Dresden Files: What About Bob

[meganbmoore]

I've still been watching and loving Dresden Files every week, I just haven't been posting on it(saving it for the DVD set, I think) but I'm making an exception for What About Bob.

How heartbreaking was it to see adult Harry in the flashbacks?  So happy and free of all his guilt and angst.  Sure, he's obviously still dealing with his father's death, but he has a life, he has a family(Uncle Justin and Bob) and he's about to start a new chapter in his life...and then he sees his father's ring on Justin's finger, and you can see all the light and happiness dying from his eyes as he starts remembering Bob's lessons about how all you really need to kill a person with black magic is a possession.  *cuddles the woobie*  And poor Bob...you can tell that he's always been hoping that Harry would never figured it out so that he'd never have to choose between them.  But yeah, poor, poor Harry.  Especially since he didn't MEAN to kill Justin, he just wanted to know for sure whether or not Justin killed his parents, Justin really caused his own death, not that Harry would ever be able to see it that way, because he really did love Justin-I mean, he's been the guys only family(with Bob as his tutor) since he was a kid, and, by all accounts, he WAS a good guardian and uncle and he did love Harry, he just was also secretly grooming Harry to be a mass murdering warlock.  And of course, he donates all the money he inherited to charity and leaves that huge house sitting there collecting dust while he lives in a way too crowded shopfront because he can't live there and he doesn't dare to sell it.

And then there's the main plot, where you really can't tell if Bob really is going to betray Harry or not and they take it so far that all you really have is your faith that Bob would never really kill Harry if he had anything resembling a choice in the matter.

Then of course, there's the Murphy front.  I think we've known that it wasn't going to be as simple as "Harry saves Murphy and erases her memories" since Boone Identity...I mean, even at the end of the episode, when Murphy visted Harry, she mentions dreams about him where things happen differently(read: the way they really did) and makes him promise to not lie to her again...and of course, they recapped that scene at the beginning of the episode, just to make sure we hadn't forgotten.  Murphy's behavior really didn't bother me this episode...I mean, Harry's ALWAYS at her crime scenes and can never fully explain things, and she knows he lies to and keeps things from her, and that combined with her dreams(and, it seems, health) since Boone Identity have her wanting answers, and wanting them bad.  And the final scene with them where he tells her that he NEEDS her to be good and right and just because it's the only way he can believe those things exist because he can't have them himself...sigh...Harry/Murphy in the series has always been the closest direct translation from books to series, and that was never more true than that scene, and the way Paul and Valerie played it...well, I haven't been blubbery over a TV ep since Buffy's "Mom?...Mommy?"(though nothing will ever top that in the blubbery department, I don't think...it's the one episode of a TV show I doubr I can EVER rewatch...if it hadn't been about midnight at the time, I would have been on the phone calling Mom to make sure she was alive right then...and then really embarassed because she'd think I was nuts)

They also brought up Murphy's kid again...I really hope they do something with that plotline soon, as opposed to randomly mentioning that she has a daughter every few episodes.

Hrm...also, next episode, it looks like Morgan either wants Harry to get rid of Murphy, or to involve Muprphy in things more than Harry would like...couldn't tell which, but Harry most definately won't take well to either one.

Also, new Dresden HC is out this week...need to see if Waldenbooks or Amazon has it cheaper.

Comments

[tyger-raven.livejournal.com]

It took me some time to get used to how different TV Dresden is to Book Dresden, but I'm starting to warm up to the show more. This was perhaps the first show that really had me excited. I loved Stormfront, and even though I'm a big Claudia Black fan, I wasn't as keen on The Other Dick.

But, "What About Bob?" excited me because I knew we were getting more of the Justin mystery as well as a glimpse into what makes Bob work. Before this episode, I didn't care too much for TM Bob. But, the anguish that Terrance Mann put into the scene where Harry finds out that Justin killed his father changed my opinion of TM Bob. What About Bob? was an excellent episode, though I wonder why they created a new character, Tara, when they could have brought in Elaine instead. Also, PB Harry gets way too much bootay. :-P

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I went in expecting a lot of changes and, while a few were jarring, I've mostly been ok as long as i view it as a separate entity.

I honestly think that Harry is the first time Bob has actually CARED about anyone since Winifred, and you just wanted to huge both him and Harry through the flashbacks. And most of the present, too.

I figured they brought in Tara because, as Harry put it(though not directly) the women were just a way to feel something besides the pain and hence, the women. Elaine wouldn't have fit in with that, as she'd be more angst/connection to the past as opposed to escape.

I think TV Harry gets more action because TPTB realize that putting Paul Blackthorn on screen then telling us he never gets any, especially when he's playing the angst ridden rogueish charmer, is silly. So instead of perpetually frustrated Harry we get string of meaningless women Harry. He doesn't really seem to have luck with them beyond bed, though, and seems miserable enough, so i view it rather like the storefront and the basement or the jeep and the bug...very different mechanics, but it gets the same point across.

[forgottenpolish.livejournal.com]

I just got the first book from borders. Yay I'm so excited. :)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

guess i know what you're reading at work today?(i hope)