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[girlofprey]

Last night, I watched Casualty. It was quite a good episode. I loved Nick being kind of protective of Lenny, but not so much him not telling Lenny everything about what the consequences could be, seemingly in order to keep him in on the whole Going To The Police thing. Hmm. But I find the fact that when the horrible man, Robert Ludlow, told Lenny about the deal, Lenny almost immediately put it in sexual terms - 'a quick fumble in the classroom' - a little suspicious. Does he have personal experience with that kind of thing? If he really did spend some of his childhood running around burgling houses rather than studying for medicine straight away, it wouldn't be outside the realms of possibility. And maybe even after he started studying, if he was that desperate and didn't necessarily have the money to fund his education like other students had. And when he said he was 'not for sale. Not now, not ever' I found it a little worrying as well. I don't know if the show would ever go there. But we'll see, I suppose.

It's a little sad really, because I heard about the deal Robert Ludlow offered Lenny beforehand from spoilers, and I was worried he'd just give into it straight away, because of his ambition. But the fact he said no first - and then go that kick in the teeth from the dead patient's fiance, ouch - and then decided to go for it. Oh my God. And it's a good reason why Yuki would be pissed at him, as we've seen in the trailer for the last third of the season. And I imagine Jordan won't be pleased. Ooh. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Only three episodes left of the current season!

And I booked for Connotations this year. Woo hoo!

And tonight I watched BBC Sherlock. Well. I watched it last week, and wasn't massively thrilled with it. It had a lot of those weird, self-congratulatory scenes you see a lot in Doctor Who nowadays, which I find quite irritating. And I found the fact that the only female detective - pretty much the only female character who wasn't either 'not a housekeeper' or dead - was a woman who seemed to hate the male lead for no reason and DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HIS GENIUS!! a bit odd. And I really didn't like that weird off-hand comment Sherlock made about the state of her knees, I thought it was quite crude, and the fact that no-one else in the show seemed to make much of it, I found a bit terrible. Also, I'd seen the cab driver killer plot used really recently in an episode of Luther, so I guessed it pretty quickly, and I know that it is because I have been watching TV recently and Sherlock probably hasn't, but the fact that I guessed it and Sherlock took SO LONG to guess it made it hard for me to respect his intelligence. Which is not the thing you kind of want from a Sherlock Holmes story, really.

But I quite liked it. I liked Rupert Graves as Lestrade, I usually quite like him, I think. And Benedict Cumberpatch is quite brilliant, and Martin Freeman didn't annoy me half as much as he usually does. And I was quite pleased about how powerfully they seemed to be going with the Sherlock/Moriarty foe yay, until we found out it was Mycroft (didn't see that coming). And it was quite well-written and funny and everything.

This episode, on the other hand, didn't have any of those weird self-congratulatory moments, which was nice, but it also didn't have Lestrade. Once again, most of the female characters, especially the 'clever' ones, had to end up dead, except for Watson's new love interest, who had to be kidnapped and put in mortal danger to add suspense to the plot, when SHERLOCK COULD JUST HAVE MOVED HER CHAIR, OR TIPPED IT OVER, SOMETHING TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY OF THE DART. SHE COULD EVEN HAVE TIPPED IT OVER HERSELF, IF THE WRITERS HAD WANTED HER TO. Also, I think Watson would have been fired for sleeping through most of his first day on the job, I really do. Also, he ran off and left the woman an assassin was there to kill, when they knew that the assassin had a habit of killing people when they were on their own, and Sherlock might well have been able to take care of himself better than she could. And, Chinese crime gang aside, I found the scene where they were in Chinatown, and there were all those shots of Chinese and Asian people standing around, set to sinister music, REALLY uncomfortable. What?

Also, a book 'everyone' would have? Everyone in London maybe. I suppose they were specifically trying to talk to their London operatives, in London. But still.

Even so, it was fair enough. I half-thought the bank manager man might turn out to be an ex-boyfriend of Sherlock's, or they'd had an affair or something at university, from some of the expectant looks Sherlock was giving him, but obviously not. And Benedict Cumberpatch continued to be quite great. I will watch next week's, probably, at any rate. See how they finish it off. I'm half hoping Sally Donovan from episode 1 will turn out to be Moriarty. Is that weird? I don't know that I care if it is.

Also, it's the Nottingham Riverside festival this weekend, and I was half-thinking about going down, staying overnight in a Bed and Breakfast or cheap hotel or something. It only yesterday occured to me that I should probably decide now if I actually want to do that. And indeed, book now, if I do. Hmm.

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[hestia8.livejournal.com]

I got SO ANGRY at Lenny this week, but I have rambled on at my lj so won't go over it again. But seriously, what is he playing at?

(also, he did look rather nice in the suit )

Also re Sherlock, I own 3 maps of London, but none of them are that size A to Z. But I think people who drive in London probably own them. And I was shouting at Sarah to tip her chair over, but I suppose she was kind of terrified and probably couldn't think straight. Which doesn't excuse Sherlock not just moving her out of the way.

Before they did the Mycroft reveal, I had written 'is that supposed to be Sherlock's ex?'. I'm not sure if I hope that's the effect they were going for or not...

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It just seemed a little odd that they suddenly equated 'a book everyone would own' with 'a book people in London are likely to own'. But as I say, it is a show set in London, and the operatives were London operatives - maybe different A-Zs are used for people in different counties. And yeah, it's a good thing Sherlock just happened to be passing by a couple with the correct kind of map for him to need to use, at the right moment. Haha.

