3x07 The Pickett line

[claired80]

I didn't have time to watch yet, but will do it tonight! ;D

Greg Beeman's blog is up-to-date, with nice behind the scenes pictures as usual, and interesting comments about Noah:

“The Pickett Line” is another episode where it rained, and rained and rained! Oh my God, did it rain. [...] But the decision was made to press on. Noah Wyle and Connor Jessup, for their part, wanted to keep going. At this point in the season, Noah had been through three particularly physically grueling episodes in a row ("Be Silent And Come Out," "Search And Recover" and now this one) He’d been either standing in the pelting rain, sloshing around in freezing cold rivers, been beaten up or thrown around in various ways for about a month. There was something of a thousand yard stare in his eyes. He was beyond complaining or even resisting – he just wanted to move forward, one foot in front of the other. Luckily, Noah works well under duress, and on this night and on the rest of this episode, the elements fueled a certain passion in his performance.

I know, I know... I shouldn't even been approaching this blog, let alone reading it, when I didn't watch the episode yet , but I just can't help it.

And now reading on the blog that Noah really liked the script for this episode makes me very impatient to watch! ;D

[Elizabeth]

Thank you Claire, I love the behind the scene pictures! ;D

[claired80]

Maybe not my favorite episode this season, mainly because of the fighting scenes with the Picketts that didn't look so convincing to me.

But it gave Noah great material to play with. His face was perfect when realizing it was Matt who shot the guy. That's actually one of the most daring things this show has done: having a kid killing a human being.
Maybe this could have been better used.

Or that just shows how much everybody evolved: in first season, Tom would have been devastated to learn Matt could do something like that, while now he almost looked okay with it.

I wasn't so impressed with how the mole was shown to us. First, I'm not a big fan, as an audience, to know things before characters do. I prefer to discover things at the same time as characters. Second, it was predictable the moment Lourdes entered the president's room. Just the look on her face. I thought she was putting poison in his IV or something.

Then I'm not so impressed that the mole is Lourdes. Clearly the mole has been revealing attack plans, military things to the Espheni. How could Lourdes, as a doctor in Charleston, have access to these plans?

Finally, it seemed a bit obvious that the mega-mechs and skitters going to the Picketts was a trick to attract the Masons there, and of course Tom fell for it...

So all in all, it felt a bit like a 'transition' episode, installing the "big reveal" for the end of the season.

What I did like very much though was that it was clear throughout the scenes with the Picketts that Tom was wondering if he wouldn't have liked to hide with his children like the Picketts did. It just could have been better shown maybe.

[breizh22]

I didn't like the episod, it was too long, especially the battle against the Pickett's family. " I take your gun, you take my gun..."

I was surprised that Tom was not shocked that his son killed someone, he didn't ask how it appened!!!!!

And the about the mole i agree with you, i would rather have discovered a long with the characters who it is....