{ no more boundaries. }

[delga]

I still love this episode (3x01, Spree). I don't know what it is about it. I mean. I have a lot of issues with Numb3rs as a show, and a lot of them turn up in Two Daughters (the shame of it being that ultimately, I love that episode, too). But there's that exposition scene that I just adore - the kind of scene that Numb3rs doesn't produce any more. It's so smooth. The camera barely moves for the first third of the scene, adjusting as each team member comes into shot. The shot is continuous; there's such unity there. Even when the shot is broken, each new shot is brought in by a hand or a gesture. Then the group separates with Megan at the front of the war room, and the men grouped closer to the camera. Sure, Megan's monologue there is the focus, it's the point. But she's also separated by her understanding of Crystal Hoyle. Then she comes back to the group, takes a seat, and the group reforms. It's a beautiful scene to me. And Megan's dialogue— look, forget that it's Megan who is speaking; forget that her Issues play into this. Because the dialogue is so well-pitched, and the scene is so well-paced, that it doesn't really matter that Megan has Issues that are about to be exploited. This scene isn't at all about that. It's about the case coming together. It's so coherent. (And it's a tease, too, because the subtlety of some of the interactions - the way Ian's eyes follow Megan around the room; the way the men interact - are telling you more than the dialogue alone.) I fucking love this scene.

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Hiatus II kills me. Just. I mean, yes, the scene with Ziva and Jethro, forever will I be torturing myself with that one (Ari... Ari killed Kate. And I... I killed Ari. Oh, Ziva) but also Jethro, and all his anger. "Is everyone up there as stupid as you?"

I confess: I WEEPED. I can't help it. When all he wants is his wife and child? Oh boy.

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I'm too tired to talk about the things that annoyed me today. I'm sure I'll have time tomorrow when the house is flooded with The Sister's friends (oiskie).