RACHNA. So I just watched this today and have been on a pseudo tumblr hiatus, so.
people who didn't like this episode much have adored the season so far, and people who have mostly been indifferent about the season so far really enjoyed this episode.
...I fit in neither of those categories? I didn't know those categories existed! I loved it a lot, actually! I mean, I'm not the biggest Leslie/Ben shipper in the world, but I love the way they've been pacing things. It's been kind of going at a slow real-life-y kind of pace where neither of them are necessarily oblivious, and they've sort of had an awkward conversation about it, but for right now, it isn't on the agenda. Which I like. I like the pace.
re: #3: I love you. I love those thoughts.
I actually loved Eagleton a lot because it was over the top and maybe I was just projecting but that's a lot like how my hometown is, in a way. You have our side of town and then fifteen minutes away, it's all green acres and sprawling houses and huge lawns and the disdain that people there have for people from my hometown is ridiculous. So Eagleton felt really true to me in that way, and I love when this show - this happy fluffy show - subtly introduces politics and that's what this episode felt like to me. It was just a subtle jab at classism and the way that zoning affects people and maybe that was just me projecting a whole lot, but as over-the-top as it was, the sentiment of it actually was really genuine and true and I just loved seeing that glimpse of small town (and class) politics play itself out.
Parker Posey is fantastic.
I've been thinking about this and even the way he actually teases her in Woman of the Year gives me feelings, because I can't imagine him giving into the urge to do something as simple and friendly as that, you know? The joy this friendship gives me is just unparalleled, basically; it's my favourite one on the show, hands-down.
Yes. I love Woman of the Year a lot.
I really loved Tom's little "hire me!" speech - ending with Andy trying to give him a high-five, which April tried to stop immediately, which killed me.
I loved that. Aziz actually managed to sound indignant and say all those vaguely suck-up-py things which just made it even more hysterical.
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Date: 2011-05-12 08:45 pm (UTC)people who didn't like this episode much have adored the season so far, and people who have mostly been indifferent about the season so far really enjoyed this episode.
...I fit in neither of those categories? I didn't know those categories existed! I loved it a lot, actually! I mean, I'm not the biggest Leslie/Ben shipper in the world, but I love the way they've been pacing things. It's been kind of going at a slow real-life-y kind of pace where neither of them are necessarily oblivious, and they've sort of had an awkward conversation about it, but for right now, it isn't on the agenda. Which I like. I like the pace.
re: #3: I love you. I love those thoughts.
I actually loved Eagleton a lot because it was over the top and maybe I was just projecting but that's a lot like how my hometown is, in a way. You have our side of town and then fifteen minutes away, it's all green acres and sprawling houses and huge lawns and the disdain that people there have for people from my hometown is ridiculous. So Eagleton felt really true to me in that way, and I love when this show - this happy fluffy show - subtly introduces politics and that's what this episode felt like to me. It was just a subtle jab at classism and the way that zoning affects people and maybe that was just me projecting a whole lot, but as over-the-top as it was, the sentiment of it actually was really genuine and true and I just loved seeing that glimpse of small town (and class) politics play itself out.
Parker Posey is fantastic.
I've been thinking about this and even the way he actually teases her in Woman of the Year gives me feelings, because I can't imagine him giving into the urge to do something as simple and friendly as that, you know? The joy this friendship gives me is just unparalleled, basically; it's my favourite one on the show, hands-down.
Yes. I love Woman of the Year a lot.
I really loved Tom's little "hire me!" speech - ending with Andy trying to give him a high-five, which April tried to stop immediately, which killed me.
I loved that. Aziz actually managed to sound indignant and say all those vaguely suck-up-py things which just made it even more hysterical.
I loved Leslie and Ann a lot too this ep.