Previously: Bernard is Arnold 2.0 and Pants Dolores is Dress Dolores in the future and the Man in Black is…. — The Bicameral Mind Marines: A lot has happened y’all, and...
Here’s a show about people being downloaded into new bodies. I think. Enjoy! — Out of the Past Marines: I know next to nothing about this show, but I was in...
Previously: Wynonna killed the last of the Seven. — Bury Me with My Guns On Marines: The episode starts with Wynonna dancing in slo-mo, whipping her hair around and all that....
Previously: Clem got scrapped, and Theresa got murdered. — Trace Decay Marines: Over a black screen, we hear Ford tell Bernard to bring himself back online. He does, remembers that he...
Previously: The TARDIS was a woman. — The Rebel Flesh Marines: We start on an island monastery in the vein of Mont-Saint-Michel, which I once visited along with Sweeney so now...
Previously: Wynonna has to hunt some demons. It’s a curse. — Keep the Home Fires Burning Marines: Club, people dancing. Wynonna walks in in slow motion, wearing a scowl and more...
Previously: Matt got beat up a lot but he beat up slightly more people! — Bang Marines: City. We hear a news bulletin about record heat. People argue. A woman laughs....
Previously: Hogarth helped Kilgrave get loose. — AKA 1,000 Cuts Marines: A bloody, shot up Kilgrave stumbles down the stairs and out of the building Jessica was keeping him in. Hogarth...
Previously: Truth or dare gone bad. — Samantha: So Tessa legit takes off running down the street when she realized Hardin came after her. Trust those instincts, girl. She reaches...
Previously: Nancy went via tree into the Vale of Shadows. — The Monster Marines: I wrote the first 3 episodes about a week in advance, but since then, I’ve been writing...
I remember portions of this episode very vividly. I think I took a break between the end of Ten's tenure and the beginning of Eleven; enough of one that watching this episode felt like jumping into a new experience in more ways than just the changes that came with it. I stopped watching Doctor Who with Matt Smith because we started this recapping project, and I figured I'd catch up to more recent seasons when we got there to recap. I was young and optimistic and thought that would be sooner rather than later. lol.
And so we enter the weird sort-of season. I honestly can't remember the entire story behind why there was this series of specials instead of a whole season, but I think it had something to do with David Tennant being cast as Hamlet in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production and it being far more successful than they'd planned??? Or something?
Whatever the reason, in 2009, there was no actual season.
Whatever the reason, in 2009, there was no actual season.
For this episode’s “Previously on BrainDead” song, Jonathan Coulton pretends he wasn’t just as worried as the rest of us when the space bugs got to Laurel.
Once again, we begin where the last episode ended — with Laurel and Gareth at the bar, trying to make things normal again, and Laurel saying she thinks bugs are eating people’s brains and making them stupid. Because that’s a totally normal thing to say.
Gareth is thrown by this, and Laurel admits she is, too. He asks about the bugs but struggles to take any of it seriously.
Once again, we begin where the last episode ended — with Laurel and Gareth at the bar, trying to make things normal again, and Laurel saying she thinks bugs are eating people’s brains and making them stupid. Because that’s a totally normal thing to say.
Gareth is thrown by this, and Laurel admits she is, too. He asks about the bugs but struggles to take any of it seriously.
We begin with the best previously song yet:
“Have you no sense of decency? My God, you monsters... not the cat!”
Marines: This song is basically doing our job for us.
Dani: (Shhhh...)
The action starts in an apartment building where a woman named Jules (Natalie Gold) meets her next-door neighbor, Noah (Michael Esper), for the first time.
“Have you no sense of decency? My God, you monsters... not the cat!”
Marines: This song is basically doing our job for us.
Dani: (Shhhh...)
The action starts in an apartment building where a woman named Jules (Natalie Gold) meets her next-door neighbor, Noah (Michael Esper), for the first time.
Summer is in bed staring at her ugly engagement ring. Taylor walks in, asking for help with her resolutions. So far she's got "get a job and stop mooching off of other people's families" and "take calcium supplements." That's basically it.
Samantha: Taylor, if you're gonna take calcium you might as well take iron, too. Get a well rounded supplement system going.
Mari: After a beat, Summer suggests she add one more thing: plan Summer's wedding.
Samantha: Taylor, if you're gonna take calcium you might as well take iron, too. Get a well rounded supplement system going.
Mari: After a beat, Summer suggests she add one more thing: plan Summer's wedding.