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Post by latte on Oct 2, 2017 10:47:06 GMT
Drawing the line at kidnapping and oatmeal for six years also! No idea why the tank water had elements of drugs in it. Also that it was drawn from the local creek so the possibilities of contamination are much higher than tap water or even tank water. Not going to touch they would need some form of electrical power to pump that water up from the river to that remote shack! Jack is looking good to be somehow an accomplice. Not the big bad guy but an underling maybe. Still hoping the father has no involvement. Hope all these elements are not going to be ignored-had enough of that frustration on Castle! I forgot that the water was from the river. There has to be some sort of pump. The water came out of this huge pipe. Maybe the drugs were in the river and someone discovered that a pharma company was polluting the water or something weird like that. Yeah, probably not. If the father has anything to do with it, I'm going to smash my laptop. I really don't think he has. Also, what's up with Emily's psychologist/psychiatrist? He was very quick to suggest that she could have schizophrenia (?). I'm really scared that none of our questions get answered. 10 episodes is not enough time. Well hopefully your laptop survives! The psychologist proved to be pretty weak in that scene IMO. There is no evidence we have seen that Emily is schizophrenic. She has suffered untold traumas and is attempting to readjust to a whole new world and has no memory of her absence. The flashbacks are consistent with someone who has either been drugged and or having had a traumatic experience. She also has PTSD. So where he got that diagnosis from was anyone's guess. Found it sloppy that the FBI did not know that she was adopted-one would have thought they would have completed a thorough background profile on their Agent? Only mentioned the Father because the big bad person should be someone we have either heard about or seen by this stage. Please let them not do a 'Marlowe' and have it become some super huge conspiracy that includes Presidential candidates!
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Post by latte on Oct 2, 2017 10:56:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 10:57:27 GMT
I forgot that the water was from the river. There has to be some sort of pump. The water came out of this huge pipe. Maybe the drugs were in the river and someone discovered that a pharma company was polluting the water or something weird like that. Yeah, probably not. If the father has anything to do with it, I'm going to smash my laptop. I really don't think he has. Also, what's up with Emily's psychologist/psychiatrist? He was very quick to suggest that she could have schizophrenia (?). I'm really scared that none of our questions get answered. 10 episodes is not enough time. Well hopefully your laptop survives! The psychologist proved to be pretty weak in that scene IMO. There is no evidence we have seen that Emily is schizophrenic. She has suffered untold traumas and is attempting to readjust to a whole new world and has no memory of her absence. The flashbacks are consistent with someone who has either been drugged and or having had a traumatic experience. She also has PTSD. So where he got that diagnosis from was anyone's guess. Found it sloppy that the FBI did not know that she was adopted-one would have thought they would have completed a thorough background profile on their Agent? Only mentioned the Father because the big bad person should be someone we have either heard about or seen by this stage. Please let them not do a 'Marlowe' and have it become some super huge conspiracy that includes Presidential candidates! Yes, exactly! It's kinda sketchy. Maybe the psychologist is involved somehow. Or he is really dumb and bought his license on ebay. I'm certain that Emily is not schizophrenic and not the killer. I mean what would season two be about then? Emily in jail? Pretty sure that's a different show. Didn't we already learn from Castle that the TV FBI is very incompetent at doing background checks? I hope it's a person that we've seen already (not the father, pleeease), anything else would be really stupid.
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Post by latte on Oct 2, 2017 11:07:00 GMT
Well hopefully your laptop survives! The psychologist proved to be pretty weak in that scene IMO. There is no evidence we have seen that Emily is schizophrenic. She has suffered untold traumas and is attempting to readjust to a whole new world and has no memory of her absence. The flashbacks are consistent with someone who has either been drugged and or having had a traumatic experience. She also has PTSD. So where he got that diagnosis from was anyone's guess. Found it sloppy that the FBI did not know that she was adopted-one would have thought they would have completed a thorough background profile on their Agent? Only mentioned the Father because the big bad person should be someone we have either heard about or seen by this stage. Please let them not do a 'Marlowe' and have it become some super huge conspiracy that includes Presidential candidates! Yes, exactly! It's kinda sketchy. Maybe the psychologist is involved somehow. Or he is really dumb and bought his license on ebay. I'm certain that Emily is not schizophrenic and not the killer. I mean what would season two be about then? Emily in jail? Pretty sure that's a different show. Didn't we already learn from Castle that the TV FBI is very incompetent at doing background checks? I hope it's a person that we've seen already (not the father, pleeease), anything else would be really stupid. eBay- As long as they don't use a 'Hollanders Woods' or a Lokstat crazy storyline, then it will be ok. There is something that joins the brother and sister-that last phone call from Emily to Jack was all kinds of weird vibes to me. So going for a childhood trauma of some description. Emily could be a fugitive on the run in a second season-possible I suppose?
