Body of Proof 2.02: "Hunting Party"
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icepixieWhoa, I have got to find a way to replicate the effects of being drunk without the alcohol, because that was terrible, and I'm not sure I can get through another episode sober.
In no particular order, the really stupid things:
1. What the hell kind of pacing was that? Did they really have to change scenes every other minute? Ugh, I think I got whiplash by the end.
2. Kate and Megan's "catfight" is just demeaning to both of them. Why do we have this storyline? Why? They are two professionals with very different ways of approaching their job and different approaches to general interaction with the human race. Is there not enough conflict there? Even if they must have Kate dating Todd and all the attendant drama, both of these PROFESSIONALS should know better than to drag it into the workplace in front of all of their co-workers. ...This show is written entirely by men, isn't it?
3. Okay, last night's anvillicious ending on Castle looks like subtlety worthy of, I dunno, Woolf or Joyce or Eliot or someone in comparison to that video at the end. (P.S. Megan, stand firm on those shoes! They are hideous!)
4. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT SUDDEN RANDOM SHOOTING ALL ABOUT? I...the...no, really, WHAT THE HELL. Out of nowhere, the husband shoots the accountant! In the middle of the medical examiners' office! Seriously, WHAT EVEN WAS THAT? I at first thought the slow-mo must have been the signal that we'd entered some kind of dream sequence, because it was just so bizarre, but nope, it totally happened. For no particular reason. WHAT THE HELL.
5. The entire ending was symptomatic of a larger problem afflicting this episode: it felt like even the writer knew it was complete trash, and he and the rest of the production team were trying to put a veneer of hyper-emotionality on it with the sad music and the dramatic dialogue and the quick cuts between scenes and the stupid tricks like the slow motion (I mean REALLY, you have to earn that shit).
Extra bad news: I just looked up the writer for this one, and apparently it was Christopher Murphey, who created the show and serves as showrunner. UM. Yeah, I'll be working on that not-being-sober thing for the rest of the season, if I make it that long...
On the other hand, there were a few bright spots. Or at least some not-entirely-awful ones. In chronological order:
Oh, look, they sent a second unit out to get some new stock shots of Philadelphia! This is obviously one of the actual filmed-as-season-two episodes, which just makes me even more depressed about the direction of the show.
Megan, I have to wonder why you're so interested in Peter's sex life. I mean, maybe it's just that you're only now joining the world of human interaction and don't really know how much is enough, but methinks I see some ulterior reason here... (Although it also feels juuuust a bit like she's his mom and is bugging him about his girlfriends, which is not a vibe I want them to have.)
Did...did Peter just say the wrong thing? Did they actually let him screw up? Did they make a mistake and give him some character?
"I need you, Peter. Sometimes I just wish I didn't." AWWWWWW. (See, this is how they're going to keep me coming back to this terrible show. Alas.)
Hey, it's evil Brennan from Burn Notice!
Peter: Am I wrong, or are you two fighting over me?
Megan: You can have him. Be sure to ask about his one-night stand!
*headdesk*
Ethan: I'm just your bitch, aren't I?
Megan: Don't pretend like you don't like it.
(Okay, this is the other reason they're going to keep me coming back.)
"What do you mean, catfight?" Um...exactly what it says on the tin? Writers, please stop this. It is SO STUPID.
...Or maybe the point of that plotline is to provide insurance against Kate firing Megan, as she really ought to given the stupid stunts Megan is pulling at the moment. She won't fire her because it'll look like it was due to personal issues and be bad for her own career, maybe?
Another way this episode made no sense: Peter thinks Kate is dating Todd because "it won't work" (so...he really does think she's dating Todd just to get Megan's goat?), and Kate compares this to Peter's presumed one-night stand because...why? SENSE, SHOW. IT'S GOOD TO MAKE SOME.
I want Megan's blazer and skirt. And the figure to wear them, but mostly them.
Peter: I am Switzerland.
Megan: Just out of curiosity, which of us is Germany?
(Okay, that was pretty entertaining as well.)
Curtis does NOT need to be interviewing people. Although then again, these people do not need to be applying for this job...
Haha, I'm guessing everyone was asking what the hell Peter's job actually entailed, so they actually had Ethan ask the question! Because he...wouldn't know, after spending at least a year there...drink more, think less!
Ethan: But I already do whatever you tell me to.
Megan: Keep up the good work.
