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Schroedinger's cat
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The impersonations are so good. And it was interesting to see how little she had to do to make the transformation, because so often we see what we expect to see.
No Leekie didn't deserve that. I never worked out exactly what he was up to - he was trying to play too many sides, and finally lost.
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Dafyd
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
Oh wow! A new clone.
The show offs. Not a lot of contributions to the plot, beyond some cryptic message to do with Paul disappearing.
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Dafyd
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Just watched the season finale. What do we think?
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Schroedinger's cat
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Brilliant. The Clone party was something awesome.
A new clone brand? Wow.
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Dafyd
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It didn't feel quite as tight as the first season finale. I thought plot logic took priority over realism logic at one point. (Would Sarah really have been allowed to leave just because Rachel wasn't in a position to give orders?) There was a bit too much setting up things for next season rather than resolving stuff from this season. And the jury is still out on keeping Helena alive. (I mean, she thoroughly justifies every scene she's in, but I'm not quite sure about the overall storyline.)
But the clone party was brilliant.
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kaytee
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Good news, there will be a third season.
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Dafyd
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Hooray.
So long as they don't kill off Cosima. (Or Alison.)
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Schroedinger's cat
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That is excellent news. However on the other side, Titiana has failed to be nominated for any Emmys.
Which is ridiculous, of course, because she should be given them all.
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orfeo
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I've just caught up with the season finale.
I put the show aside while the World Cup was on (I put aside a LOT of things while the World Cup was on), and it took me a while to get back to the 3 or 4 remaining episodes.
I dunno. I'm less and less enamored with the show's plotting. There have been episodes that have moved the girls around just for the heck of it, marking time, and the overall plot has mostly descended into melodrama. More importantly, the motivations of people are just all over the shop. Helena isn't so much nuanced as random, and she's not the only one.
You end up spending lots of time watching Sarah and Mrs S 'emoting' at each other, talking about how Kira is the key to everything, and choosing whichever course of action will enable people to clench their jaws more often. Paul just drops in and out randomly, and the corporate structure of Dyad is one of the great mysteries of television - exactly who the hell is in charge there? Sometimes people act as if Rachael is all powerful, and other times they just do whatever the hell they want behind her back.
And what, Helena's trucker cap was left in the corridor and everyone ignored it? Or did the soldier types come back and pick it up between scenes?
I find myself enjoying the time with Alison the most because she is the least involved in the conspiracy business. Her domestic dramas with her husband are far more believable, even when they involve dead bodies.
There's no doubt that Tatiana Maslany's characterisation continues to be excellent, but I'm beginning to feel like the show is relying far too much on that, and on some notion that menacing scientific conspiracies are inherently dramatic, and not putting enough effort into the writing.
[ 03. August 2014, 09:19: Message edited by: orfeo ]
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I think you have something of a point. The revelations about Mrs S's exact role in the affair are being overly strung out and so on. Helena is spending too much time ping-ponging between the clones and the Proletheans.
Still, I don't think the messiness stops me from enjoying it. In that I think the details of the conspiracy are really there as a thread on which the important stuff is being strung. It's really an excuse to do stuff with illegal ovary removal, and Helena in a blood-soaked wedding dress, and the whole Alison subplot. (Although quite what happens to the Alison subplot without evil Donnie I don't know.)
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