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Post by notfanatic on Oct 2, 2017 17:22:46 GMT
My two cents and only JMO. 1, I don't think her father was involved in her kidnapping at least not directly. 2. I think her brother aren't saint either but he wasn't directrly involved too. It seems he will help Emily in some way after her call to him at the end of episode 6. There is a strange thing about him - he dated some woman before Emily's disappearance then he stoped to do that when she disappeared and started to date the same woman again when Emily was found, Why?
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Post by ifOnly on Oct 2, 2017 18:55:05 GMT
This is my review of the first 6 episodes...(moved and edited from my original post under episode. Sorry about that one...I quickly copied and pasted from an email I sent to friends, should have double-checked it first.
OK, I really like the show, but am still wondering why Emily was declared dead without a body. Will we find out before the end?
I see why her character had to be adopted; it would be far too unsettling to people to see what her brother (obviously) did to her if there was a blood tie between them. Otherwise, why bother with adoption.
I don't trust Alice. Where did she come from? Did the brother hire her to break up his sister's marriage and she took advantage of the situation after Emily died. Talking to Flynn her reason why he should visit his mom's grave was lame. She should have pointed out that Emily was just as much his mom as she was.
If this were Castle I would say things are going to go full circle and Alice will go to jail and Emily ends up raising her child (because she gets back with Nick and its his kid too). With Absentia, I don't know.
I can't help but think that something is under that rug that keeps getting straightened in the supervisor's office.
I want to double check the exact words, but the person who called (who was supposed to be Harlowe but wasn't) Nick about finding Emily, and the Acting Supervisor because both mentioned being lucky to get a second chance. Were they the exact same words? Could he be someone else on the inside or is it all just Jack and the stripper?
Thought it was pretty cool when Emily got caught on the web can...nice touch.
I suspect that (once again) a chunk of the sex scene was left on the cutting room floor. Very stilted.
Hate Stana's wardrobe and hair. I understand wanting to move away from the image of Kate Beckett to prevent confusion, etc, but jeez, street urchin? Not brushing her hair before picking up her kid? Threadbare T-shirt? And nothing looks clean. New, clean sweatshirts and tees and jeans that fit properly aren't that hard to come by. I'm OK with the old coat and maybe even the boots, but jeez, basic grooming.
Looking forward to the last 4 episodes.
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Post by alwaysafan on Oct 9, 2017 19:05:50 GMT
This is my review of the first 6 episodes...(moved and edited from my original post under episode. Sorry about that one...I quickly copied and pasted from an email I sent to friends, should have double-checked it first. OK, I really like the show, but am still wondering why Emily was declared dead without a body. Will we find out before the end? I see why her character had to be adopted; it would be far too unsettling to people to see what her brother (obviously) did to her if there was a blood tie between them. Otherwise, why bother with adoption. I don't trust Alice. Where did she come from? Did the brother hire her to break up his sister's marriage and she took advantage of the situation after Emily died. Talking to Flynn her reason why he should visit his mom's grave was lame. She should have pointed out that Emily was just as much his mom as she was. If this were Castle I would say things are going to go full circle and Alice will go to jail and Emily ends up raising her child (because she gets back with Nick and its his kid too). With Absentia, I don't know. I can't help but think that something is under that rug that keeps getting straightened in the supervisor's office. I want to double check the exact words, but the person who called (who was supposed to be Harlowe but wasn't) Nick about finding Emily, and the Acting Supervisor because both mentioned being lucky to get a second chance. Were they the exact same words? Could he be someone else on the inside or is it all just Jack and the stripper? Thought it was pretty cool when Emily got caught on the web can...nice touch. I suspect that (once again) a chunk of the sex scene was left on the cutting room floor. Very stilted. Hate Stana's wardrobe and hair. I understand wanting to move away from the image of Kate Beckett to prevent confusion, etc, but jeez, street urchin? Not brushing her hair before picking up her kid? Threadbare T-shirt? And nothing looks clean. New, clean sweatshirts and tees and jeans that fit properly aren't that hard to come by. I'm OK with the old coat and maybe even the boots, but jeez, basic grooming. Looking forward to the last 4 episodes. I think Alice has something to do with Emily's disappearance. All she does is wash dishes.
