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Post by veritas on Apr 10, 2019 12:05:10 GMT
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Post by temple01uk on Apr 25, 2019 12:22:00 GMT
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Post by sydauscaskettfan2412 on Apr 25, 2019 14:23:49 GMT
Good to see Alice in a therapy session herself. She needs to discuss her new normal. Also interesting pics from Moldavia.
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Post by latte on May 8, 2019 10:57:37 GMT
Where to start? This was
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Post by temple01uk on May 8, 2019 12:43:40 GMT
Interesting, and certainly action packed....why was Emily so annoyed with Cal, he couldn't possibly have known that he would meet someone he knew back in the day.....personally I wouldn't hire any of those mercenaries, worse than useless the lot of them.....I suspect that Alice's hobby will become Jack, and Nick is being dug into a hole by his boss and the FBI but the profiler may well rescue him.....logically sooner or later one of the main characters is going to be killed, but who knows what the writers have in mind.
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Post by sydauscaskettfan2412 on May 8, 2019 14:54:55 GMT
Oh. My. Goodness........I dont know where to start.......poor Flynn admires his dad, and asks questions, till Nick tells him off, so Flynn goes to his room, Alice tells Nick off too......Alice has learnt she probably wont be able to carry a baby to full term.....and then she chats to the therapist, of her fear that her marriage is falling apart, but therapist advises to stick with it.......then later she has a smoke.......the obstetrition didnt say never, merely probably, so Alice having a smoke is not a sensible idea.
Nick should speak firmly to his boss re what the boss has asked him to do. Re the profiler advising/telling? Nick that what he has to do is 'good for the country'.....rubbish. Its called protecting the FBI's backside.
Im getting more Castle vibes......the black motor bike...the helmet......and (Cal seeing the few) scars (on Emily's back).
I also had a vibe of a short return back to season 1.....plus we had another gigantic tank of water (an underground/in a building with a concrete tank) that does end outside. (Think of the Three Musketeers and the flooded dungeon and the steel grate).
Lastly we see Emily and Cal end up knocked out.....now what?......... Or to be precise; What the?
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Post by jnorton45 on May 8, 2019 17:12:24 GMT
Sounds like a set up for binge watching. Bingeing in the sense that you can draw your own line as to when you're satisfied where the story is and can leave it alone for awhile - maybe a few hours sleep.
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Post by latte on May 8, 2019 23:15:39 GMT
Oh. My. Goodness........I dont know where to start.......poor Flynn admires his dad, and asks questions, till Nick tells him off, so Flynn goes to his room, Alice tells Nick off too......Alice has learnt she probably wont be able to carry a baby to full term.....and then she chats to the therapist, of her fear that her marriage is falling apart, but therapist advises to stick with it.......then later she has a smoke.......the obstetrition didnt say never, merely probably, so Alice having a smoke is not a sensible idea. Nick should speak firmly to his boss re what the boss has asked him to do. Re the profiler advising/telling? Nick that what he has to do is 'good for the country'.....rubbish. Its called protecting the FBI's backside. Im getting more Castle vibes......the black motor bike...the helmet......and (Cal seeing the few) scars (on Emily's back). I also had a vibe of a short return back to season 1.....plus we had another gigantic tank of water (an underground/in a building with a concrete tank) that does end outside. (Think of the Three Musketeers and the flooded dungeon and the steel grate). Lastly we see Emily and Cal end up knocked out.....now what?......... Or to be precise; What the? Just a thought on the scene with Alice and the therapist. Did anyone else think the therapists choice of language was odd here? I'm not going to rewatch it but he used words like 'duty' when describing the marriage. I just thought at that moment, is Alice some kind of plant to get a foothold into the FBI? Think how Alice came into Nicks life shortly after Emily disappeared. We've had angry comments from Emily's father toward Nick how he abandoned searching for Emily too soon. Was Alice working to distract him from finding the truth about who was behind Emily's disappearance? Is Alice more important to the story than perhaps we thought? oh, and it's official. Nick is really a loser in the human relationships department-any human! He should try talking to his dog, but I bet even the Labrador walks away too!
