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TV shows this week
It was a great week of TV watching for me! I really enjoyed this week's episodes of NCIS LA, NCIS New Orleans, Agent Carter, and Forever.
NCIS LA was pretty much a typical episode, but I found Sam and Callen operating the food truck as a cover to be highly amusing--the bit with Sam freaking out over Callen pressing the burgers down to cook them faster, and Sam buying veggie burgers. I was totally with Callen; I was saying, "It's a greasy food truck, not a gourmet restaurant! Who cares if the burgers aren't cooked perfectly? And who's gonna buy a veggie burger from a food truck?" Then of course, someone does order a veggie burger, and Sam gets all smug and "I told you so." To make it funnier, at least for me, my sister was siding with Sam: "What is he doing, pressing down the burgers? All the juice is going to run out!" So we were kinda like Sam and Callen, watching on the couch!
Also, I almost died laughing at the end when the Deeks actually hugged Granger! And aww, Granger actually kinda hugged him back.
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NCIS New Orleans: I've felt a bit meh about this show up until now--I like it okay, but I don't love it. But I really enjoyed this week's episode, and felt much more engaged with the show, possibly because I really love B.D. Wong, who guest-starred. It was nice to see Russell Wong, too! (I remember him from the old UPN show, Vanishing Son.) And is there some rule now that B.D. Wong must always play a therapist? I kinda laughed when he turned out to be one in this episode (after playing one on Law & Order SVU and Awake). Typecasting, or maybe it could be a little inside joke, depending on whether the role was written for him or not?
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Agent Carter: I'd also been meh about this show too, but this week's episode was awesome! This was what I was expecting from a show about Peggy Carter: having to deal with sexism, yes, but also showing how awesome she is and winning the grudging respect of the male agents, plus an appearance by the Howling Commandos! Also loved the subplot about Dottie being a Black Widow! And the tension being ramped up by Souza discovering Peggy's secret but seemingly unsure about whether to reveal it or not (though judging from the previews for next week, I assume that he does). And Thompson, the douchebag sexist agent, gets some character development and displays a little humanity and vulnerability, making him a much more three-dimensional character. Now that the show seems to be hitting its stride, I'm a little sad that it's only a mini-series and will soon be over. Fans are speculating over whether it might get another season, which would be great if the show continues to be this good.
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Forever: I was surprised by what we learned about Adam, that he'd been captured and tortured by the Nazis because of his immortality. I never thought that I'd feel sorry for him, but I did feel horror and sympathy over what he went through. As Henry says, it still doesn't condone the things that's he's done, but it makes me understand why he's so twisted. And I am extremely relieved that Abe seems to be safe from him now, because I love the relationship between Henry and Abe, and my biggest fear has been that Adam would kill Abe someday. And the scene at the end with Abe learning about his parents and finding the picture of him was quite touching. It's interesting that both Thompson (though he's just a jerk, not a villain) and Adam got some unexpected development and showed a more human side to themselves this week.
Also, there's been some fan discussion over why Adam apparently does not vanish and reappear in the ocean when he dies as Henry does, otherwise he would have been able to escape his Nazi captors. The general consensus seems to be that Henry's rebirth is tied to the manner of his death--that is, since he originally died in water, he appears in water when he's reborn. Presumably, Adam must have died some other way.
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AC appears a bit of a history clash to me, not taking too much of modern feminism into its context.
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I watch SHIELD, but it took me a lot longer to warm up to that show--there were a few early episodes I enjoyed, but I think it didn't really get interesting for me (and most fans, apparently) until it reached the Winter Soldier storyline.
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I like NCIS: NO better than you do, but I agree that this was a particularly good episode. I love B.D. Wong in anything, but this reminded me what a talented actor he is. I don't know if he played a therapist because it was an in-joke or if it's because he's so awesome at it and it fit the story, but he is starting to get a bit typecast. Since the characters were specifically written to be Chinese, the role may have been written with him in mind.
Diane Neal and her character also added a lot to the mix.
I'm with you on Agent Carter being meh, but I didn't like the episode as much as you. Yes, she finally got to do something, but it still didn't have that much depth. My feelings may be colored by my lack of knowledge, though; until I reread this, I hadn't realized that those girls at the school were Black Widows or what that means. For example, why do they chain themselves to their beds? I also know nothing about the Howling Commandos.
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I don't know a whole lot about the Black Widow training, but I'm pretty sure Natasha was taken against her will, and I assume the others are probably either orphans or kidnapped. I think they're chained to the beds at night so they won't try to escape, and with Dottie it seems to have become some kind of psychological compulsion. I've never heard of Natasha chaining herself to the bed, although from fannish talk going on after the show, I suspect some fic writers will adopt it as fanon.
I haven't seen last night's episode yet, so I'm looking forward to watching it when I have a chance.
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