#2x07 Safety

[bronx-bomber87]

Good evening everyone and happy Tuesday :)

This ep is a fav of mine. I know there isn’t a ton of Chenford content. But the amount of goodies we get for both Tim and Lucy is so good. Its what I love about them they’re amazing together and separate. Obviously prefer them together but this is a fantastic separated ep. Not a ton of gifs so it'll be partially gifs mostly caps. Also this is a longer one since they BOTH have good SL's in this one.

2x07 Safety.

The cold open is adorable. Tim would hate that phrasing but it’s true. I love sports so I get that excitement and happiness when your team does well. Look how happy he is. When the Rams won the Super Bowl a little while back I thought I bet Tim is thrilled LOL He is happy till a high speed pursuit interrupts his game. He sees the car chase is by his house. So in natural Tim fashion he heads outside to deal with it.

He is sexy af in this scene. That badge around his neck as he calls dispatch and logs in some OT. Then climbs into his truck backs up to block the guy and dispatches of the chase quickly. Gets the guy out of the car and on the ground very fast. Once he’s done drives back into his driveway so he can finish watching the game. Classic. Love this man. So cute jumping up and down cause they won. Damn he cute.

Roll call is upon them and Grey’s initiative today is community policing. Angela is out because she’s taking care of a recovering Wesley. (She ends up taking a side gig protecting a turd and his diamonds) Nolan gets a gig at the hospital leaving Harper open. Grey pairs Jackson with Tim and Lucy with Harper.

Lucy looks nervous af as she looks back at Nyla. I get why she has only seen bits and pieces of Harper. Those pieces they’ve been intense. Reminds me of when Nolan was paired with Tim. Just a little bit of terror in her eyes. It’s such a good ep for them both though. Their scenes are why it’s one of my fav eps.

Grey says Tim/Jackson get the football community gig with the Rams and Lucy/Harper get the community council. Harper makes a crack about it being the 1950’s. The boys get football practice and the girls get the PTA meeting. Grey says fair enough. Only one way to settle this. Challenge Coins. They both have coins from impressive things they’ve done. Tim says he got his from the Chief personally. He’s so cute and proud. Harper being Harper tops him. Says that’s nice. Hers is from the Governor. Tim rolls his eyes haha

Whoever slides theirs across the table closest to the edge wins. Lucy is adorable and in wifey mode already with her phone. Ready to capture the moment for him. I love how he looks over at her first before propelling his. Also his little butt wiggle I can not. Her matching his body posture is fantastic. An exact mirror really so she doesn’t miss a thing. They cute. I love them. Tim loses but Harper doesn’t want football anyways. I swear she did it just to make a point with Grey and mess with Tim.

Poor Lucy bombs right off the bat with Harper. Asking her if she needs anything. Harper looks at her and says 'Officer...?' Lucy happily says Chen. Nyla is her charming self and tells her she’s not going to use her name. That today she’s Not Nolan. Lucy asks John if he has any tips to get on her good side. Nolan makes a crack that he’s not sure she has one LOL You’ll get there. I dare say Lucy and Harper end up closer than her and John ever were, but that is much farther down the road.

First off let’s enjoy how ecstatic Tim looks to be at football practice. He is in one of his happy places right now. The man is radiating joy. It’s so cute. They’re watching practice and see a kid named AJ. How he is easily the best kid on the field. The director says that’s not what matters. His grades were trash before this program. Now he’s on the honor roll. They wave him over. Tim “grills” AJ on his work ethic, drills. and such its adorable. Clearly in his element talking to this kid. (Their scenes in this episode are primo)

AJ’s mom shows up and pulls him over. Director tells them she was just released from prison. Been hard transition for them both. She was in for armed robbery with a serious heist crew. Cute little scene with Tim and Eric Weddle. Eric giving Tim crap for giving up football for the service. Jackson is geeking out next to him its pretty cute. Tim tells him not to make it weird when he bro hugs Eric Weddle LMFAO

Love them having another shot at a pair up. It goes much better this time. They see AJ and his mom fight and walk over. Ask if everything is ok... I mean clearly it’s not. She doesn't answer them. Instead she drags AJ away from practice. They can tell something is wrong they’re just not sure what yet.

Back at the station Lucy and Harper are prepping for their meeting. Nyla tells her to keep this short and simple. Don’t promise anybody anything. Just to tell them ‘We’re aware of the problem and have a task force on it.’ Lucy questions that a bit but Harper says they’ll love that buzzword. She has Lucy lead the meeting. Poor Lucy she is not in the least prepared to do this. At first it works Nyla’s line. Lucy tells first guy verbatim what she’s supposed to. He takes her at her word and sits down. Harper looks proud from the other side of the room.

Then things quickly go sideways for her rapidly. A woman tells her that her neighbor keeps feeding the squirrels. Lucy tries the line again and fails. She questions Lucy and says 'A squirrel task force?' I can't blame her haha The lady tells her she’s worried about her dogs cause squirrels attract coyotes. Lucy’s empathy kicks in and gets her in trouble with Nyla. Tells's her to give her the address of her neighbor. Then she is bombarded with tasks.

Tim and Jackson meet Aj and his mom at their home. Just to make sure everything is copacetic. They can quickly see that it is not. Tim asks AJ if everything is ok. Seeing if he can get to him. It’s obvious that she’s trying to leave town with him. Before they can delve into why she’s leaving the car gets fire bombed. Clearly a targeted attack. Tim and Jackson get them to safety before calling it in.

Jackson takes AJ's mom to the side for questioning and Tim checks in on AJ. I love this scene. Getting to see that soft side Lucy has brought out so much. She would be so happy to watch him with AJ. How well he bonds with him and tries to get him to open up. (wonder how he honed that skill in..) Tim starts off with tossing his football with him. He starts to build his rapport by telling him he’s talented. AJ replies says how his football is always with him. How much he loves to practice. Tim is soft in his reply says it sounds like him with how much he loves the sport. The dedication to get better.

We’re about to get some background on Tim and I love it. Tim tells him in some ways the game saved him. AJ's interest is piqued. He asks Tim how so? Tim tells AJ growing up in his house was a bit chaotic. (Oh how understated that is my love) If you don’t know his backstory already at this point you get a sense his childhood was turbulent.

