Who's up for Hornblower?
Though I still can't work out what I did with my Duchess and the Devil DVD, someone out there (in the UK-TV offices) was nice to me.
For the first time in my life, I watched The Examination for Lieutenant from start to finish. *melts in happy goo*
And review time:
Alright. I liked this one. Even if there was no Archie. Oh Archie! I love him so.
I'm not recapping the episode. You can go here for a recap. I'm just going to share my amazing observations.
We begin with the important arrival of Mr. Pickwick.
I don't think I've laughed so hard in quite a while.
After we've established the fascinating politics of a neutral party declaring war, (ie Spain getting ready for kinky gaol fun) and gotten all the important characters introduced and out of the way, Horatio gets out his straw hat and goes out to a PLAGUE INFESTED PORT for some food.
And yet, I'm just amazed that I still think he is a beautiful pouty boy, even with an incredibly dorky straw hat on.
Man suddenly collapses in a splurge of blood and icky. He's got the plague.
Which is obviously a bad thing. Horatio doesn't quite understand it but he's quick on his feet. I mean, the plague MUST be a threat, and there is only one way to handle a threat.
Throw a row of Marines at it. Then hide behind them. They'll shoot that plague down good.
Sadly, it doesn't work like that, so Horatio gets a ship of his own for three weeks and has crazy adventures.
I would have paid more attention to crazy adventures if I wasn't constantly being distracted by how very pretty Horatio is.
And how Bunting is SO going to be Charlie Weasley in the potter movies. Else I am SO boycotting.
And how there is no better way to end an episode of Hornblower than with Horatio hugging a rope.
Oh he's such a pouty puppy.
Also I am so in love with the relationship between Pellew and Horatio. It is SO father-son-ish. MAAANLY father-son-ish... but like they're not quite sure what they should say or do around each other. Plus, when Horatio was about to go off and spend three weeks waiting for the plague to kill him, and he asks for his books it was most definitely their secret father-son-ish-code.
Horatio: Can you fetch my books sir. [Don't worry. I shan't die dad. I'll be back soon.]
blah blah
Pellew: I hope you find time to study. [Of course you'll come back son, but I don't think you'll have anymore luck studying on that ship than you did on this one.]
Pellew rocks. *loves on him*
As an end note, Horatio's attempts to study are very much like my attempts at studying today.
It's either too noisy, or you're being constantly interrupted.
Poor boy, I felt for him. I truly did.
Oh! and I forgot to mention that if you ever watch it, the arguement between Foster and someother character at the end is marvelously entertaining. Foster ends up sounding like the frenchmen in Search for the Holy Grail.