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Life on Mars - end of series one
That was one of the best episodes of anything that I've seen in a long time. Spoilers follow. Crossposted to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
lifein1973
I spent the whole episode trying to decide if Vic was innocent or guilty, but although he did a very good job of acting innocent, I began to fear that Gene had the right of it. And he did, of course.
Sam was wrong to let his dad go, but I'm not sure I'd have done any differently in his place. Vic's dangerous though. And the parallel with the last time Sam nearly got shot in the head was scary - given that he was thinking of his dad at the time.
Interesting that Sam's memory as a child was of Annie.
Interesting too that Annie finally snaps and wants him to see a psychistrist.
I just loved Gene's response to Sam calling him an overweight, middle-aged, homophobe with a fixation on male bonding! (I must listen to it again and get the entire quote. I have an urge to use it as a sig file).
"You say that like it's a bad thing."
The episode has, almost inevitably, wrecked my writing urge in the immediate short term. Too many things to make me reassess the way I see the characters, too much fine detail of the background. I need to internalise them and rework some of the ideas I had.
Sometimes, the way Gene talks to Sam, it's almost as though Gene is a voice in Sam's head. It's the way he says "You're here because you want to be here." and I don't get the feeling that he's talking about Manchester.
I'm glad there's a second season, but I hope they resist the temptation to go for too many seasons. I don't want to see this show drag out and die or wear the idea too thin.
lifein1973 I spent the whole episode trying to decide if Vic was innocent or guilty, but although he did a very good job of acting innocent, I began to fear that Gene had the right of it. And he did, of course.
Sam was wrong to let his dad go, but I'm not sure I'd have done any differently in his place. Vic's dangerous though. And the parallel with the last time Sam nearly got shot in the head was scary - given that he was thinking of his dad at the time.
Interesting that Sam's memory as a child was of Annie.
Interesting too that Annie finally snaps and wants him to see a psychistrist.
I just loved Gene's response to Sam calling him an overweight, middle-aged, homophobe with a fixation on male bonding! (I must listen to it again and get the entire quote. I have an urge to use it as a sig file).
"You say that like it's a bad thing."
The episode has, almost inevitably, wrecked my writing urge in the immediate short term. Too many things to make me reassess the way I see the characters, too much fine detail of the background. I need to internalise them and rework some of the ideas I had.
Sometimes, the way Gene talks to Sam, it's almost as though Gene is a voice in Sam's head. It's the way he says "You're here because you want to be here." and I don't get the feeling that he's talking about Manchester.
I'm glad there's a second season, but I hope they resist the temptation to go for too many seasons. I don't want to see this show drag out and die or wear the idea too thin.