mark of the beserker
Nov. 11th, 2008 07:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dbskylerAnd here be spoilers . . .
I liked the idea of a "Sarah lite" episode and I was excited to see the teens get a chance to step up and show they can handle things by themselves. Unfortunately, as it turned out, they couldn't. First, Clyde screwed up completely by bringing his father up to the attic and telling him all about his world-saving activities. Second, Luke had no idea what to do without Sarah, tried calling her, and then when that didn't work, he ran to the only other adult he could -- Alan. Finally, it took Sarah showing up in the end to save the day and get Clyde's father to remember that he is human after all.
But the more I think about this story, the more I have to say . . . it makes sense. Yes, Clyde screwed up, big-time. And you know what? A 15-year-old who is trying to impress his absent father could very well behave in exactly that way. Luke didn't trust that he could handle things by himself and went running to whatever adult figure he could find? Again, not unusual for a teenager, and if anything that just says something about Luke's basic insecurities, of which he still has plenty. (Maria, on the other hand, had no problem chastising her father for saying there was nothing further they could do to help from America. But Maria is and has always been awesome.)
As for Rani, as the newcomer to the group it also makes sense that she deferred to Luke, but she did get to shine as the person who first figured out something was going on with that pendant.
Things I liked: Clyde's mother and all the other background stuff we got to find out about Clyde; the interaction between Rani and her father; Sarah's post-it notes (and she really does have to do a better job of hiding her key); the short little slug-chasing scene in the hospital (go Sarah!); and of course the wonderful scenes where we got to see Maria and Alan again. Because they were wonderful.
Things I didn't like: I have to say I didn't really care for the ending. As others have noted, the SJA crew has been really dipping into the retcon lately. I suppose memory wiping is a convenient "reset" device in a series where the main character can't just disappear off into the vortex, but personally I would have loved to have Clyde's mother remember everything and react differently than Alan did when he found out. I felt that the resolution to the plot was a little too easy -- the whole "come back to yourself Dad!" would have worked better if it had been set up more as a way to overcome the pendant. And was anyone else bothered that Clyde got rid of the pendant by throwing it into rather shallow water right by the dock? Not exactly the way to make sure it's never going to cause trouble again, is it?
Although who knows, maybe that was part of the point . . .
As for next week: ooohhh, the Trickster's back! My favorite SJA villain in what looks like it will be a "Sarah heavy" story, with lots of new background information on Sarah, yay! Aunt Lavinia better get mentioned, though, because I love Aunt Lavinia. And by the way, if the Trickster starts messing with the timelines and that just happens to bring a certain Time Lord around to investigate what's been going on, I wouldn't exactly complain. : )
And if that Time Lord showed up in his fourth incarnation, then I would die of happiness.
(Yeah, I know, I know, but let me dream, okay?)
I liked the idea of a "Sarah lite" episode and I was excited to see the teens get a chance to step up and show they can handle things by themselves. Unfortunately, as it turned out, they couldn't. First, Clyde screwed up completely by bringing his father up to the attic and telling him all about his world-saving activities. Second, Luke had no idea what to do without Sarah, tried calling her, and then when that didn't work, he ran to the only other adult he could -- Alan. Finally, it took Sarah showing up in the end to save the day and get Clyde's father to remember that he is human after all.
But the more I think about this story, the more I have to say . . . it makes sense. Yes, Clyde screwed up, big-time. And you know what? A 15-year-old who is trying to impress his absent father could very well behave in exactly that way. Luke didn't trust that he could handle things by himself and went running to whatever adult figure he could find? Again, not unusual for a teenager, and if anything that just says something about Luke's basic insecurities, of which he still has plenty. (Maria, on the other hand, had no problem chastising her father for saying there was nothing further they could do to help from America. But Maria is and has always been awesome.)
As for Rani, as the newcomer to the group it also makes sense that she deferred to Luke, but she did get to shine as the person who first figured out something was going on with that pendant.
Things I liked: Clyde's mother and all the other background stuff we got to find out about Clyde; the interaction between Rani and her father; Sarah's post-it notes (and she really does have to do a better job of hiding her key); the short little slug-chasing scene in the hospital (go Sarah!); and of course the wonderful scenes where we got to see Maria and Alan again. Because they were wonderful.
Things I didn't like: I have to say I didn't really care for the ending. As others have noted, the SJA crew has been really dipping into the retcon lately. I suppose memory wiping is a convenient "reset" device in a series where the main character can't just disappear off into the vortex, but personally I would have loved to have Clyde's mother remember everything and react differently than Alan did when he found out. I felt that the resolution to the plot was a little too easy -- the whole "come back to yourself Dad!" would have worked better if it had been set up more as a way to overcome the pendant. And was anyone else bothered that Clyde got rid of the pendant by throwing it into rather shallow water right by the dock? Not exactly the way to make sure it's never going to cause trouble again, is it?
Although who knows, maybe that was part of the point . . .
As for next week: ooohhh, the Trickster's back! My favorite SJA villain in what looks like it will be a "Sarah heavy" story, with lots of new background information on Sarah, yay! Aunt Lavinia better get mentioned, though, because I love Aunt Lavinia. And by the way, if the Trickster starts messing with the timelines and that just happens to bring a certain Time Lord around to investigate what's been going on, I wouldn't exactly complain. : )
And if that Time Lord showed up in his fourth incarnation, then I would die of happiness.
(Yeah, I know, I know, but let me dream, okay?)
