|
Post by pippin on Aug 7, 2015 0:04:33 GMT -5
With four episodes left, we’re in the home-stretch for Beauty and the Beast Season 3, and “Cat’s Out of the Bag” begins the process of tying all of the plotlines together in a way that illustrates the long plan this show has had since “The Beast of Wall Street”. It’s all been building to this moment, as destiny finally has its say, and Vincent (Jay Ryan) and Cat (Kristin Kreuk) agree on what must be done. But while this is a fun episode, it’s also controversial.
|
|
|
Post by BeastieBoy on Aug 7, 2015 1:11:47 GMT -5
Absolutely loved this episode! Felt it was long overdue for Daddy Agent Reynold to be included for what he knows! The fact that Tess, JT and Heather are all in-tuned to the destiny blazed by Alistair and Rebecca is great and getting back to the gem/destiny foundation is what will make this saga golden in my book! Once again, I stake that Liam is the descendent of the original beast that taunted Alistair! Let's kick his butt and finish what Rebecca and Alistair were unable to complete! Let make sure that their deaths were not in vain! Now the everyone is appropriately in line with what must be pursued and dominated let's seize the mission as a united front! Vincent, Catherine, JT, Tess, Heather and Bob Reynolds! Alistair and Rebecca had no one to support them and they failed so now we know that there is strength in numbers, love, support and devotion! I personally like Captain Ward but will he be able to handle the truth, I think he would be up to the challenge but would he be willing to take the truth! I am falling for the entire team all over again! Writers and Directors please do not drop the ball, we are entering the finale of the game! The mythology element was one of things that made this episode stand out for me. Funny, because I was just so so about some of it in S2, I guess it's grown on me. I think you could be on to something with Liam, that would bring their destiny full circle wouldn't it? Papa Reynolds definitely needs a "get out of jail" card, his character is wasting away in that cell in more ways than one. Was never quite sure if he was still a bad guy or now a good guy. But in this episode, I think he's 100% on Team VinCat!
|
|
|
Post by BeastieBoy on Aug 7, 2015 2:47:41 GMT -5
1) Fantastic episode! Well done and riveting! 2) Made love on the rooftop!!!! ? Say What? Where the heck is that scene? And why haven't I seen it? 3) The VinCat "passion" was still MIA in this ep for me. The drought in S3 continues. 4) Heather was again just great in this episode! But the poor girl is always getting yelled at. First Cat's outburst at her during Chasing Ghosts, now Vincent let's her have it. Heather hanging out with JT was a new dynamic. Loved that too. 5) Cat is kinda driving me nuts. She's always driven, but going from one extreme to another. Hope her character levels out again from the next episode on. But I loved the scene when she jumps in her car and the whole gang is there like an intervention. 6) The mythology is back and I really liked the use of it in this episode All in all a big thumbs up from me. 2. I think they mean the first scene of season 3. It was nearly not shown enough, but there was something there. Otherwise I fully agree with all your points. Hmmm, maybe. Now I'm remembering Catherine Ashton's tweet tease from last August (almost one year ago!). Somehow I don't think they shot the scene as the script called for. The 301 scene was hot, but it left a lot to the imagination. I just assumed they took it down stairs, since the next scene had them waking up together. But if they had really ripped their clothes off right there and then, that would have left no doubt. BTW, other than 301, I still have not felt that same level of "passion" again in S3. Nice loving and sweet VinCat moments yes, but passion? Not so much. Still hoping for more passion and epic love in the remaining eps.
|
|
|
Post by missingalias on Aug 7, 2015 3:52:41 GMT -5
Hmmm, maybe. Now I'm remembering Catherine Ashton's tweet tease from last August (almost one year ago!). Somehow I don't think they shot the scene as the script called for. The 301 scene was hot, but it left a lot to the imagination. I just assumed they took it down stairs, since the next scene had them waking up together. But if they had really ripped their clothes off right there and then, that would have left no doubt. BTW, other than 301, I still have not felt that same level of "passion" again in S3. Nice loving and sweet VinCat moments yes, but passion? Not so much. Still hoping for more passion and epic love in the remaining eps. Yes, that might be true too. They should definitely have kept it going much much longer! Still waiting for that passion too so I agree with you once again. In general I must say I miss proper girl talk scenes and single people in the series to give it a different kind of spark. Also they need to get the gang fully dressed up in their tens. They used to have all kinds of events and stuff all the time, but not anymore. on the negative note also JTnT and that Vincat hardly look or touch each other anymore. All absent also in this ep. On the positive note in this season and ep I have enjoyed the pace and the big bad. Heather has been nice too. Some camerawork has been amazing and some scenes very nice. I enjoy watching every episode and try to rewatch them all the time to give more views. but in the end I still rewatch season 1 much more. Sadly. High hopes for the rest of the season to make it epic and obviously the season 4.
|
|
|
Post by lovebatb on Aug 7, 2015 7:49:29 GMT -5
I agree so much with this comment that someone did in the review of Nick Roman: "But a peck by the end of each episode and beautiful words, does justice to romance. Romance is passion, real kissess. understanding looks, complicity that this season I do not find there. And we have to take into account that despite BATB became an extraordinary action-pack story with more quality, Beauty and the Beast is in essence one love story too. Please do not misunderstand my words... I dont want VinCat spend the day in bed. Only wanted scenes of affection were not fleeting or omitted like they do this season.." Read more: www.rickey.org/beauty-and-the-beast-review-cats-out-of-the-bag-is-as-controversial-as-it-is-fun/284074/#ixzz3i8IoXo3G
|
|
|
Post by SpydancerLovesVincat on Aug 7, 2015 9:09:24 GMT -5
Okay, I'll be honest, I'm not done watching this episode yet but I have found, as this season wears on that I spend more and more time scrolling through my phone or splitting my attention when I watch. Like VinCat's waning passion, I find that it is difficult to find what it is that I loved about this show in the remains after the destruction that was season 2. I'm sorry. I miss you guys but I just don't have time with twin babies at home...
|
|
|
Post by batb4evr1 on Aug 7, 2015 9:15:27 GMT -5
Absolutely loved this episode! Felt it was long overdue for Daddy Agent Reynold to be included for what he knows! The fact that Tess, JT and Heather are all in-tuned to the destiny blazed by Alistair and Rebecca is great and getting back to the gem/destiny foundation is what will make this saga golden in my book! Once again, I stake that Liam is the descendent of the original beast that taunted Alistair! Let's kick his butt and finish what Rebecca and Alistair were unable to complete! Let make sure that their deaths were not in vain! Now the everyone is appropriately in line with what must be pursued and dominated let's seize the mission as a united front! Vincent, Catherine, JT, Tess, Heather and Bob Reynolds! Alistair and Rebecca had no one to support them and they failed so now we know that there is strength in numbers, love, support and devotion! I personally like Captain Ward but will he be able to handle the truth, I think he would be up to the challenge but would he be willing to take the truth! I am falling for the entire team all over again! Writers and Directors please do not drop the ball, we are entering the finale of the game! The mythology element was one of things that made this episode stand out for me. Funny, because I was just so so about some of it in S2, I guess it's grown on me. I think you could be on to something with Liam, that would bring their destiny full circle wouldn't it? Papa Reynolds definitely needs a "get out of jail" card, his character is wasting away in that cell in more ways than one. Was never quite sure if he was still a bad guy or now a good guy. But in this episode, I think he's 100% on Team VinCat! Totally agree with you BeastieBoy! Release Bob, he's on board now let him join the team and bring all he knows and his skills as an agent to help take Liam down!
|
|
|
Post by batb4evr1 on Aug 7, 2015 9:32:19 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by batb4evr1 on Aug 7, 2015 9:38:08 GMT -5
Okay, I'll be honest, I'm not done watching this episode yet but I have found, as this season wears on that I spend more and more time scrolling through my phone or splitting my attention when I watch. Like VinCat's waning passion, I find that it is difficult to find what it is that I loved about this show in the remains after the destruction that was season 2. I'm sorry. I miss you guys. ? Love you so SpydancerLovesVincat! Hang in there with us! We are keeping valiant hope that we'll all see continuous episodes that glue us to our seats and demand our undivided attention before VinCat, JT, Tess, Heather and Agent Reynolds embraces the destiny that Alistair and Rebecca died before achieving!
