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[delga]

So, my life continues to consist of (a) the library, and (b) Friday Night Lights. I'll be doing the same thing tomorrow, too, because I finally finished my notes on Shelley's Defence which means I can start writing the actual essay tomorrow. What this means in full is: no way I'm making it to London for New Year's. If I was the kind of person to plan things better and not, you know, randomly decide to take a day off in the middle of the week (hi there, Tuesday) I'd be in London tomorrow for Diwali. But I'm not that person, so I'll be in the library.

That said: I'm totally watching Friday Night Lights right now.

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The Flatmate, T and I just watched this week's Weeds (because, yes, last week's wasn't the finale! Which: awesome, but also confusing). I just want to hug Shane. A lot! And Celia is a crazy, crazy awesome woman. I love her and Helia getting their smoke on.

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I've spent a lot of time today thinking about Jethro Gibbs. Actually, I do that anyway, which is why the annotations took me so damn long but today I was thinking about why Requiem had to end the way in which it did, i.e. why the girl couldn't die. There's the obvious reason - the audience wants Jethro to get some sort of closure over Kelly. But just because we want that, doesn't mean it has to happen. No, I figure the ultimate reason for him getting a win on the personal score card right now is because (a) there's no way Jethro can take another hit right now, not after Ari, Kate and then the Cape blowing to high hell, and (b) there's nowhere for him to direct residual anger. DiNozzo shoots the two culprits as he's bolting (fabulously, may I add; that opening sequence was wonderful) out to the dock, so it's not like Jethro can get vengeance of any kind. If he fails the girl, he is, in a sense, failing Kelly, and he's coming to a place where he has to say that he was powerless to prevent his wife and daughter's death. Saving the girl - I know her name, I just can't remember it right now - is a double-edged blade. On the one hand, he feels empowered because if he'd been around, he could have saved his girls. On the other hand, it's almost a reinforcement of the blame he puts on himself: he wasn't there. That sort of paradox is so utterly Gibbsian.

This season for Gibbs has seen him face two histories - his third wife, and his (dead) daughter. I'm hoping these things come in threes and we get something else in this department. More than that, though, I'm hoping we get something from Ziva about her past. And yes, I still think Ziva's hair was awesome this week. !

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That Ari arc is so pervasive. There isn't a person on the team who that didn't touch in one way or another.

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No, but seriously, Kyle Chandler! I don't even know. I think it's because he's so... grouchy? Maybe. Actually, I love the chemistry between him and Connie Britton. So delightful to watch. (Note to self: acquire FNL icons.)