It's not just you! Especially with Michael's casual reference at the beginning to "I gave Eleanor and Tahani their memories back." Tahani should have lots of memories of dealing with high-stakes stressful situations -- not to mention working together with Eleanor.
They should've been a seamless team from the start of the episode, instead of having to re-learn how to work together and appreciate each other as if from scratch :(
...also! I never expected the writers to put a whole lot of weight on Eleanor's "I might have a legit crush on Tahani" realization from the s1 finale -- she's clearly all-in for Chidi at this point, and Tahani knows it -- but it should've flavored the episode in some way. For a start, you'd think Tahani would have feelings about "oh no, I've had some kind of romantic connection with all three of the humans I started off with, and yet now I'm the only one of them who's single."
About the rescue plot, I also felt like it was a little too easy for all the buildup it got, but the whole "nobody tries to catch them because everyone thinks it's staged for the presentation" trope was very good.
Other good bits:
-- Ted Dansen doing Vicki's over-the-top impression of Michael (he gets to do the evil grin again!) -- "OhhhHHHhhhhHHH diiiIIIIiiiIIIIp!" -- Apparently the lakehouse scenes were filmed at a place where it had just been pouring rain, and they weren't even sure it would clear up enough to shoot that day. You'd never know! Amazing behind-the-scenes work there. -- Derek actually being plot-important in a good way, where he's sustaining the neighborhood, and struggling with it but earnestly doing his best -- Derek having a martini glass full of Scrabble pieces -- All the Janet-baby actors glitching -- Demonic swearing: "What in the name of Kevin Spacey's Christmas message trying to get back on House of Cards are you doing?" -- Solving the "keep Chidi from noticing anything suspicious" problem by talking him into a blindfolded trust walk -- "The whatever spoon is actually only used with certain kinds of jellies"
Not sure if good yet:
While I was watching, I was frustrated that this subplot was taking up all the neighborhood screentime, so the moral development of the New Test Humans got sidelined. (Again!) But after thinking about it for a while...and catching up on the podcast, where the guests keep saying Nobody Has Guessed The Final Twist Yet...I bet that's on purpose. We're supposed to be feeling the lack. It's building up to something.
(No idea what yet, but this is officially Point #1 of my theory.)
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on Friday, October 25th, 2019 10:52 pm (UTC)They should've been a seamless team from the start of the episode, instead of having to re-learn how to work together and appreciate each other as if from scratch :(
...also! I never expected the writers to put a whole lot of weight on Eleanor's "I might have a legit crush on Tahani" realization from the s1 finale -- she's clearly all-in for Chidi at this point, and Tahani knows it -- but it should've flavored the episode in some way. For a start, you'd think Tahani would have feelings about "oh no, I've had some kind of romantic connection with all three of the humans I started off with, and yet now I'm the only one of them who's single."
About the rescue plot, I also felt like it was a little too easy for all the buildup it got, but the whole "nobody tries to catch them because everyone thinks it's staged for the presentation" trope was very good.
Other good bits:
-- Ted Dansen doing Vicki's over-the-top impression of Michael (he gets to do the evil grin again!)
-- "OhhhHHHhhhhHHH diiiIIIIiiiIIIIp!"
-- Apparently the lakehouse scenes were filmed at a place where it had just been pouring rain, and they weren't even sure it would clear up enough to shoot that day. You'd never know! Amazing behind-the-scenes work there.
-- Derek actually being plot-important in a good way, where he's sustaining the neighborhood, and struggling with it but earnestly doing his best
-- Derek having a martini glass full of Scrabble pieces
-- All the Janet-baby actors glitching
-- Demonic swearing: "What in the name of Kevin Spacey's Christmas message trying to get back on House of Cards are you doing?"
-- Solving the "keep Chidi from noticing anything suspicious" problem by talking him into a blindfolded trust walk
-- "The whatever spoon is actually only used with certain kinds of jellies"
Not sure if good yet:
While I was watching, I was frustrated that this subplot was taking up all the neighborhood screentime, so the moral development of the New Test Humans got sidelined. (Again!) But after thinking about it for a while...and catching up on the podcast, where the guests keep saying Nobody Has Guessed The Final Twist Yet...I bet that's on purpose. We're supposed to be feeling the lack. It's building up to something.
(No idea what yet, but this is officially Point #1 of my theory.)