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fembuckOkay, that's not really the title of the episode, it's actually called "Higher Court", but I think mine is more appropriate because Jane is a big 'ol ho in the episode, and no, it's not with Maureen. If that was the case, I would have called it "Best Episode Ever".
First of all, there WAS subtext this episode ... between McBride and TheUglyOne. How, how, how does a show starring Kristanna Loken and someone with Maureen's haircut not have any les!yay? Like it's gotta be a deliberate attempt at this point, because you'd think that accidentally they would have some moments of chemistry, like the director cuts to Jane smiling and the editing makes it look like she's smiling at Mo or SOMETHING! Unbelievable.
Like this episode was the perfect opportunity for some hurt/comfort between Jane and Mo, but instead they had Mo be mindbogglingly bitchy and dismissive to Jane when she tried to help, and then they had the most emotionally stunted conversation ever while standing meters apart from each other. How, just how have these two been partnered for years? UGH!
Jane's like a Norwegian monkey-woman. Did you see how she climbed that fence? That was kind of awesome. Although, I have to say Jane's look of disgust when Mo was all like "I didn't mean for that to happen" after Jane got cut up by that laser because Mo was about to let that guy die, cracked me up. Lokinator gives good rolled eyes.
Everyone on this show is a moron. I know I've said it before, but I'm astounded by it every episode. How McBride couldn't find a man walking off the roof of a building while out for drinks with a hot chick who had just implied that they were going to get busy later on, is beyond me. And then Jane's brilliant plan to determine whether a neuro was at work, was to invite a red-shirt ex-boyfriend out to the same bar and see if he died too? *facepalm* The editing (and/or acting) for this also sucked because it kind of looked like Jane was excited about the fact that for a moment it looked like the guy was going to jump. I thought that it was building towards Jane's increasing douchey moral ambiguity, but no. Then Jane decides to take ex-boyfriend home because it was easier than explaining why she had asked him out. You're awesome Jane. *sigh* Also, not the 'boyfriend' we saw a few episodes again.
This show cannot do moral ambiguity. What they did to Maureen this episode was horrendous. I mean, they finally give her something to do, and it's to turn her into a crazy, rule breaking, vigilante because her 'boyfriend' died. *sigh* Honestly, after that stunt she pulled she has no business still being employed on a law enforcement team. I mean, none of them do really, but she was about to willfully let a man die, because he might have possibly done something bad in past, maybe, according to TheUglyOne.
Fucking be consistent with Jane's powers! UGH! When she gets hit by the lasers, they have time to walk her out of the building, drive her back to headquarters and get her treated by Mohinder and she still has scars on her back from it (lets be generous and say a half hour later). Then later in the episode, she shoots herself through the hand, a big 'ol hole straight through it, and that heals over in a matter of seconds. UGH! She either heals almost immediately, or she doesn't. You can't change the speed of the healing between episodes, and especially within the same episode!
TheUglyOne actually had the best character development of anyone. Seriously, I actually felt bad for Connor during the hallucination when he thought everyone was dead and was crying over their bodies before freaking out on the imaginary SWAT team. Though I have to say, his Angry Bear Screaming did amuse me. I was like "Awww, somebody's grumpy". It any case, I didn't hate him for once, and if they can keep the softer side of Connor going instead of the "let's chip them", random sexual harassment Connor, I might not loath the character.
Kristanna Loken is pretty. And thank god for that. Those boots they keep putting Jane in have got to go though, they are hideous and unflattering. I'm beginning to dread full body shots of Jane because I'm afraid of seeing the boots, and that's not right!
I wish they had explained that news report at the end a bit better. I mean, was it only plugged into that guy's house, or did they plaster a fake report about their deaths all over the television so that their family and friends (doubt they have any, unlikable bastards!) would become distraught thinking they were dead?
This episode also had some [sarcasm]great[/sarcasm] dialog.
Jane: Seeing is believing ... ISN'T IT?!?
