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Dr. Deaton is great. I love how he says, “You don't want it to get infected, do you?” As if it baffles him why Scott would ever believe he might be using some kind of crazy magic potion on him. As if that would be just too surpassingly weird.
I guess Deaton “retired” when the Hales mostly died, right? It seems strange to me that Derek never indicates knowing Deaton or having seen him around the pack, when it's heavily implied that Deaton was in Beacon Hills at all because he once served as the Emissary to Talia and her pack. That's probably just a further example of them adding backstory as they go, but it's interesting to me to try to make sense out of it. I'll get back to you if I think of something.
The garage sequence is probably the scariest so far. This show loves to exploit that fear you have about seeing terrible things happening but being too far away/too incapacitated to stop them, or to react at all: Jackson being sniffed by the Alpha while he's trapped under a shelving unit, even Allison watching from inside the bus while Scott's nearly run down. This is especially well-done, though, because there's looots of time to play out trying and failing to alert someone. Brrrr.
(Mary: “Who is that guy?” Me: “Him? He's – uh. Jeez, I'm not sure. He's somebody, though. I can look it up--” Mary: “Tigh. He's Colonel Tigh.” Me: “Oh, yeah! Yeah, he is, isn't he?” Mary, who was by far the more devoted BSG fan than I was: “Can't believe I couldn't think of that for a minute. He looks different sober, I guess.”)
Stiles is so jaded by this point that he's literally like, “Fine, but are they going to wash the blood off my jeep before I get it back?”
How come Boyd doesn't have to run the And Then Derek Punches You obstacle course? Also, Erica, failing not to be completely predictable. Also also, did he really seriously just say that he plans to breed Erica, then break one of Isaac's bones for whining? Oh my god, Derek is so much more terrifyingly dysfunctional than I remember. I feel like because he's in the credits, you sort of give him an automatic pass – ha ha, he's tough but fair, that Derek! – but then if you actually watch the episodes like this and break down what he's up to scene by scene, then motherfuck. He really is kind of monstrous. There's an interesting parallel here that I can't tell if they're doing on purpose, where Derek:Peter::Chris:Gerard – these characters who are just shockingly awful by any rational standard of human ethics, but you keep being like, “Well, he could be like the other guy! And he's not! So that's nice!” Yeah, Peter and Gerard are way worse, but like. Derek and Chris also are pretty terrible people?
Wait. So. Is Lydia talking to no one in this scene? Young Ghost Peter isn't really present in the way that humans can see, right, it's just Lydia he can get at? So in reality, she's sitting in the counselor's waiting room, looking directly at the chair next to her and having a conversation. Okay then.
Now you're just trolling me, show. Come on, I have some standards. But the look on Scott's face when he incorrectly believes he knows something Stiles doesn't know is five-star. Oh, honey, that doesn't happen a lot, does it? That must've felt nice. For a second there. I like how Stiles tries to help him save face, though. “Well, it's a high priority for me to find these things out, that's all.” When the actual answer is, “It's a perfectly cromulent word that everyone but you knows,” and too also, “If it were a high priority for you to understand any fucking thing that happened in the world around you, you'd be doing research on this yourself, but no no, by all means, allow me to keep doing that for you, because we've fully adopted becoming ever more co-dependent as our primary strategy for dealing with life. I LOVE YOU.”
ALL THE TIMES. ALL THE TIMES Danny had to have this conversation with him? Remember what I said about Danny's survival strategies for fending off drunk lax bros? I'm just going to bring that up, then leave it right here and walk slowly away.
I also made the argument that being genetically superior was just a normal part of the sports world. I wish Jackson would stop agreeing with me about things. It makes me question my choices in life.
Okay, Stiles, if you're going to keep badgering a crying girl who's told you to go away – and I'm not saying you should, or that I would, but if this is the course of action you've committed to – then try not to fetishize her crying like a big serial killer weirdo. Just – be cool, man, okay? Jeez.
Normally I would call it pretty unrealistic that the Beacon Hills lacrosse team just randomly calls up dudes from the stands and hands them a jersey mid-game when things are going poorly, but you know, this is Finstock World. I'm actually buying it in this case.
Should someone check and make sure that kid is breathing before we start the party? His own team can't even get to him to see if he's okay, because a bunch of Beacon Hills assholes have stampeded onto the field directly the hell over his immobile body.
Be fair, now. Romeo and Juliet didn't commit ritual suicide. It was pretty off-the-cuff. Spur of the moment sort of decision. Kind of the opposite of ritual, actually.
It's hard to glare over baked goods. Kudos to Chris and Scott both for committing to it.
I really like it when they find non-combat uses for werewolf powers, like Scott using elongated claws to reach something through a grate, or enhanced hearing to safecrack. I feel like it's this attention to coming up with unexpected details that makes the show feel real.
That's right, Derek. Lie quietly at the bottom of the pool and think about your choices for a minute.
I like that they've run off chasing this red herring because they've internalized the logic of dopey paranormal series the world over. It must be a Great Thwacking Tome of Lore, like with leather and shit! That's what they always are! No, dumbasses, they scanned that sucker fifteen years ago so it's portable and searchable, like a reasonable fucking person would.
I really love this show's willingness to just stab the everloving shit out of their characters, particularly when they do this bit where the attacker doesn't even want them dead and is just like, eh, you'll heal, but I got your attention, didn't I? I don't know why I enjoy these conversations-while-impaled so much, but god help me, I do. I'm not entirely sure what the dripping blood effect was there for, though. I mean, what it's here for, as opposed to any of the literally thousands of other times in this show that someone is dripping blood. It looks like it's supposed to be symbolic or something. Of Scott's control of this situation slipping inexorably through his fingers? Hahaha, nope. Scott never had control of this situation. Bless his heart.
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Date: 2015-04-10 11:23 am (UTC)From:I've stayed away from all fanfic so far because I don't want fanon assumptions to color the way I'm watching the show until after this project is over. But knowing fandom as I do, I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that getting involved with Derek is *not* usually treated like the most dangerous thing Stiles has ever done. Which is too bad, because that's fodder for some great stories! But yeah, when a pairing becomes that large, it's obviously become comfort food for a lot of people, and I fully expect that Derek has gone the same way as Chris Keller and Spike before him.