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[turnonmyheels]

* Since the prank war started I’ve been waiting for it to lead to that moment where neither Ben nor Sammy know when the other is joking. Particularly on Ben’s end ’cause his pranks are just that, pranks, but Sammy’s pranks trend more toward fucking with your head.

Ben not only has difficulty working within a partnership because his ended so badly with John, but he also has difficulty with deep interpersonal relationships in general. The only real relationships we’ve seen him in are with his parents [completely skewed in every direction], his sister, John, Sammy, and all his one-night stands. He has deep-seated trust issues. He doesn’t read people well. His trust issues play into his not reading people well. I think it’s sad how much better he could read people last season before John broke his little boot heart.

And he isn’t getting any better. If he had some skill at reading people [not only his one night stands where a more astute observer of humans may have twigged that one of the girls was married] he wouldn’t have read Sammy’s obvious happiness at finding the crackpipe as him having planting it.

* John and Tang is by far my favorite partnership on this show ever.

* Sammy’s issues are getting uglier. And more sad. I have a very small hope that he and Ben will somehow find better footing and get some trust between them.

* If vampire media portrayed vampire attacks in the way they showed that man eating John’s neck last night, fewer people would sexualize them.

I curled into a ball, had my face over my head ducking down to get away from that scene all the way shouting, JOHN JOHN JOHN.

Thank Christ they showed him in the preview. I hate shows that want you to be afraid for the life of the character so they won’t show any clue the next week.

* Lydia. It was another partner themed week. If Lydia only had a life partner to raise that baby with she *might* feel better about being able to be a mom and a cop at the same time. If there were enough people in LAPD to staff the shift, Lydia would never have been put in that position. Lydia — like Ben — doesn’t feel like she has anyone to lean on. Unlike Ben, she can read people, she does trust people to do their jobs, so long as she can see for herself that it’s been done. I’m really curious who the father is. I wonder if its Ochoa’s son. Going back to partner parallels that would be a fantastic one.

* In conclusion, Ben Sherman is a *pussy hound* and it’s going to bite him in the ass sooner than later.

How do I not have any SouthLAnd icons?

ETA: copied from my comment at HDJM

Comments

[azewewish.livejournal.com]

I think it's Ochoa's son's kid myself. And that shot of her listening to the baby's heartbeat while crying? Oh, man, here's my freakin' heart already, just take it.

Also, Ben having to hightail it out of married chick's place was HILARIOUS, but also really freakin' sad. Dude is chock full of trust & commitment issues.

Also, John...I just...I have so much love for him it's reaching scary levels, man. And Tang's protectiveness while trying to stop his bleeding was played perfectly. I really think they've been good for each other. (Unlike Sammy & Ben, who just have more issues now - although I'm not sure anything could save Sammy from going off the deep end at this point.)

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when she turned the heartbeat back up so she could hear it, I got all emotional. And then John was nearly eaten alive and I was super emotional. I love John Cooper. I loved him when he had a bad back and a pain killer addiction. I love him now that he's back in fighting trim and trying to wrangle his career back on path.

I REALLY LOVED IT WHEN THE FILM CREW FILMED HIS BUTT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

::cough::

I know that they are going to break up Tang and Cooper at some point, but it was going to make me SO SAD OMG. Their chemistry, their mutual respect, their comfort, every single thing about them including when they don't make personal small talk together is just perfect. PERFECT.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Butt close-up, yessssssssssss. I was like COOPER ASS OMG! COOPER'S ASS WITH TACH BELT DYINGGGGGGGGGGG

I oddly really love Lucy Lui in this and I've never liked her before AT ALL. She's really fit into the cast extraordinarily.

This is the best show on tv, hands down.

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

KASSIE OMG SHE LIVES!!

I will raise you that best show on tv with Sons of Anarchy any day of the week, hands down, but YMMV. If however, SouthLAnd had started and ended on FX you would have had me. They handled the transition as best anyone could.

And yes to Cooper with with his Tach Belt. He's certainly the hands down hottest most masculine piece of good guy on the tv right now.

excuse my ramblings I'm more than half way through a bottle of wine.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am alive, and two weeks from being a nurse.

SoA is a weird commodity for me as I have loved Charlie Hunnam since he was jailbait in a very serious way, but the subject matter of the show puts me off.

Coop's body hair and muscles are OBSCENE. That dude needs to stop. True fact: I only watched Southland because I loved Cudlitz in Band of Brothers and was knocked over.

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

I thought you must be getting close, congratulations!

SoA is difficult under the best of circumstances it's certainly not for everyone, but those of for whom it works? Priceless.

ITA -- without the benefit of having watched BoB

[cherrymmm.livejournal.com]

I got the first season of Southland on dvd a while back when it was dirt cheap on a one day deal. Haven't watched it yet though. I love Benjamin Mackenzie, is he good in it?

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

SouthLAnd is an exceptional show and Ben Mackenzie is one of its most exceptional actors.