Jane: Thought you were the only one who could play this game? Welcome to my nightmare!
Walter: What did you do?
Maureen: Changed your mind. (dramatic pause) About changing people's minds!
Walter: You know what type of people they are.
Jane: We do. The type of person you've become. GET HIM OUT OF HERE! *disgusted hand wave*
In fact, Jane's entire oddly delivered speech at the end. I love me some Lokinator but I have no idea what she was trying to do with her voice in that last scene. I did like the disgusted hand wave after the delivery of 'Get him out of here!' though, that was pretty funny, though I don't think it was supposed to be.
Also, was this the first episode that we haven't seen Jane solve her problems with a stiff drink or a glass of wine?
Um, the good ... the good ... ah ... did I already mention that Kristanna Loken is very pretty? Oh, oh, I know, that last shot of Jane looking out the car window and then slowly retracting her head until we just saw the black exterior of the car while she was voice-overing about dark secrets looked really cool. The shot of her through the window of the subway car as she was getting treated was also really nice. So, ah, yeah.
First of all, there WAS subtext this episode ... between McBride and TheUglyOne. How, how, how does a show starring Kristanna Loken and someone with Maureen's haircut not have any les!yay? Like it's gotta be a deliberate attempt at this point, because you'd think that accidentally they would have some moments of chemistry, like the director cuts to Jane smiling and the editing makes it look like she's smiling at Mo or SOMETHING! Unbelievable.
Like this episode was the perfect opportunity for some hurt/comfort between Jane and Mo, but instead they had Mo be mindbogglingly bitchy and dismissive to Jane when she tried to help, and then they had the most emotionally stunted conversation ever while standing meters apart from each other. How, just how have these two been partnered for years? UGH!
Jane's like a Norwegian monkey-woman. Did you see how she climbed that fence? That was kind of awesome. Although, I have to say Jane's look of disgust when Mo was all like "I didn't mean for that to happen" after Jane got cut up by that laser because Mo was about to let that guy die, cracked me up. Lokinator gives good rolled eyes.
Everyone on this show is a moron. I know I've said it before, but I'm astounded by it every episode. How McBride couldn't find a man walking off the roof of a building while out for drinks with a hot chick who had just implied that they were going to get busy later on, is beyond me. And then Jane's brilliant plan to determine whether a neuro was at work, was to invite a red-shirt ex-boyfriend out to the same bar and see if he died too? *facepalm* The editing (and/or acting) for this also sucked because it kind of looked like Jane was excited about the fact that for a moment it looked like the guy was going to jump. I thought that it was building towards Jane's increasing douchey moral ambiguity, but no. Then Jane decides to take ex-boyfriend home because it was easier than explaining why she had asked him out. You're awesome Jane. *sigh* Also, not the 'boyfriend' we saw a few episodes again.
This show cannot do moral ambiguity. What they did to Maureen this episode was horrendous. I mean, they finally give her something to do, and it's to turn her into a crazy, rule breaking, vigilante because her 'boyfriend' died. *sigh* Honestly, after that stunt she pulled she has no business still being employed on a law enforcement team. I mean, none of them do really, but she was about to willfully let a man die, because he might have possibly done something bad in past, maybe, according to TheUglyOne.
Fucking be consistent with Jane's powers! UGH! When she gets hit by the lasers, they have time to walk her out of the building, drive her back to headquarters and get her treated by Mohinder and she still has scars on her back from it (lets be generous and say a half hour later). Then later in the episode, she shoots herself through the hand, a big 'ol hole straight through it, and that heals over in a matter of seconds. UGH! She either heals almost immediately, or she doesn't. You can't change the speed of the healing between episodes, and especially within the same episode!
