And That Someone Is Me.
Sep. 27th, 2010 03:29 pmMore Waterloo Road, and oh, my, the murder trial in episode nine of series five. I cried and cried and cried. And also shouted 'PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE' whenever anyone was interacting with Max, because the man needs such a punch in the face. Nothing makes me shout at the screen like Waterloo Road does. Is - is that a good thing?
And then the tenth episode was one of the most satisfying hours of television I have ever seen. YES. YES TO EVERYTHING. I grinned through the entire ending. Josh! Philip! Rachel! Chris! (Chris is so lovely! I'm going to be sorry when the Jess thing inevitably comes around to knock him on the head. The poor man; he's so good-hearted, but if he's not being falsely accused of inappropriate relationships with the pupils he's accidentally having them.)
Also, the episode contained a scene in which a male pupil, after falling out with a female pupil, found his way out of the room impeded by two people in a cow costume. His response was 'Stupid cow'. It was so hilariously dreadful that I had to rewind to watch it another three times.
Some more thoughts on Waterloo Road as a school for young Pokémon owners: we've already established that Karen has a Kangaskhan, Tom has a Growlithe, Ronan has a Meowth, Finn has a Mankey and Josh has an Eevee. Lauren, I have since decided, has a Spearow. Ruth has a Porygon; I'm not so sure about her father, but I think he could possibly have a Mightyena. I can see Ruby with a Ninetales and Sambuca with a Pikachu. Janeece has a Clefairy or something with a similar 'so cute it's actually a bit repellent' feel. Max has a Rhyhorn; I am in no doubt about this. Jess can't bring her Vulpix in because pupils aren't allowed Fire-type Pokémon on school grounds (there have been incidents in the past), and so one day she comes into school with a male Nidoran; Chris, who has a Nidorina, is rather perturbed by this.
Is Tom the PE teacher? He's the Head of English, but we also seem to see him overseeing football matches. In any case, he teaches practical Pokémon battling. (And also literature, because I don't see why literature studies shouldn't exist in the world of Pokémon, although obviously literary classics won't be quite as we know them. Romeo has a Luvdisc! Iago has a Banette! Mercutio and Tybalt engage each other in a vicious Pokémon battle! Macbeth will go to any lengths to be a Pokémon master!)
I may possibly have been writing snippets of fanfiction set in this Pokémon AU. I promised myself I wouldn't do this!
My favourite line of Waterloo Road so far, incidentally: 'You weren't an accident. Your mother stole my sperm.'
And then the tenth episode was one of the most satisfying hours of television I have ever seen. YES. YES TO EVERYTHING. I grinned through the entire ending. Josh! Philip! Rachel! Chris! (Chris is so lovely! I'm going to be sorry when the Jess thing inevitably comes around to knock him on the head. The poor man; he's so good-hearted, but if he's not being falsely accused of inappropriate relationships with the pupils he's accidentally having them.)
Also, the episode contained a scene in which a male pupil, after falling out with a female pupil, found his way out of the room impeded by two people in a cow costume. His response was 'Stupid cow'. It was so hilariously dreadful that I had to rewind to watch it another three times.
Some more thoughts on Waterloo Road as a school for young Pokémon owners: we've already established that Karen has a Kangaskhan, Tom has a Growlithe, Ronan has a Meowth, Finn has a Mankey and Josh has an Eevee. Lauren, I have since decided, has a Spearow. Ruth has a Porygon; I'm not so sure about her father, but I think he could possibly have a Mightyena. I can see Ruby with a Ninetales and Sambuca with a Pikachu. Janeece has a Clefairy or something with a similar 'so cute it's actually a bit repellent' feel. Max has a Rhyhorn; I am in no doubt about this. Jess can't bring her Vulpix in because pupils aren't allowed Fire-type Pokémon on school grounds (there have been incidents in the past), and so one day she comes into school with a male Nidoran; Chris, who has a Nidorina, is rather perturbed by this.
Is Tom the PE teacher? He's the Head of English, but we also seem to see him overseeing football matches. In any case, he teaches practical Pokémon battling. (And also literature, because I don't see why literature studies shouldn't exist in the world of Pokémon, although obviously literary classics won't be quite as we know them. Romeo has a Luvdisc! Iago has a Banette! Mercutio and Tybalt engage each other in a vicious Pokémon battle! Macbeth will go to any lengths to be a Pokémon master!)
I may possibly have been writing snippets of fanfiction set in this Pokémon AU. I promised myself I wouldn't do this!
My favourite line of Waterloo Road so far, incidentally: 'You weren't an accident. Your mother stole my sperm.'
