#<- and thats not to bag on lando. i just think its pretty incredible and they need to give oscar equal attention

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im slamming my head into the wall this is fucking dnskskskdowkxksaksosoakldkdmdjejsjdk

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i’m just gonna use this ask to get out some of my feelings, because they need to go somewhere. so look okay here are my thoughts on everything:

i think if not for a bad strategy decision an oscar win would have been uncontested. i feel upset about the way it was handled, and of course im frustrated at lando right now— but it was a very high emotion/high pressure situation so y’know it is what it is. i do understand why lando wouldn’t want to give up that P1. i think he did it eventually because he knew he’d be in massive shit if he didn’t and it would damage his relationship with oscar/the team.

i think it sucks for oscar to have his maiden win cheapened like that i wish lando gave the spot up earlier. but again, it is what it is. oscar won. oscar did an incredible job. he aced the shit out of the start and lead for 2/3rds of the race. the ONLY reason he lost that lead was a bad strategy decision. and its obvious he had the gap he did at the very end because he wanted to conserve his tyres if he needed to race lando for it. there’s no use trying to close that gap when you have preestablished orders that your teammate has to give you that spot back.

i’m frustrated at lando. but i’m mad at mclaren. i think this is an easily foreseeable issue and i don’t understand why they would have risked jeopardising oscars win like that. but whatever.

i’m so incredibly glad for lando and oscar’s relationship. it’s very clear to me that any frustrations either of them had are with the team. for lando to go from spewing on the radio one minute to congratulating oscar the moment he got out of the car, it just makes me happy. and to the people who are like blah blah there was podium tension!!!! like yes?? of course there was!? it was not a perfect win by any means— i would have mixed feelings too!

anyway tldr: no it wasn’t perfect, but that was still a win for oscar and i’m proud of him.

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First season wrap up:

Okay, to start, i should mention my general opinion on first seasons for shows, especially cable shows, is not to read too much of it as canon. The writers, producers, actors- everyone- are all trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t, so i give them latitude, particularly when it conflicts with later seasons. That being said, i do enjoy jumping through the hoops to make it all fit haha

So heres a few leftover notes i had as i revisited the eps to rank them:

I bet part of Lassie was craving the father figure in Henry, since we find out later his own father passed away when he was quite young. I wonder if thats part of the reason why he became a cop, as they are portrayed as the protectors and in the 80’s they were mainly men (i don’t really remember if he states his reason later, i suspect he did and im just not remembering). So when Henry didn’t meet up to the expectation he had in his mind, i bet it hurt a little more as it reminded him of what he lost :/

I think the other reason Shawn plays dumb so much, besides hiding his genius so ppl believe hes psychic, or for laughs, is because its how he gets people talking. Like in Shawn vs. the red phantom, he purposely guessed the wrong room number so the boys would correct him. My apologies if someones pointed this out before, i haven’t combed through the internet for everyone’s theories 😬 i only now noticed. I’m not the quickest at picking these things up lol

If i had to guess, Shawn didn’t want to be a cop for halloween, he probably wanted to be something star wars related to go with Gus’s Lando. So i wonder at what age Shawn stopped trying to please his dad. But also, why didn’t his mother ever stand up for him?? I’ll come back to her later -_-

I somehow missed it the first time, but shawn clearly asked Gus to come to the dinner and Gus even points out that it was a big deal for henry to reach out. Soo, yeah, shawn obviously didn’t wanna be alone with his dad, and even henry seemed nervous about it as hes pretty drunk.

Shawn has a right to be afraid of pointy things, his dad hid his easter eggs under glass when he was 6! Not to mention he later gets stabbed 3 times! (Also its just a legitimate fear???)

So far the list of Shawns knowledge (things i wouldn’t expect an average person to know) includes (beyond the obvious observational skills, deductive reasoning, reading people (poker), and all things police (marksmanship, police codes, etc.)):

Incredible spatial and physical reasoning skills (knowing how much money could fit in the duffle bag, knowing to rotate the water pitcher to catch the reflection from the tv)

Kurt Vonnegut (well, I didn’t know who he was at least)

How to spell aggiornamento (and probably all words because of his photographic memory)

Handwriting expert

Casually spoke and understood german

Has every road he’s driven mapped in his brain, and likely all of Santa Barbara

Familiar with paint (enough to know to mix latex enamel for no messy drips)

Animal tracks (i went back and forth on this but ultimately decided he must have known what to look for)

And heres a list of Gus’s niche interests:

Forensics

Spelling bee

Safe cracking

Historic rifles

Comic books

Astronomy (even though he was going to the planetarium for the girl)

Law

Local tennis

Online poker

Lastly, Ive decided instead of ranking them, im putting them in tiers. I feel like too many of them are hitting at the same level and I can’t differentiate:

Sweetest, Juiciest Golden Pineapple Tier

Scary Sherry, Biancas toast (ohmygod i just got the biancas toast 🤦🏽‍♀️)

Blue Psych Logo Tier

Weekend warriors

Forget me not

From the earth to starbucks

Poker? I hardly know her! (Sorry @pineapple-psychic!)

Pepto Bismo Pink Tier

Spelling bee

Pilot

She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me oops hes dead

Who ya gonna call?

Shawn vs the red phantom

Oops Canadian Flag Tier

Cloudy with a chance of murder

9 lives

Game set muuurder

Speak now or forever hold your piece

Woman seeking dead husband, smokers okay, no pets