|
|
|
Post by BeastieBoy on Aug 8, 2015 12:17:10 GMT -5
I agree so much with this comment that someone did in the review of Nick Roman: "But a peck by the end of each episode and beautiful words, does justice to romance. Romance is passion, real kissess. understanding looks, complicity that this season I do not find there. And we have to take into account that despite BATB became an extraordinary action-pack story with more quality, Beauty and the Beast is in essence one love story too. Please do not misunderstand my words... I dont want VinCat spend the day in bed. Only wanted scenes of affection were not fleeting or omitted like they do this season.." Read more: www.rickey.org/beauty-and-the-beast-review-cats-out-of-the-bag-is-as-controversial-as-it-is-fun/284074/#ixzz3i8IoXo3GI found Nick's review to be very thought provoking. Does the concept of having a preordained destiny in a way negate the choices and struggles VinCat have had in choosing their path? I think not. They do have a destiny, but it's still one of their own making. I also agree a lot with the comment left by Romantic58.
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Keller on Aug 9, 2015 22:32:23 GMT -5
Finally watching this. Vincent looks so sad at the beginning. Catherine looks sooooo beautiful with her soft curls.
The role reversal is so interesting. I can see both of their POVs. I like that Cat can admit that she's scared, and V wants to defend innocents. I also like her point that they help people every day, as a detective and a doctor.
I hate that this came down on Tess.
ASSERTIVE HEATHER FTW. MY CINNAMON ROLL. V, really and truly back off of Heather my Feather. That was a bit harsh.
I CALL BS ON THE DESTINY JOURNAL. FREE WILL 5EVA.
I see Vincent's point and I support him 100%. I see Catherine's point and I support her 100%. But the JT destined journal drabble? No.
I see what y'all mean about repetitive dialogue. Wow. But it's definitely not just Cat.
Cat's green sweater ftw.
I got weird emotions about Heather talking to Cat's dad. Idk I was like nervous watching it.
"This is crazy." Agreed, Heather, agreed.
Has anyone ever heard of a darn happy medium?? You can try to stop beasts without being obsessed with them. You can protect yourself from your connections to the past and the beasts, etc. without spending your life entirely in fear. Eps 1-8: the other characters think Cat is too driven to solve all this stuff and now they're like, "BUT, CAT, DESTINY. BE OBSESSED AGAIN, CAT." I see their reasons, but the writing of this destiny plot is just ... lazy? Or probably cool to some people. Enjoy, if you like!
And then Cat blames herself? CAT, you're not shooting people, honey. You're trying to get your loved ones out of this rat race. You did nothing wrong. No one else did either. Idk why there has to be all this blame. No, JT, I don't believe in destiny now. This has nothing to do with destiny.
Super cool Cop/Beast team-up rescue at the end! V came through the window all S1 style! NICE.
I liked the ep overall. I'm just a fan of free will above all.
V seemed kind of isolated in this ep. Poor guy. Perched up on the rooftop, again looking all S1ish. He seems so sad when he talks about the wedding. Awwww.
I love how Cat will go for something full out and if she's wrong or fails, she does it with gusto, apologizes, tries to put it back together and moves on. I like how she and V communicate. They're honest and real and supportive and stubborn and that's the writing I do like.
|
|
|
Post by alwayscrazedbatbfan on Aug 10, 2015 11:46:46 GMT -5
HAVE to comment on the clothing choices for this season that seem PARTICULARLY evident in this episode (as clothing choices seems to add to the repetition angle of BATB this season, at any rate).
NOTICE that when Cat is undecided about Vincent or Destiny, she is wearing turquoise/blue this season and particularly in this episdoe. It just jumped out at me in this one. She is not on the "right page" of destiny, so this is the color she wears. When she comes charging in, having changed her mind, she is wearing her RED jacket.
