You know, it's really reassuring to hear other people saw something deeply wrong with that final scene not just OMGYAYSEX or somesuch. Cus it's so...awful, you know? It's like...her desire to be happy is uncomfortably desperate. It's not even as serene as Dee's. So like she's grabbing everything she can but it's like compulsive eating - it's painful to watch someone choose to do that. It's there in her manic face when she's jogging. It's just horrible.
I think that it's interesting to note that while RDM assumed this was the first time they slept together both Mary McDonnel and Edward James Olmos were of the opinion that it was not. And in some ways, even though I dislike the 'ship, I prefer if it's not because then the point of that shot doesn't become, "Look, we're revealing to you that they're having sex," it becomes, "Why do you think we're choosing to show you this for the first time now?" And with all the context, the answer to that second question is quite dark and disturbing, while the first question isn't even...really a question, and certainly doesn't have half as interesting an answer.
CAPRICA WAS IN THE EPISODE!! AND THEY DISCUSSED THE FLIPPER!BABY! Ahem. They were far more adorable than they had any right to be.
I MAY BE EMBARASSED TO ADMIT I WATCHED THAT SCENE TWICE TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T SEEING THINGS AND THAT SHE DID, IN FACT, APPEAR, AND THAT THEY WERE, IN FACT, JUST AS ADORABLE AS I FIRST THOUGHT. DESPITE THE FACT THEY SHOULD BE HORRIFYING TOGETHER.
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I think that it's interesting to note that while RDM assumed this was the first time they slept together both Mary McDonnel and Edward James Olmos were of the opinion that it was not. And in some ways, even though I dislike the 'ship, I prefer if it's not because then the point of that shot doesn't become, "Look, we're revealing to you that they're having sex," it becomes, "Why do you think we're choosing to show you this for the first time now?" And with all the context, the answer to that second question is quite dark and disturbing, while the first question isn't even...really a question, and certainly doesn't have half as interesting an answer.
CAPRICA WAS IN THE EPISODE!! AND THEY DISCUSSED THE FLIPPER!BABY! Ahem. They were far more adorable than they had any right to be.
I MAY BE EMBARASSED TO ADMIT I WATCHED THAT SCENE TWICE TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T SEEING THINGS AND THAT SHE DID, IN FACT, APPEAR, AND THAT THEY WERE, IN FACT, JUST AS ADORABLE AS I FIRST THOUGHT. DESPITE THE FACT THEY SHOULD BE HORRIFYING TOGETHER.