Rewatching 'Death in Paradise', and am having thoughts about Ben Millers guest appearance in Series 12.
First time I saw it, I was thrown out of the moment. He was just wrong on a level I couldn't describe. A little thought and I decided that he looked different; he was older, his hair was longer. And he behaved different; he was sitting in the sand, he was more confident, more eloquent talking about emotions. This, I put down to writers who hadn't written DI Richard Poole, or who hadn't done so for ... nine years, so yeah, it would be difficult to hit the right notes on terms of character.
This time around I had the following epiphany:
Camille was probably remembering the last times she faced personal loss, the murder of her friend Amiee, when Richard made his awkward stumbling attempts to comfort her; and the murder of Richard himself.
So, on some level, she is associating the feelings of grief she is experiencing as she faces the possibility of her mothers death with Richard himself. She's already admitted to her mother that she thinks of Richard, "complaining about the weather, a cup of tea, telling me I was missing up a case". So it's only natural she would imagine Richard, trying to comfort her.
But it's been some time since she last saw Richard, since she last heard him speak. Memories fade, become blurred less distinct. We partially overwrite the reality with out own feelings, longings, wants and needs.
Richard is different because Camille is different, she doesn't quite remember clearly, because she needs Richard to be different, more relaxed, because that's what she had hoped would happen, how she had imagined their relationship progressing, without completely erasing the things that made Richard who Richard was.
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Tony: Shabbat dinner?
Ziva: It is Friday night, but I have no idea who or what you're talking about
Tony: [re: Eli] Just tell him "Agent Meatball" says "Hi".
Ziva: [laughs] He would not be joking with you if he did not like you, Tony, believe
SO: Tony was totally referring to when Rivkin called him that(informed by Eli probably). But Ziva's answer?😂 Oh my baby I'm not totally sure Eli was joking...? Or we are missing something happened off screen?
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season ten roundup
end of season tallies:
total number of references: 42
writer with most references: Robbie Thompson (15)
episode with most references: 10x05 “Fan Fiction” with seven! 10x20 “Angel Heart” is coming in at second with 6.
episode with least references: 10x01 “Black”, 10x03 “Soul Survivor”, 10x07 “Girls, Girls, Girls”, 10x14 “The Executioner’s Song”, 10x15 “The Things They Carried”, 10x21 “Dark Dynasty”, and 10x23 “Brother’s Keeper” all with zero :(
highest reference type: Movies (17)
lowest reference type: Comics (3) and Plays/Musicals (3)
most frequent decade of reference: 1980’s (9)
repeat mentions: Clue (2) and Wolverine (2)
current leader for the dean’s favorite award:
Star Wars Episodes I-VI Dir. George Lucas. (1977-1983, 1999-2005) with fourteen mentions across ten seasons. Led Zeppelin is coming in second place with twelve!
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society if sam cured demon!dean with his own blood
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LOOK AT SCARS ART
ITS SO PRETTY making me jealous of how good it is fr
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“You did ‘Our Town,’ which was cool. But then you did that crappy musical.” [SAM: Oklahoma?]
Reference: Our Town, Oklahoma!
Episode: 10x05 “Fan Fiction”
Writer: Robbie Thompson
Spoken To: Sam Winchester
Media Type: Play(s)
Timeframe: 1938 (OT), 1943 (O!)
Description: (OT) A play about life and death in an American small town.
(O!) The story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
FUN FACT! This is actually the second time Dean mentions Sam’s involvement in Our Town. The first was in 1x16 “Shadow” at the beginning of the episode!
TECHNICALITY: Not technically a reference of Dean’s own making, as these are both shows that Sam was a part of.
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