My fandoms, a week in review

[davincis_girl]

Having a crapy, crapy day. Thinking about other things will help settle my mind, so here are my musing on my current fandoms this week.

This week I didn't get to watch any of these three at their regular times. Thank god for satellite with multiple time zone watching. I had to work a Bingo for the school as a fund-raiser. Wow, there is fantasy on tv and then there is the fantasy of "luck" that gamblers have to buy into in order to keep plunking down money without considering the odds.

Anyway, 2 AM in the morning and I'm watching Terminator. Random reactions: It was nice to see Charlie again...oh no. It's sad when shows need to kill off characters all the time to keep the main characters isolated and angst driven (prime example, Supernatural but they better not kill off Bobby!) It's a miracle that John doesn't have a major health issue from the constant high level stress.

Next: Dollhouse. This seemed like a remake of the classic Trek alien spores made them wacky, wacky, wacky plot line. But I have a soft spot for these. Again, I can't warm up to Echo. The more I learn about Caroline, the less I like her. However, there were some great supporting character moments. "I could eat that word", "I could kill for a crisp", and "Way to not maintain control of that situation" are great. So was the hard-ass security guy, weeping on Echo asking for her forgiveness.

Also, I'm still feeling like Paul Ballard is Alpha. Romeo's FBI implant could just as easily have been his.

Finally: Supernatural. How much do they read the fan chatter? There's the overtones of slash in the elevator reactions by Dean. There's the angel's, "Quit whining!" which is a big debate in fanville right now.

A good episode, all around. It was nice to see Dean shown as something other than a loser with a brother who has it all together in this AU life. Both brothers got to be likeable this week and we have a method to pull out of the emotional downward spiral that was pulling them apart in earlier, darker episodes. Tragedy stands out in sharper contrast after some cathartic comedy relief. It was time.