#tms 2x08

[personinthepalace]

Just finished the season 2 finale of Taskmaster: Minnesota, which might be the last ever episode of the show. I’ve only discovered the show a few weeks ago, but each new episode has been the highlight of my week for the last few weeks. So sad that it’s over, but I’m extremely grateful to David and everyone involved for creating such an amazing and fun show - it has been an absolute joy!

#I’m serious when I say that I’ve looked forward to each new episode of tm mn #even more than the new years treat and coc3 😆 #I love this show so much #I wish I could explain it properly haha #everyone please check it out! #you won’t regret it :) #planning on making some video compilations/edits #anyway sorry for being cheesy #but this show has seriously been an absolute joy to watch #and I’m so grateful that it exists #taskmaster #taskmaster minnesota #rambles in the palace #taskmaster minnesota season 2 #taskmaster season 2 finale #taskmaster minnesota 2x08 #guess what I just watched

[wardrobemoments]

Jane in s2e08, His Right Red Hand

#patrick jane #simon baker #the mentalist #tm 2x08 #wardrobemoments #hes sosososo beautiful in this episode #i also love how it has such a film noir feel to it visually #look at him in lisbon's office with the shadows of the blinds falling across his face #those high contrast shadows falling over everything and the gold light/blue shadows #i'm always happy when they do interesting things with the camera so i can get pretty stills

[altschmerzes]

Sooo I’ve been wanting to ask this but have also been too nervous to do so for fear of sounding too demanding or fishing for too many spoilers…but after seeing your recent post about being happy to talk about your fics, I’m just going to go for it 😂 I am very curious about how you plan to tackle episode 2x8 and the changes you’ll be making, and just…is there anything you’d be willing to share about all that?

AH YEAH ONE OF THE...... BIGGEST THINGS(TM) IN THIS ENTIRE CONCEPT AND FIC. from the BEGINNING this was gonna be Enormous no matter what and i am happy to talk about it!!! i love when people are invested in my projects tbh it makes it way more fun and engaging to work on them. you guys feed my energy to work on this thing, and thus it gets done faster, etc.

("is there anything you'd be willing to share?" [goes off on a whole big explanation that is probably WAY more than you asked for-])

so. 2x08. and all that. gonna put it under a cut again, in case 'gav explains in some degree of... detail exactly what they're gonna write in their fic' is gonna ruin the experience for you (gosh i hope not ljkdsf) but here we go (also cw for abuse here, which is probably obvious but. still.)-

2x08 is where things like... it marks the big Shift in the status quo of how things are, though the actual Events of 2x08 as translated into the au are sort of in the middle of an extended series of events that begin before it and end after it. so i'll talk through sorta the process of events that it's contained in.

basically, at the time it starts jamie is living with his dad most of the week in manchester but spending weekends staying with his friends in a rotation in richmond so he can work at nelson road on weekends. (yes, i'm aware of how far away those places are from each other. yes this is an insane commute. everybody is aware it's insane, everybody is sort of tactfully avoiding pointing it out to jamie. he does his homework on the bus, it's peaceful, he says.) he gets to richmond late fridays, goes to whichever friend whose house he's staying at that weekend, and then gets home sunday evenings.

at this point, ted is getting way more worried about jamie as time goes on, and others are too. he's been talking to his little like. war meeting of responsible adults he's consulting on whether he's right about what he's suspecting here, what to do about it, how, when, etc. and he's just recently gotten worried enough that he's given his phone number to jamie's friends at the park, shannon and company, and told them that if they're ever worried, if something ever Happens with jamie that sets off that 'i need to get an adult' instinct and they don't know who to call, they can call him. in fact, please call him. and so shannon calls him. because it's like, wednesday or thursday, jamie is not supposed to be in town this early, and he seems hurt. he seems hurt and it seems bad. by the time ted gets there, jamie has bolted and they don't know where he is. and there's just... nothing really to do. he's texting shannon saying he's fine and leave him alone.

and then there's the match at wembley. which is coming up Right Now so they have to deal with that, not like they can postpone it, so they get all the way to the match with this awareness in the back of their heads that like. jamie's out there somewhere having just had a really bad fight with his father, who very obviously based on context clues and what shannon said has beat the hell out of him, he's hurt, but they just have to sort of. keep going. for the moment.

and they lose the match obvs, and jamie went to it with his father - he and some friends are staying in town for a night or two for the event, he got jamie to arrange him tickets a bit back like in canon as well - and comes to see them after because he wants to be there when things are bad too, and that leads to a confrontation when his father comes to find him, and it gets. bad. jamie tries to defend himself but it gets violent, and by the time they're able to intervene he's been. knocked around a bit. (a bit more.)