TheUglyOne actually had the best character development of anyone. Seriously, I actually felt bad for Connor during the hallucination when he thought everyone was dead and was crying over their bodies before freaking out on the imaginary SWAT team. Though I have to say, his Angry Bear Screaming did amuse me. I was like "Awww, somebody's grumpy". It any case, I didn't hate him for once, and if they can keep the softer side of Connor going instead of the "let's chip them", random sexual harassment Connor, I might not loath the character.
Kristanna Loken is pretty. And thank god for that. Those boots they keep putting Jane in have got to go though, they are hideous and unflattering. I'm beginning to dread full body shots of Jane because I'm afraid of seeing the boots, and that's not right!
I wish they had explained that news report at the end a bit better. I mean, was it only plugged into that guy's house, or did they plaster a fake report about their deaths all over the television so that their family and friends (doubt they have any, unlikable bastards!) would become distraught thinking they were dead?
This episode also had some [sarcasm]great[/sarcasm] dialog.
Jane: Seeing is believing ... ISN'T IT?!?
Jane: Thought you were the only one who could play this game? Welcome to my nightmare!
Walter: What did you do?
Maureen: Changed your mind. (dramatic pause) About changing people's minds!
Walter: You know what type of people they are.
Jane: We do. The type of person you've become. GET HIM OUT OF HERE! *disgusted hand wave*
In fact, Jane's entire oddly delivered speech at the end. I love me some Lokinator but I have no idea what she was trying to do with her voice in that last scene. I did like the disgusted hand wave after the delivery of 'Get him out of here!' though, that was pretty funny, though I don't think it was supposed to be.
Also, was this the first episode that we haven't seen Jane solve her problems with a stiff drink or a glass of wine?
Um, the good ... the good ... ah ... did I already mention that Kristanna Loken is very pretty? Oh, oh, I know, that last shot of Jane looking out the car window and then slowly retracting her head until we just saw the black exterior of the car while she was voice-overing about dark secrets looked really cool. The shot of her through the window of the subway car as she was getting treated was also really nice. So, ah, yeah.
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Date: 2007-06-03 05:50 am (UTC)Word. I had hope that this episode was going to be good (you know for PKJ, not by regular standards) when it first started, but then it quickly started to slid downhill and made it all the way to the gutter by the end.
This *should* have been a showcase for Maureen, a story to give us some background info on Jane and Mo's relationship but it all gets scuttled immediately (and turns Mo into a psycho) to give 'the boys' something to do.
I couldn't agree more. In fact, when the episode started I thought "thank god, the Maureen episode" but then it just turned into the same old crap. It's like their idea of strong women means emotionally closed off, moody, and insensitive. Then again, ALL of the characterization on the show is cliche crap, but still when the show seems scared of/bewildered by its main character and the only other character from its comic origins it doesn't bode well. Like seriously, they already had a road map for Jane and Mo and they still have no idea what to do with them.
As much as I liked the ending, the episode should have ended with Mo and Jane reconciling.. preferably naked!
*sigh* I love the naked idea, but I would have been more than happy with the reconciling idea. Seriously, Mo showing up at Jane's door with a bottle of wine (which seems to be Jane's favoritest thing ever), saying sorry, and Jane saying she knows and them hugging, then Maureen going into Jane's apartment and the door closing behind them would have been perfect. It also would have been like four words, which means even these writers could have handled it.
Just made Jane seem callous.
Totally. They haven't made Jane seem like she's emotionally hesitant or damaged, they've just made her an asshole when it comes to meaningful relationship with others. It started in the second episode when she wouldn't call her father for apparently no reason, and has just continued but was super evident this episode.
Oh, and who the Hell builds a club on a rooftop with NO railing!?! That's just asking to be sued!
The thing that got me about that was that it was obviously cgi'd, so it would have been incredibly simple for them to just cgi some sort of fence in there and have him just tumble over that. It's little things like this that the makers of this show don't notice or care enough about to fix that bother me so much.
See, now I *know* Alaina is a good actress because she kept a straight face while saying that line!!
LOL. So true. Poor, Alaina, she's a trooper that one.