He empathizes with this kid. Relates to him and it’s written all over their scenes. It’s such a good episode for him. AJ says he knows a little something about that. Tim continues on to build rapport with him. Lets AJ know how his father was testy. Tim never knew what was going to set him off. That football was the only place he felt like he had control. I just love getting this insight into him as a character. Piece by piece we get to see why Tim is the way he is.

This shows us why he needs control like he does. (I.e. always driving the shop and Lucy not doing so) The Tim tests are a product of this as well. His way of controlling his environment and training since he didn't have that growing up. He does everything for a reason. We’re all products of the environment we grew up in. It leaves marks on us whether we like it or not. I could go on and on about him. Very passionate about his character and what makes him tick. His growth. Eric portrays him so well I could go on and on about that too but I won’t haha

AJ agrees again with saying he too relates to that. Football is where he has most control as well. Tim continues on to let him know he gets it. Football taught him teamwork, discipline and it wasn’t just a game for him. (It makes sense why he enlisted. He got everything from the service he loved about football) AJ then asks what game they’re playing now? We connect then I rat on my mom? Tim instantly says 'I would never ask you to do that.' You can see the change in AJ. He knows Tim is being genuine. He just hands him his card. Tells him to call him if he needs anything.

We return to Lucy and Harper responding to one of the many complaints they got. ‘Vagrants in the sewers.’ Harper is none to pleased about it. Says they're going fishing in the arm pit of L.A. Lucy tries to do her optimism thing. Saying isn’t this what community policing should be? Helping like this? Nyla shuts it down and says no it’s what she tells her it should be. That Lucy doesn’t want to be good at those meetings. Lucy asks why? Harper crushes her a bit more by saying if the higher ups see that it'll be all they’ll ever let her do…

They make it deep into the sewer when they find couple meth tweakers. This scene is hard to watch for how beat down Lucy is in this scene. Not just physically but that self esteem Tim has been trying to build up crumbling a bit due to it. They get attacked and Lucy has Harper's back while she cuffs one of them. Lucy is attacked by the second tweaker and overtaken. Harper jumps in to save her. Lucy thanks her but Nyla is livid she had to do so. Tells her those community meetings are all she’s good for. (Too mean Nyla too mean)

It’s not the reaction I expected from Harper first time I watched it. Then rewatching like I have it’s what she needed. Little harsher than I would’ve liked, but needed for the message she ends up delivering. Lucy is upset while the guys get hauled away. Harper picks up on it and ask her if she has something on her mind? At first Lucy says no. Harper snarks back 'That's what I thought.' Lucy snaps and tells Nyla she is wrong about her. Harper isn’t convinced in the least.

Lucy fights back says she’s more than those meetings. Harper continues the harshness and replies she must be really good at paperwork.... Then she tacks on that she can’t fight. Lucy tells her she can she’s won a lot of fights. Harper says not this one. Lucy bites back he was huge. That it wasn't fair he was much bigger than her. Harper shoots her down again. Says she took him down and his buddy.

Harper is getting under Lucy’s skin and she knows it. Says Lucy wants to hit her. That she can see it in her eyes. Tells Lucy to hit her. Lucy bawks and can't believe she's asking her to do this. Nyla shoves her to rile her up. Tells her come at her like that tweaker came after her. Lucy is pissed enough and does and quickly fails. Lucy is on her ass in seconds. Now Nyla is brutal but her message at its core is sound. Tells Lucy to stay down and get used to that position. Being a woman in uniform is anything but fair. That contrary to belief she is not a 6’2 180 lb man.

Unfortunately this isn’t gif’ed it's too bad it's such a good scene. Harper goes on to tell her ‘Tim might be a good T.O. but he can’t teach her to fight like a girl.’ She's not wrong. Nyla continues on that they get a higher show of force especially from men. That when she’s alone against a desperate suspect and she’s between them and their freedom she can’t be thinking 'Oh my he’s bigger than me.'

Harper helps her up. Tells her if she’s going to survive the streets as a 5’6 woman and one of color no less, she better be willing to learn what these boys don’t know how to teach (one of the best lines of the scene) Harpers impact on Lucy is immense. It’s not kind at first because Nyla isn’t in that place yet. She is a wrecking ball emotionally. Not her softest approach but her message like I said is sound in its logic. Lucy needs to know things she had no idea she needed until today. Why her pairing up with Nyla benefits her so much. Doesn't feel like it right now but it really does.

Lucy tries to mend fences when they get back to station. It’s who she is. I would be same way. Tries to make a joke about the meeting. How she should've listened to Harper's way of it. She gets no reply then tries to ask about her challenge coin. Harper calls her on the chit chat. Lucy is then upfront and tells her she wants to learn the job the way Harper does it.

Lucy is smart and can see the logic of what Harper was telling her. Tim is great for her but he can’t teach her what Harper knows. Nyla sadly doesn’t take her olive branch. Tells her not to be like her. Lucy commends her career and all she’s done. Harper tells her wasn't worth what she lost. That she doesn’t even want to be her. Oh Nyla you broken soul.

AJ shows up to station using Tim’s card like he was hoping he would. Tells Tim and Jackson his mom left for an errand and never came back. He’s worried something has happened to her. Tim asks him to be straight with them. That he’s stressed he gets it but can’t help her if he doesn’t. He tells them she had been hounded lately by her ex-BF to help be a getaway driver. Said he would kill AJ if she didn’t. They start to get a search grid going for her. Tim is so sweet puts his hand on his shoulder tells him it’ll be ok. I love this.

Harper is jealous Tim and Jackson are squaring off against a heist crew. She asks Lucy what they’re doing at this house. Her reply is too funny. ‘Talk to neighbor about feeding squirrels…’ Harper tells her to stay in the shop. She goes to the door solo and talks to him. She notices his hand is messed up and is instantly suspicious. Harper returns and tells Lucy to run background check.

They look him up and Harper thinks it’s the UCLA bomber. Lucy tells her they’ll need DNA. Tries to call in a warrant and Harper says no. Just needs his trash. They don't need a warrant to do a lawful search of that. Lucy starts her redemption and says Harper will need a distraction then.

