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dangermousie) wrote2008-05-14 10:03 am
dangermousie) wrote2008-05-14 10:03 am
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The Devil: ep 6 caps and meta
Episode 6 of The Devil continued the trend of each episode being better than the last.
Also, while I understand Lawyer's motivation, I can't forgive him putting Hot Rumpled Cop through such hell (and I bet he just started) and drinking it all in. Hot Rumpled Cop is, by now, one of my favorite drama characters ever...so. I don't mind if Lawyer ends up buying it, but I don't want Cop to die too. Can't see it ending well for anyone though :(
He was sent pictures of himself in high school, so he finds out that the killings have to do with him. So, in a very direct way, his best friend died because of him, because the killer wanted to hurt him.
Lawyer enjoying the pale light. He is never really in the full bright warmth, is he?
And that is where I started to hate the Lawyer. He sent Librarian a tarot card. There is a good chance she'd freak out and think she was the next target! (She isn't, because this card has a different meaning etc) and he knows it. Luckily she is full of common sense. I fluctuate like mad between loathing for Lawyer and his head games and liking him again, when there is a scene which shows his hidden vulnerability and how messed-up he is.
I love this shot:
Flashback to Hot Cop when he was a kid who accidentally stabbed somebody. But his powerful father got him off. Clearly, Lawyer's revenge has something to do with this murder. I hate th say it, but come on, Lawyer! Live in the present, not the past, blah blah trauma, get over it.
Especially when your revenge made this innocent single Mom a murderer. She will be racked with guilt forever now, are you happy?
I don't know why, but I really like the adulterous!otp of Cop's older brother's wife and his secretary:
But someone is taking photos. This can't end well...
On the phone with his father (who is kinda awful):
I was almost crying during this scene too. Especially when he still had his (presumably dead) Mom's phone number programmed into his phone still.
She tells him about the tarot card:
Lawyer being human with his adopted brother:
Hot Rumpled Cop rushes over to the Library, to make sure Librarian is OK. I love how she very pure she and her work always look.
A funny misunderstanding scene follows.
Ilove this intercutting of shots:
She is so wonderful and he is so tormented. Especially when she mentions something about what the tarot card means:
She tries to comfort him:
He meets her Mom. Awww :) I want Cop/Librarian now.
He comes to his Best Friend's funeral:
Oh God, I hate you, Lawyer. He is all 'I thought I was going to miss you' but I bet not! I bet you wanted to be there to drink in his misery for yourself.
I love these shots of him. And somehow, I don't hate him anymore, with the sadness and alone-ness. Grrrr, drama stop making me rollercoaster!Don't stop.
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HATE AGAIN. DO NOT LOOK SO HAPPY TO BE WRECKING SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
I don't care if he accidentally stabbed someone when he was a kid. I don't care if that person was some sort of relative and your Mom was also somehow involved. That's really sad blah blah. But shouldn't you (a) find out if maybe your target isn't an awful person first and/or (b) go up to them and punish them directly, not slowly torment him? Seriously. I hope you have a FRELLING nervious breakdown when you do have that realization (because Lawyer's character is shown not as psycho or incapable of love or sympathy or compassion, but just a messed-up young guy out foor revenge a little too thoroughly). What will you do then? It's not like you could bring dead people back to life or unwreck other lives.
And then, suddenly, I don't hate him again, but feel only pity and a desire to make all the hurt go away. There is his Mom's wedding ring inside the box:
His eyes well-up with tears...oh man, JJH you are goooood!
On her day off they drive to the building she saw:
It happens to be his former school! And he starts falling apart...
Gosh, this scene was so painful to watch:
Also, while I understand Lawyer's motivation, I can't forgive him putting Hot Rumpled Cop through such hell (and I bet he just started) and drinking it all in. Hot Rumpled Cop is, by now, one of my favorite drama characters ever...so. I don't mind if Lawyer ends up buying it, but I don't want Cop to die too. Can't see it ending well for anyone though :(
He was sent pictures of himself in high school, so he finds out that the killings have to do with him. So, in a very direct way, his best friend died because of him, because the killer wanted to hurt him.
Lawyer enjoying the pale light. He is never really in the full bright warmth, is he?