at that point it's pretty clear that he needs a hospital. it's not life threatening, or anything like that, but it's obvious to ted and roy, who are primarily dealing with this situation (and yeah we get a version of the hug with roy - which scares the fuck out of roy when that's how it becomes clear to him that jamie is Seriously Hurt), that he's not just hurt he's injured and they cannot in good conscience not take him to a hospital. which means doctors and social workers and an overnight stay and a while where they're not allowed in the room with him while the people in charge figure out what's going on and what to do about it. jamie is released from hospital and allowed to go home with ted (and roy, who tags along for a bit, because someone needs to drive them and he can't stomach leaving just yet) late the next evening, but it's a deeply stressful and traumatic experience for all involved. jamie has a lot of healing to do, both physically and emotionally, but this is the big like. turning point towards things Being Okay in the end, finally getting him into a safe place where he'll be loved and cared for.

#gav gab #gav answers #fic: wriggle up on dry land #this is like. the whole 2x08 thing in a nutshell. #'a nutshell' lmao #it's a Lot #abuse cw

[bucksbisexualawakening]

A list of things that should be proof of buddie and would be if one of them wasn't a guy Part 6

I'm gonna start grouping them together when there isn't much.

season 2

2x07

I don't think I've ever rewatched this episode so there probably isn't much in it.

rope rescue? rope rescue. ROPE RESCUE. bickering like an old married couple.

2x08

evidence of buck not being straight: him being the one at the forefront of the rescue for the old gay guys (Mitchel and Thomas) and him being so affected by their story (other people have said this better)

2x09

skipping Hen Begins because there's no buck or eddie

2x10

ho boy THE xmas episode

BUCK. IS. CHRIS'. SECOND. DAD. thank you very much. come on - going to see Santa with the Diaz's even with Shannon in the picture

2) THE ICONIC "you two have an adorable son"

3) AND BUCK DOESN'T CORRECT HER

4) exasperated Eddie TM at buck (old married couple ya'll)

#911 spoilers #911 show #911 fox #evan buckley #buck x eddie #eddie diaz #buddie #buddie 911 #lynn's buddie list

[tartt9]

rewatching 2x08 (bc i like pain) and thinking about how jamie knew the routine for isaac haircuts (tm) and jan didn't which means that at some point during jamie's loan season he witnessed/participated in an isaac haircut (tm)

#ooc ! #he was finding his family even when he didn't know it :') #in other news the isaac haircut makes me cry now i guess

[zofixnrique]

BONUS:

“It’s gonna be okay.”

— Confirmations 2x08

#the morning show #tms #tms edit #gifset #tms 2x08 #confirmations #bradley jackson #laura peterson #bradleylaura #bradley x laura #ships #fav characters #reese witherspoon #julianna margulies #tv show edit #userstream

[elivanto]

#now this i have the mental capacity to gif lmao #the mandalorian #mando spoilers #the mandalorian spoilers #boba fett #fennec shand #swedit #themandalorianedit #starwarsedit #** #*tm #*gffa #tm 2x08 #1k #2k #5k

[aflawedfashion]

Laura Peterson | The Morning Show 2x08

#the morning show #tmsedit #julianna margulies #laura peterson #wlwedit #aflawedfashiongif #afftms #tms: season 2 #tms: 2x08

[jessescoldbrew]

Concept Art for the S2 Finale of The Mandalorian. The crew was told Plo Koon would be the Jedi rescuing Grogu in order to keep Luke’s appearance a secret.

I’d be lying though if I said this wouldn’t have gotten me just as emotional.

Especially if it meant getting prosthetics!Plo and the chance of a reunion between him and Ahsoka, who I’m still upset has not received any closure with him… “Little ‘Soka” 😭

#star wars #the clone wars #tcw #sw:tcw #the mandalorian #tm 2x08 #luke skywalker #plo koon #master plo koon #ahsoka tano #grogu #jedi #jedi master plo #the wolffepack #plo’s bros #to think this could’ve given us prosthetics!plo and maybe an Ahsoka reunion makes me want to cry #din djarin #sw #mandalorian #the mandalorian s2 #the mandalorian finale #the mandalorian spoilers #mando spoilers #mandolorian

[robntunney]

the mentalist: 2x08 his red right hand ➔ You're very much like him you know? The way you look at people and see right through them. That is just spooky.

