Franklin & Bash - 2.05 (L'Affaire Du Coeur)

[vic_amy_z]

Yes, it's episode 5, Ladies and Gentlemen, which means we're now officially halfway through the season. Only having ten episodes really does suck... [blows raspberry at other fandoms and their twenty-two episodes]


Things I loved:

~ The first fifteen seconds. I'm sorry, Peter and Jared attempting sex positions in an airplane bathroom? Are the writers actually stalking franklin_bash?!
~ Jared holding his wrists out for the handcuffs like a little pro... bless!
~ Stanton's continued references to a very interesting past.
~ Peter and Jared's terrible attempts at foreign languages!
~ The fact that Peter and Jared got matching suits from Stanton. And the fact that they actually wanted stripper tuxedos. What is it with them and kinky role-play sex costumes?
~ The thought of Damien at a strip club!
~ Peter and Jared continually swapping money on all the bets they'd made.
~ The game of knuckle pool - seriously, they are just big kids!
~ The fact that they both used 'Dirty Dancing' as a frame of reference and never even blinked (this totally feeds into my head!canon of them watching a lot of chick flicks!)
~ How Jared knows that Peter slept with Janie just from what he's playing on the guitar.
~ Damien getting all upset at his gay friend from college not having a crush on him any more.
~ Stanton getting down and partying with the gay softball team - awesome!


Things I was less happy about:

~ Peter and Janie. A world of no...
~ Peter and Jared's wandering personal history. Again. So they had the same French teacher, huh? When, writers - WHEN?!
~ Did I mention the whole Peter and Janie thing?
~ Peter is killing his boyfriend with his blatant heterosexuality! Man, I hope he gets to be just as pissy when Jared gets some action.
~ They changed the 'nicknames' scene at the end? Peter no longer calls Jared 'Dimples'? Or tells him that he's cute?! Writers, I am disappoint...


Here, have ALL THE QUOTES:

STANTON: Damien. Where are you at with your, er, boyfriend from college?
DAMIEN: Lance is a boy and he was a friend. They're two separate nouns.
STANTON: My god, you Americans, you're so uptight. Y'know, I once experienced the most marvellous polysexual awakening in 1976. On Old Compton Street. It was...
DAMIEN: The Burbank Bears were the worst team in the gay league before Lance Joined. Now when we were at SC he set the season strikeout record twice.
JARED: So, your boyfriend's a pitcher?

STANTON: I still remember the day when popping the collar on your polo was enough to get you backstage at 'A Chorus Line'.

JARED: Bonjour!
PETER: [terrible French accent] Mon nom est Peter, et c'est Jared. [to Jared] What? We both had Mademoiselle Stein.
JULIAN: I told the Warden I'd be happy to answer any of your questions. I just can't be late for my afternoon Tai Chi class.
JARED: Well, we will be muy rapido.
PETER: That's Spanish, dickwad.
JARED: Yeah, I had Señor Flackenberry. Suck it!

JULIAN: [is dragged away screaming threats]
PETER: It's okay to admit that he scared you.
JARED: I'm not scared.
PETER: You're holding my arm. [both look down]
JARED: [clearly holding Peter's arm] No I'm not...

PETER: Look at me! Stanton gave us matching suits for making equity partners. We wanted breakaway tuxedos but they're not professional. Here.

PETER: Ass face!
JARED: Hey! Grandma Janie...
JANIE: Ass face...
JARED: Hi!
PETER: Sorry, you have to go. We have high-level legal defence stuff.
JARED: Yeah, we're gonna talk about you. Get outta here.
JANIE: I'm gone. Get your boyfriend to take the deal. [leaves]
JARED: [to Peter] You show her our suits?
PETER: Yeah.
JARED: [yells out the door] We got suits!

TANYA: Lance joined the site to help a gay friend at the salon start dating.
DAMIEN: Yeah right, and I go to strip clubs because I love buffalo wings.

JARED: Same old story - innocent hot girl falls for dangerous bad boy.
PETER: So 'Dirty Dancing'.
JARED: Yeah, except Swayze was just misunderstood...

PETER: Jared has some information he has to share with you.
JARED: [nervously] Me?
PETER: [aside] J is before P.

JANIE: Objection! This witness is not on my list.
JARED: Clearly Miss Ross woke up on the side of the wrong bed this morning...

Again, another good episode with plenty of squee moments and only the horrible Peter/Janie thing dragging it down. I'd say another win for season 2 - now let's see how the second half fairs, shall we...?

Comments

[fobmarwi.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to clean the writers mess, buuuuut, maybe both Jared and Peter purposely flunked their French classes on their different HS and Leonard wasn't gonna take any of that, so he just pay for a tutor and Peter just happen to be on the same class and they had an excuse to be together while learning, of couse they didn't pay attention to the second part...

[vic-amy-z.livejournal.com]

Aww... If they gave us Peter and Jared being privately tutored together in French, that would go a looooong way towards making up for the writers somewhat shoddy approach to their personal history so far! And the thought of them not-really-studying together because they're at a time in their lives when otherwise they don't get to see each other that much is just beautiful... [loves]

[merlins-sister.livejournal.com]

*wades into the French lesson discussion without properly remembering where the canon bit is up to*

At American unis they do multiple lessons/subject so they could have had the same person at college. From the name I am envisaging an international post-grad teaching assistant.

[vic-amy-z.livejournal.com]

If Peter and Jared studied French together at college, why does the phrase, "We both had Mademoiselle Stein" suddenly take on a very different meaning?!

I am reserving the full extent of my judgement on Peter and Jared's history until we've seen the flashback episode. Seeing as the writers haven't been able to get anything straight so far, I'm giving them this opportunity to sort things out once and for all. No doubt I will have PLENTY to say then...!

[wackinessensues.livejournal.com]

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