Lucy knocks on the door pretending to be someone informing people about drought resistant plants. (her first mini UC) Guy isn't interested but she is persistent. Asks if she can have some water to buy Harper more time. Harper accidentally tears the bag of garbage as she is leaving. He spots Nyla outside the window and arms the floor. We hear the pressure plates click in to place.

Leaving Lucy stuck inside with his armed floor. We hear Nyla call for her (uses her last name BTW. )Lucy warns Harper to get the bomb squad. Tells her the house is armed and he’s rigging a bomb. Then is a total bad ass. Uses those worn spots she notices on his hardwood floor as her map. She slowly navigates the floor to the back room where he’s rigging a big bomb.

After she stops him from arming the bomb she throws him out the window. Harper sees them exit. You know she just proved to Nyla how good she is under pressure. Also how smart she is. She got into the house no problem with her ruse, navigated her way out, and nabbed him before he set bomb off. Nyla asks if she’s gonna puke and she says no. Then does poor girl. All that adrenaline I can’t imagine.

Lucy catches Harper before she leaves. Tells her it was nice working with her today. Nyla is kind and says me too. We see that growth kicking in. Tells Lucy she was wrong to discourage her today. Tells her to goes as far as she wants in this job. That she can be a cop like her but to be better. Tells her she’s has what it takes ‘Not Nolan’ ha

Lucy doing what she does best calling people out. Tells Harper she heard her call her Chen back at the house. Says she knows Harper knows her name haha Harper respects it and she gets a smile out of Nyla. Even John hasn’t gotten that LOL Lucy asks her if she can ask her advice from time to time. She gets a much better response this time and says 'Sure just not all the time' haha She has a rep to protect hehe. So begins a beautiful friendship.

Tim can teach her a lot of what she needs to know truly he can. But he can not teach the wisdom Nyla ends up teaching her. How to handle herself as a female cop. Talia missed the mark so badly with Lucy on that. Nyla truly capitalizes on this moving forward. Harper is exactly what Lucy needed. A strong bad ass female role model she could lean on from time to time. She is apart of the development of the Confident BAMF Lucy that we have today. One of the reasons I adore her character so much. Why I love this ep a lot as well. So good.

Tim and Jackson save AJ’s mom from the heist that takes place. Angela luckily happened to be guarding the target as an off duty side gig. It was wrapped up nicely. They were able to keep AJ's mom from being charged since she was coerced. The ending is super sweet. Get to see Tim/Jackson playing with AJ. His mom watching on. Tim looks so happy and once again in his element. Bragging about how he was one of the top QBs in the state. Eric Weddle shows back up gives Tim crap. Says his interceptions were always perfect spirals ha

Ep ends super sweet Tim/AJ squaring off against Eric and Jackson. Lots of trash talking snd cuteness haha Perfect way to end the SL. Love this so for them individually so very much. Tim for showing his compassion and sharing his past with AJ. Lucy for growing and learning about herself as a cop. Harper becoming an ally for her is huge.

Fantastic episode. Thanks to all who continue to like/comment (love me some comments), and reblog. You are amazing and I appreciate you all.

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Side notes-Non chenford

Not really much two main SLs were Tim and Lucy separately. So I will say I did like Nolan and the doctor. They had a good background and chemistry. Too bad they didn't work out.

Shall see you all in 2x08 :)

#Caitlin rewatches The Rookie #chenford #chenford hiatus #summer rewatch #waiting on s6 #s2 #2x07 Safety #2x07 #tim x lucy #tim bradford #lucy chen #lucy x tim #eric winter #melissa o'neil #otp: doing my job #otp: you know me so well. too well. #tim bradford x lucy chen #nyla harper #the rookie

[renegadesstuff]

TIMOTHY BRADFORD 🔥

#the rookie #tim bradford #sergeant tim bradford #sergeant bradford #Timothy bradford #eric winter #the rookie series #the rookie rewatch #the rookie edit #the rookie season 2 #2x07 #safety #28 days to go!

[ebro-devoo]

After having some time to reflect on 2x07, I think Siuan’s actions were justified and somewhat sympathetic given the information she knew. First off, Lan came to Siuan and told her that moraine have been deliberately withholding essential information from her (the fact that she was stilled ) and was threatening to pass Lans bond which both indicated that Moraine was not in a good place mentally or physically to complete their mission (train and protect Rand/the world from Ran).

Now cut to when she meets with Ran. While we as viewers know that Ran is not evil or mad yet, from her perspective he is a nuclear bomb that could either become evil or go mad in the process of saving the world. The last dragon literally killed a ton of people and destroyed the world, and as the head of the “servants of all” it’s Siuan’s job to protect the world from Rand, and so when she sees that Moraine has no power to control him if he starts to go insane and has failed to teach him anything, she makes the decision to shield/control him, which in her mind is what’s best for the safety of the world. While we know it’s the wrong choice, I don’t think this is anything like the Seanchan who literally enslave an entire group of people while I think of the dragon more as the trolley problem (sacrifice the one to save the many).

Then in the final confrontation with Moraine and Lanfear, I think her confusion and perceived betrayal from Moraine dictates most of her actions. First she finds out that Moraine and Verrin tricked Leanne into letting them escape, then arrives at the way gate to see that Moraine has channeled, meaning that she lied about being stilled making Siuan think that she could be a darkfriend. While the using of the oath was awful and definitely violating, I don’t think Siuan felt as if she had any choice because she wasn’t going to let a suspected dark friend walk away with the dragon reborn. You could also see on her face afterwords how broken she felt in that moment.

Anyways, I think both Siuan and Moraine were trying to do what they thought was right and neither of them are villains and that’s what made this episode so hard to watch.

#wot show spoilers #wot s2 #wot on prime #wot liveblog #wot #wheel of time #the wheel of time #2x07 #moraine damodred #moraine sedai #siuan sanche #moiraine x siuan #siuanraine

[mswyrr]

after receiving the prophecy together, moiraine and suian both chose to prepare for the dragon reborn by playing to their own strengths - siuan is clearly more talented at delicate Tower politics, so she went for the Amyrlin Seat. now, i don't doubt moiraine's path has been challenging - but she got to be out on the road a lot of the time, with her bestie platonic soulmate, riding horses and breathing fresh air. she can be wholly herself for a significant portion of her life, let down her guard, and her bestie, even with magical levels of insight into her, loves and accepts her.

meanwhile, siuan has been living in a fish bowl???? e n d l e s s meetings and functions and bullshit. surrounded by a lot of people she cannot trust or let down her guard around. she's living bullshit levels of intense stress while separated from her wife. where does she find safety? does she have a warder she can trust? a best friend? i'm thinking about the level of pressure she's had to deal with and no wonder--after the trauma of having to exile moiraine and then finding out her wife has been stilled and lied-by-omission to her about it for six months--she looks exhausted and weary in 2x07 and feels she has no other choice but to wrong moiraine, given the information she's working from, the seriousness of the situation, and how sketchy and reckless moiraine's recent deceptions and choices seem.

