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The Pretender 209: F/X
This ep was one of the French ones (subtitles for everything but, weirdly, dialogue unless that's turned off), but the credits seem to have gone back to the old music and scenes. I liked the faster, more actiony ones.
I haven't got a lot to say about this one. The A story was fairly standard (though Jarod's getting pretty obvious with his name, calling himself Jarod Lugosi). He discovered model cars, but didn't have heaps of fun with them. He needs to find a new food.
Back at the Centre though, things got nasty. I found Room 155 disturbing with its torture devices, and little Timmy crying. (Huh; apparently the kid was played by the one who was baby Darth Vader in Star Wars Ep 1. He does a better job here, but maybe he got some direction.) But he turns out to be Angelo! I don't know what Raines did to him, or how erasing his identity turned him into an empath. Maybe others' feelings fill the huge vacuum left?
I wonder who Mr Fenigor is.
Awwww, Parker actually feels some sympathy for poor Angelo there at the end.
And Jarod has her mother's diary. I get the feeling though, that like Lost, the more answers we get, the more questions there will be.
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Well, he discovered model cars,anyway. IIRC, you'll get to see him have more fun with RC ones later. :)
I found Room 155 disturbing with its torture devices, and little Timmy crying.
It's meant to be disturbing, of course. And very effective it is, too. (I just re-watched this one a little while ago, and I think it got to me even more on second viewing.)
(Huh; apparently the kid was played by the one who was baby Darth Vader in Star Wars Ep 1. He does a better job here, but maybe he got some direction.)
I swear, that movie did an amazing job of sucking the talent out of everybody it touched. :) The kid is actually quite good, judging by this. And very cute.
I don't know what Raines did to him, or how erasing his identity turned him into an empath.
I don't think it's especially worthwhile to go inquiring too far into the exact workings of Pretenderverse science. :)
Awwww, Parker actually feels some sympathy for poor Angelo there at the end.
She does. It's really very sweet. Awww.
I get the feeling though, that like Lost, the more answers we get, the more questions there will be.
I suspect, in the end, it's gonna be worst than Lost on that front, but what the heck. I love it anyway. :)
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I know it was meant to be disturbing; it just worried me more than the last ep because of actually seeing something, me being so visual. It creeped me out like the gynie restraints on SL27. [shudders]
Yeah, with Lost presumably they know where they're going and how they'll end it, but I gather TP just stopped. Possibly after jumping the shark.
Can't wait to see the next one because I watched the lead-in and it's Sydney and Jacob, but it's also a petrol-head one so I'll have to wait because Greg likes motor racing.
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The race car plot in the next episode is completely forgettable, but the bits with Sydney aren't. :)
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Greg likes races; they bore me silly. But he's home sick today so we may watch later.
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My understanding is that he wiped Angelo of all personality of his own, so that his pretender talent now absorbed the personality of others as well as the abilities. We really have no idea HOW pretender abilities work
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