Also see this in 301, incidentally, with Cat back in blue originally while trying to ferret out whether or not she will go along with Homeland. And Cat wore a TURQUOISE dress in 216 when undecided about Vincent, while she wore RED in Season 1's masquerade ball when she was sure she wanted to be with Vincent.
And Heather, when she comes around to the belief in "destiny" in this episode also sports a RED coat when trying to talk Cat back around as well. Tess then also has a red jacket when approaching JT at the bar. And JT's shirt is basically black, reflective of his mood at the time that he might not be "cured" after all. Yet, there are also red lines through said shirt, because he IS decided about his relationship with Tess in that he wants to be with her. And Tess wears GRAY in this scene at the bar, as her relationship with JT is all the shades of gray in trying to figure out her job where it collides with Beast Issues and where she stands with JT, if they are even still apart. Which Tess indicates that they are.
And Cat chooses to try to "help" Tess without consulting her ahead of time, which could have gone badly, but luckily doesn't. Cat DOES seemingly save Tess while finding creditable ways of explaining what has happened.
Like repetitive dialogue, the clothing choices seem to be designed to make you understand that a certain viewpoint or issue is being decided per episode. Again, in Season 2, we had Cat seemingly mirror Vincent's bad choices. Whatever one did, the other had to do later in the writers' attempts to make them "equal." So again in Season 3 with 301 mirroring 309.
In Season 2, the writers tried to make the whole Rebecca/Alistair thing work and give a creditable reason for just WHY VinCat should care about what happened over a century ago. I didn't think it really worked, but I loved the Rebecca/Alistair story. HOWEVER, this season, the writers are trying to make the tie-in more "real" and "relevant." In other words, Vincent and Catherine are doomed to fight the same fight as their ancestors.
I'd really rather the writers have it come out that there was something special in Rebecca/Catherine's BLOODLINE that makes them have to be beast-fighters or destined to take the role that they do. (Call it what it is CW--you want to make Catherine and Rebecca your new "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer." I'm fine with that and the whole "calling" thing. Just give me a background story to support it. NOT just repetitive dialogue--actual EVIDENCE of said Calling/Bloodline, etc.)
The CW proved to me with this episode that they want to knock on the door of their other, previously respected and ratings-happy shows from their past. I have no problem with repeated storylines, as long as they WORK as well as the originals and are not just watered-down versions of the past. When they call on successful "Smallville" or "Buffy" storylines, I'm fine with it. As long as they don't leave threads dangling or fall short of making the case. Just my little mini-rant for the episode, because I am NOT just convinced by the journal that it is "meant to be" in the way they allege. SHOW ME that the comparisons are apt. I'd feel the Destiny thing far more then.
PRIOR TO THIS EPISODE, we almost saw the "Buffy"-like INSTINCTS that led Cat eerily to just sort of "know" when there was a threat to VinCat. So I have assumed that one of the build-ups would be to some sort of "calling" or "purpose" to Cat and Rebecca equivalent to their "destiny." Yet in this episode, Cat sort-of blows that all up (for me) by just doubting everything. I DID NOT see the need for this, especially given how few episodes we have this season. Really felt this was pointless and ate up too much screen time. HOWEVER, a point could be made that it gave the writers the chance to show that BOB was now on board the Destiny train AND to get Heather caught up and more involved moving forward.
(Now that the writers have shown that Heather should get beaten up as much as the regular characters, we HAVE to have her equally vested in the whole Destiny-outcome. Point made, writers. So don't give me another repetitive episode to show me what we already know, please. We are nearly out of time, and I AM OWED that beautiful perfect WEDDING AND PASSION that should have been built up over the season, since we haven't really seen it on our screen yet. End mini rant.)
I have enjoyed Season 3 overall. However, I'm getting tired of Vincent and Catherine having to "mirror" each other at different stages of the game. If one doubts in one episode, then the other has to have the same doubts later. Why?
