From Your Lips to God’s Ears
(Time Again and World).
This is the first episode I’ve watched since starting this where I had basically no memory or opinion of it. Sure, I remember its existence, and that people generally don’t like it. But other than remembering that “The Cops Wear Skirts” and “The Constitution Is Something,” (also of course women with beards), I didn’t have anything in my head when I thought about it.
Which is to say that usually, when I’m getting ready to write these posts, I know what I’m going to say beforehand pretty much completely. It is now that I admit that I didn’t even watch “Luck of the Draw” again until after I’d already posted the review. But that episode is the best episode.
This might be (so far) the worst.
Anyways, I had no idea what I was going to write about. Production orders? Haircuts? Theme song? I didn’t know. So I decided to take notes while watching the episode, and go from there.
After finishing the episode, I realized it was so bad that I should just use those notes without editing them at all.
So, here you go:
TIME AGAIN AND WORLD:
wade’s diary
And/or, “San Francisco Stock Footage”
everyone is mad
can we talk about arturo’s hair?
Two weeks, and no time for a trim? (So Grumpy).
getting drunk THEYVE MADE IT HOME YOU GUYS SUCK
If you took a shot every time they started drinking in this episode, you’d be dead.
WHAT IS WITH THAT GOATEE THIS IS NOT FEASIBLE
Whatever you need to do to earn that SAG card, honey.
CONSPIRACY DOG
Yes, I feel “tense” thanks to “tense” demonstration song being played on the Casio.
CONSPIRACY PIEGONS
There must be a conspiracy because that old woman is NOT FEEDING THE PIGEONS.
CONSPIRACY MOUSTACHE
What on Earth(s) would the evolutional use be for this?
‘nag nag nag’
Wade’s hair I guess is good
I was going for “hair flip” but instead got “maximum neck.”
UGH MESSING WITH THINGS YOU WERE JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT MISSING THE SLIDE
I guess I’d rather see “worried” Wade than “angry at the Dudes” Wade?
‘elsie, the rock. 5-4.’ what-ever.
If it was so important that she go see someone named “LC,” wouldn’t you make sure to annunciate so it didn’t sound like “Elsie?”
why did they run so far away! they are always sliding in front of everybody all the time.
what! that’s the teaser?!
-that isn’t gripping because as far as we know, the events of that previous world won’t have any bearing on the next world they go to. why would they? so to us at this point, it basically is like two different episodes.
thats not a chip. its a floppy disk.
OR MAYBE IT IS DRUGS
whoa, wade. chill out.
like, seriously she is so shrill all of the sudden?
But seriously, Arturo is being totally reasonable and she is GOING OFF.
ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE
Tryin’ to score tix to the Oasis show.
CONSPIRACY DOG
They reused the same shots, so why wouldn’t I?
CONSPIRACY PIGEONS
But I bet it saved A TON OF MONEY.
CONSPIRACY NO MOUSTACHE
GOTCHA.
that razor gag was pretty good.
UM.
CONSPIRACY DRESS!
Boogie.
well that didn’t work out very well, i guess?
GOOD JOB WADE YOU GOT A DIFFERENT DUDE KILLED
‘elsie, the rock, 5-4. 8:00″
THAT IS TOTALLY YOUR FAULT.
One dude dead if you do, another dude dead if you don’t.
now, that’s where you stop your teaser, amirite?
nice tape outline?
No connection at the Junk.
CONSPIRACY DRESSES.
YEAH WRITE THAT CHECK REMMY (why is he writing a check)
Write it, Cash it, Ring the Bell, Kiss that Ring.
CONSPIRACY SASSO.
Just in case you guys forgot who Will Sasso was.
actually, remmy, she can and SHOULD beat herself up.
WHY IS SHE FIGHTING WITH HIM!?
It seems like I’m being hard on her, or just picking the ‘meanest’ screencaps. But no, she’s really mean.
UGH SHE IS BEING SUCH A RAGING whatever.
ha ha ha quinine spilled the ice.
I should point out that TextEdit’s ‘instant spellcheck’ changed “Quinn” to “Quinine.”
CONSPIRACY HAIRCUT
She’s still nicer than Wade is being.
i wish arturo would get his hair cut again.
Wade just looks angry all the time. why is she angry?
NO?!?! YOU’RE NOT GOING?!?!?
a man is dead, rembrandt— why are you the worst?
also then they just leave her?
The next half hour is just Wade drinking herself to death, alone.
ha ha then they come back. this episode is really bad.
Not that it looks like they really wanted to.
EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL— then she SMILES!
CONSPIRACY HOOVER.
The slow pan up Hoover’s dress was abhorable.
cool you solved the case. ha ha feel better.
CONSPIRACY JEWS.
I wrote that because this dude was talking about the Rosenbergs, OKAY?
CONSPIRACY AMERICA.
whoops. you must feel stupid.
CONSPIRACY COPS.
“When is she going to do MY hair like that?”
(what does this have to do with alternate dimensions?) i think this is the first time i can thnk of that i legitimately have to ask this question.
god save judge nassau. CONSPIRACY NASSAU.
Judge Nassau is the dude that didn’t die in this world but did on the other one.
IT’LL JUST GIVE YOU A HEADACHE.
IT CAME FROM ANOTHER WORLD.
the post production dubbing is totally awful.
CONSPIRACY CONSTITUTION
62-63, they outlawed the constitution. OKAY SURE WHY NOT
THEY ARE DRINKING SO MUCH ON THIS WORLD.
