i coulda been a defendent

[schmerica]

Yeah, really not so fond of this episode -- very low on my list of seasons three and four as a whole, I think. Still, though, pretty much every episode has things that hit my squee factor.

Things that make me go *heart*:

+ Fraser knocking on the mirror and Ray's response
+ Fraser in the scene in the interrogation room with Bruce
+ Cute nervous first day Frannie
+ ooh, I didn't know Ray had glasses in this episode! With the flippy frames!
+ Frannie's *allure*
+ "I could do that. I choose not to."
+ The way Fraser throws himself down to sleep
+ Fraser and Ray wrestling with the sleeping bag for the phone

Other notes:

The music for the climax is a really odd choice. And everybody gets clean and dry really quickly at the end, huh?

Next up, Strange Bedfellows. Wheee, Ray marriage angst.

Comments

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Oooh! Ray-in-glasses! Sleeping bag hijinks! And next up -- Strange Bedfellows!

I'm sitting at work, seething with jealousy...

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

I forget who suggested that this episode should have been titled "Brothers in Arms" but I think it would be apt. After the excellence of the first two episodes it's a bit of a letdown, and I fear it was originally written for Marciano....

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

I don't know how much sense it makes, dramatically - I'm a sucker for the violent action/dreamy music disconnect - but I really love that song. Dire Straits, "Brothers in Arms". They use it in Spy Game, too!

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

I have mentioned that I love and adore you and will send you starfish and unusual rocks if you keep posting these episode-heart-moments, right?

All that you said, and more:

"Shake, bad guys, shake."

I love that moment a whole lot, a whole whole big, my god, I just want to hug Ray to pieces for saying it like that, sweet poet-on-the-inside-sorta-woobie-Ray, guh. And Fraser's response! With the head-tilt! And "Hm." eeeeeeee...

Fraser, hunched over the table, chin on his hands, guh.

Girl-power chemistry with Elaine and Frannie.

Welsh and Ray doing part of Fraser's "I first came to Chicago..." speech.

Ray: "You know what it's like. You *hunker*." Cutey cuteness with his "hunker."

"A tuck-in-on-the-floor, I-hurt-my-back-badge."
"I'll get you one."
=
So. Married.

I liked this ep a whole lot more the second time around. The first time, I couldn't stop squeeing over finally having context for a whole bunch of my favorite soundclips.

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

::is excited to be sent::

::starts packing::

*g*

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

*giggling out loud all by myself here* <--- because it took me several beats to understand you comment.

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

See, I love this episode. I love the scene in the rain with the weird juxtaposition of music and gunfire. I especially love how Fraser gets his geek on with Bruce, and how Ray sees that, and changes his attitude a little.

I really love the groping for the phone. There is no earthly reason for Fraser to be wrestling with Ray -- it's Ray's phone, he can answer it perfectly well. And yet, groping.

[estrella30.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm with starfish on this one. The end scene makes up for all the things I don't like in the ep up until that point. I think that's a (wet) wonderful, touching (wet) and well played out (WET) scene.

(I have a wee bit of a thing for wet Fraser and Ray. Can you tell?)

[estrella30.livejournal.com]

*snort*

This cracked me up *g*

[marialima.livejournal.com]

I'm loving your episode posts. Makes me want to take all mine out and watch yet another time!

I do have to agree with Starfish and Estrella on this - this episode grows on you. On first watching, I wasn't as impressed, but after subsequent viewings, there are definite moments. (all over the Fraser/RayK phone groping!) ::g::

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I thought you were very subtle, actually. *nod*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ooh, unusual rocks!

I'm not sure why more of those moments didn't make my list, actually. Maybe I was just cranky last night.

Fraser, hunched over the table, chin on his hands, guh.

Oh, yes. And actually, not just that scene, but the whole episode, I really loved Fraser's interactions with Bruce in general. It was very sweet.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Awww, pauvre lynn!

I have lots and lots of class and reading before I can watch the next episode, if it makes you feel better.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe the episode will work better for me another time -- it just really didn't click with me last night.

There is no earthly reason for Fraser to be wrestling with Ray -- it's Ray's phone, he can answer it perfectly well.

Heh, I'm not sure I would go as far as to say *that*, you know. Ray was having some issues. But, yay gratituous groping.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*clears out a little space in the corner*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*nod* There are moments, definitely -- like I said, pretty much every episode has things that I adore madly. For me this one just isn't really up there that high.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe familiarity with the song would have made it more meaningful for me?