Episode Report Card Erin: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Darkness Falls
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 17 | Aired on 03.01.2003
There's a nice touch here, I might add, when Syd opens the computer itself. It's this: the trackpads are realistically dirty, as if Vaughn uses the computer all the time. I just loved that. I didn't notice it the first time I watched this episode, but the couple of times I've rewound this scene made it jump out at me. I have no idea why this pleases me, but I probably would have said something relatively negative if she'd opened it up and it was all spangly and new. I'm weird that way, though.
The computer's powered up and the screen comes into focus. Syd starts typing something on the keyboard. The music gets louder and sharper until Syd looks in the direction of the bathroom where Vaughn's soaping up and ends on a dun dun DUN! Vaughn yells, "Honey! We're out of Herbal Essences! Can you bring me another bottle?" Syd can't hear him because that last DUN actually rendered her hearing-impaired. She just continues looking down the hall as if there's a camera trained on her and her boyfriend betrayal. Which, considering that this is The House Of Hidden Surveillance Equipment, is probably very likely.
After an extended trip to Martha Stewart's World of Cheap K-Mart Shit, we're back with Will and Francie and a couple glasses of fine red wine. Speaking of wine...gulp. Excellent Nuclear Mai-Tai, sweetie! You're getting good at these! Wait. What's that flavor I'm tasting? Battery acid! Oh, Owen! You're so good to me.
Hi, Will! Everyone say hi to Will. He's back, and he seems to be reverting to good old Willage Idiot behavior, because he's going, "What I'm about to tell you, you can't tell anybody. Swear to me." Oh, Willage. It's good to have you back. Francie smiles and swears not to tell anyone. Anything. Ever. Or to have a human emotion. Anytime. Ever. Will takes a huge slurp of wine. I think I'll join him. Slurrrrp. Mmm. Battery acid.
Will takes a deep breath and then launches into his story about how Syd actually works for the CIA. Francie's all, come on! Not really! Will's all, think about it! What kind of bank sends their employees all over the freakin' world like that! It's a cover job. And it's not even a GOOD cover job. Amen to that, brother. I think that's a confirmed shout-out if I've ever heard one.
Francie's not buying it, however. Will says, "Oh, I am telling you, I have seen her in action. She's like Schwarzenegger. She's like the old Schwarzenegger. She's amazing!" What's with the Schwarzenegger obsession here? Was that intentional? First it was Marshall last week with the whole Predator thing and now this? And I'd say Syd's more like Jean-Claude Van Damme than Schwarzenegger. Have YOU ever seen Schwarzenegger deliver a roundhouse kick in mid-air? I don't THINK so.
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