#siuan sanche #moiraine sedai #moiraine x siuan #wot meta #my meta #wheel of time spoilers #wheel of time #wot spoilers #the wheel of time

[amuseoffyre]

I did a thread on the bird site last night about Ed's world being so tied up in sea/water analogies and connections but realised I didn't put together a full list of the references I can remember off the top of my head. Now, I will attempt to do so.

Before I get into the details, there's also recurring symbolism of Ed standing between two worlds and this is reflected in the above/below of the sea but also the tidelines/shore/docks as a place where land and sea meet and overlap.

There's a lot happening.

"treading water, waiting to drown" (1x03)

"Be a lighthouse" / "cracking up on the rocks" (1x04)

throwing unwanted people/hopes/dreams/fears into the sea (1x05, 1x10, 2x02, 2x03, 2x07)

the dock and lighthouse in his flashback to his father's death - the first sea versus land metaphor, where the horror rises from beneath the surface (1x06)

"something stirring in the brine" (1x06)

"plumb the depths" / sirens and krakens (1x06) being the thing to trigger a breakdown

"Edward Teach, born on a beach" (1x09)

the kiss happening on the shoreline (1x09)

the abandonment happening on a dock (1x09)

marooning the crew on a sandbar - a temporary island, which is what Stede and his crew were for him (1x10)

"sunshine one moment, cataracts the next" (2x02)

his purgatory begins with him waking at the high tideline - a symbolic meeting point between the land and the sea (2x03)

collecting paua on the beach with ties back to his mother (2x03)

"Jeff's Inn by the Sea" - another place on the edge of land and sea (2x03)

reveal about the Gravy Basket while standing on the shore (2x03)

becoming the cataract - the chaotic surge falling over a cliff and full submersion in the sea as a way to end his life (2x03)

mer!Stede - a creature of both land and sea who can be there with him when he's in his dark watery doom (2x03)

"caught in his whirlpool" (2x04)

"hanging out on this ladder" - again somewhere between the sea and the safety of the safe space ship (2x05)

"Man against beast - I'm the man and the beast was beneath the sea" (2x05)

"we're the fish, I think" (2x05)

"storm's coming but I just can't see it" tied in with flashbacks and a shot with a 50-50 split of sky and sea (2x06)

another abandonment that is planned on the dock by the water's edge (2x07)

"pirates and fishermen are nothing alike" - subtext of the entire conversation ties to "you can't catch the fish unless the fish chooses to be caught" (2x05) and Ed is choosing not to be caught and fleeing (2x07)

the opening of 2x08 on the water's edge, away from the sea

reclaiming an identity cast into the sea (2x08)

rising from the waves on the shoreline, a place where he becomes himself instead of trying to split himself into different sides (2x08)

finding one another on a beach - Ed Teach, reborn on a beach (2x08)

choosing to leave the sea and make a home on the line where the land meets the sea (2x08)

I love the symbolism of a man who has spent his life trying to be this *or* that realising that he can become this *and* that. Blurring the lines, moving away from the binary rules.

He can be both land and sea. He can be both Ed and Blackbeard. He can have leather and silk. He can be strong and soft. He can be the big spoon and the little spoon. He can have it all :)

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd meta #ed teach #blackbeard

[yeraskier]

“i need your help,” my ass. geralt didnt need jaskier’s help at all when he came to him 2x07. like not one bit. he had jaskier bring ciri back to kaer morhen but that wasnt necessary.

i think (know!) he just wanted to keep jaskier safe after hearing about what happened with rience, and geralt being geralt, couldnt just be normal and say that.

that and he probably knew that if he barged in there under the pretenses of keeping jaskier safe, jaskier would tear him a fucking new one like “now you give a shit about my safety? not when you abandoned me on that fucking mountain?!?”

so saying “i need your help” was the easy route, because he knows jaskier would never deny him of this. but he didnt need jaskier’s help at all, he just needed him back.

he wanted him back. he wanted to protect him and he wanted jaskier in his life again.

#this is a fact okay? #thank you. #the witcher #jaskier #geralt of rivia #geraskier

[makeitastrength]

What are your top non-Chenford episodes/arcs/storylines? And what's your least favourite?

Oh god, whyyyyyy are these always so hard?

Actually, least favorite is easy: the arsonist storyline in season 4, which is unnecessarily gruesome and ends with an unrealistic escape.

But favorites? Oh gosh. I notice you didn't give me a number this time, though, so I'm just gonna go through in chronological order and list the ones that stand out.

1x08 Time of Death

Nolan is ordinarily not my favorite character, but I thought this storyline was really well done (ignoring the very end with a certain hookup I like to forget ever happened 🤮). As a viewer, you don't see it coming... and then BAM. It's like we experience the shock and numbness and everything else in the aftermath right along with him.

1x16 Greenlight

I will forever miss Captain Andersen, and this episode brings me to tears every single time.

2x07 Safety

I love the glimpse into Tim's life and backstory we get in this episode, plus we see the protective side of him coming out with AJ. It's nice to mix things up, too. We get the beginning of the Lucy x Harper relationship, we see Angela trying something different with the security job (and being a total badass)... it's a nice change of pace.

2x08 Clean Cut

I just really like Ellroy. He's hilarious, and he and Nell are adorable together!

2x11-12 DOD-Now and Then

I know this is technically a Chenford storyline, but it's truly a group effort to find Lucy. She has a lot of support through her recovery, and not just in 2x12. I appreciate that we get to see her work through her trauma and it's not just glossed over like so often happens.

3x10-14 Angela x Tim

Watching him support her every step of the way is just the sweetest thing ever, with a nice dose of humor thrown into the mix. I love their friendship so much!