And that is where I started to hate the Lawyer. He sent Librarian a tarot card. There is a good chance she'd freak out and think she was the next target! (She isn't, because this card has a different meaning etc) and he knows it. Luckily she is full of common sense. I fluctuate like mad between loathing for Lawyer and his head games and liking him again, when there is a scene which shows his hidden vulnerability and how messed-up he is.
I love this shot:
Flashback to Hot Cop when he was a kid who accidentally stabbed somebody. But his powerful father got him off. Clearly, Lawyer's revenge has something to do with this murder. I hate th say it, but come on, Lawyer! Live in the present, not the past, blah blah trauma, get over it.
Especially when your revenge made this innocent single Mom a murderer. She will be racked with guilt forever now, are you happy?
I don't know why, but I really like the adulterous!otp of Cop's older brother's wife and his secretary:
But someone is taking photos. This can't end well...
On the phone with his father (who is kinda awful):
I was almost crying during this scene too. Especially when he still had his (presumably dead) Mom's phone number programmed into his phone still.
She tells him about the tarot card:
Lawyer being human with his adopted brother:
Hot Rumpled Cop rushes over to the Library, to make sure Librarian is OK. I love how she very pure she and her work always look.
A funny misunderstanding scene follows.
Ilove this intercutting of shots:
She is so wonderful and he is so tormented. Especially when she mentions something about what the tarot card means:
She tries to comfort him:
He meets her Mom. Awww :) I want Cop/Librarian now.
He comes to his Best Friend's funeral:
Oh God, I hate you, Lawyer. He is all 'I thought I was going to miss you' but I bet not! I bet you wanted to be there to drink in his misery for yourself.
I love these shots of him. And somehow, I don't hate him anymore, with the sadness and alone-ness. Grrrr, drama stop making me rollercoaster!
Intercuts:
HATE AGAIN. DO NOT LOOK SO HAPPY TO BE WRECKING SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
I don't care if he accidentally stabbed someone when he was a kid. I don't care if that person was some sort of relative and your Mom was also somehow involved. That's really sad blah blah. But shouldn't you (a) find out if maybe your target isn't an awful person first and/or (b) go up to them and punish them directly, not slowly torment him? Seriously. I hope you have a FRELLING nervious breakdown when you do have that realization (because Lawyer's character is shown not as psycho or incapable of love or sympathy or compassion, but just a messed-up young guy out foor revenge a little too thoroughly). What will you do then? It's not like you could bring dead people back to life or unwreck other lives.
And then, suddenly, I don't hate him again, but feel only pity and a desire to make all the hurt go away. There is his Mom's wedding ring inside the box:
His eyes well-up with tears...oh man, JJH you are goooood!
On her day off they drive to the building she saw:
It happens to be his former school! And he starts falling apart...
Gosh, this scene was so painful to watch:
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How I love the main cast - they are all so good.
*off to watch ep 9*
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The death of his brother wasn't an accident, as far as the lawyer knows. Even the librarian can't tell from her vision whether the cop deliberately stabbed him. The rest of the world believes his brother was the bully and the cop killed him in self-defense.
go up to them and punish them directly, not slowly torment him?
Barring the inexcusable use of innocent people, I have to say the lawyer's revenge doesn't bother me that much, partly because he saved the cop for last.
The contrast between the cop's family/friends and the lawyer's fascinates me. The lawyer went from a wonderful birth family to a wonderful adopted family; everyone close to him is a good person, with one exception he created (/spoiler). The people the cop grew up with... are various degrees of scums, sorry. Most of them genuinely love and care about the cop, but all are ready to protect/further their interests over others' misery. And that's how the lawyer gets them.
Compare the cop's comrades to his friends, his superior to his father. He's worked hard to become a good person (though he still exhibits traits that used to get his younger bully self into trouble - I just love the writing), but his homies haven't. If the homies weren't so loyal to him, he might have left them behind. The very first ep. establishes that he prefers work to home. Again, tight writing.
The lawyer observed all his targets for a long time before beginning his revenge; he knew their dark secrets. He doesn't acknowledge the cop's shiny new goodness at first because the others' badness covered it like smog, I think. But once he starts to interact with the cop...
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Visually, I really like how stark it is. There are no frills about it, even in the characters' clothes.
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