Gallifrey + "Journey's End" + "Secret Diary of a Call Girl"

[lizbee]

Listened to Gallifrey: Appropriation while I worked on my cross stitch.  I love it because it's the point where Narvin begins to set aside tradition and the blind support of the presidency and take an independent moral stand.  Which is, of course, interpreted as supporting Romana, but I don't think that's quite the case.

Two quotes:

"I do apologise, Narvin, I thought you were an alien coming to kill me."
"I quite understand, sir, we all have days like that."

(re: Narvin) "I don't know if you've noticed, but he seems to have become Romana's man somewhat."

Also, Matthias is a toad, but he's as much a victim of Brax's scheming as Jason Kane or the Mim.  He's the sacrifice, left in charge of Gallifrey so that Brax can save Romana.

Then I watched Secret Diary of a Call Girl, then switched that off to find that "Journey's End" is airing.  And it made me angry, because Billie is so vibrant and clever and charismatic when she's given the right script, and she was just wasted in "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End".  Especially the second one.  She only seems to come alive in the beach scene, but even then, her performance totally lacks the maturity of her Secret Diary work.  Le woe.

Also, regarding "Secret Diary":  I have decided that I like Alex.  Normally I don't like love interests who want to know All About their partner's other lives, but Alex recognises Hannah's boundaries, and states his case without expectation of reciprocation.  I like that in a love interest.



Now TNG is on the telly.

Ro: "So this admiral wanted me to betray the Federation..."
Picard: "A STARFLEET ADMIRAL? A TRAITOR? THAT NEVER HAPPENS!"

Comments

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

Ro remains my favourite Star Trek character ♥

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

I don't think I really understood her when I was younger. Now I look back, and I find I ship her with Picard. WIN.

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

I remember being Very Upset with Picard during her final episode. However, The Next Phase, where Ro and LaForge are presumed dead and there is funeral planning etc, remains one of my All Time Favourites. There is a fantastic scene with dead!Ro talking to Picard and... yes. Very shippy indeed.

(it is especially cool when you consider no Ro = no DS9)

[kerravonsen]

Oh yes, Ro is one of the few good characters in TNG. Somehow she managed to avoid the Starfleet niceness brainwashing.

[infiniteviking]

YES.

And I love the bit where she shoots Riker in the head.~

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

Ensign Ro rocks the world. So very much. Even back in the day she was awesome, and now?

Far cooler.

[kasha-g-sahhn.livejournal.com]

Completely in agreement concerning Billie's performance in JE vs. Secret Diary. It's a big fat shame.

[infiniteviking]

Gallifrey: Apparition sounds good, rather. *grins*

..RO.

That episode always reminds me of why she's my favorite TNG character. Well, almost. She gets a lot of competition from Guinan. And Tasha Yar. And Picard's thespian voice. But what can one do? They're all so awesome.