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Post by temple01uk on May 9, 2019 11:39:25 GMT
Considering they are actually in counselling there seem little effort by either party to do anything outside of the sessions, life seems to return to normal pretty fast with little communication or actual time together even allowing for their career choices. There was some interesting language used by the therapist, deliberate I'm sure and not at all conciliatory, there seem to be so many side stories running here and this season is running out of time to wrap them all up.
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Post by sydauscaskettfan2412 on May 9, 2019 14:27:29 GMT
Oh. My. Goodness........I dont know where to start.......poor Flynn admires his dad, and asks questions, till Nick tells him off, so Flynn goes to his room, Alice tells Nick off too......Alice has learnt she probably wont be able to carry a baby to full term.....and then she chats to the therapist, of her fear that her marriage is falling apart, but therapist advises to stick with it.......then later she has a smoke.......the obstetrition didnt say never, merely probably, so Alice having a smoke is not a sensible idea. Nick should speak firmly to his boss re what the boss has asked him to do. Re the profiler advising/telling? Nick that what he has to do is 'good for the country'.....rubbish. Its called protecting the FBI's backside. Im getting more Castle vibes......the black motor bike...the helmet......and (Cal seeing the few) scars (on Emily's back). I also had a vibe of a short return back to season 1.....plus we had another gigantic tank of water (an underground/in a building with a concrete tank) that does end outside. (Think of the Three Musketeers and the flooded dungeon and the steel grate). Lastly we see Emily and Cal end up knocked out.....now what?......... Or to be precise; What the? Just a thought on the scene with Alice and the therapist. Did anyone else think the therapists choice of language was odd here? I'm not going to rewatch it but he used words like 'duty' when describing the marriage. I just thought at that moment, is Alice some kind of plant to get a foothold into the FBI? Think how Alice came into Nicks life shortly after Emily disappeared. We've had angry comments from Emily's father toward Nick how he abandoned searching for Emily too soon. Was Alice working to distract him from finding the truth about who was behind Emily's disappearance? Is Alice more important to the story than perhaps we thought? oh, and it's official. Nick is really a loser in the human relationships department-any human! He should try talking to his dog, but I bet even the Labrador walks away too! I will rewatch it because I missed the therapist saying the word 'duty'. Having said that, I suppose it is possible that Alice is some kind of plant, but from where? I will also say that at this point Im not sure what is happening with her character. Re Nick, I wonder what made him think, or decide, to become an FBI agent?
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Post by latte on May 10, 2019 5:26:15 GMT
Here's the dialogue between Alice and her therapist. Does anyone else think the dialogue I have highlighted is odd? Is Alice a plant by the people who kidnapped Emily and who experimented on the children as well as the adults who have been killed?
Alice: I can't do this anymore. Therapist: Please sit. Alice: Things were better when I thought that Nick and I could have our own child, but that's never going to happen. T: Slow down.What's going on. A: I can't. I mean we can keep trying but the odds are-(sigh). T: I'm so sorry to hear that. A: I think my marriage is falling apart. The distance between us. T: (sigh). You have to stay the course....for Flynn. He needs you now more than ever. No-one ever said it was going to be easy. But this is what you signed up for. A: Don't you ever get tired of being everyone else's support system? T: This is the life we have chosen. You should practice self care.....
Thoughts?
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Post by latte on May 10, 2019 5:28:13 GMT
Just a thought on the scene with Alice and the therapist. Did anyone else think the therapists choice of language was odd here? I'm not going to rewatch it but he used words like 'duty' when describing the marriage. I just thought at that moment, is Alice some kind of plant to get a foothold into the FBI? Think how Alice came into Nicks life shortly after Emily disappeared. We've had angry comments from Emily's father toward Nick how he abandoned searching for Emily too soon. Was Alice working to distract him from finding the truth about who was behind Emily's disappearance? Is Alice more important to the story than perhaps we thought? oh, and it's official. Nick is really a loser in the human relationships department-any human! He should try talking to his dog, but I bet even the Labrador walks away too! I will rewatch it because I missed the therapist saying the word 'duty'. Having said that, I suppose it is possible that Alice is some kind of plant, but from where? I will also say that at this point Im not sure what is happening with her character. Re Nick, I wonder what made him think, or decide, to become an FBI agent? Apologies, 'duty' wasn't actually a word used but I have transcribed the dialogue in the scene to capture what I thought may have had a subtext.