While I hated some of the plotlines of Season 2, I felt more than I do now. Although the action scenes are great and well-placed, I can't say the same for the individual scenes. They just seem forced, as in VinCat MUST comment on the episode. And I get commentary, not passion. In this episode, we get VinCat commentary in abundance about Destiny and whether or not to fight. This is not passion. And I NEEDS ME SOME VINCAT PASSION!!! It is MY LIFEBLOOD. All this exposition on Life and Death should get necessary heated looks/moments between VinCat that I have found sorely lacking. If you are going to REV-up the action, then REV-UP the PASSION equally, since isn't THAT the reason why they fight?
Again, I actually enjoyed the plot of this episode as I have for Season 3. And if this was another one of my sci-fi shows, I would have been happy. But as it is BATB, I wanted MORE. I WANT MORE VINCAT--not the fabulous 4 or 5. And I'm running out of season 3 episodes to get more VinCat passion. I watch for the ROMANCE of the thing, not the action. Isn't that why a lot of us watch? So why don't the writers AT LEAST find time for a REAL meaningful VinCat scene that you feel? We KNOW that Jay and KK can do these kind of scenes---even "Ancestors" had passion between VinCat, even if it seemed laced with hate/poison at the time.
What I found really WORKED for me in this episode: Bob Reynolds. The fact that even HE is convinced of VinCat destiny is POWERFUL. Bob has completely done an about-face and would seemingly be a "good guy" now. And that should mean more to me than it does. On "Smallville" and "Fringe," it was so refreshingly enjoyable to see a character that would be "good" one season could go so "bad" in another and vice versa. But they haven't given me enough Bob Reynolds to justify that seem feeling as say for Lex and Lana and their journeys. Still though, it was GREAT to see Bob TRYING to convince Heather about VinCat Destiny. THIS from the man so determined to make Cat stay FAR FAR AWAY from the "beast threat" before this.
But still left me with questions. So if Bob knew all of this about Rebecca/Alistair before, why on EARTH would he have tried to kill Vincent the way he did--he certainly made Vincent an actual THREAT to Catherine originally and created many of the problems and fallout that Vincent still has to deal with. So why would he take that action if he knew that Rebecca was "destined" to fight the good fight with a beast at her side? And that they ultimately LOST because they didn't work together?
I DO hope that they find a way to work Bob Reynolds into the story more next season because his character has so much PRESENCE and could be an interesting addition to the BATB core. I was NOT expecting him in this episode but REALLY enjoyed his scenes and that Heather got to meet him alongside JT. Totally Interesting Dynamic.
I didn't see the urgent need that others did to convince Cat about destiny in this one. She was still working the case until it could be handed over to Homeland. And Homeland REALLY needed to be involved and working the case as well. They need the back-up. So not sure why Destiny was the argument that had to be made. It seems like if Destiny is truly at work, then VinCat will be MADE to be part of the battle, whether they want to be or not. So why the need to spend an episode convincing Cat of this--the bad guys coming after JT would make her a part of it once again whether or not she believed in Destiny. And THAT was my issue with the whole "need" to convince her thing.
Still didn't learn more about Liam in this episode. And we only have 4 episodes left, so I was expecting more on that front. But it DOES make me eager and excited for 310.
|
|
|
Post by alwayscrazedbatbfan on Aug 10, 2015 12:00:52 GMT -5
As to how Vincent was with Heather:
I get that his being harsh with her is controversial. BUT I actually felt Vincent was justified in giving Heather a wake-up call in this one. Heather was giving an opinion without being FULLY informed of all the evidence, so to speak. And Vincent's being "harsh" with her actually got Heather stunned enough to wonder just WHY it was so important. Because all she saw was a chance to keep her sister and the man she loved OUT of danger. So why wouldn't Heather feel that way UNLESS she was given more info. So Vincent called her out on not fully knowing the situation, especially since Cat would be likely to listen to her last-remaining family member.
Vincent has tried in past Season 3 episodes to be gentle with Heather and even humor her. And he would have been far more justified in frankly yelling about her intrusiveness into their wedding and other personal things. Yet he goes easy on her which gives Heather the wrong message. Sadly, being harsh with Heather seems to be what it takes to get her to really LISTEN and be open to receiving the information that she needs to make an informed decision regarding what future involvement should be. I just don't think Heather would have gotten it if Vincent had used any other words or tone. BUT Vincent's actions DID make it necessary for someone else to fill Heather in, which JT assumed the role.