I would actually be more fond of this show if it were just an hour of Megan ordering Ethan around and Ethan being kind of befuddled.
Megan, WHY did you just take your gloves off to handle the victim's car keys? Why?
I admit, I love it every time they refer to Bud's appreciation for opera. And I enjoy him and Sam.
Oh, gee, the receptionist at the sperm bank thinks Peter's there to make a donation. Guys, 1991 called, they want their joke back.
Of course the two cases connect. HOW DID I KNOW.
Megan: Am I back on the case?
Kate: Were you ever off it?
Megan: Not really.
See, I wish they would do more of this when demonstrating how awesome Megan is, rather than have her barge into interrogations and whatnot. This = funny and relevant. That = irritating and apt to get her fired.
Speaking of which, why are Megan and Peter doing this latest interview without any police whatsoever?
Again, Lacey gets stuck with too-precocious dialogue to cover up for the writer's inability to show rather than tell. Of course Kate isn't going to replace Megan as Lacey's mom! SHOW US THIS. DON'T TELL US.
Wait, did Bud and Sam just get to make a deduction? OMG!
"You know what I hate about this job? Not meeting the people." Bullshit. Way more interesting, and I think accurate to the woman they showed us at the beginning of the series, would be that Megan is glad she never has to meet the people she autopsies, because interacting with real people inevitably screws it all up and she's better with the dead.
Bwahahahaha at Ethan and Curtis wandering through the woods looking like a pair of traffic cones.
Awww, Bud brought Sam coffee!
Uh...don't all coughs expel saliva? Something tells me this script did not get any kind of editing whatsoever.
*snerk* Megan is totally jealous of Peter having a date.
In no particular order, the really stupid things:
1. What the hell kind of pacing was that? Did they really have to change scenes every other minute? Ugh, I think I got whiplash by the end.
2. Kate and Megan's "catfight" is just demeaning to both of them. Why do we have this storyline? Why? They are two professionals with very different ways of approaching their job and different approaches to general interaction with the human race. Is there not enough conflict there? Even if they must have Kate dating Todd and all the attendant drama, both of these PROFESSIONALS should know better than to drag it into the workplace in front of all of their co-workers. ...This show is written entirely by men, isn't it?
3. Okay, last night's anvillicious ending on Castle looks like subtlety worthy of, I dunno, Woolf or Joyce or Eliot or someone in comparison to that video at the end. (P.S. Megan, stand firm on those shoes! They are hideous!)
4. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT SUDDEN RANDOM SHOOTING ALL ABOUT? I...the...no, really, WHAT THE HELL. Out of nowhere, the husband shoots the accountant! In the middle of the medical examiners' office! Seriously, WHAT EVEN WAS THAT? I at first thought the slow-mo must have been the signal that we'd entered some kind of dream sequence, because it was just so bizarre, but nope, it totally happened. For no particular reason. WHAT THE HELL.
5. The entire ending was symptomatic of a larger problem afflicting this episode: it felt like even the writer knew it was complete trash, and he and the rest of the production team were trying to put a veneer of hyper-emotionality on it with the sad music and the dramatic dialogue and the quick cuts between scenes and the stupid tricks like the slow motion (I mean REALLY, you have to earn that shit).
Extra bad news: I just looked up the writer for this one, and apparently it was Christopher Murphey, who created the show and serves as showrunner. UM. Yeah, I'll be working on that not-being-sober thing for the rest of the season, if I make it that long...
On the other hand, there were a few bright spots. Or at least some not-entirely-awful ones. In chronological order:
Oh, look, they sent a second unit out to get some new stock shots of Philadelphia! This is obviously one of the actual filmed-as-season-two episodes, which just makes me even more depressed about the direction of the show.
Megan, I have to wonder why you're so interested in Peter's sex life. I mean, maybe it's just that you're only now joining the world of human interaction and don't really know how much is enough, but methinks I see some ulterior reason here... (Although it also feels juuuust a bit like she's his mom and is bugging him about his girlfriends, which is not a vibe I want them to have.)
Did...did Peter just say the wrong thing? Did they actually let him screw up? Did they make a mistake and give him some character?
"I need you, Peter. Sometimes I just wish I didn't." AWWWWWW. (See, this is how they're going to keep me coming back to this terrible show. Alas.)
Hey, it's evil Brennan from Burn Notice!
Peter: Am I wrong, or are you two fighting over me?
Megan: You can have him. Be sure to ask about his one-night stand!
