#quote from s03e10

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"My heart's okay." | Paul Strickland

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[alicepao13]

Hudson and Rex S03E10 - Fanning the Flames

I don't have a clear image of this episode, aside from the major plot points and that Charlie and Rex almost got blown up again but that's what the rewatch is for.

Fogo mentioned again. At this point it sounds to me like Newfoundland's Mykonos, maybe without the terrible crowds.

"I'm going to put all that performance in case someone is watching, even though there's no one but my now murdered by me husband at home."

I wonder where they get generic firetruck footage from.

No, but she did give a great performance as the grieving wife. I believed her for a while.

Charlie: "What do you say, partner? Go pay a visit to Sarah?" Rex: "You'll pay a visit to Sarah, I'll get stuck outside. Life is unfair."

"Coffee with Jesse? I'm saved!"

Yeah, Rex is totally a chick magnet. Speaking as a chick.

Rex: "Double date? Say yes, Jesse! I need to expand my social circle."

Someone got away from Rex? Is that even possible?

Why is this shot funny?

"Everybody loved him" is one of the quotes that should disappear from crime shows. He was murdered.

"Why, thank you very much, Sarah. It will be torn to pieces by the end of the week."

Why the tongue, sir?

Again???

Definitely funny.

It's a good thing that Rex is observant.

Joe: "You sure you're okay?" Charlie: *brushes it off like a good crime show lead character*

Jesse: "This weekend I was thinking of going for a big, long walk". Rex: "You had me at 'walk'."

Sarah: "How are you two doing?" Charlie: "Rex is fine". Sarah: *unimpressed don't-bullshit-me look* "And you?" Charlie: "You know. Shaken, no stirred". I would have smacked him. Sarah is way more patient than I am.

"We may be dealing with a serial bomber". We should only be so lucky. (We're not.)

"Something tells me she's holding something back". The murder.

So we are on the third floor. Glad to know.

That might have been the first show where I heard the term "porch pirate".

Undercover stint!

Looking good even in that outfit.

Why are they putting heist music in the stakeout, I can't with them.

Charlie and Sarah listening to Jesse stuttering about his love life.

"Everyone thinks they can outrun Rex". Well, this kid actually escaped him twice.

Level B has to be the basement, right?

Again, if they wanted to have a storyline where the teen has a mom with an abusive boyfriend, they should have put the word abuse somewhere in there. This is still a cop show, storylines like these should be written in there without having to tip-toe around certain words.

"Hold on, I think I can open this one."

"Why do we attract all the crazies?"

"You're not just a pretty face". Why do I have the feeling that if she'd had the time, she'd have tried to romance Charlie too?

"Wow, you really fall in and out of love a lot." "I have commitment issues". Among other issues that she's got.

Rex about to thwart one more well-thought out plan. Poor criminals, they keep stumbling upon the most clever dog this side of the Atlantic.

"I'll tell them you sacrificed yourself getting me to safety outside but died heroically trying to stop Phil from detonating one of his bombs". Charlie is probably wishing criminals will stop telling him what they'll do after they kill him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, were these wires important?"

Uh-oh. Imminent disaster. That's what happens when you lie to people, Jesse.

I like this episode. I would have maybe pushed it a bit further on the back because the brushes with death kept piling up.

[tableintheteacherslounge]

Abbott Elementary S03E10 thoughts

The bear you have 1 episode to respond

The bear cold open im DEAD ik Quinta and Ayo were creasing about this 😭 abbott the real best comedy iktr

Mr j icon as always “This is …trash” // “Now who’s gonna clear this up”

“Theyre not the same, mine rhymes” “oh thats why i liked it better”

Kick my feet twirl my hair whenever manny calls her the big teagues

“Oh hey thats my class” 🥺🥺🥺

“It just says ava fest over and over”

“BOOO unshow me that now” 😭😭😭 can’t wait to quote this over and over

“Have ya ever tried just being hinged”

“Can u also give her this important message: i love her, i miss her, and i cant wait to see her again” i love jacob and Janine’s friendship but why does this job means shes been flaking on him when SHE is the one to insist they weren’t just work friends in the first place ☹️

The admin person actor always makes me laugh like the delivery is always so good “This place would collapse without me” 😭 i NEED him in more shows please

