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RE: Episode 7 Discussion - lwhite53 - 14-12-2009 12:35 AM
(14-12-2009 12:02 AM)femaleBertieWooster Wrote: I think that Dyllon was too invested in his cause. The original one, once he got more information, he saw as wrong and abandoned the plan. If he were truly bad and wanting to push just a terrorist agenda, he might have killed himself then, when he saw the jig was up.
Yeah, I agree. Once he discovered he was set up by Victor, all the fight went out of him. What you ultimately saw wasn't an ideological terrorist but a brother's anguish. He wanted simple revenge; he really wasn't in it to make a political point.
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - JHyde - 14-12-2009 02:21 AM
I'm uncomfortable with this assessment. Dhillon must have been a decent target in the first place, at the very least a strong sympathizer with fundamentalist tendencies and a violent past. In no way did he ask for what happened to his sister. But his actions were his own. There was enough of the cause in him for Nightingale to prey upon him.
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - lwhite53 - 14-12-2009 02:38 AM
Yes, you're right, he was targeted by Nightingale for a reason. But in this instance, his motivation was his sister not his beliefs, imo. That's not to say that he couldn't, or wouldn't, have acted on his beliefs at some point, I just don't think he did in the context of this ep.
(12-12-2009 02:11 AM)JHyde Wrote: *On another personal topic, I loved the Professor's comparison of Sanskrit to a woman. Not the simile as such, but more that I really empathised with the complexities and ambiguities of translation.
And Ros cuts straight across him -- "Charming." She's like that guy on Dragnet, "Just the facts, ma'am." Nothing extraneous, nothing esoteric -- just tell me what I need to know, and then go away. LOL.
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - JHyde - 14-12-2009 03:46 AM
Yeah, that comparison could be interpreted as lots of things. I personally responded to it because of how complex translating any language can be.
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - kirmostar - 14-12-2009 02:12 PM
The new HS looks like the lovechild of Tony Blair and Michael Owen and his sentence deliveries are far too rehearsed
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - Tea Lady - 14-12-2009 02:22 PM
(14-12-2009 02:12 PM)kirmostar Wrote: The new HS looks like the lovechild of Tony Blair and Michael Owen and his sentence deliveries are far too rehearsed
LOL. He is a bit of a dish though I think.
I also think that perhaps he is supposed to sound like that. A young politician, brought in, in a middle of a crisis, perhaps to look good rather than say anything useful. His bike in his office kind of gave the impression that he is one of these people that talks the talk but when it actually comes down to it, really doesnt have a clue what they are doing and will just use empty rhetoric.
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - almh - 14-12-2009 05:18 PM
(14-12-2009 02:12 PM)kirmostar Wrote: The new HS looks like the lovechild of Tony Blair and Michael Owen and his sentence deliveries are far too rehearsed
LOL! I can see what you mean...
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - JHyde - 14-12-2009 06:41 PM
The poll accompanying this discussion is now the most voted upon in the forum. Please add your vote, especially if you preferred episode 6. Episode 7 is pulling awaaaaaaayyyyyyy.......
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - Beatriz - 14-12-2009 06:49 PM
Episode 7 for the win!!!
RE: Episode 7 Discussion - almh - 14-12-2009 06:51 PM
Mah. I can't actually remember what happened in each episode (my brain has stopped working again
) so I just voted for the underdog 