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Post by sydauscaskettfan2412 on May 10, 2019 14:06:24 GMT
Here's the dialogue between Alice and her therapist. Does anyone else think the dialogue I have highlighted is odd? Is Alice a plant by the people who kidnapped Emily and who experimented on the children as well as the adults who have been killed? Alice: I can't do this anymore. Therapist: Please sit. Alice: Things were better when I thought that Nick and I could have our own child, but that's never going to happen. T: Slow down.What's going on. A: I can't. I mean we can keep trying but the odds are-(sigh). T: I'm so sorry to hear that. A: I think my marriage is falling apart. The distance between us. T: (sigh). You have to stay the course....for Flynn. He needs you now more than ever. No-one ever said it was going to be easy. But this is what you signed up for.A: Don't you ever get tired of being everyone else's support system?T: This is the life we have chosen. You should practice self care..... Thoughts? Many thanks for posting the actual lines spoken. Much appreciated. The first line 'I cant do this anymore', is double meaning. ie it is either referring to simply she dosnt want to be, or feel she cant be married any more, if she cant have kids; or, she may well be a plant of some kind, from somewhere. But again, where? The therapist telling her she has to 'stay the course', could just be therapist jargon for telling all their clients to 'hang in there, it may get better', or he has already been filled in on the details of the whyfors? of the marriage from Alice. (It would also be interesting to hear from Nick as to why he gave up so soon on looking for Emily). However, the 'telling'??? line is the therapist telling Alice that being married, is 'what you signed up for''????? No one 'signs up' to be married, rather they agree/decide to be married, mainly out of love. So that dialogue alone, is very odd, unless its due to the writers grasp of English, or what they themselves have encountered, or others they have known. Then, the therapist saying 'This is the life we have chosen'.....either......he is simply advising her to stick with it for a while longer., or for far fetched......they are both spies/moles and in deep undercover re as you say, and trying to keep Emily from learning the whole truth? Either way, its hard to say till more eps evolve.
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Post by jnorton45 on May 10, 2019 16:26:37 GMT
^^^No problems with the dialogue. Seems like a regular conversation between a therapist and a patient. Unless it is clearly an abusive situation no therapist says get out of the marriage.
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Post by latte on May 10, 2019 23:43:26 GMT
^^^No problems with the dialogue. Seems like a regular conversation between a therapist and a patient. Unless it is clearly an abusive situation no therapist says get out of the marriage. A competent therapist doesn't tell a wife ' it's what you signed up for'. Respectfully, it's not only abusive situations that would draw a therapist to conclude continuing a relationship is not in the best interests of his/her patient. But of course they are not going to be that direct in verbalising that view but rather they will carefully encourage their patient to come to that conclusion themselves. On the point of Alice staying married because of Flynn, that in itself is a very poor medical justification. Alice is Flynn's step mother. She has proved her love towards him in that role. Regardless of the status of her relationship with Nick, she would continue to love and care for Flynn. Is she sentenced to staying in a loveless and dysfunctional marriage because a therapist says her stepson needs her to do so? How about if Flynn finds out into the future that Alice was essentially emotionally blackmailed to stay in a loveless marriage because of him? Very unprofessional dialogue from the therapist character.
