Supernatural, "Folsom Prison Blues"

[kate_nepveu]

[Written Thursday night when Internet-less.]

So there I was, in a hotel room surfing TV channels for acceptable background noise, and there was an episode of Supernatural, the show which it seems like half my reading list watches. Heck, why not?

Of course I would land on an episode that required stupid legal stuff for its plot—and I assure you, it was very stupid. First of all, the privilege applied. Now that I have the Internet: see the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. And even in a state that doesn't follow the model rules, I assure you that no reasonable attorney could think that she had to tell the FBI about the conversation with Dean.

Second, you think she wasn't aiding and abetting by what she actually did? It will be trivial for the FBI agent to determine that she deliberately lied [*], and that's a much bigger pile of trouble than standing on attorney-client privilege. Granted, this means the show would have had to create tension in the last act some other way, and also miss a chance to see a non-dead woman again, but surely something less stupid could have been done.

[*] Unless she didn't actually tell them the nurse's name, but still, how many nurses could've died in that particular year?

That said, I definitely noted some appealing bits about the show, though I doubt I'll watch, partly because I'm not much for spooky and partly because I just don't watch TV often. I really liked the shot of the pivoting cell doors when they first get into prison, and the actors playing the Winchester brothers are watchable (though it seemed to me that Dean stole this episode something awful). And I didn't foresee the twist about 3/4 through, though I lacked the context to know that there needed to be a twist, if that makes sense. I did catch some of the significant sibling interaction, thanks to skimming spoiler posts, which I suspect kept the episode from being just filler?

Anyway: didn't suck, not highly motivated to watch more (I'll be looking for people's spoiler posts about the next episode based on the preview, though).

Comments

[calimac.livejournal.com]

Of course I would land on an episode ...

It seemed as if every time I watched TNG I would land on an episode with Q. I grew so sick of him ... one Squire of Gothos was enough, and that was in the original series! TNG fans assured me that Q only appeared half a dozen times, but I found that hard to believe.

On the other hand the only episode I've ever seen of "The Sopranos" is often hailed as the best ever. (The "Tony drives his daughter to look at colleges" episode.) It was pretty good, but if it was the best ever I don't want to see any more.

[kate_nepveu]

I've only seen the first season of _Sopranos_, and it wasn't my kind of thing; but just to play Devil's Advocate for a bit, is it possible that it was only the best ever if you already knew the characters some?

I feel like I've seen a disproportionate share of Q episodes too, and I don't watch the show; perhaps they get re-run more often because he's (it's?) popular?

[calimac.livejournal.com]

is it possible that it was only the best ever if you already knew the characters some?

Possibly. Certainly when the subject is BTVS, which is my show, I don't recommend that beginners start with the very best episodes because they're not the best introductory episodes.

But there was nothing cryptic about the Sopranos episode, and I suspect that it's just not my kind of show. Gangsters don't appeal to me, and I found The Godfather both boring and repulsive, a fatal combination.

Maybe the Q shows do get re-run more, but I think I saw these on first run. I also saw the episode with the first appearance of the Ferengi. At this point they were nothing more than Munchkins from Hell. Oh, the pain, the pain ...

[jenfullmoon.livejournal.com]

See, with me and TNG it's Barclay. I can't STAND Barclay and his creepiness, and yet every time I have seen an TMG episode but one, he was in it. And he's NOT a regular, right? How often was he in the dang show?

Incidentally, the one night I turned on Voyager and it was a Barclay episode, i screamed.

[calimac.livejournal.com]

And I have no idea even who Barclay is. With me and TNG, it's like ships passing in the goldurn night.

[jenfullmoon.livejournal.com]

Barclay is basically this creepy nerd who spends WAY WAY WAY TOO MUCH TIME on the holodeck, having fantasies where everyone on the ship loves him. He's the TNG Arnold/Ace Rimmer.

In the Voyager episode, he even has holodeck fantasies of showing up on Voyager and having everyone love him THERE, too. Gawd.

[calimac.livejournal.com]

Ah, the holodeck. The lazy writer's easy out, whereby he can write any unrelated story he wants to and pretend it's Star Trek. Admittedly TOS did the same thing too often, but now it's a systematic excuse!

The only thing I liked about the holodeck was Worf's objection at being transported to Sherwood Forest: "Sir, I must protest. I am not a merry man." Besides "fully functional" and "I feel pain ... great pain", that's just about the only line I remember from that show.