I LOVED this episode.
I didn't expect to like Peyton in this episode, but I actually did like her and she and Mac had great chemistry. There's apparantly still something there between them, though I'm not sure what it is. I loved Peyton asking about 'Dr Aubrey' and Mac asking if she was jealous and saying 'Good' when she said yes, LOL. When he said he and Aubrey were 'just friends' it did come off as rather dismissive, given that they've been sharing food tips and going to dinner, but then on the other hand, this is Mac, if he is developing feelings for Aubrey beyond friendship then he probably wouldn't tell Peyton about it. Also, he did pull away from that kiss at the end, which suggests whatever he feels for Peyton, he wasn't about to act on it so soon, and also perhaps that he does indeed think of Aubrey as more than a friend.
I didn't much like the idea of the love triangle story for Mac either, but I will be interested to see what choice he does make.
Loved Stella bringing Mac spicy orange chicken for breakfast, along with work. I'm guessing as he's the boss, there's still stuff he needs to sign off on, sick leave or not. Poor Mac.
Loved the Mac/Adam bits, Adam going on about Mac being 'cool', LOL, and Mac telling him not to touch anything, oh, and Adam asking if that guy was dead when Mac saw him.:lol:
Mac's apartment was cool, loved that antique thingy he had that Adam was playing with, and it was nice seeing bits of his personality reflected in his stuff, like that huge US Army book. That chair of his looked very comfy, too. I also found it interesting that he'd moved 8 months ago, that means he finally left the apartment he and Claire shared (the one Reed followed Stella to in s3) which is a pretty big thing, I thought. Now he has a new place to bring ladies of his choice to, and cool stuff to show them. Me thinks he wouldn't mind Aubrey touching his stuff.
Mac spying on his neighbours was a bit creepy, but I really just found it more funny than anything, as it showed he's human and as nosey as anyone else. My favourites were the young couple who were skiving off school and the girl's mother caught them, LOL. And if they want privacy, they should use their bloody blinds/curtains. I mean, you'd think the teenage girl and her boyfriend would think to a) lock the door and b) close the curtains/blinds.:lol:
Dead canaries and trained wasps, cool. A bit of Mac's sciencey side coming out there.
Peyton and Stella hugging, didn't seem too odd to me, there was never any evidence they disliked one another, and though Stella may have been annoyed at the way Peyton chose to dump Mac, she likely decided that that was Mac's business, and Stella hugs practically everyone, so I wasn't too surprised to see her hugging Peyton, an old friend she hadn't seen in a while.
That moment when Peyton was searching the apartment and Scott returned was scary, also when he spotted Mac.
Scott's motive was a replay of that guy in COTP, but I preferred that to it being a 'I hate America'/ 'The government is evil and I must wreak revenge' type thing. It was a bit annoying when Mac said Scott's views were 'totally anti-American', they just seemed standard paranoid whackjob/conspiracy theorist, or anti-government rather than specifically anti-
American to me, I am sure there are crazy people in every country who believe their government is up to stuff like that, without being anti-whatever country they live in. Plus, given the guy's motive at the end, he was, in his own twisted way, trying to protect his country. I would have been interested to see Mac's reaction to that actually, I doubt he would have condoned what Scott did, but in COTP, he did concede that the bomber guy had a point.
Mac going after Scott, not very clever, and very dangerous, but hot! Some people complained about Super Mac being able to kick down doors only a week or so after he was hurt, but actually I thought kicking that door in seemed to cause him quite a bit of pain, so it didn't bother me.
Scott was going to put that gas into the ball Peyton was attending? Nice friend you have there, Peyton!
Poor Flack getting grit thrown in his eyes! Thank God Danny was there to take Scott down.
Final scene between Mac and Peyton was sweet.
I give it an A+, the only thing that really annoyed me was that neither Mac or Stella seemed too bothered by the fact that Casey was running around with Danny's badge. I guess that's the writers paving the way for next week's episode, but still, they could easily have fitted a Danny-bollocking in there. I just hope maybe Mac and Stella want to catch Casey first, and Danny boy'll be in for a major, ideally double-bollocking from Mac and Stella next season. He needs to face consequences for what he did. Getting his badge nicked wasn't his fault, but not reporting it once he knew it was Casey? Not good.
Oh, and Mac looked HOT throughout the episode, he needs to get injured more!:drool:
I would have liked to see that girl's mother catch her and her boyfriend a second time, and I hope the newlyweds closed their blinds once they got in!
Oooh, finale next week! Looking forward to it, but not as much as I was this episode.
