry, guys. Still not convinced Mulan is part of the LGBT ship. Still think it’s Red and Dorothy.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"RumBelle are FINALLY solving a problem TOGETHER.
Yes they are but at the same, is solving this problem–a problem that is about protecting their child which even the most bitter, angry, resentful, and split couples would rally over–really an indication of Rumbelle being able to solve all their problems. Acknowledging Belle’s love of the darkness and Rumple agreeing not to murder people and do things for nefarious reasons doesn’t erase the past deception, demands, resentful feelings, lying, ect.
Don’t get me wrong: it was fantastic to see them working together but as @nevermore put it, they are defacto allies because the issue is about their child.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Out of interest, in the entirety of season 5 so far where does Her Handsome Hero and Our Decay rank in terms of demos?
Low for the entirety of S5 because we started with a 1.7. Those two episode still only got a 1.1 and a 1.2 while we stayed steady and then did the trickle down from the beginning. So it’s not like they rank higher than anything that came before (except 5×17 did increase above the episodes right before)
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Interesting Matt! I’ll be sure to point that out Wednesday.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"That’s the first time we’ve adjusted up in our demo in quite a while.
THINKING when dvr and streaming data comes out we will go up again………..
Well we always go up in Live+3 and Live +7. That’s nothing new.
But Live +Next Day coming up has been rare for awhile now.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"On this show it’s perfectly possible to kill someone off and then have them come back. And Sean has to be diplomatic right now. He can’t just up and say “yeah everyone is filming in July but I can’t cause my character is gonna bite it.” Honestly, the only thing to do now is wait.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"But as far as Belle goes, she was very strong in this last episode, until the very end. I loved that she tossed Gaston into the river. But then what do we make of her crying on Rumple’s shoulder? Is she going to give in a little to Rumple’s dark side? Does this scene actually prove she really doesn’t LIKE the beast in Rumple but maybe is fully acknowledging that in a world with magic and evil magical beings, having dark powerful magic to protect you and your baby may be worth keeping around?
Belle sees the world in black and white and her idea of heroism is almost archetypical. Any break in that static view tends to throw her into confusion. This is why I think she’s so conflicted over loving the mad AND the beast not the man under the beast.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
