The Pretender 210: Indy

[vilakins]

A good episode, despite the petrolhead stuff. ;-)

Awww, see how Sydney's face lights up when he steps out of the lift and see dream Jarod. And I have a tweed cap just like that which shall henceforth be known as my Sydney cap. :-D

It seems that there is indeed a bond between twins as Sydney gets the message from Jacob first. I couldn't catch what Jacob was saying in French at the hospital; something about the children. I assume he meant the other twins Krieg was experimenting on.

I'm really surprised though that the Centre doesn't know where Sydney's fishing cabin is? And anyway, I thought he only ever went away over Christmas to see Jacob. Or hasn't he been there since the accident? If it's Sydney's place, it didn't exactly look abandoned.

All I have to say about the A story is that it was also about brothers and had an extra set (the Andrettis), and that Jarod discovered RC cars after the model ones last week--but this time he went for a scale of 1:1. :-)

I KNEW IT! It was indeed Sydney who shot Raines' oxygen tank (possibly aiming for his head). I guessed that at the time, and Sydney's denied familiarity with weapons supported it.

I'm wondering if "Gene" is a name, or the reason Jarod was kidnapped.

And I note that Sydney (and Jacob) seem never to have given up their Christian belief with the cross Sydney drew on Jacob's forehead and the hymn "Amazing Grace" (took me a while to place the tune) that he played for Jacob. But why bagpipes? And awww, Parker was lovely with Sydney, holding him when he cried, and playing Fish with him when Raines turned up. Pity she virtually told him it was Sydney who shot his tank. Keep your gun with you, Syd.

I liked that the ep finished with Jarod really there. Hey, maybe they went fishing later!

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[kernezelda]

This was a good Sydney episode, yes indeed. *sniff* I loved that Jarod was there for him at the end, that Parker was there with him after realizing what was happening.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Man, everybody's watching The Pretender but me right now!

And I have a tweed cap just like that which shall henceforth be known as my Sydney cap. :-D

I really, really like that cap on him. :)

It seems that there is indeed a bond between twins as Sydney gets the message from Jacob first.

It's a little bit ambiguous, maybe, but that does seem to be the case. And the show's hinted at that before, with that experiment Sydney was doing where he'd shock one twin and the other one would flinch. Which he seemed utterly delighted by. Oh, Sydney.

I couldn't catch what Jacob was saying in French at the hospital; something about the children. I assume he meant the other twins Krieg was experimenting on.

I caught "the children are in the," which pretty much exhausted my French. I thought it might have been something about the kids at the Centre, actually. But I poked RSR to translate it for me, and IIRC it was "the children are in the meadow" and maybe something about sheep. So he was probably remembering something from further in the past than either of our assumptions.

If it's Sydney's place, it didn't exactly look abandoned.

He might go up on weekends occasionally or something. It doesn't seem to be that far away. Actually, I can think of a line from a later episode that indicates that, yes, he has been up there since, but I'm not gonna talk about that. :)

I guessed that at the time, and Sydney's denied familiarity with weapons supported it.

It took me a while to come to that conclusion, myself, although by the time he admitted it, I wasn't surprised, either.

I'm wondering if "Gene" is a name, or the reason Jarod was kidnapped.

And it was ages before I suddenly found myself exclaiming, "Oh, wait! 'Gene' isn't necessarily a name!" Sometimes I'm a little slow at picking up on possibilities. :)

And I note that Sydney (and Jacob) seem never to have given up their Christian belief

I don't know about Jacob, but Syd's Catholicism seems pretty lapsed. Actually, I don't remember precisely, but does he say he hasn't been to confession in 30 years? If that's true, it seems he stopped going about the time of the accident. He really doesn't seem to have let go of it completely, though.

But why bagpipes?

Some people actually like bagpipes! :) But "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes will never, ever not make me think of The Wrath of Khan.

Pity she virtually told him it was Sydney who shot his tank.

It was a great line, but more than a little ill-advised, yes. :) Then again, it's amazing what people can get away with practically admitting to at the Centre...

I liked that the ep finished with Jarod really there. Hey, maybe they went fishing later!

That ending, as you can imagine, did fuzzy things to my heart. :) I like to think he stayed to go fishing too, although somehow I do kind of doubt it. Awww.