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Post by Fallenbelle on Feb 2, 2016 3:04:12 GMT
Yes, Dan of Green Gables was a major snort.....not to mention the Black Preying Mantis.......
Cavendish is gorgeous, as is most of PEI.....
I haven't seen as much of this diverse country as I'd like but I have to say that PEI took my breath away. We were based very near Cavendish and spent nearly a week exploring the island. The longest running production of Anne of Green Gables is still playing in Charlottetown. First of all, chicka chicka bow wow, George. Entertaining a young lady, unchaperoned in your room in full view of the bed? Scandalous, Mr. Crabtree, absolutely scandalous!  Also, I take issue with the note at the end that says George was not the inspiration for Anne of Green Gables because he's not real! Hogwash!  In all seriousness though, this episode was cute, but I'm ready for some meatiness, and the sad episode is probably coming next week as the show will go on hiatus for at least a few weeks afterwards. (Per the CBC schedule). I knew it wasn't going to be an actual black widow as they introduced her too early on as a suspect, but just once, I would love a black widow episode where the woman actually did it, and the whole episode was trying to catch her in her web of intrigue. I'm ready for a bad woman to shake people to their core, and no, Eva Pearce doesn't count as she's already a known commodity. I had to laugh at the concern over Roland not walking yet. No, I wouldn't know about looking at child development charts and comparing a newborn to them at all.  Also, I had to laugh at the Black Preying Mantis bit, George and Julia were enjoying themselves there, and William was clearly uncomfortable. Why William? Were you just embarrassed to be discussing such things in front of George, or are you afraid of Julia killing you after or even during sex? That needs to be explored! |
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Post by lizmc on Feb 2, 2016 3:06:04 GMT
Yes, Dan of Green Gables was a major snort.....not to mention the Black Preying Mantis.......
Cavendish is gorgeous, as is most of PEI.....
I haven't seen as much of this diverse country as I'd like but I have to say that PEI took my breath away. We were based very near Cavendish and spent nearly a week exploring the island. The longest running production of Anne of Green Gables is still playing in Charlottetown. I consider myself very lucky as I've been in every province except Saskatchewan and 2 out of 3 territories (NWT & Yukon)......I visited PEI once in the summer and once in the winter, to visit a friend who retired there. She has an interesting story. She is originally from one of the north London suburbs and was a wartime evacuee. She and her elder sister were given the choice of going to either Canada or Australia, with pictures of both put out to help them decide. The pictures of Canada were of the Rocky Mountains and both girls said that is where they wanted to go, so that is what they were expecting.....they were in for a bit of a shock when they ended up on a farm in PEI.....part of the shock was these 2 urban English kids being expected to help with farm chores, when they didn't know a goat from a cow..... |
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Post by lovemondays on Feb 2, 2016 3:25:50 GMT
In all seriousness though, this episode was cute, but I'm ready for some meatiness, and the sad episode is probably coming next week as the show will go on hiatus for at least a few weeks afterwards. (Per the CBC schedule). I knew it wasn't going to be an actual black widow as they introduced her too early on as a suspect, but just once, I would love a black widow episode where the woman actually did it, and the whole episode was trying to catch her in her web of intrigue. I'm ready for a bad woman to shake people to their core, and no, Eva Pearce doesn't count as she's already a known commodity. I had to laugh at the concern over Roland not walking yet. No, I wouldn't know about looking at child development charts and comparing a newborn to them at all. It technically wasn't a Black Widow culprit in the strictest sense. Is there a term for a mother-in-revenge mode? I think it is accurate that they portray women perps as an instigator, the one who hires another to do the deed, rather than the more rare female like Eva who murders herself. Newsflash....at 3 weeks their lives revolve around sleep, eat, excrete and look adorable!! |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Feb 2, 2016 4:36:47 GMT
In all seriousness though, this episode was cute, but I'm ready for some meatiness, and the sad episode is probably coming next week as the show will go on hiatus for at least a few weeks afterwards. (Per the CBC schedule). I knew it wasn't going to be an actual black widow as they introduced her too early on as a suspect, but just once, I would love a black widow episode where the woman actually did it, and the whole episode was trying to catch her in her web of intrigue. I'm ready for a bad woman to shake people to their core, and no, Eva Pearce doesn't count as she's already a known commodity. I had to laugh at the concern over Roland not walking yet. No, I wouldn't know about looking at child development charts and comparing a newborn to them at all. It technically wasn't a Black Widow culprit in the strictest sense. Is there a term for a mother-in-revenge mode? I think it is accurate that they portray women perps as an instigator, the one who hires another to do the deed, rather than the more rare female like Eva who murders herself. Newsflash....at 3 weeks their lives revolve around sleep, eat, excrete and look adorable!! Oh, I know it's more accurate, but an actual black widow would be more fun! I think this is why characters like Eva and Sally remain so popular so to speak, they're deliciously fun, and evil. Not that I want a recurring female baddie, but a new one would be fun. Also, I was excited that Julia had been so quick to remind the Inspector that women were capable of deviousness, but disappointed to see that she was so quick to come to the woman's defense. Strong women are something this show has done well, and I guess I'd like to see a return to that. At least we've gotten a strong Julia this season-which I am thankful for. As for a certain newborn, it's actually the opposite problem. Someone's already lifting his head and rolling onto his side-and has been for over a week and steadily improving. No, I'm not happy about this. It's not going to be long before he's rolling onto his stomach when he sleeps.  |
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Post by lizmc on Feb 2, 2016 4:46:53 GMT
Now, this Tweet made me laugh:
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Post by lovemondays on Feb 2, 2016 5:00:58 GMT
Now, this Tweet made me laugh: This is just wrong!!!! How the heck am I supposed to sleep tonight with that image in my head?? |
