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Post by Hodge on Mar 15, 2016 4:57:22 GMT
Also, William's obtuseness at why George was in the changing room to find the gun... And why is it that there always seems to be a bed in the changing rooms at these places in the movies/tv shows? No changing room at any theater I've been to has had a bed... I'm glad that they addressed the "I perform because I enjoy it" angle, and that she enjoys sex, and refuses to be ashamed about it. An interesting new sweetheart for George indeed. But this is a burlesque club not just a theatre.... Definitely an interesting lady for George. I think I like her. |
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Post by lizmc on Mar 15, 2016 11:32:24 GMT
Julia: "So you and the Inspector are delivering this poor woman to George?" William: Oh, she's a fine young lady. Her father owns a stationary store on Avenue Road. Julia: Oh, well we know how much George loves pens. (with sarcasm) William: Right! Is it just me, or has William become a bit more obtuse of late? He was certainly obtuse tonight. Actually I was quite enjoying it. His facial expressions in this episode were delightful.....
I enjoyed this episode, but it isn't one of my favourites.......now, next week's looks like a nail biter.....
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Post by murdochic on Mar 15, 2016 12:58:12 GMT
I'm sorry to say but I thought this episode was the worst of S9 after episode 3. While it was interesting to see the Blackhand again, the rest of the story wasn't all that gripping and George being turned into some kind of sex symbol really doesn't suit him. I can't see him and Nina lasting, she'll get bored sooner or later.
I was disappointed that Julia got sidelined for the third episode in a row and Rebecca got completely bypassed. The best bit of the episode was the preview for next week.
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Post by molly on Mar 15, 2016 13:04:36 GMT
I wasn't crazy about the episode. It seemed like the whole George storyline was so out of character.
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Post by Terence's Top Hat on Mar 15, 2016 14:58:47 GMT
I enjoyed the murder mystery part, as always. Great seeing the Black Hand make an appearance. I sort of wished the son would have become Murdoch's new enemy.
The sub-plots about George's love life are starting to get a little old for me.
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Post by Fallenbelle on Mar 15, 2016 15:02:28 GMT
I'm sorry to say but I thought this episode was the worst of S9 after episode 3. While it was interesting to see the Blackhand again, the rest of the story wasn't all that gripping and George being turned into some kind of sex symbol really doesn't suit him. I can't see him and Nina lasting, she'll get bored sooner or later. I was disappointed that Julia got sidelined for the third episode in a row and Rebecca got completely bypassed. The best bit of the episode was the preview for next week. The mystery was so-so, but for me, this was a George character episode, and I'm okay with that. On the surface, it seemed a bit out of character for George to go for a girl like Nina, but I read somewhere (don't remember where, sorry) that George is a character who has always done the right and honorable thing-whatever he was supposed to do, and that hasn't exactly worked out for him, and now he's doing what he wants for once-reputation be damned, and after the year George has had (as Julia pointed out), I don't blame him in the least. His character is growing, and I quite like Nina, it should be interesting to see where this goes. Am I the only one who's disappointed about Julia not disguising herself as a man again and sneaking into the Star Room? I'm with you though about Julia being sidelined, as well as Rebecca, and I'm not thrilled about it. Rebecca is not yet a full cast-member and I'd like to see that change, and see her get some more screen time. Maybe they were seeing how she played with the rest of the cast before fully committing to her, and I think she works great! As for Julia, the only excuse I can think of for her is that she's going to be the major plot line next episode and definitely 10x01, so maybe they were saving up for that? I'm trying to think of a rational explanation as to why she's been reduced yet again, and if this isn't the case, then it looks like the marginalization of women problem has reasserted itself again, and that's not good. |
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Post by murdochic on Mar 15, 2016 16:53:17 GMT
George doesn't feel like he's growing, he feels like he's being forced into something else because the show needlessly keep trying to shake him up. I feel too much of S8 and now this storyline were trying to make George into someone new, someone who doesn't fit comfortably in the fabric of the show. I also don't think it's believable that Nina would find George irresistable. It all felt contrived. The whole episode was a bit of a dud for me, but we do have some of those every season. At least next week seems like it could be more entertaining.