JANINE SO EXCITED TO SEE GREGORY 🥰

A card from barbara 🥹 a framed photo of jacob 💀😭 melissa got u some mace 😭😭😭 and mr johnson wanted u to have a strand of his favourite mop 💀😭💀😭😭💀😭

WOW DIRT 😁😄 her genuine excitement so cutesie

Thats such a thoughtful gift ill cwy - forget i ever said anything about manny its greg >>>

She still has the lanyard on all the time ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️ JANINE COME HOMEEEE

“This calls for a plan b u cannot get a cvs” 💀

Janine not understanding sarcasm then misusing a colloquialism lets go neurodivergence

Not tariq moderating another panel, when he’s a regular for s4 then what 😈

Barbs fake laugh at mels impressions 😭

“Ive heard u breathing and i think u need a specialist” Janine’s breathing my favourite long running joke

And janines overwhelm omg shes so me

“I dont know who thats supposed to be but he sounds responsible” wife is trying her hardest to be supportive

Jacobs voice breaking 😭

“CORNER!” Slam “are we just yelling out things we see now?? WALLS FLOOR HUGE MESS OF FOOD”

Why did barbs card to Janine make me tear up???

2 claps for melissas impressions and barb originally forgetting nooo 😭💀

“Thank god we had a backup plan” “youre welcome” melissa 😭😭

JANINE!!! FOR GOOD!!! 💗💞💞💘💝💖💞💓💓 IM SO HAPPPY

Barb hugging her and calling her sweetheart 🥺🥹 i love my favourite mother and daughter

“Theres noone id rather teach second grade with than u” see melissa u did miss her really (i need more melissa janine content honestly their teaming up eps are always so good)

THE KIDS WRITING IN THE CARD 😭😭😭😭😭😭 noooooo ill cry

Ava u gotta STOP scaring barb w this pregnancy accusation

GET HER BARB thats why she has an emmy!!

OH QUEST LOVE HE IS THERE

Okay top 2 eps of the season easily

So funny but so full of heart - exactly what abbott does best

Did expect janine to stay a little longer before going back to abbott but that fear of such a long commitment is so real and I’ SO GLAD SHES HOME

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TNG S03

I’VE DONE TWO OF THESE ALREADY YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT’S COMING BY THIS POINT also everybody on this fucking show wears like one-piece jumpsuits and all I can think is how goddamn inconvenient must that be every time you need to take a leak.

Geordi la Forge - Geordi’s finally getting some focus episodes this season and it’s excellent, I’m remembering that I actually super like him as a character in his own right and not just as Data’s BF/BFF (it’s one of those two things). There’s something so pleasing about how he’s kind of socially-awkward and yet consistently responds to situations by being level-headed and compassionate. We should all be a little more like Geordi.

Guinan - I think Guinan’s a pretty cool lady, eh wears fantastic hats and doesn’t afraid of anything. She’s like the spacefuture version of “retired adventurer runs a tavern” which is a character type I’m fond of.

Lwaxana Troi - Honestly I could watch an entire episode consisting of nothing but Lwaxana, she is a gift to this world and her existence is basically the only thing which makes standard-issue Troi a tolerable character to me. I’m totally certain she’s not actually into Picard and is just trolling the shit out of him, which is honestly my favourite dynamic for people interacting with Picard (see also: why I love Q, although in Q’s case I’m like 80% sure at least some of the interest is genuine).

Worf - Man what is Up with Worf. It’s weirding me out how he keeps being presented as like, the most klingon klingon to ever klingon, Proud Warrior Race Guy who had his sense of humour surgically removed and replaced with HONOUR, but also he was mostly raised by humans yet despite this likes to act as though he’s unfamiliar with human culture sometimes?? I don’t even know, man. His determination to be super stereotypically klingon kind of makes sense as overcompensation for the whole raised-by-humans thing but that hasn’t actually come up in canon yet, any explanation you can make for his behaviour at this point is just fanwank. I don’t know, I feel like the show could be doing a lot more with Worf than it actually does.

S03E07 The Enemy - I don’t have super much to say about this episode but it sort of epitomises what I like about Geordi, he’s smart and resourceful and his response to a romulan pointing a space gun at him is to go “hey we’re in the same leaky-as-shit boat here, let’s work together to save ourselves using the power of FRIENDSHIP”. Meanwhile Worf thinks his honourboner is more important than not starting a war I guess?? fuck’s sake Worf.

