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gwynGah! And feh, bah, and a bleh, too! MDs last night just made me want to tear my hair out. I think I'm about 1 of 100 people in America actually watching this show, and certainly the only fan I know of watching it. And it tortures me with its potential.
I always say I'm bifanual -- I have no preference for slash or straight fandoms, and have equal amounts of either in my fannish history. But this is the first show since Magnificent 7 where I've found a slash quality I liked, because I really enjoy having slightly older, more mature guys being slashy and there's a dearth of that on TV right now.
Last night had hardly any interaction between Kellerman (William Fichtner) and... uh... I can't even begin to know how to spell John Hannah's character's name, so I'll just leave it at Hannah, until the end, and it was the kind of thing that would show up over and over as a pivotal clip in a slash vid, if anyone made them for this (of course, you'd have to watch it, which no one is). The cheesebal plot involves a prisoner coming to "the Mish" -- Mission General Hospital -- and of course he needs a new heart so Nice Guy Transplant Patient gets pushed back on the list by Kellerman, and everyone hates him for it, and he hates himself for following the protocols. Hannah tells him that professionally he did the right thing, but personally, it's indefensible. Then he leaves poor Kellerman alone and sad. It reminded me of the most popular scene used in Pros vids -- Bodie storming at Doyle in The Rack, nice and angsty and slashy. Vidders kill for this kind of scene.
And then at the end, as Kellerman's leaving on his Harley (of course he rides a Harley, he's a doctor who cares! And he's a rebel! And he'll never be any good!), he gets pulled back for surgery, but then it doesn't work out, and Hannah catches him on the way in to perform his own surgery, and offers to let Kellerman help him (even though of course Hannah doesn't need help) and they give each other That Look over the sliced up patient underneath them, and smile sweetly at each other, and all's well in the slash universe. Come on, you know That Look -- the one slash fans have seen for years in subtext, that created many a pairing, the one that says "we're meant to be together", the one that's set so many slashy hearts to fluttering.
They had That Look! And I love both the guys! And the show is just. so. crappy. It'll be a mercy killing when they cancel it, I suppose. But I'll still be heartbroken over losing this pair. Please get them another show together, stat.
I always say I'm bifanual -- I have no preference for slash or straight fandoms, and have equal amounts of either in my fannish history. But this is the first show since Magnificent 7 where I've found a slash quality I liked, because I really enjoy having slightly older, more mature guys being slashy and there's a dearth of that on TV right now.
Last night had hardly any interaction between Kellerman (William Fichtner) and... uh... I can't even begin to know how to spell John Hannah's character's name, so I'll just leave it at Hannah, until the end, and it was the kind of thing that would show up over and over as a pivotal clip in a slash vid, if anyone made them for this (of course, you'd have to watch it, which no one is). The cheesebal plot involves a prisoner coming to "the Mish" -- Mission General Hospital -- and of course he needs a new heart so Nice Guy Transplant Patient gets pushed back on the list by Kellerman, and everyone hates him for it, and he hates himself for following the protocols. Hannah tells him that professionally he did the right thing, but personally, it's indefensible. Then he leaves poor Kellerman alone and sad. It reminded me of the most popular scene used in Pros vids -- Bodie storming at Doyle in The Rack, nice and angsty and slashy. Vidders kill for this kind of scene.
And then at the end, as Kellerman's leaving on his Harley (of course he rides a Harley, he's a doctor who cares! And he's a rebel! And he'll never be any good!), he gets pulled back for surgery, but then it doesn't work out, and Hannah catches him on the way in to perform his own surgery, and offers to let Kellerman help him (even though of course Hannah doesn't need help) and they give each other That Look over the sliced up patient underneath them, and smile sweetly at each other, and all's well in the slash universe. Come on, you know That Look -- the one slash fans have seen for years in subtext, that created many a pairing, the one that says "we're meant to be together", the one that's set so many slashy hearts to fluttering.
They had That Look! And I love both the guys! And the show is just. so. crappy. It'll be a mercy killing when they cancel it, I suppose. But I'll still be heartbroken over losing this pair. Please get them another show together, stat.
