"Aliens in a Spaceship" - Bones
I absolutely loved this episode and have no shame in saying that I've probably watched it more than 10 times (as I have with most of Buffy, but that goes without saying)
Brennan and Hodgins are captured by the Gravedigger (serial killer who buries people alive, asks for ransom and if it's not paid, she doesn't give you the coordinates and the person/people suffocate to death) while working on another Gravedigger case. They are buried alive in Brennan's car.
So much tension at work here. Hodgins loves Angela and hasn't told her. Booth most assuredly loves Brennan and hasn't told her. And two of the scientists working the case are buried underground and are unable to access all the things they would need to solve the case. Of course, they're brilliant and use whatever is in the car to help themselves and, as always, the case is solved and they're found
It's strange to think back on this episode, because the whole Gravedigger plot just recently got tied up two episodes ago in Season 5 when they brought the suspect to trial and (thankfully) convicted her. The first time we even heard of the Gravedigger was in Season 2, so it's been a long time coming
Regardless, great episode
I might go watch it now
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My sweatshirt arrived on Friday. Unfortunately, I got back a little too late on Friday to pick it up from the Prime Housing office.
And then they were closed on Saturday
and Sunday
and it's Memorial Day today, so obviously, closed again
I just want my fucking sweatshirt!
In other news, Doctor Who. Okay, guys. That was mean. Did I see it coming? No. I actually didn't. I mean, two seconds before he bit it, of course I realized what was just about to happen, but for goodness sake! And THEN with the whole crack in the wall and the light and the forgetting and the Doctor looking so damn sad.
Mean
To top that all off, I heard some odd rumors about what's going to happen and how this is all going to get tied up (because Rory dying isn't over, apparently). I really hope whoever posted those spoilers is just an idiot who enjoys taunting people, because it's ridiculous what they plan on doing
***If you don't want to know - SKIP THIS PART***
What I heard is that some alien race of some sort is going to take a copy of Rory from Amy's brain, make a duplicate and set him after the Doctor and Amy to spy on them. He's just like Rory, down to the last detail, but he has occasional bouts of evilness and randomly kills people. So, he'll be walking along, talking to the Doctor like normal and then suddenly, he switches and goes evil for a few seconds and then switches back.
All of this is supposed to lead him and Amy to the alter to get married
What. The. Fuck.
Just leave him dead, guys. Let this be just another thing on the Doctor's conscience. Or do something better!
In other OTHER news, The Phantom of the Opera was quite fun. I've seen the Phantom perform before, but last time I saw him, he was Raoul. The program says he holds the record for playing Raoul for the longest period of time - for the greatest amount of shows. Good job, buddy. I mean, this guy was quite amazing. And I imagine years and year of playing second fiddle to the Phantom (not that Raoul isn't a commendable role) gave this actors LOADS of ideas (the classic "I could do that better"). AND, Rachel told me that there was a write-up in the paper about him. He had to train really hard for the Phantom because, I do believe Raoul is a baritone and the Phantom is a tenor and this actor is a baritone (I think?). Regardless, hours and hours of training to sound as gorgeous as he did
Way to go, kiddo!
Rachel and I were discussing his acting choices, as well, and some of them were just amazing. I think he's probably the best Phantom I've seen, though it's kinda hard to remember the other ones. They're spaced out over a long period of time
Our Christine was definitely trained as a singer before an actress, but she was fine. I remember Sam saying once that it was really hard for her to find any kind of soprano she liked. I guess I just hadn't given it a ton of thought until she said that and I noticed that it is REALLY hard to find sopranos that don't make you wince. This Christine was no different, but at least she's in good company with the rest of the Christines that will just never quite be good enough
Every performance has it's mistakes, too, and I'm glad to report that the worst one of those was Christine slipping banana-peel-on-the-floor style when she went running to Raoul's side. He was on the floor to begin with, so I wasn't quite sure if she fell or if she was just fainting in character again. Rachel said she saw her foot come up, though, so it was a fall. But damn, I can't blame the poor girl. Some of the shit they make her wear - long and billowy and satin-y as it is - I'd be slipping everywhere
All in all, it was a good run of it. That show will always have a special place in my heart as it was the first musical I ever heard or saw.
A bit of that love is dimmed out by the fact that stupid stupid STUPID Andrew Lloyd Webber had to go and ruin all of it by making a sequel because he had cancer and chemo must have made him loopy...but, you know...
whatever
I need to take one large sleeping pill and sleep. I only got about 4 hours last night. Tossing and turning. It's gross and I feel nauseous
Happy Memorial Day
*heave*
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