WooHa! Season 4b - aka Season of WTF
Sep. 4th, 2006 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cmk418I just finished going through Season 4b - possibly the trick to this season is to watch all the episodes back to back with little time to think about the weirdness of it all. So in addition to doing the little quote things (I have developed a weird Said obsession, which will probably lead to me being incredibly sad tomorrow, since he buys it in 6.3), I have put together a list of why Season 4b sucked. To be fair, I also have a list of some decent things about the season.
Reasons why season 4b sucked (really in no particular order):
1) Omar White/Burr Redding - These two characters bug the heck out of me. There was a need to replace Adebisi, but, man, these two together don't even come close to everything Adebisi's character brought to the show.
2) The Cage - Was there a move to cut down on nudity at HBO? We liked them sending people to the hole. This was just bizarre.
3)Floria - So was she or wasn't she supposed to be a love interest for Leo? She was too perky for this show.
4) Chinese refugees - This was a horrible subplot (despite the fact that it gave Morales more screen time)
5) Lighting - was someone experimenting with gels this season - the laundry room was a horrible shade of green and the computer room made everything blue. Not pretty.
6) Up Your Ante - good Lord, where was Miss Sally when we needed her (I know, on Up Your Ante)
7) Half a season without Keller - don't know what you've got til it's gone
8) Experimental Accelerated Aging Drugs - you don't have to use everything that comes into your head, Tom, sometimes it's best just to leave it alone.
9) Basketball/Dave Brass - the beginning of Brass' whining campaign and the fact that the sports clips are the least watchable thing in this series
10) The beginning of Ryan O'Reily's redemption - Little bits of it show up in the last episode making it seem that the other half of our favorite "Fandango" team is heading toward the boring straight and narrow.
We sing in the choir together - Beecher echoed by Keller (Medium Rare - Fontana)
This may be the only opportunity I get for one of these -
I ain't no drug abuser, man. Truth be told, I treat my drugs better than most - Omar White (Conversions - Fontana)
That's why they call it Plan A, Chucky, cause there's still a Plan B, C, D, all the way to fucking Z if we need it. - Enrique Morales (Revenge is Sweet - Fontana)
The Catholic Church is Satan's whore. - Timmy Kirk (Cuts Like a Knife - Fontana)
You really think we're gonna get into Heaven? - Beecher
Ah, you and me together. God doesn't have the balls to keep us out - Keller (Cuts Like a Knife)
Finally. I feel like you've been in there since Halloween. - Claire Howell to Ryan O'Reily (The Blizzard of '01 - Fontana)
The quote that should have launched a thousand slash fics -You're my guy. I need you. - McManus to Murphy (Orpheus Descending - Fontana/Whitesell/Nayar)
Shut the fuck up. I'm trying to masturbate. - Alvarez (Even the Score - Fontana/Whitesell/Nayar)
Prisoner 97B412 is dead. I'm leaving all his shit behind. - Beecher (Famous Last Words - Fontana/Whitesell)
The good things about Season 4b (again in no particular order)
1) The return of Alvarez
2) The acting, particularly in "Cuts Like a Knife" is particularly good
3) JIA! (Maybe cause I'm just looking forward to him in Season 5)
4) Lots of Morales
5) "Adebisi lives!" - The Muslims attack on the Aryans came as a complete surprise
6) Clayton's nuttiness/Giles' moment of clarity
7) Medium Rare - an unusual way to present a recap episode but there's some brilliant dialogue in it
8) Sean Whitesell (aka Donald Groves) on as a writer
9) Said's Progression
Adebisi is dead. Adebisi is irrelevant - Said (Medium Rare)
Taking a life is acceptable, as long as it's excusable, right? - Beecher to Said (Conversions)
Motives are less important than outcome. He's dead and you're not - Redding to Said (Conversions)
The only desire that he had left was to die - Said (Cuts Like a Knife)
What haunts you is not Adebisi's death, but his life - Beecher to Said (Famous Last Words)
Your entire life you kept tight control of your feelings. You denied the Adebisi in you, but you can't any longer. Make him part of you, Kareem. Make him a part of you. - Beecher (Famous Last Words)
Adebisi lives. - Said (Famous Last Words)
Wrapping up with Season 5 today, just in time for tomorrow's release date.
