Iesus Non Amat Me

And...

Episode 5.09 Behind the Eyes (part 2)

( Full Circle )

I had hoped to keep up a regular schedule of recaps, but I fear the finale is going to take a bit longer. This is for various reasons:

1. I had longer shifts for most of last week. And while this does mean more money (yay), it also means less time to do fun things like write silly recaps of TV shows (boo).

2. Tilly had a bad reaction to a tick bite where it swelled up quite badly and was a rather angry red colour so we took her to the vet cos I was worried that it could be something serious like Lyme disease. He gave us some anti-inflammatory medicine and we took her back a few days later to make sure it was all ok. It's gone down very nicely now, but I was very worried for a while.

3. I went to Oxford to see some friends at the weekend. We played board games and went out for dinner and I stayed overnight. It was really good to see them again cos it's been far too long. But, being the poster girl for introversion that I am, it did leave me feeling completely wiped out. I wish I had a weekend to rest and get over my weekend!

4. Our shower has broken. It went bang and stopped working while I was in it yesterday. Fortunately I was nearly finished anyway! We've ordered a new one and a guy is coming to fit it on Wednesday. I'm glad it's not going to be too long, cos it's really not the right weather for baths. Plus, I always like to rinse off in the shower afterwards anyway cos I feel like baths are more for relaxing than actually getting clean.

5. My joints ache. They often do this, but it feels even worse than usual at the moment.

But I am still working on the recap and I'm hoping it will be up soon. I don't want to rush or half-arse it cos it could very well be the very last Prison Break recap. (Of course I thought the same thing seven years ago, so who knows!)

I've now seen episode 8 of Prison Break (and will be working on my recap over the next few days) and the season finale is being shown in America tonight, so I figure this is a good time to write down my thoughts about who I do and do not want to die...

Characters Whose Deaths Would Make Me Scream and Cry and Curse The Name of Prison Break Forevermore: Michael, Sara, Sucre.

Characters Whose Deaths Would Upset Me Cos I Like Them: Lincoln, Sheba, C-Note.

Characters Whose Deaths I Highly Doubt Will Happen Cos Even Prison Break Wouldn't Go That Far: Mike Jr.

Characters Whose Deaths Would Disappoint Me Cos They're Fun to Watch: T-Bag.

Characters Whose Deaths I Thought I Wouldn't Care About But I'm Starting To Feel For Them: Whip.

Characters Whose Deaths I Would Welcome: Blonde Assassin, Brunet Assassin.

Characters Whose Deaths Would Make Me Rejoice and Frankly If They Don't Die I'll Be Very Disappointed: Jacob.

Really, Jacob has to die. Think of all the paperwork Dr Sara's going to have to fill in in order to sort out her two marriages otherwise.

Another week, another recap. I must say I wasn't that impressed with this episode. It felt very much like a filler episode, which I don't think such a short series can afford to have. I just hope things pick up soon.

Episode 5.06 Phaeacia

( Eye in the Sky )

And here's the second part...

Episode 5.04 The Prisoner's Dilemma (part 2)

( He's My Brother )

My latest Prison Break recap is here and I would like to take this opportunity to ask the lighting technician to turn on the damn lights so we can see what's going on!

Episode 5.03 The Liar

( Pants on Fire )

Prison Break is back and so are my recaps! I'd forgotten how much fun I had writing these. I know America is a week ahead of us, so I haven't been to any sites that talk about the new series or read any theories. I'm sure I could find somewhere to watch it online, but I'm also sure that we're going to get to a dramatic cliffhanger at some point and I'm trying to wait until then so I can see the next episode without having to wait ages!

But now, for the first time in nearly eight years, I present to you my latest Prison Break recap:

Episode 5.01 Ogygia

( Seven Years Later )

I have to say, based on the adverts and all the build-up, I expected Downton Abbey to have been a bit more wrapped up last night than it turned out to be. I suppose Mary getting married was something, even if it did happen ridiculously quickly, but all their declarations of love fell a bit flat cos Henry's left no impression on me whatsoever and it felt like their wedding came out of nowhere. I know their romance has supposedly been building all season, but it hasn't felt like it. (In fact this is the first time all year I've actually remembered his name, which says a lot about how invested I've been in this storyline!)

At least they finally acknowledged that Mary might have some issues being married to a man who races cars when her first husband died in a car crash. Of course this only merited a short scene and then it was all forgotten again, but still. That's probably the best you can hope for with Downton now.

And I still think Bertie's going to go back to Edith. That's going to happen in the Christmas special. It has to.

Anyway, onto the November meme. Topic 5 is Favourite Romantic Pairing:

Now, I know I've been saying that pretty much every single topic so far is a tricky one, but this is definitely the hardest yet. Shipping is such a huge part of my fandom life and, as with TV shows, I usually go through stages of being super obsessed with a ship for a while before finding a new one and becoming super obsessed with that, but just because my super-obsession has moved on doesn't mean that I don't still love the old pairings or ship them any less. So rather than trying to pick one, I'm going to go with a top ten eleven in no particular order:

1. Eleven/River (Doctor Who)
2. Roslin/Adama (BSG)
3. Sydney/Vaughn (Alias)
4. Willow/Tara (Buffy)
5. Michael/Sara (Prison Break)
6. Chuck/Sarah (Chuck)
7. Xena/Gabrielle (Xena)
8. Castle/Beckett (Castle)
9. Max/Logan (Dark Angel)
10. Mulder/Scully (The X Files)
11. Brennan/Booth (Bones)

Even this was difficult and I keep thinking of other pairings that I could have put on the list. I may have a bit of a shipping problem...

I've been back in the UK for a week now but I've been being my usual unsociable self and avoiding posting or commenting on LJ. So, how is everyone? Doing well I hope.

Las Vegas and San Francisco were excellent. Vegas was my favourite, I definitely want to go back there some time. I know it's not to everyone's taste, but I loved it. Especially the view of the Strip from the top of the Eiffel Tower at night.

While I was in America I did the whole collecting of state quarters thing. I ended up with 32 states and one territory. Not bad. I didn't get California though, which is annoying since I was there.

Since returning I've been watching a lot of CSI. It's fun to watch the establishing and background shots of Vegas and be able to say I've been to those places! It's also fun to see how old some of the shots are and how things have changed!

I'm not sure if I should admit that one thing I really liked to do while over there was think about TV shows! In Vegas I could imagine the kind of things Grissom and Sara might do together. In San Francisco I went to Chinatown and thought about the episode of Charmed with Piper and the ghost. And then in Alcatraz there was the episode with Phoebe and the ghost! Alcatraz also made me think a lot about Prison Break, for obvious reasons!

And now I'm back. And tired. And feeling kinda blah. It's London Pride today. I thought about going but didn't really feel up to it. Or anything really. Can I still blame jetlag for this? Or maybe the weather. Eh, I'll blame both.

Meme Time!

Pick five of your favorite shows, in no particular order, before you read the below questions, then answer them!

1. Bones
2. Prison Break
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. NCIS
5. How I Met Your Mother

( Questions )