Oh, yes, I actually don't think the lack of precision plotting is a minus (although I would like Peter's arc to have been better thought out -- thanks for letting me know that we never do find that out, since it's the kind of thing that worries at me if I am not told not to worry about it :) ) -- it's just that when comparing it to Veronica Mars, it's something that needs to be addressed. This show is not about precision plotting; it's focused squarely on the character interaction arcs (and does a better job of them than VM, for the same reason).
And yes, this is one of the few shows where I can't leave it on in the background and just listen, because the visual shots sometimes carry all sorts of information that the dialogue doesn't. AUGH.
The thing I love so much about Diane in "Lifeguard" is that there's a line that she will not cross, even if Chief Justice person will. Oh, she's compromised and everything is murky and ethically gray, and that's part of what I love too -- but a corrupt judge is a corrupt judge, and although she might not herself have pursued it, once it becomes obvious what's going on, she'll see it to the end even when she knows perfectly well it's going to wreck her political aspirations. JUST.
So do you read Colin as the killer? I still want to believe that he's not. That what he said to Alicia at the end was the truth: that sometimes the improbable gesture is indeed improbable. My reading of the directorial intention is that they intended it to be ambiguous, but perhaps I missed something.
(Also, OMG ELI GOLD. Not that I haven't gone through a bunch of episodes today or anything...)
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Date: 2012-09-28 04:55 am (UTC)And yes, this is one of the few shows where I can't leave it on in the background and just listen, because the visual shots sometimes carry all sorts of information that the dialogue doesn't. AUGH.
The thing I love so much about Diane in "Lifeguard" is that there's a line that she will not cross, even if Chief Justice person will. Oh, she's compromised and everything is murky and ethically gray, and that's part of what I love too -- but a corrupt judge is a corrupt judge, and although she might not herself have pursued it, once it becomes obvious what's going on, she'll see it to the end even when she knows perfectly well it's going to wreck her political aspirations. JUST.
So do you read Colin as the killer? I still want to believe that he's not. That what he said to Alicia at the end was the truth: that sometimes the improbable gesture is indeed improbable. My reading of the directorial intention is that they intended it to be ambiguous, but perhaps I missed something.
(Also, OMG ELI GOLD. Not that I haven't gone through a bunch of episodes today or anything...)