I was pleasantly surprised as well. And they've got the full episodes up on their website if you want to catch up before it moves to Monday, taking over the Sarah Connor Chronicles time slot.
I was incredibly impressed by that--as well as by John's behavior towards Omar, making it clear that the title was not just biological fact, but he actually was (and still considered himself to be) Omar's father. The actor nailed that parental tone of voice.
Yeah, it had the feel, not of "LOOK! Revelation of Past!" but of an on-going conversation/argument. It also set everything up really nicely for
(ahem, more spoilers here)
the revelation of the previous iteration's secretary/daughter, and how he integrates all his his lives, and his secret, into the familial relationships to one generation.... and that in turn set up the twist of Omar introducing him to the later generations, which it's made clear he's never done before -- if he's finally met The (Last) One, then he'll need more people to remember him when he's gone.
So far, these episodes are playing out not like a television show but like a novel. 'splains why we like it...and why it's probably doomed. :-(
Reminds me of when I watched an episode of St. Elsewhere (set in Boston) when one of the doctors is relating how he went on a bender and drove around aimlessly until he woke up in Worcester.
Of course, back in college, I read a "literary" short story about two people who meet in a bus station, both with longish layovers. You know the type -- nothing at all happens in the story... But the thing that stuck in my mind was one woman suggests to the other that they go and get milkshakes. "Milkshakes?" the other woman says? The fist woman actually describes a milkshake -- yes ladies and gentlemen, written by an American and for an American audience, but we needed to get over the minimum word limit. The second woman responds, "Oh. In Binghamton, we call them frappes."
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Date: 2008-03-07 04:57 am (UTC)(I actually liked the first episode, much to my surprise)
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Date: 2008-03-07 02:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-08 04:51 am (UTC)(I like the bit about Omar -- a nice chracter touch)
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Date: 2008-03-08 03:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-08 03:54 pm (UTC)(ahem, more spoilers here)
the revelation of the previous iteration's secretary/daughter, and how he integrates all his his lives, and his secret, into the familial relationships to one generation.... and that in turn set up the twist of Omar introducing him to the later generations, which it's made clear he's never done before -- if he's finally met The (Last) One, then he'll need more people to remember him when he's gone.
So far, these episodes are playing out not like a television show but like a novel. 'splains why we like it...and why it's probably doomed. :-(
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Date: 2008-03-09 01:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-07 11:30 pm (UTC)At least as much fun as when Captain Archer responded to "where the Hell did you come from?" with, "Upstate New York."
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Date: 2008-03-08 03:42 pm (UTC)"Worcester?!" his colleagues exclaimed in horror.
I was living in Worcester at the time....
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Date: 2008-03-09 01:55 pm (UTC)Of course, back in college, I read a "literary" short story about two people who meet in a bus station, both with longish layovers. You know the type -- nothing at all happens in the story...
But the thing that stuck in my mind was one woman suggests to the other that they go and get milkshakes.
"Milkshakes?" the other woman says?
The fist woman actually describes a milkshake -- yes ladies and gentlemen, written by an American and for an American audience, but we needed to get over the minimum word limit.
The second woman responds, "Oh. In Binghamton, we call them frappes."
To which I said (aloud) "No, we don't."