Southland 2.03 "U-Boat"
Mar. 16th, 2010 10:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inmyriadbitsWow, that was some damn good television.
First, to get it out of my system: OMG THAT LAST SCENE OMG I LOVED IT SOOOOO MUCH! I really fucking love Cooper and Sherman. I just, I think I can't possibly like them any more, and then they do something like call in a favor from the fire department to get that poor kid's shoes down. You can't save everyone, and they get smacked in the face with that every day, but they still do everything they can. I just. *hands*
Regarding other plotlines, I'm really liking the development of Lydia and Cordero's partnership. And they brought back Briana! I loved her! :D Poor Russ. I love that things are so awkward between all of them; they're all in limbo, and it's not comfortable for anybody.
One thing I wasn't entirely sure about was the Chickie storyline. It felt a little out of the blue, but I suppose that's half the point; everyone was so focused on Dewey's problems and presence that Chickie's performance fell by the wayside – even for her. Cooper made that very point to her rather brutally, in his inimitable style, but I think she definitely got the message.
And to bring it back around to my first point, I'm a fan of the "let's separate the partners to show how great their partnership really is!" tactic already, but this episode played it really excellently. It was done in such a way that it highlighted the value of Cooper and Sherman's partnership, but it did so without feeling contrived or melodramatic, or dragging it out, or making it bigger than it needed to be. Goddamn that writing goes down sweet.
To end on a completely shallow note, how awesome is Cooper's car? Also, Michael Cudlitz's arms. And Ben McKenzie's, for that matter. (Did anyone else catch the way that Cooper and Sherman are both standing with their hands on their hips in the exact same way in that last scene? It goes by utterly without comment, but dammit, that's a great acting note for two people who have been spending all their time together.)
In conclusion: SOUTHLAND YAY! ♥
First, to get it out of my system: OMG THAT LAST SCENE OMG I LOVED IT SOOOOO MUCH! I really fucking love Cooper and Sherman. I just, I think I can't possibly like them any more, and then they do something like call in a favor from the fire department to get that poor kid's shoes down. You can't save everyone, and they get smacked in the face with that every day, but they still do everything they can. I just. *hands*
Regarding other plotlines, I'm really liking the development of Lydia and Cordero's partnership. And they brought back Briana! I loved her! :D Poor Russ. I love that things are so awkward between all of them; they're all in limbo, and it's not comfortable for anybody.
One thing I wasn't entirely sure about was the Chickie storyline. It felt a little out of the blue, but I suppose that's half the point; everyone was so focused on Dewey's problems and presence that Chickie's performance fell by the wayside – even for her. Cooper made that very point to her rather brutally, in his inimitable style, but I think she definitely got the message.
And to bring it back around to my first point, I'm a fan of the "let's separate the partners to show how great their partnership really is!" tactic already, but this episode played it really excellently. It was done in such a way that it highlighted the value of Cooper and Sherman's partnership, but it did so without feeling contrived or melodramatic, or dragging it out, or making it bigger than it needed to be. Goddamn that writing goes down sweet.
To end on a completely shallow note, how awesome is Cooper's car? Also, Michael Cudlitz's arms. And Ben McKenzie's, for that matter. (Did anyone else catch the way that Cooper and Sherman are both standing with their hands on their hips in the exact same way in that last scene? It goes by utterly without comment, but dammit, that's a great acting note for two people who have been spending all their time together.)
In conclusion: SOUTHLAND YAY! ♥