There is no real explanation for why Julia has been sidelined the last three episodes. Though Michelle Ricci has sidelined Julia in episodes before so I guess it's not a shock she had barely anything to do this time.
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Post by randomkiwibirds on Mar 16, 2016 0:43:50 GMT
Definatly not the strongest episode of the season, Obtuse!Murdoch was back and in full force, and the whole thing with Thomas and the buffalo wings was pretty great. TBH not much to say about this episode (but kudos to Julia for sticking up for George)!
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Post by shangas on Mar 16, 2016 7:20:03 GMT
I strongly agree with the views of others.
I've watched this episode 3-4 times now...and I still can't see anything in it that I particularly liked. I can't honestly say that anything really grabbed me or held my attention. It all seemed rather forced and bland.
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Post by bookworm1225 on Mar 17, 2016 10:52:58 GMT
Being me, I immediately latched on to Murdoch's geology lecture proposal to Crabtree. It *sounded* like he was referring to plate tectonics and continental drift. If so - whoops! Alfred Wegener didn't propose that theory until 1912, and it didn't gain acceptance until the 1960s.
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Post by snacky on Mar 21, 2016 2:46:19 GMT
While this wasn't my favorite episode, I didn't think it was as bad as previous comments led me to expect. I've never thought about the origins of the burlesque before, and I love it when the episodes have interesting settings like the opium den or the corset shop. The hot sausages made me lol. I liked George standing up for what he wanted to do, but I think he trusted Molly too easily and it should have taken more than a Women's Lib speech for her to win George's trust. Falcone was not nearly as menacing as Walk on the Wild Side. Was it the same actor? That's what most disappointed me. Because MM has a trend of setting up arcs for the final episode, I do think that Cometh the Archer will feature the Black Hand. Even if Julia doesn't die, she might have to be sent into Witness Protection!  Eva Pearce could also be involved: we don't know who she got in a carriage with at the end of the Asylum episode. This would also explaom Julia as a specific target rather than William. Since they were talking about house/stability/children/happiness minutes before, I do think this episode has to function to somehow delay al those thing. Regarding Julia's cooking: too bad they just assumed Julia would be doing the cooking. The great chefs were men even back then! The ideological argument for "hotel living" is that this freed women for other professions and in turn professionalized housing/cooking instead of treating wives as the domestic servants of men. An avant garde woman like Julia would have realized that. |
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Post by snacky on Mar 21, 2016 2:51:23 GMT
Am I the only one who's disappointed about Julia not disguising herself as a man again and sneaking into the Star Room? Now that you mention it, I second that emotion! Or...Julia could have offered William a private show later. I have no problem with George going to the Burlesque, and it wasn't out of character for me. Remember the George who offered to make Julia's balloon aeronotics teacher "not so pretty"? One of the things that keeps George from being absolutely reduced to comic relief is the suspicion that he's often misunderstood or misread. He's not as innocent as he looks. I was surprised he didn't use "writer's research" as an excuse, though. |
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Post by Terence's Top Hat on Mar 22, 2016 15:38:55 GMT
Am I the only one who's disappointed about Julia not disguising herself as a man again and sneaking into the Star Room? Now that you mention it, I second that emotion! Hahah, I just caught this. Yes, I'm always two weeks late for the party. That would have been neat if the show would have ended with Julia disguised as a man, dragging a red-faced William along to go watch the Burlesque show. |
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Post by meoldmucker on Dec 3, 2016 8:48:57 GMT
I'm a bartender by trade, and after watching this episode, I had customers order wings. Not normally a bit deal, but they wanted them extra hot ( sauce wise ), so I rang them in...as I'm picking them up at the pass bar, I got such a nasty case of the giggles! My cook asked what was so damned funny, and after explaining Inspector Brackenreid's inventing Buffalo Wings, she says I love that show...I walked away snickering, " The Canadians are eating our garbage!" Priceless!
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