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Miracle Day: Rendition
Jul. 21st, 2011 10:26 pmCue faux branded planes. I like Lyn's first line about pissing around the plane. Reece explains it all: "Everything mortal becomes immortal, so everything immortal becomes mortal." Gwen doesn't have a lot of confidence in Reece's parenting skills. "All I could find was an apirin. It was in the co-pilot's pocket. I gave it a quick spritz to get the lint off..." Start of running gag about the air steward's sexuality. "Six hours of boredom followed by monotony" Rex tempts fate. CIA Charlotte with the exposition, but Esther's line is that nothing is certain. Friedkin's bohonmie is way creepy. But his desktop is sharp.
Gwen and Jack have a heart-to-heart. Gwen condescending to Rex is a thing of beauty. But Rex has a plan. Rupert Sheldrake: drink! Lyn's email has three question marks when she sends it, but only two when it hits Friedkin's inbox... Friedkin has a RED phone. Swivel-eyed singularicist is ultra swivel-eyed and links to Oswald Danes raiding the green room and being way creepy. What's with the triangle on Friedkin's phone? Dr Juarez reinvents triage while Lyn plays evil bar tender. I love Danes' shift from reptilian arrogance to weepy contrition, intercut with reaction shots from the CIA bullpen; a nice mix of the convinced and the cynical. But backstage girl buys it. "One of these days you're actually going to have to commit yourself, Esther." And today might just be that day. "Jilly Kitzinger, Mr Danes. I something of a talnet spotter" July also likes RED. Mephistopheles, anyone? The card has to be significant.
"The world's screwed up. You want to help or not?" Passive-aggressive desk clerk is passive aggressive. Juarez indulges in expositional evesdropping. The antibiotics thing? Lantern hanging? "I look like hell" Yup. You've been poisoned. Esther and Rex look like they're being set up. Time to employ some social engineering. Meanwhile back on the plane: "What if you're wrong Rex? What if your big success is one Welsh woman and a dead body?" Gwen is a hardass. "Why would I take that? It's poison." "You just said..." "I just said it was quite an assumption. Yes, I carry poison..." Someone doesn't know much about the symptoms of cynanide poisoning or what cyanosis is. Luckily Rex has Vera on speed dial. Dr J recommends chelation therapy. "I'm a doctor not a chemist" Thanks Bones! Does EDTA bind to arsenic? I thought As bound BAL or DMPS, but I guess they're hard to make from everyday stuff. "If you're the best England's got to offer, then God help you!" "I'm Welsh." Best. Knockout. Ever.
The brains trust reckon that people are still ageing even if they're not dying. Dr J reckons palliatives are the only solution. Kitzinger pops up an opportune moment to tempt Juarez with a business card and a drug stockpile. Unlike Danes, Vera accepts both the card and a free sample of the drugs. Es tells Rex the Awful Troof. What happens if you break someone's neck in a world where they can't die? Oh, OK, Death Becomes Her is what happens.
Gwen and Jack have a heart-to-heart. Gwen condescending to Rex is a thing of beauty. But Rex has a plan. Rupert Sheldrake: drink! Lyn's email has three question marks when she sends it, but only two when it hits Friedkin's inbox... Friedkin has a RED phone. Swivel-eyed singularicist is ultra swivel-eyed and links to Oswald Danes raiding the green room and being way creepy. What's with the triangle on Friedkin's phone? Dr Juarez reinvents triage while Lyn plays evil bar tender. I love Danes' shift from reptilian arrogance to weepy contrition, intercut with reaction shots from the CIA bullpen; a nice mix of the convinced and the cynical. But backstage girl buys it. "One of these days you're actually going to have to commit yourself, Esther." And today might just be that day. "Jilly Kitzinger, Mr Danes. I something of a talnet spotter" July also likes RED. Mephistopheles, anyone? The card has to be significant.
"The world's screwed up. You want to help or not?" Passive-aggressive desk clerk is passive aggressive. Juarez indulges in expositional evesdropping. The antibiotics thing? Lantern hanging? "I look like hell" Yup. You've been poisoned. Esther and Rex look like they're being set up. Time to employ some social engineering. Meanwhile back on the plane: "What if you're wrong Rex? What if your big success is one Welsh woman and a dead body?" Gwen is a hardass. "Why would I take that? It's poison." "You just said..." "I just said it was quite an assumption. Yes, I carry poison..." Someone doesn't know much about the symptoms of cynanide poisoning or what cyanosis is. Luckily Rex has Vera on speed dial. Dr J recommends chelation therapy. "I'm a doctor not a chemist" Thanks Bones! Does EDTA bind to arsenic? I thought As bound BAL or DMPS, but I guess they're hard to make from everyday stuff. "If you're the best England's got to offer, then God help you!" "I'm Welsh." Best. Knockout. Ever.
The brains trust reckon that people are still ageing even if they're not dying. Dr J reckons palliatives are the only solution. Kitzinger pops up an opportune moment to tempt Juarez with a business card and a drug stockpile. Unlike Danes, Vera accepts both the card and a free sample of the drugs. Es tells Rex the Awful Troof. What happens if you break someone's neck in a world where they can't die? Oh, OK, Death Becomes Her is what happens.