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Post by lovemondays on Feb 2, 2016 5:04:57 GMT
Oh, I know it's more accurate, but an actual black widow would be more fun! I think this is why characters like Eva and Sally remain so popular so to speak, they're deliciously fun, and evil. Not that I want a recurring female baddie, but a new one would be fun. Also, I was excited that Julia had been so quick to remind the Inspector that women were capable of deviousness, but disappointed to see that she was so quick to come to the woman's defense. Strong women are something this show has done well, and I guess I'd like to see a return to that. At least we've gotten a strong Julia this season-which I am thankful for. As for a certain newborn, it's actually the opposite problem. Someone's already lifting his head and rolling onto his side-and has been for over a week and steadily improving. No, I'm not happy about this. It's not going to be long before he's rolling onto his stomach when he sleeps. I agree we've had a strong Julia. It was interesting that William introduced Julia as Dr. Ogden but added the line about her being his wife int he interest of full disclosure. It struck me as odd because there was no legal reason to do so at the time. Waaa...you have a prodigy!  |
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Post by lizmc on Feb 2, 2016 5:10:14 GMT
Now, this Tweet made me laugh: This is just wrong!!!! How the heck am I supposed to sleep tonight with that image in my head?? He does make a rather ugly girl, doesn't he........at least he doesn't have red braids sticking out from under a police helmet... |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Feb 2, 2016 5:20:53 GMT
Oh, I know it's more accurate, but an actual black widow would be more fun! I think this is why characters like Eva and Sally remain so popular so to speak, they're deliciously fun, and evil. Not that I want a recurring female baddie, but a new one would be fun. Also, I was excited that Julia had been so quick to remind the Inspector that women were capable of deviousness, but disappointed to see that she was so quick to come to the woman's defense. Strong women are something this show has done well, and I guess I'd like to see a return to that. At least we've gotten a strong Julia this season-which I am thankful for. As for a certain newborn, it's actually the opposite problem. Someone's already lifting his head and rolling onto his side-and has been for over a week and steadily improving. No, I'm not happy about this. It's not going to be long before he's rolling onto his stomach when he sleeps. I agree we've had a strong Julia. It was interesting that William introduced Julia as Dr. Ogden but added the line about her being his wife int he interest of full disclosure. It struck me as odd because there was no legal reason to do so at the time. Waaa...you have a prodigy! Did he do that in this episode? I have to admit I didn't catch it if he did, I'll look for it when I rewatch it, but I did catch it in The Big Chill-but I thought that was a defense of sorts, when the Captain insulted Julia's figure for being too thin. As for the prodigy, I'd be much happier if he slept more than 2.5 hours at a time. |
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Post by Hodge on Feb 2, 2016 6:02:44 GMT
I've never read Anne of Green Gables, was never interested and I probably never will read it. I have to admit to not being taken by the LMM/George storyline however I really enjoyed the whodunit. I liked the twist in the end as it really did seem like Elizabeth Pym was the culprit, she was so unmoved. On watching for approx the third time I realized the clue to whodunit. I think I'm starting to see a pattern of clues now that tell who the culprit is. Can't say I've noticed this for other seasons but on rewatching eps this season I've noticed that when certain things are said the guilty party appears in the scene but I never manage to see it on first watching. The Roland walking comments were great, they really are neophytes when it comes to children. It seems William is warming up to his role as a father though.
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Post by Hodge on Feb 2, 2016 6:11:05 GMT
I agree we've had a strong Julia. It was interesting that William introduced Julia as Dr. Ogden but added the line about her being his wife int he interest of full disclosure. It struck me as odd because there was no legal reason to do so at the time. Waaa...you have a prodigy! I think the disclosure was just another excuse for William to say Julia's his wife. He's always very quick to introduce her as his wife. I actually loved the way he said it. |
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Post by Terence's Top Hat on Feb 2, 2016 23:08:45 GMT
I've never read Anne of Green Gables, was never interested and I probably never will read it. I have to admit to not being taken by the LMM/George storyline however I really enjoyed the whodunit. x2. A great murder mystery. Sometimes I wish Julia was back at the women's institution since the best murders took place there. But I guess they can't keep having murders there. LOL. |
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Post by nia on Feb 3, 2016 1:15:34 GMT
It's not the sad episode IMO. Yay and sigh in the same breath.
My only comment for right now is I have to reread Anne of Green Gables immediately. George's last line is BRILLIANT!!!
I quite enjoyed this episode. The whodunnit was a tangle. I have lots more to say but I watched the Atlantic feed so I'll wait a bit till more people have seen it.
This is an excellent, well-written and well-acted episode. I knew from the start that the author of Green Gables wouldn't end up with George, but the romance was an enjoyable distraction. George certainly has developed some romantic expertise. Let's hope he finds someone as attractive and personable as Maud that he can have as a more lasting partner. |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Feb 3, 2016 1:40:59 GMT
I agree we've had a strong Julia. It was interesting that William introduced Julia as Dr. Ogden but added the line about her being his wife int he interest of full disclosure. It struck me as odd because there was no legal reason to do so at the time. Waaa...you have a prodigy! I think the disclosure was just another excuse for William to say Julia's his wife. He's always very quick to introduce her as his wife. I actually loved the way he said it. Now that I've rewatched it, I caught the line, and I agree. William may only refer to her as Mrs. Murdoch in private, but yes, he's very proud that she's his wife and does mention it or make it known verbally or through action. It's a little thing, but a welcome addition after the absence of any relationship last season. |
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Post by bookworm1225 on Feb 3, 2016 16:19:10 GMT
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