*headdesk*
Ethan: I'm just your bitch, aren't I?
Megan: Don't pretend like you don't like it.
(Okay, this is the other reason they're going to keep me coming back.)
"What do you mean, catfight?" Um...exactly what it says on the tin? Writers, please stop this. It is SO STUPID.
...Or maybe the point of that plotline is to provide insurance against Kate firing Megan, as she really ought to given the stupid stunts Megan is pulling at the moment. She won't fire her because it'll look like it was due to personal issues and be bad for her own career, maybe?
Another way this episode made no sense: Peter thinks Kate is dating Todd because "it won't work" (so...he really does think she's dating Todd just to get Megan's goat?), and Kate compares this to Peter's presumed one-night stand because...why? SENSE, SHOW. IT'S GOOD TO MAKE SOME.
I want Megan's blazer and skirt. And the figure to wear them, but mostly them.
Peter: I am Switzerland.
Megan: Just out of curiosity, which of us is Germany?
(Okay, that was pretty entertaining as well.)
Curtis does NOT need to be interviewing people. Although then again, these people do not need to be applying for this job...
Haha, I'm guessing everyone was asking what the hell Peter's job actually entailed, so they actually had Ethan ask the question! Because he...wouldn't know, after spending at least a year there...drink more, think less!
Ethan: But I already do whatever you tell me to.
Megan: Keep up the good work.
I would actually be more fond of this show if it were just an hour of Megan ordering Ethan around and Ethan being kind of befuddled.
Megan, WHY did you just take your gloves off to handle the victim's car keys? Why?
I admit, I love it every time they refer to Bud's appreciation for opera. And I enjoy him and Sam.
Oh, gee, the receptionist at the sperm bank thinks Peter's there to make a donation. Guys, 1991 called, they want their joke back.
Of course the two cases connect. HOW DID I KNOW.
Megan: Am I back on the case?
Kate: Were you ever off it?
Megan: Not really.
See, I wish they would do more of this when demonstrating how awesome Megan is, rather than have her barge into interrogations and whatnot. This = funny and relevant. That = irritating and apt to get her fired.
Speaking of which, why are Megan and Peter doing this latest interview without any police whatsoever?
Again, Lacey gets stuck with too-precocious dialogue to cover up for the writer's inability to show rather than tell. Of course Kate isn't going to replace Megan as Lacey's mom! SHOW US THIS. DON'T TELL US.
Wait, did Bud and Sam just get to make a deduction? OMG!
"You know what I hate about this job? Not meeting the people." Bullshit. Way more interesting, and I think accurate to the woman they showed us at the beginning of the series, would be that Megan is glad she never has to meet the people she autopsies, because interacting with real people inevitably screws it all up and she's better with the dead.
Bwahahahaha at Ethan and Curtis wandering through the woods looking like a pair of traffic cones.
Awww, Bud brought Sam coffee!
Uh...don't all coughs expel saliva? Something tells me this script did not get any kind of editing whatsoever.
*snerk* Megan is totally jealous of Peter having a date.
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Date: 2011-09-30 06:49 pm (UTC)I'm a masochistI feel like it might get better again, and I think Dana Delany has performed some kind of voodoo that makes it impossible for me to not watch the show, but I wish I could kick the habit.Every woman on this show is awful!
Well, there's Sam! Of course, they'll probably make her into a horrible human being the second they give her an episode with character development...
I liked Megan last season! Why did they take that away from me?? Do the writers hate Megan too?
I actually still like Megan, but I think it's because my headcanon version of her is so fleshed out by now that I can basically insert her into the show as I watch it. The Megan on the show has done a lot this season that I've just disregarded entirely.
ps how can you pitch a fit over your twelve-year-old wanting to wear stilettos when you already let her wear teeny weeny miniskirts? AUGH NOTHING HAS BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH.
The creepy thing is, aren't those miniskirts part of her school uniform? I think when we've seen her in regular clothes, it's always been pants.
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Date: 2011-10-01 06:52 pm (UTC)It'll rot your brain!
Well, there's Sam!
...She's so butch I unconsciously categorized her as a man. On this show, that's a compliment.
The Megan on the show has done a lot this season that I've just disregarded entirely.
The amount of show I've accepted as canon this season is miniscule. I can't go on!
The creepy thing is, aren't those miniskirts part of her school uniform?
I HATE YOU, HOLLYWOOD.