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Feb. 21st, 2006 07:29 amSo, the FA Cup final being switched to Cardiff is headline news today. Why? I thought we already knew it was going to be here - or had it only made the news in Cardiff itself before today?
Life on Mars was great again last night. I'm enjoying this series so much - season finale next week, sad to say. I really hope they make a second series! I love so many things about this show.
I love that Sam is both the central character and the sidekick. He gets disappointed so, so often. And I love that Hunt is so much more than the thug he comes across as. They make a good team, especially because Hunt is so prepared to make use of Sam's 'modern' sensibilities, even when he pretends he isn't. He trusts Sam a heck of a lot more than Sam realises.
Sam's dilemma last night very neatly encapsulated the dilemma faced by all whistleblowers, or would be whistleblowers - loyalty to colleagues versus doing what you believe to be the right thing. Especially when you know that innocent people will be caught in the crossfire - I really felt for Annie last night.
And I really felt for Hunt, as well, when he told Sam it was his fault for leaving a weak man in charge, that the rest of the department think they've made themselves in his image, but without learning the most important lesson of all - where to draw the line. Hunt reminds me a wee bit of Terry Pratchett's Commander Vimes - he'll happily break any rule he chooses in his pursuit of wrongdoers, because he trusts himself to know which rules can and can't be bent or broken. But he can't trust the rest of his department to do likewise, which is why he's come to trust Sam so much.
Hunt understands Sam so much better than Sam understands Hunt, so neatly manipulating him into conducting an illicit inquiry, so that he wouldn't have to do it himself.
The Chief Superintendant was a loathesome little man.
Oh, and I love that Chris is more willing to learn from Sam than anyone else in the department - always using a tape recorder for interviews now that Sam has taught him that technique. Even though it led to his and Ray's undoing this week. And Annie remains the only person Sam feels he can talk to about what he believes happened to him, even though she always, but always, gets really miffed at the thought of her life being a figment of his imagination. With everyone else he has long since given up, since they all thought he was mad, and now just goes along with the pretence of having transferred from 'Hyde'.
Sheer gold, and can't wait for the finale next week to see how it plays out!
Life on Mars was great again last night. I'm enjoying this series so much - season finale next week, sad to say. I really hope they make a second series! I love so many things about this show.
I love that Sam is both the central character and the sidekick. He gets disappointed so, so often. And I love that Hunt is so much more than the thug he comes across as. They make a good team, especially because Hunt is so prepared to make use of Sam's 'modern' sensibilities, even when he pretends he isn't. He trusts Sam a heck of a lot more than Sam realises.
Sam's dilemma last night very neatly encapsulated the dilemma faced by all whistleblowers, or would be whistleblowers - loyalty to colleagues versus doing what you believe to be the right thing. Especially when you know that innocent people will be caught in the crossfire - I really felt for Annie last night.
And I really felt for Hunt, as well, when he told Sam it was his fault for leaving a weak man in charge, that the rest of the department think they've made themselves in his image, but without learning the most important lesson of all - where to draw the line. Hunt reminds me a wee bit of Terry Pratchett's Commander Vimes - he'll happily break any rule he chooses in his pursuit of wrongdoers, because he trusts himself to know which rules can and can't be bent or broken. But he can't trust the rest of his department to do likewise, which is why he's come to trust Sam so much.
Hunt understands Sam so much better than Sam understands Hunt, so neatly manipulating him into conducting an illicit inquiry, so that he wouldn't have to do it himself.
The Chief Superintendant was a loathesome little man.
Oh, and I love that Chris is more willing to learn from Sam than anyone else in the department - always using a tape recorder for interviews now that Sam has taught him that technique. Even though it led to his and Ray's undoing this week. And Annie remains the only person Sam feels he can talk to about what he believes happened to him, even though she always, but always, gets really miffed at the thought of her life being a figment of his imagination. With everyone else he has long since given up, since they all thought he was mad, and now just goes along with the pretence of having transferred from 'Hyde'.
Sheer gold, and can't wait for the finale next week to see how it plays out!
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