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Post by sydauscaskettfan2412 on Oct 10, 2017 13:13:27 GMT
Many thanks for everyones reviews, and also thanks to Latte for the pics you have posted!! They help to bring the ep alive.
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Post by alwaysafan on Oct 11, 2017 22:02:00 GMT
Having watched the first six episodes now twice, my view on the male lead has not changed. He showed more emotion and facial gestures in the scene with the cute puppy than in anything else IMO. Have taken on board the comments that the character is supposed to be introverted etc. But even an introverted person will be more open with the people that they are comfortable with and even love. It's more with strangers that an introvert will experience that withdrawal from others. Nick has some potentially very emotional scenes but he is yet to nail any range in his delivery. I've now watched all six episodes and wonder when I'll see the rest. I'm very impressed with Stana and can't wait for more.
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Post by temple01uk on Oct 17, 2017 15:28:11 GMT
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Post by alwaysafan on Oct 17, 2017 17:23:57 GMT
That's gonna leave a nasty scar!
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Post by temple01uk on Oct 17, 2017 17:42:59 GMT
At least she didn't sew it up herself this time!.
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Post by latte on Oct 17, 2017 21:03:23 GMT
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Post by latte on Oct 25, 2017 8:52:58 GMT
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Post by latte on Oct 25, 2017 8:59:29 GMT
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Post by latte on Oct 27, 2017 8:41:06 GMT
"Maybe this is where you think I should be. I don’t have a lot of time, I’m hurt. I just wanna see you one more time. I need to know why. Please… just come."
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Post by sydauscaskettfan2412 on Feb 9, 2018 13:41:45 GMT
I did take note that the Co Creator ie Matt Cirulnick wrote this ep. This show is indeed getting seriously heavy going.
Jack in the morgue with now 6 skeletos.....They have been buried many many years. Did I hear the dialogue say ever since Emily was adopted??
Emily at Jack's place serches his computer for any possible help. She also finds his personal files.....of bondage and torture. Is Jack involved in all this ie Emily's kidnapping??
Nick and Tommy arrive at Jack's after Emily leaves, as a neighbour called police thinking a crime was being committed.
Alice tells Nick she's pregnant, and isn't happy. She also tells him she's going to spend time with her sister, also that she has realised that he is 'settling' with her., and for him to fix the mess. (paraphrasing).
Emily knows Jack is seeing a prostitute and goes to see her at nightclub.
I got a heck of a shock when Emily got shot!!! (Plus deja vu of Castle Knockout, and finale, Crossfire....)
Emily makes her way to car and drives herself to cemetery and rings Jack. And, as in a prior scene, where Emily hid their contact mobile in the cereal container, he returns home, and eventually finds the phone.
one of the issues Im having, is that every scene, every dialogue, we learn something else/new pertaining to the case at hand/Emily, and her search for proof it wasn't her, and to find out who did kidnap her/organised it, is behind all of this. The action is still extremely fast paced, and in some cases, the 'previously' bits arnt helping.
Im only watching this because of Stana in it, being the lead actor, and also an Executive Producer.
I will also say that to me, through her acting prowess and especially in this show, she has shown she was the main star of Castle., and that Rob Bowman was a very good director of Stana in Castle. Absentia is not Castle, nor was it ever meant to be. And especially that Stana as Emily is in roughly 95 percent of the show, she has definitely shown what her acting skills/abilities are.
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