Thursday night TV - I loved everything!
Apr. 30th, 2011 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bennet_7So all my Thursday night TV shows were pretty great this week.
Parks and Recreation was glorious. I loved that Leslie's storyline was all about her feeling powerful and desirable after being in a funk over the situation with Ben, and that this came about because she saw herself depicted as a goddess. Yes, you could technically argue that Jerry was the source for her self-esteem boost but that was unintentional on his part - he just thinks of her when he thinks of powerful women. So it was more of a case of Leslie remembering that she's awesome, rather than believing she's awesome because she was told that she was by a man.
I also adored the Ben/April/Andy subplot. Him teaching them how to be adults was great, but so was their realisation that they did need to grow up a little (but not to much!).
I really enjoy any time that Ron is forced to make a speech and I was laughing out loud at Chris's sheer enthusiasm for setting people up.
I find Community so much better when it isn't being meta so this episode really worked for me. It also helped that the focus was on Britta and Shirley, whom I love and who haven't gotten enough decent storylines this season. I thought this was some of the best characterisation we've seen for both of them in quite some time, particularly Britta. Dan Harmon et al frequently seem to forget that they declared her the heart of the group last season, and it was nice to see her desire to help others not being treated completely cartoonishly.
I also really like the moments between her and Jeff. I would not be adverse to fic about them as hipster parents.
This episode of The Office was so much more enjoyable than last week's. I think my favourite moments were Michael and Dwight playing paintball and Michael and Pam's unheard goodbye, but all of his farewells had some genuine sweetness.
I was amused by Michael attempting one last time to use the baler and be seen as cool in the warehouse, and that Toby seemed to find his own brother kind of a drag.
And The Vampire Diaries continues to offer a masterclass in well-paced WTF moments. I was shocked and appalled by Damon forcing Elena towards vampirism, but equally glad to hear Elena declare to Stefan that that wasn't what she wanted. Elena has never struck me as likely to turn, even though she does love Stefan: her and her humanity have always been intrinsically linked.
But Damon can die any time now and I will not give a damn. How dare he take away Elena's choices and disrespect her autonomy and her decisions? He is vile.
And yet I've seen some fans trying to justify his actions because he did it out of love and it's not the worst thing he's done and. just. no. You can not make his behaviour acceptable to me in anyway. I was done with Damon when he killed Jeremy but if he continues like this he'll be tainting the show for me.
Parks and Recreation was glorious. I loved that Leslie's storyline was all about her feeling powerful and desirable after being in a funk over the situation with Ben, and that this came about because she saw herself depicted as a goddess. Yes, you could technically argue that Jerry was the source for her self-esteem boost but that was unintentional on his part - he just thinks of her when he thinks of powerful women. So it was more of a case of Leslie remembering that she's awesome, rather than believing she's awesome because she was told that she was by a man.
I also adored the Ben/April/Andy subplot. Him teaching them how to be adults was great, but so was their realisation that they did need to grow up a little (but not to much!).
I really enjoy any time that Ron is forced to make a speech and I was laughing out loud at Chris's sheer enthusiasm for setting people up.
I find Community so much better when it isn't being meta so this episode really worked for me. It also helped that the focus was on Britta and Shirley, whom I love and who haven't gotten enough decent storylines this season. I thought this was some of the best characterisation we've seen for both of them in quite some time, particularly Britta. Dan Harmon et al frequently seem to forget that they declared her the heart of the group last season, and it was nice to see her desire to help others not being treated completely cartoonishly.
I also really like the moments between her and Jeff. I would not be adverse to fic about them as hipster parents.
This episode of The Office was so much more enjoyable than last week's. I think my favourite moments were Michael and Dwight playing paintball and Michael and Pam's unheard goodbye, but all of his farewells had some genuine sweetness.
I was amused by Michael attempting one last time to use the baler and be seen as cool in the warehouse, and that Toby seemed to find his own brother kind of a drag.
And The Vampire Diaries continues to offer a masterclass in well-paced WTF moments. I was shocked and appalled by Damon forcing Elena towards vampirism, but equally glad to hear Elena declare to Stefan that that wasn't what she wanted. Elena has never struck me as likely to turn, even though she does love Stefan: her and her humanity have always been intrinsically linked.
But Damon can die any time now and I will not give a damn. How dare he take away Elena's choices and disrespect her autonomy and her decisions? He is vile.
And yet I've seen some fans trying to justify his actions because he did it out of love and it's not the worst thing he's done and. just. no. You can not make his behaviour acceptable to me in anyway. I was done with Damon when he killed Jeremy but if he continues like this he'll be tainting the show for me.