4x15 Hit List

I will always have a soft spot for Grey, and I enjoy when he has bigger storylines. Seeing him break down in the hospital as he struggles to come to terms with taking a life is so heartbreaking. We get to see Tim step in for him as watch commander. And I love all the callbacks to Nolan's shooting in 1x08.

4x17 Coding

This one made my list of favorite cold opens the other day, but the truth is I actually like the entire hospital storyline. It tugs at your heartstrings in the saddest way... the dying wife and the young girl waiting for a transplant. And I almost find myself empathizing with the bad guy too, at times, which says a lot about the storytelling in this one.

5x19 A Hole in the World

This one made my list of favorite Chenford episodes, but really everyone is working the same storyline here so I'm including it on this list too. Honestly, this is a strong contender for my favorite episode of the entire show. Between the Chenford pieces and Celina finally getting some closure and forgiving her mom. Ugh. It's so good.

I also always like healing arcs in general, and this show is no exception. Watching Tim piece himself back together after Isabel and watching Harper get her life and her daughter back are arcs that stand out to me as well.

#asked and answered #chenford #the rookie #episode analysis

[raayllum]

in reference to what i mean in this post bc now i'm just thinking about meta as a structured debate it'd go like (arrows for 'rebuttals')

I see Callum as more focused on the greater good because he left Harrow in 1x03 in order to help return the egg → That's one of the reasons I see Callum as selectively loyal to just Rayla and Ezran in the manner / have never posited that Harrow was part of his 'inner circle'. He cares about the greater good but will ultimately put Ez and/or Rayla above it when push comes to shove, and he knew the castle wasn't a safe place for the egg or his brother.

Building on that idea of Callum's loyalty being tethered to Ezran, in 1x06 Callum is willing to leave Ezran under the ice to retrieve the egg, even if he's worried, showing he is willing to put the mission and the egg's safety first. → I view that interaction as one Callum reluctantly participates in given the fact he 1) is stopped by Rayla from going after Ezran, 2) has to be convinced not to, and 3) doesn't settle down until Rayla points out they have to stay up on the surface in order to be able to pull Ezran out.

Unlike Viren (pre-5x09) and Claudia, Callum is disgusted and put off by dark magic, showing that he has a different view of dark magic than they do. → I agree that Callum has a different view of dark magic than either Viren or Claudia do - he's not using it for power (Viren), appearances, or casual uses (Claudia), but that just emphasizes his choice to use it, which from 2x07 onwards always felt very "I know something is Wrong and I will do it anyway," as while we can understand and rationalize his decision in 5x08 as 'not that bad', he is clearly fucked up over it and does view as something bad. He just did it anyway, which in some ways makes it all worse.

For both cases, information and specific examples are being offered to explain the interpretations. If someone does view Harrow as having been in Callum's inner circle, than an interpretation of Callum being more globally focused makes sense, but if you're like me and you don't view Harrow and Callum's dynamic that way, then you're probably going to lean more towards Callum not only being selectively loyal but prioritizing that loyalty, etc etc. Understanding where people diverge and then respecting it accordingly by being able to provide well thought out, consistent examples for either (or both) interpretations for a character is not only a great way to gear up a brain for more analysis, but can also help you greatly develop worlds, stories, and characters of your own.

#analysis series #the english major strikes again #snake boi callum #anyway im done on this subject and will shut up now i promise

[edsbacktattoo]

dare i ask what is the gravy basket theory..........

oh my god 😭 oh my god strap in and strap on my friend because it’s a good one. almost as good as the izzy is jesus post.

okay, so the theory is that all of episode 2x08 is Stede’s gravy basket fantasy because he’s dying. the main hook for this theory, and why it appeals to so many folks, is that it means that izzy is still alive. stede dies, izzy lives. yahoo

the evidence to support this theory is as follows:

there is a shot of a cannonball rushing toward the camera at the end of episode 7. this suggests that someone (stede bartholomew bonnet) was killed by it.

he and zheng also argue about who dragged who to safety.

everything works out too nicely for ed and stede in the end

there as a big tonal shift (??)

ed and stede’s romance was ‘speedrushed’

the fights are ‘nonsensical’ even for OFMD standards.

stede screams “oh my god” at the end of 2x07 the same way he screamed “oh my god i don’t want to die” in 1x09

the op didn’t find the mirror to stede’s pirate fantasy satisfying :(

ed calls stede “babe.” ~just like he did in the dream in the first episode~

the reactions to izzy’s death from the crew make no sense and the grave marker seems like a very stede idea.

op also mentioned something about a “domestic violence thread” that made me immediately stop reading because i decided it was a big fat waste of my beautiful time <333

if you’d like to read more about the theory, the link to the original post is here.

hope this helps! :D 🖤

#fandom critical #this theory made me angry and then i laughed at it and then it made me angry some more #and now it’s very funny #enjoy!! #because it made me feel like my brain was coming out of my ears #ask #ofmd #ofmd s2

[chenfordspiral]

Tim and Lucy in every episode of The Rookie 2x07 || Safety "You're wrong about me."

#chenford #the rookie #lucy chen #tim bradford #lucy x tim #tim x lucy #chenfordedit #chenford edit #tim and lucy in every episode of TR #queued #s2 #2x07

[bronx-bomber87]

The Rookie Reviews Season's 1-5 Master List. Will be Pinned To Blog for Easy Access. S6 To Be Added This Summer.

Top Eps Listed Season's-1-4 Made a ranking list my fave eps for an ask. Wanted to include in this list.

