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Post by amyk on Apr 10, 2018 21:51:00 GMT -5
Watched this one tonight....I give it a 7 on the Sidney scale, which means it is very good and I can watch it again, but I'm not sure I would rate it as "Excellent." However, there are parts that I think are excellent. One of the sweetest parts of it, to me, is that Patty is willing to give up her life savings to help her parents. And I love how, at the end, the team didn't keep her life savings but Face gave back much of what she had paid.
And for some reason, I just love the whole "paprika" scene between BA and Face.
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Post by juniberry on Apr 11, 2018 9:23:00 GMT -5
That episode has two of my fav scenes m.youtube.com/watch?v=R4MxhYf9tSADarth Vadar Murdock talking about his dead dog “Leader. I’m on the Leader. He was on the force...” Face Lampshade Hanging as they stare at the blown up truck. BA “Give me about a half an hour, l'll have it back on the road.” Face impatiently replies “A half an hour?”
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Post by amyk on Apr 13, 2018 17:28:25 GMT -5
I also love that part about BA only needing a half an hour to get the completely blown-up truck back on the road. However, I feel like maybe Face is questioning whether or not BA could really do that in a half an hour. I had not thought that maybe he is asking that somewhat impatiently.
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Post by juniberry on Apr 14, 2018 1:45:27 GMT -5
Face does all the Lampshade Hanging innthe show so maybe I’m reading in to to wrong. The most famous one which has been copied by other shows after TAT is in Steel when he collects Murdock arrives at the construction site and the other are fighting already. He rolls up his sleeves and says with a sigh “it’s almost predictable now”;before fighting. I guess I now look for his LampshadeHanging comments and of all the incredible things they make and fix that one in Cup a Joe feels classic to me. I love it
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Post by amyk on Apr 14, 2018 17:14:37 GMT -5
What do you mean about "Lampshade Hanging"? Can you explain that more? And yes, I do love it when he says that about how it's getting almost predictable (which, I always assume, means that pretty much every episode follows a formulaic plot, with one part of that being, somewhat early in the episode, the required fight scene with the thugs of the bad guy if not the bad guy himself).
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Post by juniberry on Apr 15, 2018 10:49:41 GMT -5
Basically yes, it’s the writers acknowledging some story line is impossible, basically laughing with the audience not pretending the audience is stupid. This explains it better tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHangingAnd the two A-Team examples they give are Lampshade Hanging: At the end of the episode The Crystal Skull, the natives are clearly chanting "Who wrote this? Who wrote this?" Also in "Steel", when Murdock and Face arrive at a construction scene, where Hannibal and B.A. are duking it out with some goons, Face casually takes off his coat, rolls his eyes, and remarks that this should be predictable by now
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Post by kellie on May 15, 2018 17:00:45 GMT -5
I think this has some of the best Murdock/ BA scenes. Murdock doing his nut in over food! Really funny.
Sorry, not be around for a while, had some family stuff happening. But I’m back now! 😊
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Post by amyk on May 16, 2018 18:20:30 GMT -5
Welcome back, Kellie! For me, this episode has one of the best BA/Face scenes, when Face is asking BA for paprika. I feel like we don't get to see that many BA/Face-only scenes, and I do wish we had more of those. I don't feel their relationship to each other was played up as much as many of the other one-on-one relationships between team members.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on May 17, 2018 8:21:34 GMT -5
Welcome back, Kellie! For me, this episode has one of the best BA/Face scenes, when Face is asking BA for paprika. I feel like we don't get to see that many BA/Face-only scenes, and I do wish we had more of those. I don't feel their relationship to each other was played up as much as many of the other one-on-one relationships between team members. Agreed. They had so much potential to have great scenes and be great friends too.
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Post by amyk on May 17, 2018 21:32:47 GMT -5
Yes, and I think that in many ways, they were really more "opposites" than BA and Murdock. For example, Face wants to mix with the wealthy, and BA seems distrustful of the wealthy. Face is obviously the ladies' man, and BA seems rather shy around women. BA seems to sort of thrive on a good fight, whereas Face seems that he would prefer not to be in fights or would like to avoid them if possible. BA seems impervious to pain, whereas Face whines about a cut pinky. Face lies very easily, whereas BA seems very honest (although even he has lied on occasion). Etc. etc.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on May 18, 2018 8:25:09 GMT -5
Yes, and I think that in many ways, they were really more "opposites" than BA and Murdock. For example, Face wants to mix with the wealthy, and BA seems distrustful of the wealthy. Face is obviously the ladies' man, and BA seems rather shy around women. BA seems to sort of thrive on a good fight, whereas Face seems that he would prefer not to be in fights or would like to avoid them if possible. BA seems impervious to pain, whereas Face whines about a cut pinky. Face lies very easily, whereas BA seems very honest (although even he has lied on occasion). Etc. etc. Agreed. For all of their differences, BA and Murdock were not all that different to me. I think more Face and BA moments could have added to the show...might have even helped the feud on set. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png)
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Post by sprout1883 on Jul 23, 2020 14:38:43 GMT -5
Up to this on my rewatch. One of my go to episodes. Just really like this.
Love what they do to the truck at the end. Actually looks cool shot from that low angle.
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Post by Eclipse139 on Sept 9, 2020 15:53:11 GMT -5
Rewatched this one today. It's one I remember nothing about, but it's another great ep. It's good to see the whole team back together after two eps where one of them absent. It's also nice to have the ep start with a client hiring them again (and a reference to Mr Lee) instead of them stumbling into trouble as they seem to have done that a lot this season. I did feel for Murdock after he was knocked out by the baddies and Patty and her mum were taken. He felt really bad about it and he apologised more than once - only Face briefly acknowledged it. It would have made more sense for BA to stay behind and Face and Murdock go after Hannibal in the truck, but then it was all a bit of a panic because it was about to explode so I'll let them off! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I liked Murdock's chef character and it was good to see Face defending his cooking skills to BA in the paprika scene. The ending with BA making a hot chilli was fun, even if the smoke was a bit silly.
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Post by amyk on Sept 10, 2020 21:48:50 GMT -5
I love the paprika scene!
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Post by hannibal1295 on Apr 27, 2024 5:10:42 GMT -5
I agree with all of you, A very good episode! Some of the great things I remember are when Murdock and Face go to the military base to get the dog, the scene where BA is cooking Murdocks recipes! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) And do you guys remember the end when BA is made his chili. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) There are so many more of course...but I cant remember all of them. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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