the twin dilemma, also leverage

[usuallyhats]

- I watched "The Twin Dilemma"! ...oh dear. There is just no getting around the fact that it was not very good, is there? A few thoughts:

• I found the Six-Peri dynamic so frustrating, because I LOVE affectionate bickering, and this was not really that. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant were obviously doing their best with it, but the script was not helping. Who on earth thought it would be a good idea to start things off by having Six try and kill Peri? Ack.


• That being said, Six's smug expression when he pronounced Peri's outfit "yuck!" made me laugh out loud. ♥ (I actually quite liked her outfit! The boots were great and I loved the way she wore the blanket as a poncho.)


• About Time's fourth thing to notice about "The Twin Dilemma": "there does not appear to be an actual dilemma in this story". OH SNAP.

- I also watched the new episode of Leverage! As much as I love Parker/Hardison, I was a little worried that between it being canon and the new developments on the Sophie/Nate front, all the other team relationships would get short shrift. But based on this episode, I needn't worry too much, as it was indeed awesome for my OT3. PARKER AND ELIOT ARE HARDISON'S PEEPS. I really loved the Parker/Eliot scene, and it was great that the day was saved because of both Eliot's survival instinct and Parker's attempts to do the right thing. ♥ ALSO THE HUGS. SO MUCH LOVE FOR THE HUGS. And Parker making her peace with her not-normalness, again. And "Are there avalanches on skyscrapers?"/"No. But that would be so cool.", and the montage of Hardison jumping off buildings, badly. :D

In non-OT3 related things, I quite liked that it wasn't a convoluted con for once (despite Sophie's best efforts, ♥), that was a nice change of pace. And I laughed tremendously at the whole "Let's go steal a mountain."/"Again." sequence. Though, they really were hitting the "Nate is not a nice guy" angle quite hard this episode, weren't they? I approve - I find I like Nate much more when the show acknowledges that he's not actually that great.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

This week's Leverage was brilliant fun! Moar pls!

Yeah, the Twin Dilemma - even in novelised form, it isn't that brilliant!

(By the way, I'm sorry I've yet to give you that list of promised Magnus-doing-science scenes - my brain has been stolen by my Sanctuary OC and um, yes - I've yet to compile it!)

[usuallyhats]

SO much fun! I've missed having shiny new episodes to enjoy...

No worries! I'm still very much in the planning stages, so not in any hurry. :) (And it's no problem if you don't have a chance to get round to it!)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Me too!!

I will do it eventually - please feel to poke me if I haven't by the time you get towards the end of the planning stages, and I will endeavour to wrest control of my brain from the plot bunnies!

[ravenskyewalker.livejournal.com]

Yeah, "Oh dear" is my memory of "Twin Dilemma," too, uggh. Colin Baker was better than the material, though.

[usuallyhats]

He was! And so was Nicola Bryant, I thought. ♥

[everlasting-day.livejournal.com]

The Twin Dilemma is pretty goshdarn awful, but I can't get over the fact that it contains one of my favourite Doctor Who scenes of all time (no, really, it does!). Azmael's death scene is brilliant and genuinely touching, I dunno where it comes from considering how bad the rest of the story is.

I really can't stand the early Six/Peri relationship - it feels like it takes forever to go from "these people hate each other" to "affectionate bickering". Every time I feel like I want to watch a Six story, I remember it'll probably be full of endless scenes of the pair arguing in the console room and get put off. Thank god for Big Finish.

I adore Revelation of the Daleks, though - I'm excited to see what you think of that when you get there.

[usuallyhats]

Azmael's death scene is brilliant and genuinely touching
It is - it's a shame it's so overshadowed by everything else in the story. :/

I've actually seen Revelation already - about five years ago, though, so I'm looking forward to seeing if my opinion of it has changed in the intervening time.

[lycoris.livejournal.com]

I really need to re watch The Twim Dilemma, I actually sort of liked it at the time. I even kind of liked the idea of the Doctor trying to kill Peri, if it had been done better ... I feel it could have been interesting. But it never quite worked in the end. *mourns* They do eventually reach affectionate bickering, thank goodness!

[usuallyhats]

They do eventually reach affectionate bickering, thank goodness!
I'm looking forward to it! I really love their dynamic in the audios, but I can't remember very much of what it's like in their later episodes, even though I've seen a fair few of them.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

I really don't like Twin Dilemma. The plot is awful, and it's just a terrible start for the poor Sixth Doctor. I blame the bad writing. But, like you, I laughed at the Doctor's "Yuck!" reaction upon seeing Peri's outfit.

[usuallyhats]

I blame the bad writing.
*nods* Me too. I can see Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant trying to make it work, but sometimes it's a bit of a lost cause.

But, like you, I laughed at the Doctor's "Yuck!" reaction upon seeing Peri's outfit.
His expression was just so perfect! ♥

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to see The Twin Dilemma on first airing, and realize that this was the radical new direction of the show you loved. People complain about Moffat vs. Davies!

[usuallyhats]

Oh, yes, that can't have been fun, especially with the contrast between it and Caves of Androzani, and then the long wait for new episodes...