Started: 5/13/23

Last Updated : 02/13/24

Works: 98

Season 1

1x01-Pilot

1x02-Crash Course

1x03-The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

1x04-The Switch

1x05-The Roundup

1x06-The Hawke

1x07-The Ride Along

1x08-Time Of Death

1x09-Standoff

1x10-Flesh and Blood

1x11-Redwood

1x12-Heartbreak

1x13-Caught Stealing

1x14-Plain Clothes Day

1x15-Manhunt

1x16-Greenlight

1x17-The Shakeup

1x18-Homefront

1x19-Checklist

1x20-Freefall

Season 2

2x01-Impact

2x02-The Night General

2x03-The Bet

2x04-Warriors and Guardians

2x05-Tough Love

2x06-Fallout

2x07-Safety

2x08-Clean Cut

2x09-Breaking Point

2x10-The Dark Side

2x11-Day Of Death

2x12 Now and Then

2x13-Follow Up Day

2x14-Casualties

2x15-Hand Off

2x16-The Overnight

2x17-Control

2x18-Under The Gun

2x19-The Q Word

2x20-The Hunt

Season 3

3x01-Consequences

3x02-In-Justice

3x03-La-Fiera

3x04-Sabotage

3x05-Lockdown

3x06-Revelations

3x07-True Crime

3x08-Bad Blood

3x09-Amber

3x10-Man Of Honor

3x11-New Blood

3x12-Brave Heart

3x13-Triple Duty

3x14-Threshold

Season 4

4x01-Life and Death

4x02-Five Minutes

4x03-In the Line Of Fire

4x04-Red Hot

4x05-A.C.H

4x06-Poetic Justice

4x07-Fire Fight

4x08-Hit and Run

4x09-Breakdown

4x10-Heart Beat

4x11-End Game

4x12-The Knock

4x13-Fight or Flight

4x14-Long Shot

4x15-Hit List

4x16-Real Crime

4x17-Coding

4x18-Backstabbers

4x19/4x20-Simone/Envervo

4x21-Mother's Day

4x22-Day In The Hole

Season 5

5x01-Double Down

5x02-Labor Day

5x03-Dye Hard

5x04-The Choice

5x05-The Fugitive

5x06-The Reckoning

5x07-Crossfire

5x08-The Collar

5x09-Take Back

5x10-The List

5x11-The Naked and The Dead

5x12-Death Notice

5x13-Daddy Cop

5x14-Death Sentence

5x15-The Con

5x16-Exposure

5x17-The Enemy Within

5x18-Double Trouble

5x19-A Hole in the World

5x20-S.T.R

5x21-Going Under

5x22-Under Siege

#Caitlin Rewatches The Rookie #masterlist #masterpost #chenford #series rewatch #tim x lucy #tim bradford #lucy chen #lucy x tim #the rookie s1 #the rookie s2 #the rookie s3 #the rookie s4 #the rookie s5 #otp: doing my job #otp: you know me so well. too well. #otp: some things matter more. #otp: you did good #otp: you're nothing like him #otp: doesn't feel like pretend #otp: unless it is #the rookie

[zalrb]

3 Nick and June 5x09 Thoughts

OK granted, I just skimmed this episode but I found their scene together to be rich with so much nuance so I’m going to do what I always do, break down my interpretation.

1. 5x09 Nick and June

were giving me Early Seasons Nick and June vibes.

In the first two seasons, I said that one aspect of Osblaine that I relished was their ‘in between’ moments because I found those moments to be where we really saw how much June loves Nick even though she wasn’t ready to verbalize that (from a previous response to an anon who said they didn’t think June loved Nick):

I think it’s clear that June loves Nick and the reason why I think it’s clear is because there are moments in almost every one of their scenes that show this.

I think we have the more direct moments:

and the more direct gestures/facial cues:

But what makes it clear for me, are the moments between that, because that’s when you see her struggle and attempt to reconcile all of her situations.

[...] in 2x07, as I already mentioned, she has the “what about you?” line and they have the passionate kiss

but it’s this that I find telling:

because she allowed herself to give in completely, lose herself completely, and be with Nick and this reaction is a culmination of things [...] but I also think it’s a self-admonishment because she allowed herself to just love Nick with that kiss.

And their scene and the dialogue around Nick this episode reminded me of this because June attempts to control her expressions. When Mark tells her he offered Nick a way to come to Canada, which is still on the table, she does her best not to smile

even when he mentions his name, she tries not to smile

which also happens when Mark says that he can set up a meeting between the two of them that very day

she does her best to react as if this is just business, this is just a means to an end

because she’s committed to her life in Canada now, she promised Luke that she would be “there.”

And when she sees Nick waiting for her,

like she’s seen him do many times before

(or appear to her like many times before)

she’s trying not to feel that pull, that jolt, that relief, that joy, she presses her lips together

to stop herself from doing this

but everything she’s trying to contain comes out anyway, and I think it’s important to note that it comes out when she realizes that Nick isn’t going to have a handmaid in his house because Rose is pregnant

like she’s shocked

but she’s also almost happy

because Nick will not participate in the Ceremony, Nick is still Nick, the same man she had to plead with so he would consummate his marriage with Eden.

While there’s also I think a bit of sadness and jealousy mixed in

But the moment he starts walking toward her, she’s grinning and flirtatious and familiar and knowing

because she can’t help it, the affection is there, the love is there, it’s very reminiscent of 2x12

which is especially evident in the way she says “I love you” which leads me to

2. When June says this

it definitely brought me back to 4x09

which then brought me back to 2x12

which then brought me back to 1x03

This idea of each other as their ... not even fantasy but as their peace, this idea that they would be happier and they would be content and they would be free if everything else went away and they remained or if everything else remained but they went away, that’s prevalent, and consistent with them and so beautiful especially since Nick’s response is saying the world can’t go away for a little bit because it’s going to be difficult for us to see each other

and June’s response is I don’t want to fuck up your life

 but what really struck me about their entire exchange is the mutual sense of understanding and stubbornness about the “everything else” where they are both like, I have people I need to look out for and consider

I am coming to you as someone whose second nature is to ensure the safety of my family no matter the cost

June has seen what Nick will do for his family because he did it for her and Holly

and Nick has obviously seen what June will do for her family because of everything she has done and tried to do and is doing and will do for Hannah

but then after all of that is established, their obligations, their commitments, their charges, Nick tells her he loves her, thereby being like, you know even with Rose, even with my unborn child with Rose, I’m in love with you, and he says it in this matter-of-fact, my-feelings-haven’t-changed, I-will-always-be-in-love-with-you kind of simple, Nick way,

which he’s done in the past

and June is breathless and on the verge of tears because she can’t not say it back, not when she feels it this powerfully, not with everything they’ve been through and the way she lowers her head is one of those “in between” moments to me because she’s at conflict, because their lives are moving on without each other and yet they’re always present in each other’s lives, her love for him is always there so how can she still contain it?

