{ Numb3rs, 3x07, Blackout. }

[delga]

So, that last scene? Means that I have to completely re-evaluate the last two episodes. That's so fucking awesome. And it also means I have to re-evaluate Warner, and my reaction to that character because now I can't think of her as the character who induces Don to adultery, just as the one he moved onto. Yay for the mindfuck!

And like nearly everyone else, I'm waiting for the sweeps kick to be Don imploding. I can't wait. Mostly because the whole pattern of behaviour ties into my theory that Don makes bad decisions when he can't keep a grip on reality, when he can displace himself from his immediate surroundings. I've always thought that the events from Cooper to Margaret's death were a show of Don riding one hell of an emotional rollercoaster, trying to figure out where he stands. Then the show opens, you have a character who has made some serious self-adjustments and seems fairly in control of himself. And then - well, then he gets bored. He gets bored, or the cases stop being something new. He loses Terry, he gains Megan and Colby, he's got Alan on his back about settling down and procreating, he's got his own loneliness issues that have been lingering since he left Kim in Albuquerque. Then Terry, then the girl who committed suicide, Naomi, Robin. All these person issues stacking up against the frustration of the cases, the need to stay level headed, getting more involved in his work. I love the way things are spiralling out of control, and I think the idea of Don losing his grip is fantastic for one overriding reason: wait for the damn comeback. You know I'm there.

So, anyway, re-watching that one. Also: I am so in love with Colby right now. I mean, at the beginning of the season I couldn't get enough of Megan. Then there was an episode when I wanted the writers to give David so much more to do. And now it's all Granger. I don't get it! I am flipping out.

eta: Firstly, Don meeting Colby and Megan for the first time in the episode, the way he put his hand on her head; later her concern for him. Very touching. Secondly, when Don walks away from Liz Warner, he smacks Colby on the back, and Colby returns the gesture. I actually swooned.

Comments

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I am so in love with Colby right now

My love for Colby has grown and grown since Rampage :) Before that I barely noticed him, I'm ashamed to say.

eta: Firstly, Don meeting Colby and Megan for the first time in the episode, the way he put his hand on her head; later her concern for him. Very touching. Secondly, when Don walks away from Liz Warner, he smacks Colby on the back, and Colby returns the gesture. I actually swooned

YES, YES, YES!! I'm so glad it's not just me who had a dorky grin on her face after both those scenes :)

*hugs*

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Rampage is a fabulous showcase for the character, if only because as a non-credited cast-member, it was fairly impressive that we as the audience had gotten to the point where we really gave a damn about him, especially considering that he first came to the show as something of a misogynist bastard.

Those two scenes have been iconned :) I want to re-do the Don&Megan one because the icon didn't come out so clear but for the most part, yeah, much love.

[asemic.livejournal.com]

I wish I had a brain that worked on a deep discussion level so I could comment on your analysis of Don. All I can say is yes to everything you said. It's one emotional rollercoaster after another for his man and I'm waiting to see him just break.

My mind is now teasing with how Billy helped Don cope and deal with his shit when they were partners. At least Don has his family and a stable support group of his co-workers to bring him out from whatever state he will find himself in.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

My mind is now teasing with how Billy helped Don cope and deal with his shit when they were partners.

I can't wait ;)

No, but seriously - Don had to have had different coping mechanisms as he went through his various personalities (and that's exactly how I see it: he was not a concrete character except for the fact that he was still looking for who he was).

[emily-reich.livejournal.com]

And it also means I have to re-evaluate Warner, and my reaction to that character because now I can't think of her as the character who induces Don to adultery, just as the one he moved onto. Yay for the mindfuck!

Oh man, I am so with you there! I really didn't like her in the first ep, or in most of this ep (I'm still a little meh about her, but that'll probly change... it always does :p), but then they totally switch it up at the end and WHOA... yeah. Needless to say, I appreciated the ship possibilities a lot more on second viewing of the episode than the first... though one's gotta wonder how the hell Don ever gets chicks with his pick-up lines :p


Secondly, when Don walks away from Liz Warner, he smacks Colby on the back, and Colby returns the gesture.

oh yes, so much love! ♥ I didn't actually notice it the first time I watched, but caught it on repeat, and ♥


I am so in love with Colby right now. ... And now it's all Granger.

muhahahahaha :p

I have to ask... do you love jealous!Colby, too? cuz me and my friend are totally in love (not to mention waiting for some serious nagging from David and there better be possibly some whump)...

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

My resentment of characters very rarely comes from who they're shipped with canonically because I ship whoever I want to ship. but I really resented Liz Warner's introduction because I felt she undermined Don's character. (However, whether I liked her or not, it doesn't change that I think that yes, Don would cheat, because he can't deal with having an adult relationship, and that made total sense to me; that it turns out he's going through a different crisis altogether still makes sense. I may not have liked the idea of Don committing adultery but it was not OOC; it was true to his mentality).
Anyway, I have to rewatch the character - her and Don - and see what I think of her now that I know the whole story. What I really love about this story set is the way that I now feel guilty because I felt big enough to pass judgement on Don and on Liz. But it's what Don has been saying to everyone all along: what does it have to do with anyone but him? I thought that was terrifically clever. It really made my day.

Dude, we're talking about Colby not being able to let go of teh Megan/Larry thing, right? Yay for not being the only one who immediately thought, hey, he's got a hell of a thing for Megan. I want to write fic. I am just completely in love with these "secondary" cast members right now. I want a David plotline asap.

[emily-reich.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have to admit, I was totally wanting to smack Don there for a long while, up til at the very end when he revealed to everyone that I didn't have to! As in character as that is (and brilliant story-wise, cuz it made me have to totally rethink everything and I felt bad for judging ♥), I have to admit it always frustrates me when one of my favorite characters stays quiet about something when it wouldn't hurt anyone else to say it and would only benefit them... but yeah, it was totally in character and, as you said, very clever! brilliant!


Dude, we're talking about Colby not being able to let go of teh Megan/Larry thing, right? Yay for not being the only one who immediately thought, hey, he's got a hell of a thing for Megan.

OMGYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!! :p I mean, obviously I loved Colby before *hee*, but I am just so completely in love with the fact that they're going this direction with his character... serious ♥♥

I always kinda shipped Megan/Colby as secondary to Megan/Larry, but having one ship and making the other unrequited is more brilliant than I ever could have hoped for! (besides my shameless ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ for unrequited ships, the fact that now all my favorite ships on the show are, in a sense, canon is, well, the ultimate shameless shipper dream come true :p)

Anyway, yeah... am also right there with ya! So very much in love with all the "secondary" characters! :D I'm wondering if David will get more stories tacked onto Colby's storyline? (not that I wouldn't love sooo very much for him to get his own story)