Joan of Arcadia 1x16-1x17
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oyceterJoA 1x16 Double Dutch
Hrm, not too enthused about the Casper (is that how you spell it?) storyline, in part because it felt too... Issuey and in part because I figured we probably wouldn't see Casper again, which sort of annoyed me. Too much like the random girlfriend of the week type plots joked about in ST: TOS, not that I've actually, you know, watched those. I did like how God wouldn't say how Joan helped or anything, but I wanted more out of the friendship than just one episode.
But I heart Luke. So much! The palapable look of hurt on his face when his dad told him to go off with the science lab guy, the shame Will felt telling his son he wasn't going to chase down the criminal. And I could just tell years of history in the Girardi family, probably with Will being incredibly enthusiastic about Kevin and his sports abilities while Luke sat and watched on the side and resented all the physical power Kevin had over him, along with his dad's affection. And I loved how well it tied in with last week's episode and Luke's anger at Kevin as well, along with his grumpiness at Kevin's basketball game. He could probably just see the Kevin-Will bonding again. And it's interesting how both Kevin and Luke sort of resent Will's interest in Kevin; Kevin (originally, but less so now) because he was no longer that guy, and Luke because he admires his father so much and never gets the same expression of pride in his own accomplishments.
The entire Adam-Helen part of the episode made me very antsy... yikes, it's difficult to see Helen mad at him. I love that the show is building all these separate relationships, so that while Adam is the Love Interest, he also has this relationship with Joan's mom instead of just popping in her life and not associating with any of her friends. Though I love Buffy, I think one of the problems with the show was that the Scoobies' love interests were never integrated as well with the rest of the cast, so that Anya related to everyone through Xander, or Tara through Willow, etc.
I find I like Kevin less now that he is un-angsty and angry, heh.
Also, Grace totally sounds like my old college roommate, which is a little spooky.
And hee, God sang the theme song! Really awfully! And didn't get a tip, neener.
JoA 1x17 No Bad Guy
Well, I am slightly annoyed at the Iris subplot, but she gets bonus points for telling Helen that the reviewer sucked. And, er, she does have an annoying voice.
I don't get why God wanted Joan to do the laundry... so she could sprain her ankle? For some reason, given the Helen-art-show-bad-review subplot and her insistence on not having anyone else do the laundry, that there would be some sort of hidden thing there to discover. No idea.
I also liked hat-girl and hope she'll come back. I got that they were using her and the band assignment to show Joan that taking revenge is petty and bad, but aside from that, I didn't get the band assignment as well. And I feel incredibly bad watching Joan join club after club and get humiliated.
I really liked the Adam and Joan scene in the end, except then I remembered exactly how annoyed I was by the Sydney/Vaughn moony-eye-ness during Alias while Vaughn was still dating Alice, and then later on when he was married to Lauren. No, I still haven't forgiven Vaughn for that and probably will carry this grudge against Alias to my grave or something. So. I can sort of wank it and say it's a lesser scale, it being a high school relationship, as opposed to marriage, but, yes, it is an awkward situation. I know that if I were Iris, I would have been annoyed and hurt by Joan just sticking her foot on Adam's leg and then being snarky. But I also get the feeling that Adam is only using his relationship with Iris as a means to an end, not because he truly enjoys it or wants it, and sadly, that makes me think less of Adam. I really hope the show manages to untangle this without pissing me off, because I'm fairly sure that the creators are smart enough not to paint Iris as stupid girl who gets in the way of the One Twu Luv (ala Alias and Lauren and see above grudge).
I wanted more Luke moments =(.
I think my favorite part of the episode was Will striking out in the spirit of punishment and his confession to Helen later. I would really like to have a marriage like that someday.
Hrm, not too enthused about the Casper (is that how you spell it?) storyline, in part because it felt too... Issuey and in part because I figured we probably wouldn't see Casper again, which sort of annoyed me. Too much like the random girlfriend of the week type plots joked about in ST: TOS, not that I've actually, you know, watched those. I did like how God wouldn't say how Joan helped or anything, but I wanted more out of the friendship than just one episode.
But I heart Luke. So much! The palapable look of hurt on his face when his dad told him to go off with the science lab guy, the shame Will felt telling his son he wasn't going to chase down the criminal. And I could just tell years of history in the Girardi family, probably with Will being incredibly enthusiastic about Kevin and his sports abilities while Luke sat and watched on the side and resented all the physical power Kevin had over him, along with his dad's affection. And I loved how well it tied in with last week's episode and Luke's anger at Kevin as well, along with his grumpiness at Kevin's basketball game. He could probably just see the Kevin-Will bonding again. And it's interesting how both Kevin and Luke sort of resent Will's interest in Kevin; Kevin (originally, but less so now) because he was no longer that guy, and Luke because he admires his father so much and never gets the same expression of pride in his own accomplishments.
The entire Adam-Helen part of the episode made me very antsy... yikes, it's difficult to see Helen mad at him. I love that the show is building all these separate relationships, so that while Adam is the Love Interest, he also has this relationship with Joan's mom instead of just popping in her life and not associating with any of her friends. Though I love Buffy, I think one of the problems with the show was that the Scoobies' love interests were never integrated as well with the rest of the cast, so that Anya related to everyone through Xander, or Tara through Willow, etc.
I find I like Kevin less now that he is un-angsty and angry, heh.
Also, Grace totally sounds like my old college roommate, which is a little spooky.
And hee, God sang the theme song! Really awfully! And didn't get a tip, neener.
JoA 1x17 No Bad Guy
Well, I am slightly annoyed at the Iris subplot, but she gets bonus points for telling Helen that the reviewer sucked. And, er, she does have an annoying voice.
I don't get why God wanted Joan to do the laundry... so she could sprain her ankle? For some reason, given the Helen-art-show-bad-review subplot and her insistence on not having anyone else do the laundry, that there would be some sort of hidden thing there to discover. No idea.
I also liked hat-girl and hope she'll come back. I got that they were using her and the band assignment to show Joan that taking revenge is petty and bad, but aside from that, I didn't get the band assignment as well. And I feel incredibly bad watching Joan join club after club and get humiliated.
I really liked the Adam and Joan scene in the end, except then I remembered exactly how annoyed I was by the Sydney/Vaughn moony-eye-ness during Alias while Vaughn was still dating Alice, and then later on when he was married to Lauren. No, I still haven't forgiven Vaughn for that and probably will carry this grudge against Alias to my grave or something. So. I can sort of wank it and say it's a lesser scale, it being a high school relationship, as opposed to marriage, but, yes, it is an awkward situation. I know that if I were Iris, I would have been annoyed and hurt by Joan just sticking her foot on Adam's leg and then being snarky. But I also get the feeling that Adam is only using his relationship with Iris as a means to an end, not because he truly enjoys it or wants it, and sadly, that makes me think less of Adam. I really hope the show manages to untangle this without pissing me off, because I'm fairly sure that the creators are smart enough not to paint Iris as stupid girl who gets in the way of the One Twu Luv (ala Alias and Lauren and see above grudge).
I wanted more Luke moments =(.
I think my favorite part of the episode was Will striking out in the spirit of punishment and his confession to Helen later. I would really like to have a marriage like that someday.
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