eclipse

[schmerica]

Ha, for this one I actually took notes while I was watching. I am very very dorky.

Things that make me go *heart*:

+ Ray's tattoo and upper arms
+ Bobbing for trout
+ Ray dancing alone in his apartment
+ The conversation about the broken bottle
+ 72 hours with a caribou carcass
+ The repetition of the conversation from BdtH
+ "Nice to meet you, Ray Kowalski" and handshake
+ "Although in his youth, Diefenbaker did demonstrate a keen interest in horticulture."
+ Ray's glasses (!!!)
+ "Obviously you weren't fully briefed"
+ The way Ray seems to begin to get actually interested in Fraser's eagle feather story
+ Fraser being snarky about Ray's shooting
+ Bad-ass shooting Ray
+ Glasses hanging off Ray's face
+ The entire part with Gladys
+ "Do you find me attractive?" sequence
+ "But I am acquainted with loss and, occasionally, loneliness."
+ The beginning of the flashback
+ "I was a con job then and I'm a con job now"
+ Fraser's speech about Ray's history and being proud to have him as partner and friend
+ "Lend me some money?" "Money and friends don't mix, Ray."
+ Welsh, Fraser and Dief with birthday hats

Questions:

+ Do the dates Fraser says for Ray's history match at all with the dates in Ladies Man? Or do the dates in Ladies Man just not work with anything (in Easy Money he says he dropped out of college to go to the academy, right)?
+ Is Fraser apologizing to running into statues as the eclipse leaves?

Comments

[bluster.livejournal.com]

s Fraser apologizing to running into statues as the eclipse leaves?

He's running into tombstones, I think. And yes, he's apologizing to them, which totally cracks me up.

There is just so much in this episode that makes me happy. Heck, I don't think there's any part of it that *doesn't* make me happy. It's funny and dorky and more than a little sad in parts, but it shows them getting to know more about each other and as far as I'm concerned comes pretty close to making the attraction canonical, at least on Fraser's part. It's a slasher's dream episode.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

It cracked me up, too. I love Fraser muchly.

And yeah, really is a very very fun episode.

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Also a great favorite of mine. Notice that Ray has entered the land of the dead, and even has to pay a price (the bottle) to the custodian to be let in. Notice that his old life ends in the open grave with the bank robber, and Fraser pulls him out of it back into the land of the living (and Fraser ends up in the same grave). There is so much Jungian material here you can shake sticks at it all day long....

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I never noticed any of that before -- nifty!

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

Is Fraser apologizing to running into statues as the eclipse leaves?

Really? Honest? My lord, I'm in love with that man.

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

Things that make me go "heart": pearl_o

I love, love, love you! I'm going to watch "Eclipse" again right freaking now! I love everything you took notes on and it makes me grin wildly that you took 'em.

The way Ray seems to begin to get actually interested in Fraser's eagle feather story

Yes! It's true! I love it! He listens! He's confused and distracted and listening.

Fraser being snarky about Ray's shooting

Heart, heart, heart this. I rewind at least once every time. "I didn't realize you were blind, Ray."

"I was a con job then and I'm a con job now"

*whimper*

Glasses hanging off Ray's face

*guh*

Yay! Thank you for this list! Mwah!
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[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*adds brooklinegirl to heart list*

Yes! It's true! I love it! He listens! He's confused and distracted and listening.

Hee, yes. He actually stops and is all "Really?" and one point, and Fraser goes "Yeah" and then they start running again. I love that moment.

And from your other comment -- oh my god, yes. Seriously, I love Fraser *this* much. (Which I suppose is not uncommon, but we can comfort ourselves with loving him for the right reasons, right? Um.)