Vegas 1x02 Money Plays
Now that the setting up has been played and it's more crime procedural crossed with mob show, and now a familiar territory, it's easier to follow. Added that I'm starting to get over my learn-the-character-names issue. Hopefully by the time I watch Ashley Gable's episode, I'll be fine. (I liked seeing her name in the credits this week. Small things please me.) That's probably the thing that bothers me the most right now, because issues with era-setting mostly gloss over me because I don't look for them/really know any better beyond the more basic issues.
The presence of one more strong female character in Mia seems to make the balance all the better for me. I always knew it was going to be male-dominated because it's set in the 60s, sexism is rife and all that (Savino's treatment of Mia being more evidence of that) but just having her along with Katherine makes it feel a lot better to me.
I'm still enjoying the relationship between Katherine and Ralph. I like the hints of it, but it's not something I'm really rooting behind (yet). Mostly because beyond chemistry, it's not something for me to be able to truly sink my teeth into. That doesn't stop me from liking it as it is right now though.
The episode was fun though - lots of big, exciting scenes to get some action shots in. I'm glad Dixon got to have a moment of shining glory after the blunders he made in the episode. The case was okay, but I tend to get more emotionally invested into whether or not cases are 'good' or not when I'm more invested into a show. The storyline with Perrin was more intriguing, even though the resolution was utterly predictable. I knew he was going to die when they started mentioning how he would talk. When I saw them moving him in the car, I said 'car crash' but eh, explosion is close enough and does more damage. No chance of him actually surviving something like that.
And it remains very pretty to look at. So many bright colours.
The presence of one more strong female character in Mia seems to make the balance all the better for me. I always knew it was going to be male-dominated because it's set in the 60s, sexism is rife and all that (Savino's treatment of Mia being more evidence of that) but just having her along with Katherine makes it feel a lot better to me.
I'm still enjoying the relationship between Katherine and Ralph. I like the hints of it, but it's not something I'm really rooting behind (yet). Mostly because beyond chemistry, it's not something for me to be able to truly sink my teeth into. That doesn't stop me from liking it as it is right now though.
The episode was fun though - lots of big, exciting scenes to get some action shots in. I'm glad Dixon got to have a moment of shining glory after the blunders he made in the episode. The case was okay, but I tend to get more emotionally invested into whether or not cases are 'good' or not when I'm more invested into a show. The storyline with Perrin was more intriguing, even though the resolution was utterly predictable. I knew he was going to die when they started mentioning how he would talk. When I saw them moving him in the car, I said 'car crash' but eh, explosion is close enough and does more damage. No chance of him actually surviving something like that.
And it remains very pretty to look at. So many bright colours.