It's interesting you say that about White Tulip, because I was sort of more glad that it remained a closed episode? Mainly because I didn't particularly want Walter to find God or something, and I liked it as simply, the story that one day Walter woke up and found a tiny measure of forgiveness - a miracle through his mail box. It was immediately after that that Peter found out though so I'm not sure how they should have continued playing that? But yeah, I do agree that this has much more wide-ranging narrative potential and that excites me.
I also agree with what you say about Peter and Olivia. I don't ship them either, obvs, but I can't disagree that this is definitely the most interesting thing they've done with them. But like, I think I'm supposed to believe that they'd told us a love story beforehand when instead like you I don't think they did much with them. They were kind of paired up by default and so it's weird having Peter basically acknowledge that they didn't know each other that well. But if they know that, and know that they didn't really sell the relationship earlier except because people like to root for SOMEONE to get together with SOMEONE else, it still feels...I don't know. Odd.
And yeah, I'm basically torn between wanting to know about Peter more so that maybe I can make peace with him being more narratively important and being Olivia's love interest and stuff - giving him a chance to win me over, and not wanting him to on principle because I still very strongly feel that he's being helicoptered in more because a show is supposed to have a white, male lead rather than because Peter has organically grown into that role (i.e. it's the third freaking season and I still don't know him in anything like the detail I know Olivia and Walter, which can only partially be put down to my lack of interest; there's also some stuff going on there with the way the show portrays him).
SO ARGH. WHO KNOWS. But yes, I do feel...more sympathetic to him, I'm just not sure how I feel about feeling that way?
Let's both just hug Olivia lots? MAGIC SCIENCE BRAIN?
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Date: 2011-01-24 10:34 pm (UTC)I also agree with what you say about Peter and Olivia. I don't ship them either, obvs, but I can't disagree that this is definitely the most interesting thing they've done with them. But like, I think I'm supposed to believe that they'd told us a love story beforehand when instead like you I don't think they did much with them. They were kind of paired up by default and so it's weird having Peter basically acknowledge that they didn't know each other that well. But if they know that, and know that they didn't really sell the relationship earlier except because people like to root for SOMEONE to get together with SOMEONE else, it still feels...I don't know. Odd.
And yeah, I'm basically torn between wanting to know about Peter more so that maybe I can make peace with him being more narratively important and being Olivia's love interest and stuff - giving him a chance to win me over, and not wanting him to on principle because I still very strongly feel that he's being helicoptered in more because a show is supposed to have a white, male lead rather than because Peter has organically grown into that role (i.e. it's the third freaking season and I still don't know him in anything like the detail I know Olivia and Walter, which can only partially be put down to my lack of interest; there's also some stuff going on there with the way the show portrays him).
SO ARGH. WHO KNOWS. But yes, I do feel...more sympathetic to him, I'm just not sure how I feel about feeling that way?
Let's both just hug Olivia lots? MAGIC SCIENCE BRAIN?