This is how I feel.skftex wrote:By the way, just because I don't like this particular storyline (because I do feel there are TOO many things they don't think about when writing them and then take the easy way out), doesn't mean I don't like the show. And yes, I thought TJ was brilliant in it but honestly when has he NOT been brlilliant? Even with the not so intense stuff.
Sinkwriter72 wrote:Oh no, Sharon, I realized the machine was smoking because of lack of use. That's what I thought was hilarious. All these current agents are probably so used to high-tech materials, and here they have to use this odd little machine and it's smoking and no one knows if it's because it's broken or because it's working or where the smell is coming from or whatever. Heeeee. That was a fun point in the episode.
Sinkwriter72 wrote:I meant how did Pelant access their burner phones? How did he even know they had them? How could he find connection to them even if he figured they might get some? I thought that was highly convenient.
Sinkwriter72 wrote:But yes, Hodgins as mad scientist is a hilarious look for him. And I've always liked when he gets intense and hyper, so this was a good episode for TJ. (One of my favorite lines he's ever spoken came from Hodgins freaking out, during The Blonde in the Game: "I can't just guess! I have a process!" I LOVE that line. It says so much about him as a character.)
HAHAHA She was all snooty about it too, like it was the dumbest thing she'd ever heard. Not sure how it would hurt HER but whatever. And I didn't even have to look up what the Enigma machine was, I knew it as soon as Hodgins said it!Sinkwriter72 wrote:P.S. Look at you getting all historical with your facts about the Enigma machine. Your advisor is an idiot and should have let you get that history minor.
See? I didn't know that at all, thank you for explaining me.skftex wrote:Actually omelette, corporations don't give a huge chunk of money at the beginning of the year.
About that I disagree, just because we don't know his reasons doesn't mean those reasons are not believable. We just don't know...yet.And because of all of this I have finally realized what my main problem with Pelant is, it isn't just that they keep trying to convince us he is smarter than Brennan, Hodgins, Angela, Booth, Cam and Sweets put together, though that bothers me because he IS NOT that smart, or he'd never have fallen for the lets spam him and confuse him bit. It is that they have never really given us a reason he is so intent on messing with the people in the Jeffersonian.
About that we totally agree, even though I personally think he is even brilliant when intense stuff is in the air! LOLAnd yes, I thought TJ was brilliant in it but honestly when has he NOT been brlilliant? Even with the not so intense stuff.
No problem. But you do see why we think that there would be immediate impact for the Jeffersonian now. Of course we do not know how that is going to be dealt with yet, but I don't think they are going to make it to the extreme that I think it would be if this were a REAL company suddenly going under. LOLomelette73 wrote:See? I didn't know that at all, thank you for explaining me.skftex wrote:Actually omelette, corporations don't give a huge chunk of money at the beginning of the year.
If those are the facts, I guess this will be an unresolved issue, even if A&H are going to have their money back. But I guess it's impossible that every aspect of a particular storyline is perfect, with no flaws [/color]
Well that is my point, they haven't given us enough to even HINT at why, so I find it all so unbelievable that he'd only care about messing with these 6 people. In any story they have to at least give you something to keep interest, and in my case, they haven't given enough! I don't think they need to give everything away, just give us a little better explanation than we were originally given, because with the skills they keep giving him, and how smart they claim he is, it seems like by now he'd be bored with them. So give me a little more in WHY, not all the why but just maybe a hint??? I'm just not believing enough of it to enjoy the Pelant storyline at all. For me this is a big problem. I've actually liked a lot of season 8 but get disappointed with the convoluted Pelant stuff every time.omelette73 wrote:About that I disagree, just because we don't know his reason doesn't mean those reason are not believable. We just don't know...yet.
And he doesn't want to mess with Governments or start world war III, because he has a pretty specific target, we do not understand his behavior, but he is concentrating all his efforts targeting our beloved team. It's not interested in nothing else. Why?
That's the reason I'm trilled... I want to know why!
I think you have to watch a lot of cop shows or spy shows. A burner phone is a cheap cell phone you can buy without contract or even putting your name attached to it in any way. You can add minutes to it, use it for your shady purposes (or, in this case, Booth keeping in contact with the team without being tracked) and then toss it when you're done. You 'burn' it, as in throw it away once it's served its purpose. Bad guys on shows use them so no one can trace them when they're calling for ransom, calling each other with updates to their nasty plans, or for whatever nefarious purposes. Good guys can use them too, especially if they're trying to stay under the radar because their lives are in danger, as the team's lives were in this episode.skftex wrote:No clue, but I guess he's so techy he could do that without them having to explain it to us how he did it. I'm not even sure what a burner phone is in the first place, so no clue about that at all! LOL
I don't even understand that 'reasoning' of hers. If anything, you'd think they'd be all over getting as much money out of you as they could, in paying for classes, so what's ONE extra class on your roster? Ridiculous. Plus, having more well-rounded training can only help you in your quest for jobs! And then there's the added bonus of this thing called ENJOYMENT?! LOL. You clearly enjoy history and are very knowledgeable with it, so why not allow you to enjoy your final semester of school? I would have argued with her.skftex wrote:HAHAHA She was all snooty about it too, like it was the dumbest thing she'd ever heard. Not sure how it would hurt HER but whatever. And I didn't even have to look up what the Enigma machine was, I knew it as soon as Hodgins said it!
LOL it's impossible to bring me down, believe me.Sinkwriter72 wrote:skftex wrote:
P.S. to Omelette -- don't let our arguments bring you down. I think Sharon and I (and some of the posters that have been here the longest) have had many a discussion about what types of thorough storytelling we enjoy, so we're probably pretty jaded when it comes to Hart's follow-through. In the most recent seasons, he just hasn't followed through with certain plots the way we thought he should, and it made the story the poorer for it. So we're probably a little more leery in believing that next week they'll come back and show the Jeffersonian in any way affected by losing almost all its funding. It can get pretty frustrating. But trust me, we bitch about it because we care. LOL. We want the show to be the very best it can be, overall and so TJ can get to do fun and amazing storylines, and it's frustrating and sad when things fall short of that high goal.
You are in the right place, then.omelette73 wrote:I just like to talk about the things I love, even if - or probably even more - when my opinions do not coincide with others