so, i absolutely loved Sam in CoT. made me realize how much i'd missed her. as for the weeping thing
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i think it was very sam-like and realistic and she was heroic throughout the entire ep.
that wasn't my problem with it. my problem was the 'in front of the crew' aspect. stop jumping to conclusions. i think she should have held it together and told the crew their commander was dead. that's her job. HOWEVER, i would have no problem with her taking a moment BEFORE that to cope on her own. is it possible that that's what she was trying to do and Marks ?? just interrupted her? yep, sure is. but if so it should have been better illustrated, IMO. however, it's also equally as possible for her to find a moment, or find one and then be interrupted. but that didn't happen. i think that shows to some degree the lack of respect or at least thought that TPTB put into Sam's character, they don't think about that, or are willing to let it happen. YMMV.
now, the OTHER thing that bugged me about Sam's Reaction(TM), this is in the first scene now. the lack of a demonstrated previous relationship between her and Emerson. i think this results from the lack of character balance all eps. sam's been wallpapered for so long, all of a sudden they want/need a sam ep* and realize they have nothing to build it on, so they just kind of make it up as they go. i find this decidedly aggravating. but you all know that.
*personally i agree that they're setting her up to take command of the ship, but i doubt they'll be a spinoff.
that wasn't my problem with it. my problem was the 'in front of the crew' aspect. stop jumping to conclusions. i think she should have held it together and told the crew their commander was dead. that's her job. HOWEVER, i would have no problem with her taking a moment BEFORE that to cope on her own. is it possible that that's what she was trying to do and Marks ?? just interrupted her? yep, sure is. but if so it should have been better illustrated, IMO. however, it's also equally as possible for her to find a moment, or find one and then be interrupted. but that didn't happen. i think that shows to some degree the lack of respect or at least thought that TPTB put into Sam's character, they don't think about that, or are willing to let it happen. YMMV.
now, the OTHER thing that bugged me about Sam's Reaction(TM), this is in the first scene now. the lack of a demonstrated previous relationship between her and Emerson. i think this results from the lack of character balance all eps. sam's been wallpapered for so long, all of a sudden they want/need a sam ep* and realize they have nothing to build it on, so they just kind of make it up as they go. i find this decidedly aggravating. but you all know that.
*personally i agree that they're setting her up to take command of the ship, but i doubt they'll be a spinoff.
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