#the mentalist #mentalistedits #thementalistedit #patrick jane #teresa lisbon #grace van pelt #kimball cho #tm: 2x08 #tmall #i made dis #mentalistedit

[inthiswhisper]

“what if he did? what if he struck a deal? my life for his soul.” i know dean is talking about john, but castiel’s confession/sacrifice remains fresh in my mind and these words will not let me rest.

#i still have 1.5 seasons before i get to their nonsense #dean winchester #castiel #destiel #supernatural #tms #spn liveblog #2x08

[junostjames]

             2.08 // 2.05

#queen of the south #teresa mendoza #guero #pote #jeresa #* #*qots #*tm #*jer #look at guero trying to drag her back from the gunshots lol #in 2x08 #she just takes off after him and pote and guero have to haul ass after her

[wardrobemoments]

Lisbon in s2e08, His Right Red Hand

#teresa lisbon #robin tunney #the mentalist #tm 2x08 #wardrobemoments #okay i think patrick is actually the femme fatale in this film noir and lisbon is the gritty detective lol #well they're each a bit of both more so #oop well now i gotta make a post about this

[teacupchimera]

idk about anyone else but I can never watch an ep of motherland just once, so here are some little details I noticed and feelings I had about 2x08 after watching it again:

-Scylla had kept vigil by Raelle’s bedside in the last episode, staying close so she wouldn’t be alone when she woke up and to make sure she was okay. but the next time we see them in the bedroom at the beginning of this ep, Scylla’s on the opposite side of the room, about as far from Raelle as possible. I think it’s interesting how the space was used - they’re still in the same room, unable (on Raelle’s part) and unwilling (on Scylla’s) to be apart despite the rather uneasy truce, but now that Raelle’s awake Scylla’s trying to give her as much space as she can until she’s given permission to come closer like she so desperately wants to. we see that, the next time they’re in the bedroom; Raelle seems to have softened and decided that she wants the comfort and companionship even though she’s still somewhat conflicted and Scylla is following her lead every step of the way.

-when Scylla hands Raelle the glass of water, Raelle takes it in a way that makes sure her fingers don’t touch Scylla’s. ouch :(

-also uh....didn’t Raelle pretty much just admit that Scylla is the love of her life? that whole ‘the two women I’ve loved most in this world’ line was a Lot lmao

-hi yes I am absolutely on the verge of tears every time I watch the unit hug when Tally finally gets there....Raelle’s face hurts my heart in that scene, she’s so so happy to see Tally and I cry. I love my girls sm!!!!

-Scylla and Adil friendship when

-it kinda breaks my heart how Scylla reacts to Abigail’s threats...like you can tell she’s not unaffected but she puts on this neutral mask and ‘idgaf and you don’t scare me’ attitude and it just...makes me sad idk

-this is mostly just me being a huge nerd but bats are nocturnal!!! seeing them in the daytime is usually an indication of rabies or some other sickness since it’s completely aberrant behavior, and the likelihood of an entire...swarm?? flock??? of bats all being afflicted is negligible at best. I feel like that should have been a dead giveaway that they might be related to the whole, y’know, Nicte business lmao.

-my little Raylla shipper heart hurts so much at Scylla’s expression when Raelle comes out of her hallucination like....she’s beside herself with worry and concern (not only for her life but for the emotional pain she was subjected to) and just. she loves her so much y’all :’)

-I didn’t really notice the first time I watched but the snippy little comment Raelle made to Scylla about knowing too much about Spree Work seemed kind of....out of place with how she’d been treating her the rest of the episode? and then the other girls (sans Scylla) were being similarly pissy with each other and I finally realized that Nicte’s Working in the cabin had probably already started, well, working on them at that point - Scylla wasn’t affected until she was in the thick of it since she’d had prior experience/exposure.

-I’ve talked about The Kiss^tm already but I do have a few more final thoughts: the only indecision that I sensed when Raelle was internally debating whether to go back or not was in the ‘when’ of it, not the ‘if’. I think she knows that the two of them are inevitable, and for her it was just a matter of whether she was ready to move forward or if she needed more time (thus the almost-kiss just prior). sure, I think she’s still struggling to reconcile just how strong her feelings for Scylla still are (cause that shit runs Deep) but she’s already made her choice. and, ultimately, I think that in that moment Raelle decides that she’d regret it if she didn’t kiss Scylla, especially since they’d just had a Moment and she’d made the opposite choice. when she does kiss Scylla, her face shows determination but mostly just relief, like she’s finally coming home. they still have a lot of work to do to mend their relationship if it’s gonna last and be good, but Raelle’s made up her mind and Scylla is It. theirs is an abiding kind of love, after all :)

-also, the fact that Raelle wants to be able to find Scylla (to come home to her, more like), is Huge. she wants to work things out so badly, wants Scylla to give her a reason to trust her again, to know she can rely on her - and, most importantly, she wants her to stay. it feels to me like Raelle is setting Scylla up for success - she’s giving her a safe environment where she can continue to nourish the good parts of herself and a way to prove herself to Raelle for both their sakes.

