This.
“Fallen Angel”
I have such mixed emotions.
On the one hand, I really loved the Kegan bonding moments in this episode. Megan sticking up for Kate was great. Kate’s “Megan, I’ve never been so happy to hear your voice.” Yes. Thank you. I will take it from here…
Also, the peek into Kate’s back…
I was thrilled to see that much of Jeri Ryan I’m not gonna lie but I agree with you about the different feel of the show Also I wonder how Jeri feels about it. I wonder why they didnt have Dana Delany doing this instead of Jeri Ryan. Its her show after all. But in the end the ratings were the best of the season. And if you remember the two parter that focused a lot on Kate last season (wrote by smae writer who wrote this ep) had huge ratings. To me this says that Jeri Ryan clothed or not is a big deal to the success of this show. I could go on and on but ill stop.
Good point! Why didn’t they have Dana do it? I would venture to say that Megan is much more closed off sexually than Kate. We’ve never had confirmation that Megan has slept with anyone throughout the show yet, not even Aiden. She has much more of a guard up and would likely never hook up randomly with someone. I have nothing against random hook-ups as I believe people are free to do whatever they want, BUT I did think that Kate sharing so much, especially about the case, and compromising her political aspirations for this guy was a little far-fetched and silly for someone with her intelligence and eperience. And clearly people are happy to see more Jeri Ryan, clothed or unclothed. I’m sure Jeri is thrilled about that, though I know she tweeted how awkward and nerve-wracking filming those scenes were. I think there is a way to do it that is much more empowering than what they did.
Oooooh myyyyy goooood….
“Fallen Angel”
I have such mixed emotions.
On the one hand, I really loved the Kegan bonding moments in this episode. Megan sticking up for Kate was great. Kate’s “Megan, I’ve never been so happy to hear your voice.” Yes. Thank you. I will take it from here…
Also, the peek into Kate’s back story (military brat) falls in line with the back story I have given her in most of my fics! I’m not saying they necessarily took it from me, since Jeri was also a military brat in real life and that’s where I got the inspiration too. But…have to say it made me smile.
The major downside: as much as I think Jeri Ryan is gloriously gorgeous and definitely did not mind seeing *ahem* more of her in this episode, the way that the show is unecessarily sexualizing her and other women is not great. At all. These women are already naturally sexy without the camera having to do a close up of Kate’s boobs while she is getting a mic planted in her shirt. We don’t need to zoom in on women’s asses in the club as they are walking away. This is part of the problem with this whole season. In order to increase ratings (especially with male viewers), they have done things that are typical of shows like “CSI:Miami” and other shows that are much more male-driven. Body of Proof stood out as different because although the male characters were very strong, genuine and involved, it was a woman-centered show that did not rely on objectifying its female characters. It’s too bad they have gone this route in Season 3.
I was also shocked at how emotional they made Kate in the episode. She fell so fast! That leads me to believe there are other things going on in her psyche that led her to make such ridiculous decisions. We’ll just have to see where it all goes. Hoping they continue to have her and Megan stand by each other, because that’s really the only reason I keep watching.
Thanks for the sweet encouragement guys (: I will definitely be writing more Kegan stories soon, no matter what the show does. Stay tuned!
So there were more Kegan moments this week, but in very strange ways. Kate seems to have this need to remind Megan of all the ways her life is hard, her job is hard, everything is an uphill battle, blah blah blah…It’s like the only way she can communicate is by being a Debbie Downer. Maybe that’s just it: she can’t think of any other reason/excuse to talk to Megan, so she just tries to push her buttons as fast as she can. Hmmm…
Other than that, I am so OVER the freaking Tommy/Megan “damsel in distress” act. I know Megan doesn’t listen to him and ended up driving that car into the suspect, which was awesome and hilarious, but why is he trying so hard to save and protect her? And why does she keep doing amateurish shit so that she needs to be saved?
I did read a synopsis for a future episode though where she and Kate seem to be working together more…despite some other umseemly circumstances…but it’s ripe for fic material.
My take on BOP Season 3…
So far, so eh. It really does feel like they have traded in all of the things that made the show different and progressive and even empowering for women and made it into this testosterone-amped, patriarchal dude fest. Yes, Megan and Tommy do have chemistry. But I don’t like that he had to save her in the first episode. Megan always seems to be in some danger now and throwing herself into situations in ways that are really not smart (how many times is she going to run into the line of fire unarmed? Would someone with a daughter at home to take care of really put her life on the line like that so often and so nonchalantly?) It’s almost as if they are making a mockery out of her now. They’ve gone back to making her over the top snarky and inconsiderate. I feel she would have learned much more from Peter’s death and her own near death experiences. And Kegan is just barely hanging on by a thread. There have been minimal moments. I’m still hoping it will get better, but if it doesn’t, at least I’ll have a lot of material to write fic that actually speaks to what the fans want to see (:
