Body of Proof: "All in the Family"
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icepixieWell, that was...not actually as bad as I thought it would be, considering that it was originally supposed to be the fourth episode. (I...did ABC just not care that they completely blew the continuity on two different storylines? Ooof. It's been a while since I had to deal with networks screwing this much with the episode order on a show.)
We finally get some transition between "UR SMOTHERIN' ME!!!" and "Hey, I wanna follow you around at work all day!" in re: Lacey and Megan, which was handy. And there may have been a fist-pump on my part when Lacey's friends declared Megan's diagnosis of the skin disease over the phone "really cool," while Lacey was all, "Guuuuyyyys, the narrative here is that she's my evil mother, get with the program!" I know twelve-year-olds don't have the best judgment, but she had that one coming. (And not just because I love Megan to unreasonable extremes.) Their last scene together in the car at the end was good, too, although perhaps due 90% to the fact that Dana Delany telling her kid she loves her and then getting all teary renders all other arguments invalid.
Heh, of course everyone loved Peter of the three sisters. (And of course Megan criticized his snacks as being tooth-rotting. I bet she rationed out Lacey's Halloween candy so it lasted until Thanksgiving, didn't she?) Now I really want future-fic where Lacey's spending a weekend with Megan and Peter and they all make pancakes or something, I dunno. IT WOULD BE CUTE AND YOU KNOW IT.
I feel like if I knew anything about Philadelphia neighborhoods, Peter's comment that he grew up near where the victim lived, and Megan's response that she'd taken him for an Upper Darby sort of guy, would make more sense. I assume from the giant house the victim and his family lived in that he grew up in a wealthier family than she'd expected?
As for the other storyline...well, if you're unspoiled, I'll just note that this episode was filmed before the ones where Kate has a date and where she's giggling at whoever's texting her on her cell. AHEM.
(Speaking of that storyline...Curtis, did you not notice that you asked the poor kid to drop his pants IN FRONT OF A WALL MADE ENTIRELY OF WINDOWS? I MEAN REALLY.)
My characterization of Todd as "pretty much an asshole" has been completely unchanged by this episode. First he's all snitty at Megan about how not actually getting to spend time with her daughter is "parenthood," then he tries to spin his pro bono case as something he's doing because he's a good guy when in fact it's a requirement to remain a member of the bar, then Kate has to point out the PR value of taking the kid on as a temp before he'll lift a finger to get said kid out an abusive home. Gee, he's a real peach.
[Spoiler; highlight to read] Kate, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY are you going to start dating this jerk? Why? WHY?
I'm a little bit in love with Sam and Bud as partners. They seem like a well-oiled machine. Or perhaps a pair of wolves, considering they snuck up on people from opposite directions no fewer than three times in this episode. I...am not quite sure what the "I hate my kitchen" thing was all about with the construction guys, but I'm guessing it was basically meant as a distraction.
Two things that apparently got left on the cutting room floor:
1. What did Megan's father die of, anyway? Heart attack? Murder? We were left hanging pretty high there. And I'm guessing...her mother was in court and they couldn't get ahold of her before Megan got home from school? Or what? Logistics, people! Tell me what the hell happened!
2. So at some point very soon after the showdown at the victim's house, Peter, Bud, and Sam all got together and gave Megan a VERY STERN TALKING-TO, complete with shouting and perhaps threats of tying her up in a closet next time she gets invested in a crime so she can't do something incredibly dumb again, right? Because THAT WAS SO DUMB, MEGAN. SO DUMB. At least cops who go in without backup have a gun and assorted police training. You had stiletto heels, which, although original, are probably not the best choice of weapon in this kind of situation. 911. Learn it, live it, love it. Or surely you at least had Peter on speed dial? OY.
ETA: Two further things: One, Peter got to do some "medico" parts of his "medicolegal investigator" job! I wondered when they were going to let him do that. Two, I kind of love how Curtis will admit to Kate that Megan has rubbed off on him to the point where he orders expensive tests, but you know he's DAMNED if he'll admit it to Megan. Awww.
We finally get some transition between "UR SMOTHERIN' ME!!!" and "Hey, I wanna follow you around at work all day!" in re: Lacey and Megan, which was handy. And there may have been a fist-pump on my part when Lacey's friends declared Megan's diagnosis of the skin disease over the phone "really cool," while Lacey was all, "Guuuuyyyys, the narrative here is that she's my evil mother, get with the program!" I know twelve-year-olds don't have the best judgment, but she had that one coming. (And not just because I love Megan to unreasonable extremes.) Their last scene together in the car at the end was good, too, although perhaps due 90% to the fact that Dana Delany telling her kid she loves her and then getting all teary renders all other arguments invalid.
Heh, of course everyone loved Peter of the three sisters. (And of course Megan criticized his snacks as being tooth-rotting. I bet she rationed out Lacey's Halloween candy so it lasted until Thanksgiving, didn't she?) Now I really want future-fic where Lacey's spending a weekend with Megan and Peter and they all make pancakes or something, I dunno. IT WOULD BE CUTE AND YOU KNOW IT.
I feel like if I knew anything about Philadelphia neighborhoods, Peter's comment that he grew up near where the victim lived, and Megan's response that she'd taken him for an Upper Darby sort of guy, would make more sense. I assume from the giant house the victim and his family lived in that he grew up in a wealthier family than she'd expected?
As for the other storyline...well, if you're unspoiled, I'll just note that this episode was filmed before the ones where Kate has a date and where she's giggling at whoever's texting her on her cell. AHEM.
(Speaking of that storyline...Curtis, did you not notice that you asked the poor kid to drop his pants IN FRONT OF A WALL MADE ENTIRELY OF WINDOWS? I MEAN REALLY.)