I was REALLY CONFUSED about why he didn't just move her chair out of the way. With her, yeah, you could argue she was just too terrified to be able to move, but with him and his apparently brilliant mind, it was hard to imagine why it didn't occur to him. And he decided to mess about with the knots while being nearly strangled instead. It's a shame when they mostly make his massive intelligence really quite believable in the show.

I think they knew people who know a bit about Sherlock Holmes canon might assume it was Moriarty - all that talk about him being dangerous and Sherlock considering him his 'arch-nemesis' - and I thought that myself. So I think they were playing up the potential foe-yay a bit - but then it sort of made equal sense when you found out they were brothers. As I say, I quite liked it because it was one of the big twists I didn't see coming :D A few people on my friendslist twigged that it was Mycroft from the start though, they said.

Have you been watching Emmerdale recently, by the way? There's a few more cast spoilers come out in the last week or so, regarding the Lamb-Wylde plotline.

[hestia8.livejournal.com]

Re spoilers, I have seen one about Natasha going, which suggests she may get caught (or piss off and be a fugitive in Barbados or something), and I know they're going to introduce Declan's dad at some point, and I know Lyndon Ogbourne keeps saying he has no plans to leave. Have I missed anything?

Also, have you seen the latest Casualty spoilers? Because I am weak and I read them so I now know how this plotline ends, but I won't saying anything unless you know too...

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Those were the ones I knew about, yes, although I didn't know Declan's dad was coming into it. I heard his son/s were, not his dad. But basically it was the one about Natasha definitely leaving and Lyndon at least saying he plans to stay, although it depends what the writers want to do with him more than anything, I guess. I'm assuming, from the fact that Natasha's leaving, that she's the one that will end up taking the blame for the murder, whether she's caught or not, rather than the show having to get rid of another character and think up another way for her to leave. That's not to say some bad stuff might not happen on the way though. The more I see how Nathan and Natasha's relationship has deteriorated, the more I feel like she might try to set him up or let him take the blame somehow. If so, I would like for someone else (ideally, in my head, Declan) to know about it and put a stop to it, because no, Natasha. Nathan is a bit weird and vindictive, but that's kind of fucked up.

I haven't even seen the latest Casualty episode. I was away over the weekend, and it's taped but I've just remembered I haven't watched it yet. I don't generally like to know spoilers about Casualty anymore, or at least not anymore than I saw in the trailer for the last third of the series. Although I'm going to Devon with my family this Saturday, and coming back the Saturday after that, so who knows when I'll be able to watch it in the next few weeks.

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Sons? OH MY GOD, I hope so. (on a related note, I am planning to work on fic for you next week; I have not forgotten it, I promise!)

I think she might get caught in the end; maybe she'll try to frame Nathan and he'll accuse her and eventually it'll work back round to her somehow. A lot depends on whether it comes out that Nathan was the one who did the framing of Ryan and *why* - not that I think it will build bridges with anyone, but someone should know, I hope...

Ok, I won't say anything. This week's was quite sad. I must remember to post my entry about it.

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I heard something about his son(s) coming into it ages ago, around when he first came into it. And I know he mentioned them/him to Natasha at one point. But I can't see anything about it now, although I did find an article about how his dad's meant to be coming in. So I don't know now. Maybe they've changed their minds about the son(s). Hmm.

on a related note, I am planning to work on fic for you next week; I have not forgotten it, I promise!

Thank you, IT IS VERY GOOD OF YOU. I didn't want to mention it, because I feel a bit pressured sometimes when I'm meant to be writing fic and people mention it. Especially given the problems you've been having with your fic files (which sounded awful, dude). BUT I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. VERY MUCH.

It depends how much comes out about his involvement full stop really, and how it comes out. If people find out about how he blackmailed her, it might not look good, even though it didn't happen exactly like that, really. And the fact that he came back and gave Natasha the money back ought to count for something. I would hope that if Natasha does try to set him up, things like the fact that he was showing people round the grounds when she'd forbidden him to, and her having a massive freak-out about it in front of the other guy (leading to her having to tell Nathan) might help him out, if the writers chose to remember/use that. Or something like that. A lot of the evidence is going to point to Natasha in the end, probably. Hopefully. Or she'll finally decide to just come clean, either to the police or somebody else. Although she'll kind of need to protect Nathan up to a point for him not to get in trouble for the stuff he actually did like framing Ryan and stuff. Unless he goes to the police and asks for immunity in return for testifying against her. That might be a interesting twist, heh. Apparently Amanda Donohoe is leaving in November, so it looks like it'll be another Christmas/New Year storyline, maybe. Just have to wait and see.

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Well according to the fic I wrote yesterday (oops) one of them is university age at least, lol. I really hope they come into it now.

Yeah, in a way it's good because I started it after the files died, so at the moment it is only handwritten, which means it's one of the ones I'd have to type rather than retype! It is a bit of a pain all round, though.

I hope you enjoy it when I post :D

I think it would depend how much she revealed - she'd be better off not revealing some stuff even if she was trying to frame him, but the way she's acting at the moment, she doesn't seem to be approaching this with any kind of logic (ie how she somehow thinks she has the moral high ground...)

Oh, him offering to testify would be *very* interesting. I wonder if she might actually finally wake up and realise the harm she's doing - she might leave him out of it (I doubt it) but then would he modify his behaviour at all? This is all very interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.

(also, thinking for the future, if he is the only Wylde about, I wonder if they might do a 'hello, I am your cousin who's never been mentioned before' character introduction to give Nathan someone else to bounce off - otherwise it'll just be him and Declan's family, which could be excellent in its own way)