somniloquence

This is Stupendous with a capital S. And I don't use the S-word lightly. I love finding out which moments speak to people and why.

When I first saw the entire series it was on 3rd (4th?) generation vhs tapes with barely audible sound - and I was happy to have that. Watching it again on Showtime is almost like seeing it for the first time. It's so great to hear Chris use a soft voice to flirt or threaten and no white noise in the background.

This also sets up the slashiest relationship in the show, between Chris (Michael Biehn) and Vin (Eric Close)-- ("I'm thinking of whiskey, a bed, more whiskey," Chris says to Vin, after Vin has come in to the saloon and said something to him that no one else could say, and they stare at each other across the table in the most provocative way).

I sometimes think that if Chris had left out "bed" I might have been able to ignore the slashiness but then I watch the scene and, my god, his voice along with all of the eye-fucking just makes it impossible - for which I am very grateful.

I hope you don't mind me adding that Love and Honor contains two of my favorite Chris moments. The first one is when Buck is learning how to use a sword in Josiah's church and Chris starts to enter but is unable to go any further than the doorway. You can see him trying but he just can't. Watching it I got the feeling that he believes in God as much as Josiah but fears Him more than loves Him. It's very powerful and it all happens in the background. I also loved seeing a rare happy Chris at the end when he is saying goodbye to Raphael. A happy Chris obviously can't hold still because he is hip-shot this way and hip-shot that way to the point where it almost looks like he's dancing. Just a beautiful thing...

Lovely squee-worthy post. And thanks for the nod. Much appreciated