S03E10 The Defector - Oh man I really loved this episode’s oneshot NPC!! Like a frankly ridiculous amount of really loved him; he’s my favourite (awful) shade of morally-grey and his motivation was something I found super compelling.

Honestly I super enjoyed everything about this episode. It was delightful and one of those rare episodes which completely worked for me, from the storyline to the character interactions to Data’s Shakespearian holodeck shenanigans suddenly becoming way less of a non-sequitur when Picard quotes it later in the episode. The plot leant just hard enough on all the is-he-or-isn’t-he that if you don’t think twisty enough you might forget that there’s a third possibility, and that’s always wonderful.

S03E11 The Hunted - Okay look if this episode wants me to agree that “stick them all on the moon” is a bad way to deal with people who automatically respond with uncontrollable hyperviolence when even slightly threatened then it needs to make less of a deal about how they’re people who automatically respond with uncontrollable hyperviolence when even slightly threatened. Seriously, they’re wired on a hairtrigger and they have literally have no ability to not respond with hyperviolence when set off, you can’t let them run around with the rest of the population and expect that to end well for anyone involved. The part where you gave up on helping them and decided to treat them all as criminals instead is horrible, but the basic plan of “stick them all on the moon” is really the only reasonable thing you can do under the circumstances.

S03E13 Deja Q - Man what fucking drugs are the Q even on though. “Hey I know we’re supposed to be punishing you here and you’ve only been human for like five minutes but also I guess what you’re doing right now bears like a super vague resemblance to a selfless act, what do you mean you’re trying to commit suicide oh my god Q just shut up and lie through your teeth for once, I need you to agree with me that this is a selfless act so that I have an excuse for giving you your powers back okay bye.”

I’m just going to assume they realised that Q trying to kill himself meant that they’d either have to permit him to cut his punishment short or else constantly interfere to prevent him from doing so and like, what even is the point of punishing Q if you can’t laugh at him while he suffers? Might as well restore him, at least that way the next few times he steps out of line you can threaten to hit him with the mortality stick again and laugh while he flinches.

S03E14 A Matter of Perspective - So we’re just gonna. We’re just gonna ignore the part where hologram!Riker sexually assaulted someone and this was (according to Troi) a true and accurate representation of what went down from the perspective of the person he nonconsensually macked on? We’re ignoring that, then. Okay.

S03E20 Tin Man - Somebody remind me to write up another red-string conspiracy headcanon post about why I’m convinced Data and Tam Elbrun fucked during this episode because they absolutely did, Tam Elbrun definitely 100% rode the fuck out of that android dick and I will fight any man to the death in defence of my interpretation of this episode.

S03E24 Ménage à Troi - This is another episode dominated by What’s Wrong With Wesley. See, FUCKING WESLEY THE WORST CHARACTER wants to go to Starfleet Academy, but the show doesn’t want FUCKING WESLEY THE WORST CHARACTER to go to Starfleet Academy it wants him to stay on the ship so I can suffer more. But because FUCKING WESLEY THE WORST CHARACTER is FUCKING WESLEY THE WORST CHARACTER he can’t just fail the exam because that would make him not the bestest most wonderfulest, so they have to think of Something Else. Last time the Something Else was that FUCKING WESLEY THE WORST CHARACTER solved someone else’s problems for them, but they couldn’t do that again so this time it’s that FUCKING WESLEY THE WORST CHARACTER saves the day by solving a problem and this makes him late for his space bus. In conclusion: FUCKING WESLEY THE WORST CHARACTER.

tl;dr: Still want to live in the parallel universe where Jarok gets to be a main character and has focus episodes and a character arc and everything, also I’m glad Data finally got to have fully-consensual sex not under the influence of Weird Space Drugs.

IN OTHER NEWS about halfway through this season I had to start watching every episode multiple times because I hit a point where my brain just would not register anything happening onscreen. So okay I guess it is time to Take A Break. Remember to check back in next week for your randomly-scheduled Hap Doing Senseless Bullshit!

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Criminal Minds s03e10 True Night - or more aptly named, the episode that reminds me that Frankie Muniz was once relevant and we’re back to our fun banter only with a slight undertone because we know Derek fucking loves Penelope, and there’s more humor and I’m more okay with that.

