I haven't read the rest of the comments, so sorry if I'm going over old ground. I've been dying to talk to you -- to ANYONE -- about the show all day. Dang work! :)
Okay, Mama McGarrett. I don't know. I like the actress a lot and I think there's a good amount of meat there to propel Steve through the season and like you, I'm hoping that her storyline offers more moments of emoting for Steve. His reaction to her was so controlled; he moved like there was a fist around him. It had me aching for him. :(
She kinda made me snarl. I didn't like how she stepped back into the "Steven, watch your mouth" type mom person. I felt my hackles rise at that, thinking she pretty much gave up the right to behave as his mother when she abandoned him, set his life on this course, and set the events into motion that got his father murdered on the phone with him.
I did think it was amusing that he reacted with an instinctive "Sorry."
LOVED how subtly protective Danny was of him, though. How he managed to land a few quiet blows on Mom that said, hey, he's been through enough - don't you dare make it worse.
It wasn’t about Steve trying to convince Danny to move. It was about not wanting Grace to be hurt in the middle of a huge fight. How much did Steve’s parents’ secrets destroy him and Mary? He’s just projecting and processing. I thought it was very telling.
I see exactly that. The way he said that Grace was the one who'd be hurt, then kinda looked away -- all cockiness, all brashness gone from his voice -- he wasn't telling Danny to go, he was saying "be careful...however you do this, just...be careful."
CHIN! Gah, he made me cry. Real tears. I've been watching a lot of old school 21 Jump Street late at night when I can't sleep, and there's an episode in season 2 where Tommy Hanson's (Johnny OMGYUM Depp) gf is killed and he obsesses over the 3.3 seconds that he didn't do anything to stop it. When he gets the bad guy, Captain Fuller asks him if he got the 3.3 seconds back and he says no. That's what I saw on Chin's face when he said Delano was dead.
LOVE Catherine. More of her please. With Steve. And the smiles he gives her.
The last scene with Steve standing in the hanger in the light of the setting sun was just gorgeous. GOR-geous. I need an avi with that shot. :) When Danny gave him the news that Doris let Wo-Fat go, the hubs and I instantly started speculating. She killed the guy's father, but Wo-Fat didn't know who she was -- he only knew the name "Shellburn." So there had to be something about his seeing her for the first time -- or maybe her seeing him for the first time.
So we started talking about how she was an agent before she met Papa McGarett and what sort of life had she led and WHY did she kill Wo-Fat's father...and the hubs goes, "Maybe she's actually Wo-Fat's mom, too."
He was totally kidding, but I was like, whoa. what. if. I have a feeling whatever it is will rattle Steve to his bones. I want to see the Steve that yelled, "I was TORTURED over Shellburn!" to Joe White. I want to see him lose that freakin' tough-as-nails control over his emotions. Just for a bit. ;)
SO glad to have them back -- ridiculous sugar-and-pot-fueled action scenes and all. *GRINS*
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Date: 2012-09-25 09:24 pm (UTC)Okay, Mama McGarrett. I don't know. I like the actress a lot and I think there's a good amount of meat there to propel Steve through the season and like you, I'm hoping that her storyline offers more moments of emoting for Steve. His reaction to her was so controlled; he moved like there was a fist around him. It had me aching for him. :(
She kinda made me snarl. I didn't like how she stepped back into the "Steven, watch your mouth" type mom person. I felt my hackles rise at that, thinking she pretty much gave up the right to behave as his mother when she abandoned him, set his life on this course, and set the events into motion that got his father murdered on the phone with him.
I did think it was amusing that he reacted with an instinctive "Sorry."
LOVED how subtly protective Danny was of him, though. How he managed to land a few quiet blows on Mom that said, hey, he's been through enough - don't you dare make it worse.
It wasn’t about Steve trying to convince Danny to move. It was about not wanting Grace to be hurt in the middle of a huge fight. How much did Steve’s parents’ secrets destroy him and Mary? He’s just projecting and processing. I thought it was very telling.
I see exactly that. The way he said that Grace was the one who'd be hurt, then kinda looked away -- all cockiness, all brashness gone from his voice -- he wasn't telling Danny to go, he was saying "be careful...however you do this, just...be careful."
CHIN! Gah, he made me cry. Real tears. I've been watching a lot of old school 21 Jump Street late at night when I can't sleep, and there's an episode in season 2 where Tommy Hanson's (Johnny OMGYUM Depp) gf is killed and he obsesses over the 3.3 seconds that he didn't do anything to stop it. When he gets the bad guy, Captain Fuller asks him if he got the 3.3 seconds back and he says no. That's what I saw on Chin's face when he said Delano was dead.
LOVE Catherine. More of her please. With Steve. And the smiles he gives her.
The last scene with Steve standing in the hanger in the light of the setting sun was just gorgeous. GOR-geous. I need an avi with that shot. :) When Danny gave him the news that Doris let Wo-Fat go, the hubs and I instantly started speculating. She killed the guy's father, but Wo-Fat didn't know who she was -- he only knew the name "Shellburn." So there had to be something about his seeing her for the first time -- or maybe her seeing him for the first time.
So we started talking about how she was an agent before she met Papa McGarett and what sort of life had she led and WHY did she kill Wo-Fat's father...and the hubs goes, "Maybe she's actually Wo-Fat's mom, too."
He was totally kidding, but I was like, whoa. what. if. I have a feeling whatever it is will rattle Steve to his bones. I want to see the Steve that yelled, "I was TORTURED over Shellburn!" to Joe White. I want to see him lose that freakin' tough-as-nails control over his emotions. Just for a bit. ;)
SO glad to have them back -- ridiculous sugar-and-pot-fueled action scenes and all. *GRINS*