3. Their physicality. I have also always said that Nick and June have a magnetic quality to their connection

 ok, can we talk about...                                                        

The way Nick and June are so attuned to each other? I mentioned it in a previous post of mine, citing more the magnetic quality they have where you see them drawn toward each other [...] I’ve already spoken about 1x08, how June turns away at the last possible moment, the way her eyes close at his touch, the way he hovers near her, that magnetic pull and physical attune

and you see that in this scene, he leans forward a bit and she leans forward a bit too

and the urge to kiss is so strong, Nick is about to do it and June is about to let him, it’s what they both want, it’s what they both feel, it’s what they both need, but their messy world hasn’t gone away so he curbs such a natural impulse, particularly since June and Nick are physical outside of sex there’s always this urge to physically connect

and June is breathless with the nearness of it and the absence.

and OH MY GOD THE ANGST.

Thank you @splitscreen​ @skyshipper​ @pegscarters​ @give-me-a-thousandkisses​ @midniightsrains @resistancerising56​ for all of the good gifs.

#osblaine #nick x june #june x nick #the handmaid's tale #nick blaine #june osborne #max minghella #elisabeth moss #tht

[queseraone]

Positivity time—

Your top 5 badass, confident Lucy moments.

Because it never hurts to remind everyone what our girl is made of ☺️

Ooooooh yesssssss!!! Our girl is such a badass!!

This is actually kind of hard, because there are soooo many to choose from!!

1. Pilot (1x01) - The very first scene, arresting that guy who was going to steal her car. Is this is most badass thing she's ever done? Of course not, but it's a wonderful introduction, truly setting the stage for her character. She doesn't take that guy's shit for one second, and the confident, proud look on her face when she brings him in? YES!

2. I can't make a list of Lucy's most badass moments and not include the entire DOD/Caleb/Rosalind arc. Is it cheating to lump this all together? Sure. But you only gave me 5 spots total, so I have to get creative here! Starting with Day of Death (2x11), from her bravery through this entire ordeal, to the way she sought out and seized every single opportunity to fight back (physically and psychologically), to ultimately saving herself. The most badass to ever badass. Moving past DOD and into the following episode, Now and Then (2x12), we see Lucy's insecurities. But it's the very fact that she pushes through that shows us what she's made of. Not many people would be able to go through what she did and come out the other side, let alone as a stronger person. We see this again in nearly ever other instance that Rosalind or the case is mentioned, and we know Lucy is haunted by it. In Consequences (3x01), when she dismisses Tim's unease about having her visit Rosalind in prison, in Coding (4x17) when she her sense of justice ahead of her own trauma, in Double Down (5x01) when we see her visibly shaken by the news of Rosalind's escape, but then pushing her own feels aside and putting the case ahead of it all, and even in The Choice (5x04) we see her using her trauma - she won't let Bailey be left alone, subtly acknowledging her trauma and using it for something positive.

3. And here I am with another sneaky way to include more moments in this list - every single time Lucy is undercover. These moments alone would have eaten up every single slot. No matter the scenario she's thrown into, regardless of the amount of time she has to prepare, she fucking kills it. As the chemist getting into the back of Salonga's car (Revelations (3x06)), to her stint with the Rowena Razors (Crossfire (5x07)), to her middle-of-the-night, spur-of-the-moment rescue of Noah (Exposed (5x16))... as Nova (Triple Duty and Threshold (3x13 and 3x14)), as Sava (Double Down (5x01)), as Jamie (Going Under (5x21)). She's the most badass of badasses.

4. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1x03) - The fact that she's willing to stand up to her asshole of a training officer? A man who most people are afraid of crossing? SO BADASS. Not only does she stand up to him, but she refuses to back down after.

5. Safety (2x07) - I loved seeing Lucy work with Nyla here (and every other time it happens), and seeing her tiptoeing through that bomber's house, knowing one misstep could make the place blow? Bow down to the queen. You know she's scared - the very fact that she threw up the moment the coast was clear proves that - and yet she persevered. Because that's what makes a badass - not the absence of fear. We're all scared of something. It's what we do in the face of that fear that shows what we're made of!

I absolutely guarantee I've left out so many great moments. Truly I'm listing more off in my head right now. This woman is SUCH a badass. She's confident (not insecure), strong, and frankly just the best.

#asked and answered #roguetwelve #lucy chen #the rookie #the rookie opinions #badass lucy chen

[princeescaluswords]

Ever notice that Scott and Allison are just the worst for what they did to Derek and his pack in Season 2, but Stiles isn’t, even though he supported and enabled Scott and Allison that whole season / That's funny. Because I don't remember Stiles enabling Scott to stay with Allison while Erica was dying a few tweets away from him. In fact, in the actual show both Stiles and Allison had to tell Scott to get a move and help bring Erica to Derek to save her, because Scott wanted to stay with Allison

I love it when anti-Scott racists bring up this scene from Restraint (2x07) as if it's some sort of Supreme Gotcha! This is what happens when fandom pays too much attention to BNF nitpickers who try to isolate scenes from the entire narrative in order to make the heroic protagonist look bad. In this scene, immediately after the kanima attacks Scott, Allison, Stiles and Erica in the school library (Matt, too, but as he is the kanima's controller, this is his doing). Scott and Stiles discover that Erica is having an adverse reaction to the kanima venom. They want to get her to a hospital, but she insists on being taken to Derek. Scott hesitates for a little under one minute of screen time, not wanting to leave Allison, but Allison doesn't want to leave Matt alone (not knowing his identity) and Stiles can't carry Erica to the hospital or to Derek by himself.

To them, this hesitation -- less than one minute of hesitation! -- proves both Scott's unsuitability as lead protagonist and his obsession with Allison.

My first response is pretty aggressive: why should Scott put Erica first? Contrary to the OP's statement that Erica is dying, they don't know that. But, even so, why should he put protecting Derek's murder-beta ahead of protecting his best friend and his girlfriend? Especially since

four episodes before this one, Ice Pick (2x03), Erica had attacked Scott on Derek's orders in the ice rink but only after knocking Stiles unconscious with a car part.

three episodes before this one, Abomination (2x04), Erica had placed Stiles in danger again by kidnapping him on Derek's orders while Scott was busy protecting her ally Boyd from the consequences of his own actions.

two episodes before this one, Venomous (2x05), Scott had to fight a running battle with Erica and Isaac to prevent them from murdering a totally innocent girl, Lydia, the final battle taking place in Scott's own freaking bedroom.

