you destroyed me

[sab]

That sequence in the Slings & Arrows pilot, when Oliver calls Geoffrey from the pay phone and Geoffrey hangs up and Oliver calls again and they fight, and they confess everything, right there, and right before Oliver gets the answer to the question he's afraid to ask, he hangs up on Geoffrey. You know that one? Yeah. Just fucking broke me.

"You were incandescent," Oliver says. "Why did you leave?"

I mean, it's brilliant, it's always been brilliant, all ninety-thousand times I've seen this episode, and yet fucking Christ it just all came together so well. From the moment Oliver stumbles drunkenly into the phone booth to the moment he falls miserably out to his demise, it's perfect. I mean, it's perfect, a perfect piece of television.


"I'm proud of you," Oliver says. And he means it. "Chaining yourself to a building, defending the rights of the insane to put on shows nobody will ever see."

Comments

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

You're watching too much theater by yourself! And your phone is full. So call me, because I'm almost ANCIENT! And your phone is full!

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

You know, I also didn't actually post this comment to this post. Which is... kind of fascinating.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

I felt like I had seen it before! Did you post it to a different post? Or was this just... some old post from furies from earlier this year???

LJ IS being mysteriou.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

No, it was earlier this week! Because your phone IS still full:)

Hee!

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

That sequence itself is incandescent. It's a masterpiece.

[corianderstem.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Slings & Arrows? I recently got done watching the final season on DVD. LOVED IT. I was wondering if anyone else around LJ-land knew of it.

[allthingsholy.livejournal.com]

I hope you're happy. I was intrigued by this post and what I've read of "Slings & Arrows" in the past, and so I had to track down the pilot and watch it and now I guess I'll have to keep watching. Damn it.

Also, I've decided that Oliver's "I can't go back to the party! I don't like anyone! ... Assholes. ... Fuck." is the greatest thing ever. I think I love him.

[allthingsholy.livejournal.com]

ALSO: "FUCK YOU TOO, YOU DUMBASS BASTARD!" ANNA ROCKS!!

I'm on the fourth ep of S1. IT'S SO GOOD. HOW DID I NOT KNOW?!

I love it.

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

Oh, fuck, yeah. I've been rewatching the series this week, and it floors me, how good it is. It's very close to my Platonic ideal of a television show.