Reasons why season 4b sucked (really in no particular order):
1) Omar White/Burr Redding - These two characters bug the heck out of me. There was a need to replace Adebisi, but, man, these two together don't even come close to everything Adebisi's character brought to the show.
2) The Cage - Was there a move to cut down on nudity at HBO? We liked them sending people to the hole. This was just bizarre.
3)Floria - So was she or wasn't she supposed to be a love interest for Leo? She was too perky for this show.
4) Chinese refugees - This was a horrible subplot (despite the fact that it gave Morales more screen time)
5) Lighting - was someone experimenting with gels this season - the laundry room was a horrible shade of green and the computer room made everything blue. Not pretty.
6) Up Your Ante - good Lord, where was Miss Sally when we needed her (I know, on Up Your Ante)
7) Half a season without Keller - don't know what you've got til it's gone
8) Experimental Accelerated Aging Drugs - you don't have to use everything that comes into your head, Tom, sometimes it's best just to leave it alone.
9) Basketball/Dave Brass - the beginning of Brass' whining campaign and the fact that the sports clips are the least watchable thing in this series
10) The beginning of Ryan O'Reily's redemption - Little bits of it show up in the last episode making it seem that the other half of our favorite "Fandango" team is heading toward the boring straight and narrow.
We sing in the choir together - Beecher echoed by Keller (Medium Rare - Fontana)
This may be the only opportunity I get for one of these -
I ain't no drug abuser, man. Truth be told, I treat my drugs better than most - Omar White (Conversions - Fontana)
That's why they call it Plan A, Chucky, cause there's still a Plan B, C, D, all the way to fucking Z if we need it. - Enrique Morales (Revenge is Sweet - Fontana)
The Catholic Church is Satan's whore. - Timmy Kirk (Cuts Like a Knife - Fontana)
You really think we're gonna get into Heaven? - Beecher
Ah, you and me together. God doesn't have the balls to keep us out - Keller (Cuts Like a Knife)
Finally. I feel like you've been in there since Halloween. - Claire Howell to Ryan O'Reily (The Blizzard of '01 - Fontana)
The quote that should have launched a thousand slash fics -You're my guy. I need you. - McManus to Murphy (Orpheus Descending - Fontana/Whitesell/Nayar)
Shut the fuck up. I'm trying to masturbate. - Alvarez (Even the Score - Fontana/Whitesell/Nayar)
Prisoner 97B412 is dead. I'm leaving all his shit behind. - Beecher (Famous Last Words - Fontana/Whitesell)
The good things about Season 4b (again in no particular order)
1) The return of Alvarez
2) The acting, particularly in "Cuts Like a Knife" is particularly good
3) JIA! (Maybe cause I'm just looking forward to him in Season 5)
4) Lots of Morales
5) "Adebisi lives!" - The Muslims attack on the Aryans came as a complete surprise
6) Clayton's nuttiness/Giles' moment of clarity
7) Medium Rare - an unusual way to present a recap episode but there's some brilliant dialogue in it
8) Sean Whitesell (aka Donald Groves) on as a writer
9) Said's Progression
Adebisi is dead. Adebisi is irrelevant - Said (Medium Rare)
Taking a life is acceptable, as long as it's excusable, right? - Beecher to Said (Conversions)
Motives are less important than outcome. He's dead and you're not - Redding to Said (Conversions)
The only desire that he had left was to die - Said (Cuts Like a Knife)
What haunts you is not Adebisi's death, but his life - Beecher to Said (Famous Last Words)
Your entire life you kept tight control of your feelings. You denied the Adebisi in you, but you can't any longer. Make him part of you, Kareem. Make him a part of you. - Beecher (Famous Last Words)
Adebisi lives. - Said (Famous Last Words)
Wrapping up with Season 5 today, just in time for tomorrow's release date.