-last but not least, I didn’t realize until this rewatch just how horrified Alder looked to see such hatred directed at her on Tally’s borrowed face??? the fact that Nicte was impersonating Tally of all people seemed to really unsettle her. Interesting.

#motherland fort salem #motherland: fort salem spoilers #raylla #(ish) #please enjoy my ramblings! #and please feel free to come talk to me about this show!! I love it so much :') #and I wanna trade theories with y'all :D #also I checked and apparently it's a colony of bats :P #side note can we Please appreciate how much empathy scylla is capable of #her face when raelle's crying from her hallucination....she's so distressed on raelle's behalf #they're in love your honor #shoutout to my music shuffle for playing 'tainted love' for me when I was writing the raylla parts lmfao

[dumbasserydistilled]

I’m working on the “Henry Blake Bisexual compilation” and lmao, there are so many options to choose from.

1x4 “Chief Surgeon Who?”

BARKER: Do you realise you've a man on guard duty who's wearing a skirt? 

HENRY: Yeah, well, luckily he's got the legs for it. (21:30) HB*/MK*

1x9    "Henry, Please Come Home"

HAWKEYE [to Henry]: Can I buy you a drink, big boy-san? 

[Henry opens his mouth to protest then smiles and accepts] (24:35) HB*/HP*

1x11    "Germ Warfare"

HENRY [referring to Frank]: If I didn't know better, I'd say the guy was my wife in Army drag. (4:35) FB*/HB*

1x16    “The Ringbanger”

BRIGHTON [to Henry, about Frank]: Colonel, I'm sorry.  I didn't know he was your girl. (12:07) FB*/HB*

1x17    "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"

TOMMY: Henry, you're a beautiful sight! [Kisses him on the lips] (07:59) HB*/TG*

TOMMY: Oh. Say goodbye to Henry for me. He'll understand. (10:32) HB*/TG*

1x18 “Dear Dad, Again”

RADAR: Well... It's final week...

HENRY: And you want me to take you to the senior prom, right?? (25:36) HB*/RO*

2x01    "Divided We Stand"

HENRY: Klinger!  I told you to get out of those clothes.  

KLINGER: Not till I'm discharged, sir. (6:06) HB*/MK*

2x03    "Radar's Report"

HENRY: I'll admit, he's no Lana Turner.

KLINGER: I don't usually wear floor-length during the day.

HENRY [Interested]: Oh? (12:09) HB*/MK*

HENRY: Did you see that number Klinger was wearing in the mess tent this morning? The tight little green satin job?

RADAR: I must have missed it.

HENRY: Whew. It was a headsnapper. (24:52) HB*/MK* 

2x04    "For the Good of the Outfit"

HENRY: Well, the corporal's been thoroughly cleared. I did it myself. [clears throat] (9:20) 

STONER: Uh, are you cleared, Colonel?

HENRY [to Radar]: Uh, well, didn't we clear each other?

[Radar looks faintly scandalized.] (9:40) HB*/RO*

2x08    "The Trial of Henry Blake"

OFFICER: Charge three states you have a noncom who is a transvestite.

HENRY: Well, I don't pry into a man's religion, sir. HB*/MK* (9:39)

[Klinger hands Henry a bouquet of flowers and curtsies] (24:55) HB*/MK*

2x09 "Dear Dad... Three"

HENRY: She was with Buzz Wilensky, captain of the football team.  Big, handsome son of a gun, Buzz. (11:10) HB*

TRAPPER: Great looking legs, though, Henry.

HAWKEYE: You've been over here too long. (13:00) HB*/TM*

[Henry, in the home movie, kisses Milt Jaffe on the lips] (13:55) HB*

HAWKEYE: Tell me one thing. Did you and Milt ever get married? (14:25) HB*

2x10 “The Sniper”

[Gun goes off and Radar and Henry hug each other] (8:38) HB*/RO*

FRANK: Col. Blake, our commander, is missing in action.

NURSE: He's trapped in the shower with Radar.

