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« on: April 17, 2008, 05:08:20 PM »
Well, I love the Leviathans story. I just thought it was an attempt to take the show in a different direction and although it eventually wound up as a trainwreck (mainly due to the curtailing of the original storyline because of all the complaints from fans they received about it), the first six weeks or so are brilliant. I even enjoy the messy conclusion because of all the wonderful scenes with Nicholas Blair, a top favorite character.
I'm also very fond of PT 1970. I'm going to be getting the DVDs for the first two months of that soon, and I'm looking forward to revisitng it. Again, they did something different. My main problem with it as it went on is that I simply did not find Quentin or Maggie very likeable as characters. My great pleasures with it are Grayson's Hoffman characterization, Thayer's Tim Stokes portrayal (perhaps his most brilliantly understated work in the entire series), and Paula Lawrence as Hannah. Lara was really good as an alternate version of Angelique--more ruthless but also even more incompetent with her spellcraft than the original (and given some of the gaffes Ang in our time made, that's saying something). The Cyrus/Yaeger story never did much for me but perhaps I'll enjoy it more when I revisit it later this year.
G.