Erica was not Scott's friend. Erica was not Scott's ally. Erica was guilty of attempted murder. This is relevant because Allison, who IS Scott's friend and ally, is in immediate danger as well, since

this very same episode a Matt-controlled kanima had physically assaulted Allison with significant sexual overtones.

a few minutes before, Alllison's scary mother had threatened him about having sexual relations with her daughter out of concern for her daughter's safety.

a few moments before, the same Matt-controlled kanima had threatened to kill all of them if they got in his way. He wrote it on the chalkboard, if OP forgot.

And yet, and yet, even after hesitating only a minute, Scott didn't call an ambulance and let Derek work it out, he carried Erica to their fugitive hideout knowing he was being recording on video. What if she had died? What would the police have done to the teenager who carried the victim to a dirty train station rather than hospital? He chose, even while there is a murderous kanima on the loose, to leave Allison alone, not coincidentally with the villain controlling that very same kanima!

This is exactly what my earlier post was talking about! Anti-scott fandom -- and it's not just the anon -- hate on Scott because 'perfect heroes are boring' and pretend that the show never had Scott fail or mess up and then shriek about people who like the heroic protagonist of the show can't see that he's not perfect, but then turn around and consider him a terrible monster because he hesitates for a minute before helping an enemy who has physically attacked him and his friends more than once!

And, yet strangely enough, this same condemnation vanishes when Stiles chooses to protect his father and Scott just five episodes later in Master Plan (2x12) when he doesn't just hesitate to tell anyone about seeing Erica and Boyd in the Argent basement, he chooses to never tell anyone about seeing Erica and Boyd in the Argent basement. But, for some reason, that's understandable.

BUT IT'S NOT RACISM.

#scott mccall #erica reyes #stiles stilinski #teen wolf fandom racism #scott mccall defense squad #fandom racism

[amuseoffyre]

After finishing my full rewatch, I've expanded the number of times Ed uses sea/water based analogies and metaphors to refer to himself and all the moments involving sea/shorelines and the liminality they represent.

“treading water, waiting to drown” (1x04)

“Be a lighthouse” / “cracking up on the rocks” (1x04)

throwing unwanted people/hopes/dreams/fears into the sea (1x05, 1x10, 2x02, 2x03, 2x07)

the dock and lighthouse in his flashback to his father’s death - the first sea versus land metaphor, where the horror rises from beneath the surface (1x06)

“something stirring in the brine” (1x06)

“plumb the depths” / sirens and krakens (1x06) being the thing to trigger a breakdown

extensive beach scenes as a division point between Stede and Ed thanks to Calico Jack (1x08)

“Edward Teach, born on a beach” (1x09)

the kiss happening on the shoreline (1x09)

the abandonment happening on a dock (1x09)

marooning the crew on a sandbar - a temporary island, which is what Stede and his crew were for him (1x10)

“sunshine one moment, cataracts the next” (2x02)

his purgatory begins with him waking at the high tideline - a symbolic meeting point between the land and the sea (2x03)

collecting paua on the beach with food and baskets with ties back to his mother (2x03)

“Jeff’s Inn by the Sea” - another place on the edge of land and sea (2x03)

reveal about the Gravy Basket while standing on the shore (2x03)

becoming the cataract - the chaotic surge falling over a cliff and full submersion in the sea as a way to end his life (2x03)

mer!Stede - a creature of both land and sea who can be there with him when he’s in his dark watery doom (2x03)

“caught in his whirlpool” (2x04)

“hanging out on this ladder” - again somewhere between the sea and the safety of the safe space ship (2x05)

“Man against beast - I’m the man and the beast was beneath the sea” (2x05)

“we’re the fish, I think” (2x05)

“storm’s coming but I just can’t see it” tied in with flashbacks and a shot with a 50-50 split of sky and sea (2x06)

another abandonment that is planned on the dock by the water’s edge (2x07)

“pirates and fishermen are nothing alike” - subtext of the entire conversation ties to “you can’t catch the fish unless the fish chooses to be caught” (2x05) and Ed is choosing not to be caught and fleeing (2x07)

the opening of 2x08 on the water’s edge, away from the sea

"I used to view the sea as a battlefield but now I can appreciate the bounty it has to offer" (2x08)

"no better than a heron, or a blade of grass, or sand or... like a wave or something" (2x08)

reclaiming an identity cast into the sea (2x08)

rising from the waves on the shoreline, a place where he becomes himself instead of trying to split himself into different sides - Edward Teach, reborn on a beach (2x08)

finding one another on a beach (2x08)

choosing to leave the sea and make a home on the line where the land meets the sea (2x08)

#ofmd #ofmd meta

[petrifiedcrange]

New headcanon after I thought some things over: Spanish Jackie gives Ed a cold shoulder when he and Stede come to her bar in 2x07 until she sees Izzy, but even then she is less friendlier than she is in the show

Because, considering the last time she saw Izzy he was plotting with her help to sell Bonnet to the English, she logically assumed Ed killed him for it, and while she understands it because Izzy did betray him, it doesn't mean she has to be friendly with him, not when:

1) she likes Izzy, like really likes him (I mean, she considers him husband material of high quality + calls him "Handsome")

1) she's seen enough of the two to know how loyal and devoted Izzy is to Ed, how much he would give and did give of himself for him, how he is ready to kill and die for Ed both, and that's in her book, much like it is in Jim's, is the show of love of highest quality, so she very much do not apprecaites the idea of Ed killing the man who loved him so

When she sees Izzy, she relaxes a bit because he is alive, but she doesn't miss his new leg and it's not that hard for her to put two and two together (and, among other reasons why she doesn't like the fact that Ed took his leg, she knows how Izzy prides himself on being one of the best swordsman, how important it is both for him and his safety, and the loss of leg must have impacted his ability to swordfight a great deal)

#🚬 ↝ Spanish Jackie #🚬 ↝ Spanish Jackie ↝ headcanon #🚬 ↝ Spanish Jackie ↝ rel. /& Izzy Hands #🚬 ↝ Spanish Jackie ↝ rel. & Edward Teach #I have thoughts #apparently #injury tw #mutilation tw #ask to tag