Television without pity has a long, scene-by-scene recap of last week's
episode. (Feb. 24, 2005)
When you feel like scrolling through 16 screens of very entertaining
writing, check it out. Here's an excerpt:
> Because there's lingerie involved, Gil has sent Grasshopper, His
Adopted Son Number Three to the showers and stepped in for what is
clearly a man's work. Regina saunters up, and in a nice nod to her other
gig on Carnivale, opens the conversation by silkily cooing, "That's some
tickler you got there. [rubs her jaw] You got everything you need to
please a woman." Gil is surprised that anyone sees his beard as anything
other than a one-bad-mood-away-from-a-cabin-and-a-4000-word-manifesto
fa****on statement. But he recovers and asks about the lingerie. Regina's
sold about nineteen sets. She's wearing the merch; she pulls down her
top to reveal a bit of bra and purrs, "Men love purple." "Do they?" Gil
squeaks. Regina tells him it's her Purple Reign outfit, and asks if Gil
wouldn't maybe like to take some home for the wife. "I'm not married,"
he replies. "Girlfriend?" she parries. "No," Gil says, almost
flirtatiously. "You want one?" she asks, definitely flirtatiously. Gil
smiles and winks, "I do." He's charmed! But who wouldn't be? One of my
favorite things about watching Carnivale -- since God knows I'm not in
it for plot clarity -- is seeing Debra Christofferson imbue her role as
Lila with an almost toxic seductiveness; she and Cynthia Ettinger, who
plays Rita Sue, are so lushly sensuous, they practically qualify as
human hothouses. So it's a kick seeing her here. Anyway, Gil asks for
copies of Regina's customer receipts. Regina's all, "This isn't how I
like to start a date, but okay..."
--
Eva Whitley
http://www.evawhitley.net
Jack L. Chalker, Dec. 17, 1944-Feb. 11, 2005, RIP
http://www.caringbridge.org/md/jacklchalker
"I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when
our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
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