Ahh! *Brutus' was on tonight and I watched it! KIIIISSS!!!
(Note: I haven't seen Two Daughters yet so naturally I haven't had a kiss either, until now.)
So darn cute! The whole Larry-going-into-space-story line is making me happy though the perspective that my favourite character is leaving should make me a bit sad. Well, it doesn't. I just love the whole happy!Larry and then angstridden!Larry. It is a great build up.
And I
loved Megans clothes when she and Larry came in to tell them that he is leaving Earth. Seriously, props and costuming? You are all forgiven for the
very badly hidden pregnancy, just give Megan more lovely outfits!
Loved the character-development in this episode. Starting with Charlie:
He is pretty much in denial about the whole ISS-mission Larry is undertaking. David Krumholz makes such a convincing portrait and conveys Charlies feelings and emotions perfectly. He is like a naive child repeating to himself: "I've known Larry Fleinhardt for over 15 years. He is not going anywhere." Charlie is so sure about this, because he believes that he knows Larry. But Larry has changed a lot over 15 years. And especially over the latest year when a lot of things have happened in his life, namely meeting Megan and starting to question his life choises. Larry is no longer the teacher Charlie once had, he is more of an equal, a friend. I think that this has made Charlie a bit more un-obvious to Larry, and deep inside, I think he realised this. Bottom line is: Like a person who is told to be dying, goes through 5 stadges (Denial, Anger, Bargainning, Depression and Acceptance) through the entire episode, starting with denial to end with a heart-breaking scene with a tearful Charlie sitting going over photos of him and Larry .
Megan: Except that Diane Farr looks nice pregnant and that her maternity clothes are currently rocking my world?
Megan displays a lot of happiness in this episode. She is happy for Larry and has appearently known about this for a while. However, I personally would have loved to see her first reaction to Larry going of to space, leaving her for 6 months. But I think the happy Megan fits better for the occasion, since Charlie is so depressed.I love her being supportantive and everything, and I love that we got a great ending scene with those two (KISS, PEOPLE!).It is not a Grissom/Sara goodbye we had in 'Leaving Las Vegas' with a simple I'll miss you." But a full blown "Have my heart while I'm gone" kind of goosbye ending with a "We should lean a little more forward..."-kiss. I just love the dynamic between those two.
Amita: Ok, let me make this clear: I am not a Charmita person, but I have no problems with it.
I loved Amita in this episode. I loved her being considerate of both Larry and Charlie and in a sense, taking the role as a mediatior between the two of them. Her scene with Charlie at the end was touching, but I think she knew all along that Larry was leaving. Amita knows him foremost as Larry as he is today, not as he was 15 years ago. And, being female, I can imagine her seing the differnces Megan and Larry's relationship has brought out his new sides.
I would write about why Colby utterly ruled this episode, but I am too tired. Will do it tomorrow.