February 04, 2007

VMars “Poughkeepsie, Tramps & Thieves”

boring

seriously, this episode can be missed, there is no real development in characters

good new euphemism for suicide “taking a bath with my blow dryer”


spoilers

So, the question of the episode, can you love someone despite their past?
V seems to love Logan, despite his wild-boy past…messing around while they were on a break.
The nerd boy can’t get past the love of his life was a prostitute.

(It’s only kinda related, last night I finally saw Hillary say rhetorically, “…and what in my past has given me experience to deal with evil men?” LOL)

Oh…did Logan fool around with the evil Madison? Doubt it. It was just tossed in as a suspense hanger.

Well…time for me to eat bacon!!!

While eating yummy bacon… I had a little train of thought.
The episode title, “Poughkeepsie, Tramps & Thieves” seems to be a reference to Cher’s “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves”. And the episode & lyrics subject matter match. But was the melody even featured?

So why do they do this? Were the writers thinking, “we need something, hey, let’s do an episode off of a Cher song!” What the heck? Is a future episode “If I could turn back time”? Are the writers trying to drop cool flashback hints? Is Cher cool? Was Cher ever cool? Yes, we realize she was very popular. But cool? Do kids today even know who she is? I tell you what, it's a crying shame when the writers have to stoop to such gimmics.

I believe the song was also featured in the X-files, Season 5, Episode 5. To our younger viewers, the X-files was a show, way back in the 90s that was weird, kinda like a Lost for Gen-X.


Posted by joncim at February 4, 2007 12:02 PM
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