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Post by petunia on Oct 2, 2013 14:47:43 GMT
So last season it was an airplane, this year a ship, I wonder what transportation will be used in the season opener next season. This episode did have a "grandiose" feel also, just like the S5 Yukon episode. While I did enjoy it, I found some of the premises a bit weak. Would it not have been smarter to get the ship below deck workers look for the bombs? Surely it would have been faster? Having said that, I did enjoy the episode for what it was: a grand season opener with a grand guest star, the SS Keewatin. One other thing I did appreciate was how small the station 4 case was. I find when two mysteries are going on at the same time, both suffer as there are two few minutes to develop them properly. The station 4 case was more of funny short side story and did not take too much time away from the ship mystery.
The CBC press release on this episode said that the Toronto elite was on the maiden voyage of the ship; people Julia should know. It's only been six months since Julia's trial when her affair with William and divorce hit the papers. I would have like a scene where we would have seen some people in the background, pointing at William and Julia, enjoying in an obvious gossip session.
As a fan of Julia's old career as a pathologist, I did appreciate her foray back into her old job. I hope to see more of this during the rest of the season.
Finally,one last comment. All summer long I hoped Julia would be wearing the S5 blue dress when the ship went down. I see she was not. My hope now is that the dress was in her trunk and the hateful thing is now sitting at the bottom of lake Ontario and never to be seen again......
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Post by barbarama on Oct 2, 2013 15:26:11 GMT
Lol Petunia regarding the blue dress  Regarding the autopsy scene, I did appreciate the flashback feeling that it gave me but unless she's helping Dr. Grace with some case(s) I don't think we'll see Julia a lot at the morgue (I might be wrong but that is my impression). I also agree with the rest of what you wrote except for Julia & William's ordeal being brought back even slightly in this episode. It might make sense that after "just" 6 months Julia could still be considered as some kind of a pariah within high society....but "realistic" is the last scene we got in season 6 final episode and I myself am a bit tired of the constant drama. I really enjoyed the fact that W&J were relaxed, happy to see each other and flirted as well... even though the spectrum of Gillies is still looming, he's not dead yet after all, and the horrible ordeal that they went through because of him, I was glad that it didn't impact the way they interacted with each other or that other passengers would not be there to judge or comment about them on the boat. |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Oct 2, 2013 15:29:47 GMT
Didn't think about that. You're right, there should have been something like that other than them only briefly discussing Gillies.
I'm glad that she wasn't wearing it! I don't know if she packed it with her but I'm pretty sure we're never going to see it again. Thank God.
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Post by carco on Oct 2, 2013 15:56:36 GMT
I'm pretty sure Julia will still work at the asylum, I've visited the set for the Murdoch Convention last August and the Asylum was still part of it with her office and the beds, there's no reason she's not a psychiatrist there anymore, nothing had been given or said that was going into the direction that she will work full time at the constabulary now....is that what you meant Carco? Thanks for the clarification Barbarama. Lucky you being on set! I guess I got it into my head that Julia was going to work full time with the police as a kind of behaviour profiler. Have to admit I have overdosed on MM viewings lately and apparently I've created my own storyline!!  |
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Post by barbarama on Oct 2, 2013 16:33:27 GMT
We are probably all more or less guilty of doing the same thing at some point Carco  |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Oct 2, 2013 17:08:34 GMT
Yeah, I do that all the time. It's called fan fiction.
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Post by randomkiwibirds on Oct 2, 2013 18:33:24 GMT
Watching this tonight but in the meantime Screencaps are up CLICKYWhat a minute! How do you make the screencaps without watching it? Me confuzzled. I run it in the background. Muted. Capping automatically. So it's really "low maintenance". I could watch it while I cap, but my mom likes to watch to, so we just watch together in the evening. |
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Post by randomkiwibirds on Oct 2, 2013 18:37:46 GMT
That hat scene was the most beautiful thing ever.
Brackenreid was right on his usual trend and was probably one of the highlights of the episode. I had some issues with the color of Julia's dress. I thought the green a bit off. I do like Higgins, but he irritated me this episode for some reason. We'll have to see how that plays out.
George was adorable, but again I found that whole bit with Station House 4 out of place, maybe it was just Higgins. Or just me...?
Looking forward to the rest of the season!
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Post by petunia on Oct 2, 2013 18:49:30 GMT
According to my husband, William's comment at the beginning of the episode about not having seen her for a while can be translated into today's jargon as "I ain't been getting any..." Now I am beginning to feel sorry for our poor William on that subject. In the seven years this show has been running he has been mostly celibate.
Season one, he was morning Liza for the first half and only started noticing Julia on the second half. I don't really think William and Julia progressed far enough in S2 to get "intimate" before they broke up at mid-season. However, I do think they did indeed sleep together in S3. There was an intimacy in that season between the two of them we had not seen before. Season four was a dry one for our William. I think he did have a one night stand with Anna in S5. S6, well maybe they did more than play domino at that hotel, but other than that, zilcho...
Never mind Victorian principles, Julia needs to realize her poor William needs some "special attention."
