"We walked in the cold air. Freezing breath on a window pane."

[hollywoodgrrl]

Ashes to Ashes 1x06. A whole post devoted to its awesome.

Comments

[ohvienna]

TL/DR. No, very much kidding.

Just want to say VIENNA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best song ever, y/y?

*goes back to read*

[hollywoodgrrl]

U r a poop. Also YES. Vienna is best song evar!

[popzealot]

I don't even bother posting about this show, because you just do it. NO ONE ELSE NEED POST BECAUSE YOU DO IT RIGHT!
The end.

I really do agree with everything you just said. I guess the cold could be cold water, or just a cold room at the nuthouse. Or the shivery cold of being in shock. I mean that kind of trauma would send you waaaay into shock.

[popzealot]

Oh, and I love that "Same Old Scene" is Gene's emo song. When he's upset about Sam, when he feels old and unloved by Alex, he turns to Roxy Music. *g*

[hollywoodgrrl]

Hee! It's a great Gene emo song. I actually love that "Same Old Scene" and "Vienna" were reused in this episode. They were both crucial in the first one, it just gave even more credence to their importance here.

[hollywoodgrrl]

Aw, you're too cute! :D
This show just drives me insane and I think about it 24/7.

I love your thoughts on why she's cold. And I completely agree with them. I'm betting it's the shock. ;)

[ohvienna]

Awesome post. Great job with all the imagery parallels, and also, I will give Alex a blankie if she needs one.

Maybe she's hibernating, like a bear. :P

[popzealot]

Oh your icon!

[hollywoodgrrl]

You should see her layout, lol.

[hollywoodgrrl]

Aw! Hibernating bear!Alex. :D

[boji]

Honestly, besides the fact that Keeley broke my heart in that entire section, it was all just edited with such extreme perfection, and they hit those dramatic beats SO WELL.

The editing and directing in this episode were phenomenal! I like your focus on the meat-locker foreshadowing, my take is that it's both a foreshadowing of that moment and a synaptic connection forward - though yes Alex could have been shot and could have fallen into the Thames.

I agree that the clown isn't evil. He could stand in as consciousness though I'm not sure what we have here is a Peter Pan Captain Hook/Mr Darling trope because I don't think her absent father is the latent danger/evil that under pins this.

But god what an episode!

[jo_siris]

you know vienna never reached number one in the charts, it only got to number 2.

its always been billed as the best number 1 that never was...

maybe we should all campaign for it to be re released :)