White Collar 2.2 & Covert Affairs 1.2
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rmWell, those were both a lot better.
White Collar
!. Diana is AWESOME and does not need rescuing.
2. Peter is a heavy-handed dumbass when playing bad cop.
3. I liked the idea of a politically-related plot, but I felt it was both oddly complex and oddly simple in a way that didn't quite work.
4. 10K sex-work exchanges, aside from ludicrous, would usually be charge, not cash.
5. I still hate these central mystery things -- the music box, the jigsaw man, I don't care. We need it to raise the stakes and have the push-pull of Peter and Neal's relationship be interesting, but beyond its use, I still find it annoying as hell.
6. Deviled ham can now be added to the list of tragically cock-blocking foods. Along with beans.
Covert Affairs
1. Well, it's better.
2. Slightly less agressively heterosexual. But now instead of romance it's the KIDS AND FAMILY episode.
3. Hey, Anglicans celebrate Lent too.
4. I am so in this show just for Auggie, who I adore more with every millisecond. He is hot and funny and charming, and the fight-training stuff was not stupid and I feel like the camera really lingered on reaction shots from him a few times that are like a bottomless pit of fanfic character development potential. Maybe now I can figure out this story.
5. I almost care about the married couple of CIA execs this time. Almost. But why are they in this show? That's some other show.
6. I don't have a 6. I'll just say AUGGIE again. Guh.
White Collar
!. Diana is AWESOME and does not need rescuing.
2. Peter is a heavy-handed dumbass when playing bad cop.
3. I liked the idea of a politically-related plot, but I felt it was both oddly complex and oddly simple in a way that didn't quite work.
4. 10K sex-work exchanges, aside from ludicrous, would usually be charge, not cash.
5. I still hate these central mystery things -- the music box, the jigsaw man, I don't care. We need it to raise the stakes and have the push-pull of Peter and Neal's relationship be interesting, but beyond its use, I still find it annoying as hell.
6. Deviled ham can now be added to the list of tragically cock-blocking foods. Along with beans.
Covert Affairs
1. Well, it's better.
2. Slightly less agressively heterosexual. But now instead of romance it's the KIDS AND FAMILY episode.
3. Hey, Anglicans celebrate Lent too.
4. I am so in this show just for Auggie, who I adore more with every millisecond. He is hot and funny and charming, and the fight-training stuff was not stupid and I feel like the camera really lingered on reaction shots from him a few times that are like a bottomless pit of fanfic character development potential. Maybe now I can figure out this story.
5. I almost care about the married couple of CIA execs this time. Almost. But why are they in this show? That's some other show.
6. I don't have a 6. I'll just say AUGGIE again. Guh.
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Date: 2010-07-21 01:13 pm (UTC)Diana is freaking amazing. I'm beyond hopeful about this season now, especially now that we know that she's not some secret bad guy who's playing Peter and Neal both.
Heavy handed or not, I'm dead certain they penned that line about "I can tell you're dirty just looking at you" for pure fan service.
I agree about how strange this week's case felt. On the other hand, Mozzie as a political creature falling for Neal's stadium plot was really amusing.
And deviled ham is just as funny this season as last season. Also, both deviled ham episodes feature a hotel and activities that make Peter look like he's straying when he's not. Coincidence? Secret writing team euphemism?
Covert Affairs
It was better, but man. I could never work for this version of the CIA. I've got no patience for the kind of shit they're all pulling on one another.
Married CIA execs are...some kind of long plot point, but I haven't worked out what. They're both in the know about the real reason Annie's in that department, but beyond that, they seem to exist mostly as a simmering pot of WTF conflict.
But yeah. Auggie. We're here for the Auggie.