Episode 10 – True Night

Okay, so we’re officially halfway through season three because for some reason there are only twenty episodes here. I don’t get it.

But let’s see what happens.

Blues? Okay. Blues in LA … not good.

What the fuck is that? Are those graphic novels? Ew.

Sorry, not a fan of the genre.

I know that voice.

Who is that speaking?

What, he’s writing blade runner or something? What the fuck is that? Blue blood? oh god.

Sounds like something out of ‘Supermassive Blackhole’ lol

Poor wolf.

That is amazing artwork! I don’t like it, but I can appreciate the artistry.

No, really.

Is that girl asleep or dead? Oh god.

That’s a shit-ton of blood. And that’s a fucking severed hand.

Wait. Hang on, did she just say 7 victims within two weeks? And they were all killed with a bladed weapon? SHIT.

Oh god. Is this gonna be horrible? I mean, bloody? Cuz last episode was horrible on an emotional level. And I was just thinking of having dinner. So glad I passed.

“I can open my own door.”

“Not on my watch.” Oh baby boy, you so protective, I love you.

“What happened in here?” WHAT DID LYNCH DO?

“He changed everything.” WHAT?

“Changed everything? What are you talking about?” oh I love you, you clueless doodlebug. Imagine if someone adjusted something on your gun or desk. That’s the level of uneasiness your baby girl is feeling. Kay?

“He adjusted the …”

“Forget it. It’ll be …”

“Go. You need to get to LA.”

“No, listen, I’m gonna stick around for a while. I think you might need me.”

Oh my lovesick puppy! I love you so fucking much!

WHY WON’T THE SHOW DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

“Stick around?”

“Yeah. The team can handle one case without me. They’ll be fine.”

They really won’t, but you’re being adorable and I can’t believe Penelope is actually considering sending him away. I hate you right now, girl.

“Honey, I know you love me.”

Wait. Did she just …?

“But the prospect of you whirling around here trying to fix this is actually more frightening than getting shot.” WHOA. No need to be dramatic.

“Garcia, are you sure?”

“I am completely fine. Look. Full range of motion. No pain.”

“Will you stop with the ‘uh’. Stop.”

Yeah. Stop. Cuz Derek is getting turned on … don’t stop, I love this.

“Go.”

“You know I’m just a phone call away.”

“Go.”

NO!

Kevin Lynch, you may be cute …” (NOT) “But if you ever mess with my stuff again …” oh snap!

Clive Barker: “Superman is, after all, an alien life form. He is simply the acceptable face of invading realities.” WHAT? That made no sense whatsoever.

FRANKIE MUNIZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I keep forgetting this season was back in 2007 and he was still relevant. Lol. I love going back in time with this show.

Is he having hallucinations? Ugh.

“Should have listened to me.” Why are you being so pretentious, poodle? “It wouldn’t have saved that much time, Reid. Let it go.” Ooh, feisty Derek.

Oh honey! Why the fuck does he know everything about everything?

“It’s a government report.” “So what?” “So you work for the government, you don’t read the reports?”

“On traffic patterns in a city 2,500 miles from where I live?” “2,295 miles.”

“Don’t make me smack you in front of all these people.”

Oh Derek and Reid, I love you two so much.

“Yeah, stuck in traffic.” Poodle, you are such a bitch! Derek is so gonna smack you!

Okay, I’m loving this, cuz this is interspersed with humor and it’s fun.

“The level of overkill suggests an unsub in a psychotic break. Multiple unsubs in violent psychotic breaks operating in the exact same location is exceedingly unlikely.”

Derek: “Yeah, it’s probably one guy.”

LOL

That fun is getting on my nerves.

I’m sorry, but that guy looks so cartoonish I can’t even take him seriously. But I love him so much!

He looks like one of those cartoon emo characters that always say ‘dude’

Where the fuck did Johnny go?

What the fuck is wrong with you?

What the fuck? Did he just jump in front of a car? Damn.

HEY! What the fuck?

Why are you grabbing him by the tie?

What the hell?

“Do you know that a domestic cat loose in a normal neighborhood is the equivalent of a small-scale ecological disaster?

WHAT?

So he’s equivocating the guy to a cat? Yikes.

Hey! That cop is a bitch! Why call a random guy ‘moron’?

So, Frankie is playing some seriously disturbed guy who is still hung up on some girl who won’t answer her phone cuz she’s probably dead? Oh boy.