And I actually LIKE the JT/Heather interaction this season. It is like Vincent's sibling interacting with Heather's sibling as part of the family co-mingling. Heather is the true go-between for the Vincent/Catherine camps, in some ways. At least as far as future interaction between the couples, at any rate. So I LIKED this interaction in the same way I LIKED the Vincent/Tess interaction in the previous episode. Shows the group moving towards a fully cohesive Fighting Machine.
|
|
|
Post by BeastieBoy on Aug 10, 2015 12:37:42 GMT -5
Interesting observation about the wardrobe color choices alwayscrazedbatbfan. So what do you make of Cat wearing a turquoise green blouse at the start of 303 (Bob & Carol ep)? In that scene, I felt Vincent was in the wrong for forcing Heather's wedding binder on Cat. But I don't think Cat was really on the wrong side of their destiny, was she? I agree with much of what you wrote. As much as I'm enjoying S3, it would have been so much better if they gave us the VinCat most of us want. I think it's not only the VinCat passion that's missing, but the plots really need to center more on their love story. Not will they or won't they fight super humans together. I usually write my knee jerk reaction when I first post on an episode, but I also find my reaction to an episode changes after re-watching. For example, I didn't care much for 304 Heart of the Matter when I first watched it. Now I like it a lot more. The reason? Because although VinCat were bickering in the beginning (which was a turn off for me), the plot of that entire episode really focused more on VinCat's love for each other. This episode I really liked the first time I watched, mainly for the drama, mythology and action. It had me riveted to my screen. However upon re-watch, I like it much less. The dialogue between VinCat is more like a running commentary rather than feeling like a natural dialogue between the characters.
|
|
|
Post by alwayscrazedbatbfan on Aug 10, 2015 17:23:15 GMT -5
Like BeastieBoy, I was originally excited upon seeing the episode. I was so happy to hear Rebecca and Alistair mentioned, at first, because I thought that they were bringing it up for a reason--meaning that we are soon to actually get a reason for their being so important to current BATB. Actually LINK the mythology to the whole "chosen" to fight for destiny thing. (And yeah, that would be in line with CW thinking, since other shows have gone along that path.)
And I would LOVE for the Rebecca/Alistair WHOLE POINT OF THE THING to be that a beast and human must 1) team up together, 2) fall in love, and 3) fight for that love through resolving threats that would threaten said love and the world. The key being the LOVE issue and using that to battle all-comers that would threaten it. Mythology with Love behind it. YES, I can root for that! Give me what I secretly YEARNED for on "Buffy" (with Angel).
(By the by, that was what I always REALLY wanted for Buffy and Angel--that he was "chosen" for a reason, as his destiny was ALWAYS meant to be linked to Buffy's. And that their love/teaming together would be what was meant to save the world from apocalypse. Of course, Joss Whedon always saw Angel as the "wrong guy" for Buffy, which was why I quit watching the Buffy series. I was in it for the Buffy/Angel relationship. So I was find with Angel having to become a vampire ALL because he was meant to be able to be immortal for long enough to meet, fall in love with, and encourage and back Buffy in the fight to save humanity. Which would THEN make him human and able to live forever with her. Sigh. If ONLY that had been Joss' goal, too!)
So I like the idea of the BLOODLINE and DESTINY things being linked together. I mean, didn't "Ancestors" as an episode title IMPLY that there was a whole BEAST PURPOSE? That Catherine was after the gem for a reason? AND that Vincent turned up AT THE SAME TIME and on the trail of the same thing?