HAWKEYE: What a way to go. HP*/RO*,  HB*/RO*

2x11    "Carry On, Hawkeye"

HAWKEYE [to Henry] He's most dangerous when he's on his back. (3:15) HB*/HP*

2x12    "The Incubator"

HENRY: Well, that only leaves sex.  Afraid we can't help you there. (10:41) HB*

2x15 "Officers Only"

[Henry lighting Klinger’s cigar ] (4:35) HB*/MK* 

2x17 "For Want of a Boot"

HAWKEYE: It never fails. One hand washes the other.

HENRY: You fix that sweetheart, and I'll give you a bath.

HAWKEYE: That part of our relationship is over, Henry. (11:05) HB*/HP*

2x21    “Crisis”

HENRY: Well, if it gets too bad, just do what my wife does.

HAWKEYE: What's that?

HENRY: Hold me close. (14:25) HB*/HP* 

2x22    “George”

FRANK: [being homophobic] HENRY: [annoyed] Frank, why are you telling me this? (16:45) HB*

[Henry is on a chair with a towel over his eyes while a nurse sits next to him holding his hand. Hawkeye and Trapper sneak in and Hawkeye carefully takers her place.]

HENRY: Look, let's skip the manicure. [He leans in to where he thinks the nurse is]

HAWKEYE [leans in close and pulls off the towel] Voila! El Finko himself. (19:44) HB*/HP* 

2x23 “Mail Call”

RADAR: Sir, Corporal Klinger wants to see you.

HENRY: Oh, no, not Klinger. Not today. 

RADAR: I think you should see him, sir. He's got a new dress.  

HENRY [intrigued] If he's fussed, OK (8:29) HB*/MK* 

3x05 “O.R.” 

HENRY: Klinger, take that dress off at once.

HAWKEYE: Not in front of Trapper. He's a married man. (3:30) HB*/MK* MK*/TM*

3x06 “Springtime”

KLINGER: Colonel, I could kiss you.!

HENRY: You do, and I'll chin myself on your nose. (13:40) HB*/MK*

HENRY: fLook, lady, I'm a doctor trying to marry a soldier in the middle of a war.  

LADY ON RADIO: That's sick! (21:10)  HB*/MK* 

3x07    "Check-Up

NURSE: I don't go out with married men, Colonel.

HENRY: Well, neither do I. (19:35) HB*

3x21    “Big Mac”

HENRY: Uh, Klinger, about that getup. 

KLINGER: You don't like it? Don't be afraid to tell me. I can take criticism.  

HENRY: No, it's not the outfit, per se wise.

KLINGER: It's the pedicure. A little naughty? [puts his stocking clad leg up on the chair and Henry stares at it] (14:50) HB*/MK* 

3x22 “Payday”

KLINGER: Colonel, I got a proposition to make.

HENRY: Forget it. We'd regret it the rest of our lives. (13:30) HB*/MK*

3x22 “Payday”

KLINGER: Then run away with me, sir. Together. (14:30) HB*/MK*

3x23    "Abyssinia, Henry"

HAWKEYE: I'm afraid just a handshake won't do it, Henry. (19:22) HB*/HP* 

KLINGER [referring to his dress]: I was in such a big hurry, I didn't get the back zipped up.

HENRY: I'll do it.

KLINGER: Up, sir. (20:15)  HB*/MK* 

3x23    "Abyssinia, Henry"

KLINGER: Sir, I have a picture of me. Would you carry it in your wallet?

HENRY: Your pink evening gown.

KLINGER: I knew it was your favorite, sir. (20:30) HB*/MK*

[outrunningthedark]

I was checking the live+3 ratings for 911 and The Masked Singer & thinking about your spec over which show/timeslot the skip was suppose to be helping, & I noticed that while the live numbers are pretty close with 911 ahead slightly, after the 3 day delay 911 really pulls ahead. But Singer stays about 0.1 ahead in demo even with the 1.5mil extra viewers 911 gets. So I have nothing to add to what you've already theorised but I am strangely eager to see how Singer does in the timeslot.

Both times there's been a pause between episodes in the fall (2x08 // 2x09 + 3x08 // 3x09) the station chose to air a rerun. Deviating from that pattern to give the TV audience content of TMS where "new hints and clues are dropped for those who have yet to be revealed." makes it pretty clear, IMO, what the goal is with this.

The show *did* gain 10% of it's 18-49 demo back on Wednesday night, so this decision may have come at just the right time. You can bet I'll be checking for those numbers on Tuesday. ;)

#anonymous #tina speaks