My characterization of Todd as "pretty much an asshole" has been completely unchanged by this episode. First he's all snitty at Megan about how not actually getting to spend time with her daughter is "parenthood," then he tries to spin his pro bono case as something he's doing because he's a good guy when in fact it's a requirement to remain a member of the bar, then Kate has to point out the PR value of taking the kid on as a temp before he'll lift a finger to get said kid out an abusive home. Gee, he's a real peach.
[Spoiler; highlight to read] Kate, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY are you going to start dating this jerk? Why? WHY?
I'm a little bit in love with Sam and Bud as partners. They seem like a well-oiled machine. Or perhaps a pair of wolves, considering they snuck up on people from opposite directions no fewer than three times in this episode. I...am not quite sure what the "I hate my kitchen" thing was all about with the construction guys, but I'm guessing it was basically meant as a distraction.
Two things that apparently got left on the cutting room floor:
1. What did Megan's father die of, anyway? Heart attack? Murder? We were left hanging pretty high there. And I'm guessing...her mother was in court and they couldn't get ahold of her before Megan got home from school? Or what? Logistics, people! Tell me what the hell happened!
2. So at some point very soon after the showdown at the victim's house, Peter, Bud, and Sam all got together and gave Megan a VERY STERN TALKING-TO, complete with shouting and perhaps threats of tying her up in a closet next time she gets invested in a crime so she can't do something incredibly dumb again, right? Because THAT WAS SO DUMB, MEGAN. SO DUMB. At least cops who go in without backup have a gun and assorted police training. You had stiletto heels, which, although original, are probably not the best choice of weapon in this kind of situation. 911. Learn it, live it, love it. Or surely you at least had Peter on speed dial? OY.
ETA: Two further things: One, Peter got to do some "medico" parts of his "medicolegal investigator" job! I wondered when they were going to let him do that. Two, I kind of love how Curtis will admit to Kate that Megan has rubbed off on him to the point where he orders expensive tests, but you know he's DAMNED if he'll admit it to Megan. Awww.
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Date: 2011-05-09 03:33 pm (UTC)Well, sometimes you just have to sacrifice science for fashion.... But really, it was nice how (especially in the beginning) they were never afraid to put her in bulky nerd-gear, like giant protective eyewear. Oh Scully, come back. Tv needs you!
I'm not sure he's even trying. Certainly not with Megan, anyway, and not even really with Kate. He's just kind of an asshole.
You could see some attempts, with Kate. Not very successful ones (unless you were Kate, I guess), but they were there.
Yeah, I think she probably figured she could juggle with no problem after the accident that produced Lacey, but I'm not sure I can believe she initiated the whole "let's have a kid!" process.
Lol, yeah, I can't quite see an initial, out-of-the-blue "You know what we need? BABIES!" inspiration.
it aired in Russia or somewhere earlier this year
Bwuh? Since when does Russia get stuff early? Crazy!
Perhaps she's not completely incapable of interacting with small humans?
Somehow I suspect that she handles tiny children better than tweens. Tweens start to act like little surly adults, and it's adults she's particularly not good at. : )
Though maybe a "Hey, remember when we...?" "Oh, yeah, that was fun, wasn't it? And you..." [laughter] would work better.
It is tiiiiime for their relationship to have more depth than just sniping!
No, I think they're still The Hitler Channel as well.
Dirty Nazi Hitler Doing Dirty Nazi Things?
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Date: 2011-05-09 07:51 pm (UTC)Not very successful ones (unless you were Kate, I guess)
Oh, Kate. You were shaping up to be so smart and awesome, but wow, judgment FAIL.
Bwuh? Since when does Russia get stuff early? Crazy!
Apparently half of Europe got it starting in January! I guess because it was originally scheduled to air in the fall on ABC, but got pushed back because...I think a lot of things were tanking, and originally it had been scheduled in the Friday Night Death Slot, so they decided to hold it until they could put it on another night and hopefully salvage at least one drama from the last three years. (Castle was the last one that got renewed.) It's not a good time to be ABC. But it is a good time to be a mediocre show on ABC...
Somehow I suspect that she handles tiny children better than tweens. Tweens start to act like little surly adults, and it's adults she's particularly not good at. : )
True, and yet...little children are loud and annoying and you can't explain to them that dammit, they need to shut up and let Mommy think for thirty seconds. She'd have to pay attention to a small child or fatal consequences could ensue. I think it would go badly. ;) Although if she really honest-to-god had the day off and had no way of getting caught up in work, then yes, I think she'd probably be better at interacting with children under ten...
Dirty Nazi Hitler Doing Dirty Nazi Things?
Sewers by der Führer!
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Date: 2011-05-15 05:42 pm (UTC)Awwww.
True, and yet...little children are loud and annoying and you can't explain to them that dammit, they need to shut up and let Mommy think for thirty seconds.
Oh, I'm sure she and Todd had a nanny, what with her being a surgeon and him being a lawyer. I suspect many many parenting duties got delegated, which probably didn't help Megan's case in the divorce proceedings...
Sewers by der Führer!
I would watch that!
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Date: 2011-05-15 09:06 pm (UTC)Although then again, given the rash of cancellations they just announced, maybe it wasn't such a good time after all...
Oh, I'm sure she and Todd had a nanny, what with her being a surgeon and him being a lawyer.
All the more reason she probably wouldn't like small children...
I suspect many many parenting duties got delegated, which probably didn't help Megan's case in the divorce proceedings...
Indeed, indeed.
I would watch that!
We should suggest it to The History Channel!