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Post by latte on May 10, 2019 23:47:16 GMT
Here's the dialogue between Alice and her therapist. Does anyone else think the dialogue I have highlighted is odd? Is Alice a plant by the people who kidnapped Emily and who experimented on the children as well as the adults who have been killed? Alice: I can't do this anymore. Therapist: Please sit. Alice: Things were better when I thought that Nick and I could have our own child, but that's never going to happen. T: Slow down.What's going on. A: I can't. I mean we can keep trying but the odds are-(sigh). T: I'm so sorry to hear that. A: I think my marriage is falling apart. The distance between us. T: (sigh). You have to stay the course....for Flynn. He needs you now more than ever. No-one ever said it was going to be easy. But this is what you signed up for.A: Don't you ever get tired of being everyone else's support system?T: This is the life we have chosen. You should practice self care..... Thoughts? Many thanks for posting the actual lines spoken. Much appreciated. The first line 'I cant do this anymore', is double meaning. ie it is either referring to simply she dosnt want to be, or feel she cant be married any more, if she cant have kids; or, she may well be a plant of some kind, from somewhere. But again, where? The therapist telling her she has to 'stay the course', could just be therapist jargon for telling all their clients to 'hang in there, it may get better', or he has already been filled in on the details of the whyfors? of the marriage from Alice. (It would also be interesting to hear from Nick as to why he gave up so soon on looking for Emily). However, the 'telling'??? line is the therapist telling Alice that being married, is 'what you signed up for''????? No one 'signs up' to be married, rather they agree/decide to be married, mainly out of love. So that dialogue alone, is very odd, unless its due to the writers grasp of English, or what they themselves have encountered, or others they have known. Then, the therapist saying 'This is the life we have chosen'.....either......he is simply advising her to stick with it for a while longer., or for far fetched......they are both spies/moles and in deep undercover re as you say, and trying to keep Emily from learning the whole truth? Either way, its hard to say till more eps evolve. It just struck me as very odd the use of the 'we' in the dialogue. How is the therapist involved in that choice with Alice? Odd also was a marriage being described by a medical professional to a patient as 'something you signed up for'. Very odd dialogue that may mean zero, other than some slack writing, or it maybe a subtext to something more that will play out as the story develops?
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Post by sydauscaskettfan2412 on May 11, 2019 13:41:26 GMT
Many thanks for posting the actual lines spoken. Much appreciated. The first line 'I cant do this anymore', is double meaning. ie it is either referring to simply she dosnt want to be, or feel she cant be married any more, if she cant have kids; or, she may well be a plant of some kind, from somewhere. But again, where? The therapist telling her she has to 'stay the course', could just be therapist jargon for telling all their clients to 'hang in there, it may get better', or he has already been filled in on the details of the whyfors? of the marriage from Alice. (It would also be interesting to hear from Nick as to why he gave up so soon on looking for Emily). However, the 'telling'??? line is the therapist telling Alice that being married, is 'what you signed up for''????? No one 'signs up' to be married, rather they agree/decide to be married, mainly out of love. So that dialogue alone, is very odd, unless its due to the writers grasp of English, or what they themselves have encountered, or others they have known. Then, the therapist saying 'This is the life we have chosen'.....either......he is simply advising her to stick with it for a while longer., or for far fetched......they are both spies/moles and in deep undercover re as you say, and trying to keep Emily from learning the whole truth? Either way, its hard to say till more eps evolve. It just struck me as very odd the use of the 'we' in the dialogue. How is the therapist involved in that choice with Alice? Odd also was a marriage being described by a medical professional to a patient as 'something you signed up for'. Very odd dialogue that may mean zero, other than some slack writing, or it maybe a subtext to something more that will play out as the story develops? Yes the therapist's use of the word 'we', is very strange. Also is describing marriage as something one 'signs' up for!..... unless another scenario is it was the writers idea/intention to bring about thought/discussion re those very choice of words to provide more discussion on discussion boards/twitter/and Facebook? Its just an additional thought I just had. On the other hand, if indeed subtext is in deliberate play, we can but only hope that the intent is made clear before ep 8 or 9.
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Post by jnorton45 on Jun 17, 2019 18:23:41 GMT
Every episode, but especially this episode travels a great distance along a very long plot line. At times things seemed to be filler then suddenly they are important. Can't take your eye off the screen to go for a sandwich. The action just builds from episode. If Stana was doing the majority of the stunts then was in fantastic shape. We appear to be at that point in the story where we have to buckle-up because it's now an A-level ride.
I continue to be impressed by the improvements in the writing and the way the actors handle it to expand the characters. They have some great actors playing smaller roles. I also think that having 3 directors carrying the load of 10 episodes is having a very positive impact.
You can tell that everyone involved is having a wonderful time making Absentia. It comes through in the quality of the work.
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