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Oct 2, 2013 19:07:08 GMT
I'm still under the impression that Murdoch is a monk and has never gotten any, ever. I'm probably in the minority here...it's just certain comments he's made, most notably to Julia in last season, "You are most lovely to me, but we cannot truly be together until we are married." or something to that effect.
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Post by MelodyPond101 on Oct 2, 2013 21:28:59 GMT
I'm inclined to agree with CC; I don't believe that he has ever gotten any- at the least, during the course of the show. It's possible that he may have slept with Liza, but somewhat doubtful, considering they were both devout Catholics. I'm fairly certain he and Julia didn't get any of that kind of action in s3, again taking into account his religion and faith. It was going around that he had a one night stand with Anna, but again I'm dubious. If I recall correctly, Anna was also a Catholic... and if he didn't sleep with Julia during their long courtship, he wouldn't with Anna over the short period of time that she was there with him.
The dominoes thing was funny, but we know that nothing happened in that hotel. Things might have gotten hot- but Murdoch wouldn't have taken it any further. To him, it would be a manner of honor or whatever gobblygoop he wants to call it.
....and he's turning 40/has turned 40 this season....
Lol, Carco, we all come up with our own storylines, which some of us turn into fanfiction. Some of these storylines are more nutso than others. *cough*
I'm not a huge fan of Julia at the asylum. Last season, a lot of her scenes appeared rather pointless. Either she wanted to talk to William/see William, or Willim came to her for advice that- honestly- didn't much help the solving of the case. She had a few gem scenes, but sometimes her inclusion into the episodes seemed very forced. I do hope that she will work more closely with the constabulary this season, and not just Murdoch- her and George are pure gold. They can go and investigate together!
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Post by carco on Oct 2, 2013 21:40:21 GMT
I'm still under the impression that Murdoch is a monk and has never gotten any, ever. I'm probably in the minority here...it's just certain comments he's made, most notably to Julia in last season, "You are most lovely to me, but we cannot truly be together until we are married." or something to that effect. Hahaha! Sorry, just picturing Friar Murdoch....and his hat. I agree, I don't think Murdoch has been with the loves of his life. The guy's a Victorian saint. He might have been heading there with Anna in England before he got his memory back but that was nixed as soon as he called her Julia. And I don't think he and Julia see much of one another when we are not there. We're like the keepers of the gate. We'd know. |
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Post by carco on Oct 2, 2013 22:12:28 GMT
Lol, Carco, we all come up with our own storylines, which some of us turn into fanfiction. Some of these storylines are more nutso than others. *cough* I'm not a huge fan of Julia at the asylum. Last season, a lot of her scenes appeared rather pointless. Either she wanted to talk to William/see William, or Willim came to her for advice that- honestly- didn't much help the solving of the case. She had a few gem scenes, but sometimes her inclusion into the episodes seemed very forced. I do hope that she will work more closely with the constabulary this season, and not just Murdoch- her and George are pure gold. They can go and investigate together! I have to admit (drags her toes in the dirt) I did write a couple of fanfic for another show that consumed me several years ago. Mainly because the writer's were annoying and preferred their own storyline. But my life is a bit more complicated these days so will hold off on fanfic for the time being. But, I can't get it sorted out in my head why Julia became engaged to Darcy so (relatively) quickly. Then recently I heard/read (whatever) Helene say she'd like to know about her father, where he got his money and what he thinks of "the match" (between William and Julia). That got me to filling in my own blanks regarding the socially acceptable and amazingly timely Julia/Darcy match....unbeknownst to Julia of course. I haven't read the MM fanfics yet so maybe someone has run with that line of thinking but if not - be my guest I don't "get" the asylum location for Julia either but I'm guessing it was such a new field at the time the asylum would be the only place from which she could work. |
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Post by petunia on Oct 2, 2013 22:15:36 GMT
Well MelodyPond and CC to quote George: we will have to agree to disagree on this one. It does not really matter who is right anyway as my theory makes him a near monk while yours makes him a total monk!!! Julia however as she has said herself in S6 "You know I've been intimate with men" is a whole different story. Once she gets herself sorted out, I don't imagine this current status will last long. I'm not a huge fan of Julia at the asylum. Last season, a lot of her scenes appeared rather pointless. Either she wanted to talk to William/see William, or Willim came to her for advice that- honestly- didn't much help the solving of the case. She had a few gem scenes, but sometimes her inclusion into the episodes seemed very forced. I do hope that she will work more closely with the constabulary this season, and not just Murdoch- her and George are pure gold. They can go and investigate together! I could not agree more with you on this one. I too find Julia's new career does not "fit well" in the show. I also find her scenes with George funny. They could easily write her back in the morgue. Maybe once her and William are married, she won't want to work full time anymore? A part time job helping Emily would be just right. |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Oct 2, 2013 22:26:51 GMT
We know the fandom is officially awake again now that we are discussing Murdoch's sex life. I feel a bit bad, I made a joke on my blog awhile ago about him being a 40 year old virgin...in the first season, (I didn't know how old his character was supposed to be back then) and I think I'm probably right about this. But Steve Carell's character eventually got laid so there's still hope for Murdoch. I hope that's not a jab at me! Yup, yup and yup. |
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