Pretty sure that Frankie is the unsub if he has such vivid imagination. Yikes.

Gross.

So on the night he proposed to his girlfriend they were accosted? Oh boy.

Damn. Killed six gangbangers. Wow. That’s one brutal psycho.

Did he just kill the sweet cat lady because he thought she was hiding his dead fiancé? Damn.

So they think it’s a gang dude? But it’s one guy, makes no sense.

I love seeing Derek on the background of graffiti. It’s hot.

So they got Frankie? Damn.

Oh god, look at him! He’s so short!

Well, we’re comparing him to Derek, so it’s not really fair. But still.

Wait. So they know about him? Did that dude tell them about his psychotic state and he’s just trying to help him? Good.

Morgan is so cute looking all concerned. Especially cuz it’s obvious he’s killed all those people and doesn’t even know he’d done it.

So he doesn’t even clearly remember being jumped by Glen’s gang? Damn.

“Hey, how you feeling, baby girl?”

“I cant seem to get my chair adjusted just right again …” ah, the bane to all us office workers, sweetie. I feel you.

“Other than that, I’m mortified.”

Mortified?

“Please tell me the unsub isn’t Jon McHale the graphic artist.”

“Don’t tell me you’re a fan of this guy.”

“Oh my god, yes, he’s a genius.”

“Well, sweetheart you should see what he thought the victims looked like before he killed them.”

Oh god.

But I love their discussion!

“Sometimes for an artist, the only difference between insanity and genius is success.”

Really, poodle?

Wait. So on that night those assholes actually raped Vickie? And made him watch? Fuck.

FUCK

I get it. But it’s still nuts.

I’m so glad I didn’t eat.

“Just leave it alone until I get there.” Leave what? The chair? You’re gonna fix it for her? Aww, cutie.

“Hey, hey, hard-head!”

“Don’t make me spank you when I get back.”

Please do!

“Don’t listen to him, Garcia, he’s all talk.”

Smack to the poodle-head.

Oh god. I love those two so much.

“JJ, he just hit me.” “Boys, behave, or I’ll ground you both.”

Oh my god, I love this show so fucking much.

JJ’s ‘wow, that is so fascinating’ face! Oh my god!

Aw, it’s the first unsub Emily dealt with who was inherently good and was just, you know … psycho.

“You really don’t have to do this.”

“Woman, will you hush?”

“I can do it myself. I just can’t grip anything too tight yet, and when I tried to do it, it kept falling …”

“Will you sit your motormouth down?”

Okay, can we just talk about how it is so obvious that Derek is in love with Garcia, but he’s so ‘damaged’ that he can’t seem to get the courage to say so, so he uses whatever his momma taught him about being a gentleman which is perfect, and I love him from here till infinity.

“See, now, that’s perfect.”

“Well, there you go, my sweet lady.”

“My hero.”

“I’m nobody’s hero.”

Aww, it’s so cute when she’s like trying to pay him a compliment by quoting at him something from a graphic novelist and he’s like, is that an unsub?

Lol.

And he doesn’t know who that is until she mentions 300 or Sin City. Lol.

“Cool movies.”

“The noir hero is a knight in blood-caked armor. He’s dirty, and he does his best to deny the fact that he’s a hero the whole time.” Frank Miller.

Oh my god, I just wept.

FUCK.

That’s Derek to a T.

 See, this episode was perfect. I mean, sure, I had a hard time dealing with all the blood and intestines and shit. But it was interspersed perfectly with humor and Derek/Penelope banter and flirting and I just love this so much. They totally reinstated my love of this show, and I’m so happy. And I really hope that Derek gets his head out of his ass and acutally kisses Penelope or I’m going to do it for him. And I hope Penelope gets the courage to actually kiss Derek or I’m going to do it for her.

Either way. I want some sweet mocha kisses.

Okay, to be honest? Frankie should get more credit. He’s an amazing actor. I don’t know where the fuck he is right now. But this episode was amazing with him.

edited: hahaha so I just realized that Frankie is on Dancing With the Stars, and I was like - dude! I just watched you on Criminal Minds! But then there was the whole story of his memory loss and my heart melted. cute.

Love it!

I’ll see you all next time, I’m back to loving this show properly, and hopefully I’ll be sane enough to do this tomorrow morning XD love you guys!

<3