The GEM thing had great potential---my argument was that Vincent put the thing around the WRONG woman's neck to begin with. Since it belonged to Catherine's ancestor, what if it gave SPECIFIC special POWERS to whoever of HER LINE wielded the thing? So instead of weakening her, it gave her ENHANCED genetic abilities. (YES, that could become too comic-booky if done wrong. But hey, I like comic books anyway. . . .) And then Cat's abilities would link with Vincent's Beast abilities to make the two a formidable obstacle against human experimentation. (I mean, the gem was put in a NECKLACE rather than a collar for a REASON--so a woman was meant to do something with it other than weakening beasts, in my opinion. Vincent has Tori wear the thing to lure the bad guys. But my theory was that VinCat were supposed to have been DESTINED to have found the thing together, put the necklace around CAT's neck, and discovered the OTHER potential for the gem at that time.)
The Gem as Kryptonite was, to me, a poor way of trying to make BATB look like "Smallville" without truly bringing in the mythology element. So I still hope for MORE from the gem. (ALTHOUGH, if its only purpose was to give Vincent one of his most memorable lines to Cat, I'LL STILL TAKE IT!!! She is his gem, AWWWWW!)
It would also explain why Beasts are sort of "lured" to the 125th precinct AND to Catherine--because the "pull" is there for most Beasts to link with someone of her power. But the REAL power would come in the ability to work so well together due to love.
Over and over this season, we have seen Cat's instincts, although seemingly insane or paranoid at times, actually prove to be RIGHT, time and time again. And she just KNOWS it and how and when to work a case. THAT was why THIS EPISODE so threw me, when I sat and thought about it.
WHY would Cat's instincts be screaming at her to IGNORE Liam? It is not like Cat to be too scared of something to confront it. OR to think something is just too powerful, therefore, you leave it to others COMPLETELY unable to comprehend OR apprehend the threat. NOT like Cat AT ALL, ESPECIALLY this Season. She has been the one to always "feel" the whole Destiny thing.
(Which, by the by, I now need further convincing of. I feel there is MORE to show the whole Destiny thing. I was JUST FINE with VinCat being together JUST for love. Especially EPIC LOVE. But they have made a big issue about DESTINY being the whole point of it in this season. So GIVE ME SOMETHING mythologically speaking to support that. I felt they were going that way in this episode and trying to convince us all, BUT without real evidence other than the journal. IF you are going to copy the whole Destiny angle from "Smallville," then make it OBVIOUS, as they did there. Again, it also revolved around the past. But THERE we had the whole linkage thing.)
I am still enjoying this season, don't get me wrong. But THIS episode (AND admittedly the last one) that made me feel like an attempt at plot and action has come at the cost of the whole premise of Epic Romance, with LOVE being the whole point and power to surviving.
There was a certain disjointedness that I felt with this one and the last one, in particular with regards to Cat. I mean, she tells Vincent she needs "time" after the failed wedding attempt --and WHY exactly was that (but then that is a discussion best left for the last thread). HOWEVER, by this episode, she is in a hurry to get the case turned over to Homeland ALL so that she can get back to "wedding." What. The. Freak? Just saying. Which way is it? What do you REALLY want? And WHY do the two HAVE to choose between normal OR not? HOW has that ever been a real issue worth spending multiple episodes arguing over, knowing that normal can never be them without a cure?
I have been patiently waiting all season for it to come together. Now, there are only 4 episodes left, and we still need more information regarding Liam, who appears to be an unstoppable threat. AND I was originally WITH Cat at the beginning when she argued it was NOT their fight. Liam appeared to be coming after the person that created him. End of story. So it was THEIR fight. Of course, NOW Liam is after syrum-touched people, so there MUST be a reason for this. So OF COURSE Cat and Vincent must fight him. So I didn't feel that they needed to do a whole episode to "convince" Cat when the shooting attempt at JT would have done that for everyone just fine.
But INTERESTING that Alton is back. Means there is MORE to his story as well as Liam's and Julianna's. With only 4 episodes left to tell it AND resolve it AND give me the Beastie Wedding of a Lifetime. So I guess I am feeling the WEIGHT of time.
(And part of the problem is that there are TOO MANY commercials in certain episodes this season! One of the episodes was only 38 MINUTES LONG--and that counted the recap! So with almost half the time spent in commercials, NO WONDER I feel short-changed at times. This plotline is ambitious and needs more time than it appears that we have been given, ESPECIALLY if you need time for VinCat moments.)
|
|