Xanthe
Writer, lover of slash, spanking, BDSM and hot men falling in love with each other.
If only that were going to hold true through Season Two. I hate the fact that it looks like they’re going to put Mike and Rachel together as a couple. Just please no. Why do they always go for the manufactured UST between two regular characters? It’s been done to death and it always, always ends up the same no matter how many times producers tell us they have something new and different. The show has so many interesting avenues to explore it’s a shame they’re going for the lowest common denominator and putting two characters together for the tedious ‘will they/won’t they’ storyline.
Besides, look at it somewhat realistically. Mike is putting in 12-18 hour days at the firm. When he’s not at work, we’ve seen him take work home or he’s bicycling over to see his Grammy. How does that even leave time to date anyone? I’d much rather have Mike and Grammy screen time. We’d learn about Mike’s past and Mike’s present and we’d get to see Mike with his guard down; we’d see him through the eyes of the one person who loves him unconditionally. I’d love that to pieces.
I know that they’re not going to be brave enough to cross the line and have Mike and Harvey in a romantic relationship, but if they did they wouldn’t have to manufacture the UST between them because their relationship is already amazing to watch. I’d even settle for them casually dating people and especially if it leads to character development then I’m all for it. (Harvey and Scotty last season being a terrific example. One episode and out. And we learned a lot about Harvey in the meantime.)
I think part of my rant stems from the fact that I don’t like Rachel at all. I like her less than Trevor - and that’s saying something. I just find her to be a manipulative, vindictive, selfish, self-important bitch. She reminds me of a couple of women with whom I worked who brought their home life into work - and when one of them was dating one of the men at work she made his work day hell when he’d done something to make her mad at home. Rachel would totally cross that line. The more we got to know her in the first season, the more I disliked her.
That doesn’t mean I want to see Mike with Jenny either. In my little mind, Mike and Jenny were both rebounding from Trevor. And rebound relationships are doomed to failure; especially with them as there’s just too much shared history. It’d be just an uncomfortable mess. If they can salvage their relationship and stay friends I think that would be the best thing for Mike and would be more interesting to watch. He needs friends more than he needs a girlfriend.
I’m still looking forward to the show and excited to see how the cliffhanger we were left hanging from is resolved, but I hope this particular storyline of Rachel/Mike doesn’t become the main focus of the season.
/rant
Word. I’m looking forward to S2 a lot less now Korsh has said he ships Mike/Rachel. Ugh.
(Source: sweet-ceremonials)
Q: How has Ziva changed over 200 episodes?
Michael Weatherly: “Ziva has done some shape-shifting. Let’s be honest. Right? Cause..
I’ll tell you something I don’t understand about Ziva. Just between you and me, and the camera that records things for infinity.
Here’s what I don’t understand: So..Wait a second. She was sleeping with that guy.. Rivkin. That I had to..had to kill that guy, cause he came at me with that piece of glass. I mean, arguably I..maybe I could have shot him in the leg but I did shoot him three times in the chest..uh maybe twice..I think twice in the chest..‘bam bam’..’bam bam bam’.. I can’t quite remember, it was a few years ago.
But she was sleeping with this guy! ..I don’t know. Wasn’t he like, not a good guy? And she lied to Gibbs and then she went away and then we had to go rescue her in Africa.
What’s going on with that Ziva? I’ll tell you something, I don’t completely trust her.”See, I love this. I love the fact that Michael yet again shows that he remembers what’s happened on the show and actually thinks about it in a logical, realistic way. He’s protective of Tony, but as an actor he does what’s asked of him in scripts - so he plays stupid!Tony, immature!Tony, comicrelief!Tony as required but when he’s given the opportunity to play BAMF!Tony, competent!Tony - the Tony that he had to be to have earned his place on Gibbs’ team for a decade - he shines a little bit brighter. He’s never publicly supported the idea of Tiva. He’s said that he’s watched requited UST kill every single show it’s been done on before and that it’s not something he’s interested in being a part of - but he’ll do it (if he signs on for more) if it’s in the script because it’s his job.
To be honest, all the Tivanista’s who are getting their panties in a bunch over his comments crack me up. They can try to rationalize his comments as him just trolling or taking the piss, except then they’d have to discount pretty much every single interview he’s ever done where he’s talked about Tiva because they are all in the same vein.
However, for what it’s worth they can take consolation that the other half of Tiva is all for it.
Personally, I wish Michael Weatherly had more input into the show. I might still be a loyal viewer if he were.
I agree with you - if Michael had more input then I think it’d be a better, more believable show. At least he shows he has a good grasp of the characters and remembers the plot points which is more than the writers do. And I don’t believe that Tony trusts Ziva either. I hope the show is brave enough one day to show that she was always a double agent. It seems like the most logical and believable plotline. But I won’t be around to see it because I stopped watching after The Newborn King and only dipped in for the 200th which didn’t wow me. It’s not just Tiva although I can’t stand that - it’s also the show itself just bores me these days. It sort of took everything I loved about it and destroyed all those things, slowly, in a long, sad death.
(Source: itastelikemangoes, via angelaenguyen)
Meeting Moriarty!
I was lucky enough to meet the wonderful Andrew Scott at an Old Vic fundraising lunch at the Savoy on Tuesday. He’s adorable in real life - very different to Moriarty - although he did do scary face for me at one point and it really IS very scary.
He’s also GORGEOUS in real life - much prettier than on the screen for some reason. His face is broader, and he’s really quite solid and not as slight as he looks onscreen. I complimented him on his portrayal of Moriarty, and we had a chat about how he’d made a brave acting choice in his performance. He said at first people were all “OMG! This is really way out!” but then they ‘got’ it and loved it. He said he wanted to reinvent the role for the modern setting, as it was being updated with younger actors. I asked if there was any chance Moriarty would be back, but he didn’t think it was likely :-(.
I told him I loved the scene of him dancing in the Tower of London, and he said ‘Oh THANK YOU’ - he was very effusive every time I praised him (which was a lot because I thought he was awesome in that role).
Anyway, it was a total treat to meet him, and he’s a wonderful guy.