Episode Discussion

[jekesta]

101 - Pilot




This post is for any and all discussion of the pilot episode! Squee, deep thoughts, random questions, we will take them all. Your ~feelings filtered through the medium of dance, song, .gif, vulcan poetry, absolutely anything.

There weren't many of us for the rewatch, but it was really good fun. The chat room as far as I can work out just stays there for all time, so if people do want to organise other times to chat for whatever reason, feel free to use it whenever.

Comments

[ruyu.livejournal.com]

Had fun guys! Can't wait till the next one.

[fobmarwi.livejournal.com]

This is the first time I've watch this episode cause I didn't caught it on TV when it was aired, but I was AWESOME, I don't remember the last time I liked a pilot so much...
Jared's double entendre jokes were hilarious, and I'll get wrinkles of smiling so much due to Breckin's legendary smiles
And I didn't know MPG could sing, he has such a nice voice!
Pindar and Carmen's car scene, FUNNY! Poor Carmen though...

[vic-amy-z.livejournal.com]

I loved re-watching this episode because the first time I saw it I was just enjoying it as a new programme in my schedule, blissfully unaware of the immense Jared & Peter love that was about to consume me (in a couple of episodes time!)

It was great to see the start of so many things that go on to become so integral to the rest of the season - The parties at the man cave, Peter and Jared at the diner, the snarky relationship they have with Damien, Jared's attitude towards Janie, the craziness that is Infeld, the list goes on...

For me, I love the fact that this episode gives us naked!Peter and semi-naked!Jared. It's like we were spoiled so early on and then 'The Powers That Be' spectacularly failed to follow up on this! Maybe they're saving it for Season 2? ;o)

[jekesta]

Okay, here are some of my collected thoughts/questions about the pilot episode:

- How does anyone concentrate when Breckin Meyer's face is in the room?

- I've watched this episode a million times and never noticed before that Jared goes to the airport at the end in a bronco. I LOVE HIM. I love that he countered with a bronco, and I've been sad that they didn't get one because Peter is still driving something dull. But they totally did. They should take it everywhere.

- Everyone in chat was quite a lot agreed that post-fight hair was BEAUTIFUL and they should take more opportunities to ruffle each other up a bit.

- We were also kind of agreed that selling Jared's ass on sunset is a BEAUTIFUL PLAN. And that fic writers maybe need to get on that. They were SIX MONTHS BEHIND ON RENT THAT ONE TIME. And prostitution fic makes the world go round.

- I love everything about their entire relationship and I know it is sort of all I've said for the past three months, so I'm repeating myself, but whatever. They're just so so so good. So good. I love when Peter brings Jared pizza, and when he goes to find out why he's in trouble in the conference room, and that they fight and don't care, and that they know EVERYTHING about each other, and that they look at each other, and the WALL, THE AMAZING SADNESS OF A WALL OH GOD.

- I'm confused about the canon status of Jared/Hanna. Did they actually definitely have sex at some point? Because Hanna says that thing about how they did, but if you sort of twist EVERYTHING THEY SAY you can make it make sense that they didn't. And I want Jared to be quietly telling the truth while pretending to be lying, when he says he couldn't get it up.

- Blood Sport is totally one of the best films ever made.

- Peter singing makes me incapable of human noise.

- Actually as well as bringing Jared miniature pizza at the airport he brings Carmen hummus at the beginning. Is Peter brining people food when they want it a character trait they kept up with? Because obviously I needed more reasons to love him.

- I wasn't so sure about it when I first saw it, but now I think it's the best pilot episode of anything I've ever seen.

[matchsticks-p.livejournal.com]

I remember the very first time I saw this episode, I could not for the life of me figure out what the living arrangements were. When they first rolled into the "office" in the morning and everyone was in their pyjamas and eating cereal, I thought maybe they just had the most casual office ever. I figured out Peter and Jared were living together, and then when Pindar interrupted Jared and Hannah's hookup the first time, Jared threatened to have sex in Pindar's bed, so then I realised Pindar lived there too. I don't think I even figured out Carmen lived there until after the episode. I guess I just didn't go into it expecting the entire law offices of Franklin & Bash to all live together in one big house, LOL. It's like the premise for a Saturday morning children's show.

[misslola89.livejournal.com]

I wasn't here for the rewatch and probably won't be for the rest since I'm in the UK and work late most saturdays :(

BUT...

The pilot is awesome. I never planned to watch the show because from the promos, it didn't look like my kind of programme but my bf and I were watching the show before it, left the channel on and I fell into one of the greatest comic dramas of my life XD

As has been said before me, it sets up so many of the running themes of the show, not least the awesome bromance that is Peter & Jared. For a pilot it was extremely well put together and all the characters and relationships were completely believable.

In conclusion; this show rocks and long may it reign air XD

[mina93.livejournal.com]

I loved this episode so much! It's the first time i've ever been so hooked on a show, just by watching the pilot. The chemistry between these two guys are AWESOME. And when tell their assistant that the wall between their offices needs to come down, haha, SQUEE!!