All of the drinking. They are doing it.
SERIOUSLY YOU ARE REUSING THIS SHOT?
THIS SHOT. FROM THE PILOT.
why can’t it just be a normal CD ROM?
All the money they saved reusing those earlier shots was blown on making this fake computer shit.
ha ha ha WADE IS HACKING, SORT OF.
Kurt Cobain’s christmas album WHAT YEAR IS IT ANYWAYS
ugh.
don’t be so sassy. WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT HACKING.
CONSPIRACY CONSTITUTION
Hack the Planet. (ugh).
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
ERRYBODY LOOK SO GLUM AT THIS SHITTY ASS CONSTITUTION.
SOUR FACE ACTIVATED.
HA HA HA READ THAT ALMANAC DOOD
that book is so tiny.
Also saving dollaz on tiny book. BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET
so seriously no one remembers the constitution?
no one? anywhere?
after thirty years?
GO TO DA CLUB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
LOL that skirtcop’s got a machine gun.
WTF IS THAT PURPLE MONEY
HOW DO THEY GET IT
No, but seriously what is Rembrandt holding?
HA HA THIS CLUB SUXXX
A WHOLE NATION OF SQUARES
Room For Squares. (JOHN MAYER JOKES 2011 NO SHAME [SHAME {LOTS OF SHAME}
WADE IS 23! SHE IS SO YOUNG!
LOL ELSIE IS RIGHT THERE.
what is with this weird long shot?
A) the dubbing during this shot sounds awful B) where do they get all this money for taxis?
CONSPIRACY DRAG
WHY DO THEY CARE IF THEY RUN OUT OF TIME
RADIO FREE AMERICA
i have zero investment in anything they do?
THIS MAKES NO SENSE no shit.
no but seriously why do they bother getting involved? ‘elsie the rock 54 ten o clock’ IT WAS EIGHT O CLOCK DUMBASS.
It doesn’t even look like they’re in the same room.
YEAH THE COOL PARTY PUMP DA JAMS
ITS STILL THE 90s!!!!
“90s fuckin’ sucked.”
the professor is right— quinn got shot earlier. why risk it again.
OH NOW YOU DONT LIKE THIS? WHATEVER I DONT CARE STUPID ASS.
CALLING ALL IN TRANSIT CALLING ALL IN TRANSIT RADIO FREE EUROPE RADIO
“YEAH SURE ITS THE US CONSTITUTION”
ha ha ha ha this is so stupid.
OH SHIT SHOOTOUT
I wish I could show a picture of how unconcerned I look.
so we’re in a conspiracy episode. i really just don’t care, though. like, i can’t make myself care at all.
HA HA THEY ARE SO BAD AT GETTING INTO CARS.
I DONT CARE ABOUT THIS CAR CHASE IT IS SO DUMB.
I would make an ‘upskirt’ joke, but this is too boring.
broadcast it over the radio. ha ha ha. sure why not.
CONSPIRACY SASSO BETRAYS EVERYONE.
was that part with the car not starting supposed to be tense?
MORE DRINKING DRINKING ALL THE TIME
I wonder what a trip through an INTERDIMENSIONAL WORMHOLE does for a hangover.
FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOD’S EARS
I RESENT YOU HAVING THAT THOUGHT
this episode is STILL GOING ON.
UGH SASSY FACE
Whoa, dial back that sass, girl!
Arturo i am so with you. FACEPALM.
Internet, make it happen.
if there are no rules, why don’t they just shoot Rembrandt?
can they shoot Wade instead?
MY FRIENDS ARE AT A COMPUTER TERMINAL AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
OKAY WAIT BUT SERIOUSLY THE INTERNET.
MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF COMPUTER HACKERS
or, y’know, MOMS CHECKING THEIR EMAIL.
i know that everyone talks about it, but it is really dumb that they try to read the constitution on the radio when there’s an INTERNET TO USE. AN INTERNET.
ONLY ONE GENERATION EVER CREATED THE US CONSTITUTION
and only one braindead moron wrote this episode
SORRY 2 B SO HARSH BRO THIS EP BLOWZ.
‘tension,’ again. every time this episode tries to be ‘tense’ it is instead so boring. this is by far the most boring episode I have yet to watch. I’d rather watch paint dry. And I don’t want to even watch Wade because A) her mullet’s gone B) her belly shirts aren’t anywhere and C) she is so shrill and irritating.
“”I’ve noticed the difference in Wade already — she is being written much stronger this year,” says Sabrina Lloyd. “In the very first episode, she saves the day. It’s something I really wanted, and it made me realize my voice was being heard, that the writers believed in me. Through these adventures, I think she has become a bit of a wild woman. She’s getting more and more daring.”
Part of Wade’s new found strength comes from her belief in her womanhood, Lloyd believes. “I think she’s much more comfortable in her sexuality now. She has really changed. I think she’s one of the strongest characters in the show in the sense that she knows what she wants, she’s a fighter. She now goes into these parallel worlds and tries to help when she can, and learns from the experiences. Before I think she was more of an observer.”
Ugh no because you re so irritating. If by Fighter you mean Shrew, than yes.
KEEP HOPE ALIVE.
INSPIRATION!? HE WAS TRYING TO USE THE RADIO.
this is bullshit they don’t even know this guy. he must be so confused.
No but seriously, who the hell is Judge Nassau anyways? This is the first time he’s spoken.
AGE BEFORE BEAUTY.
ha ha they just slide in front of them NO BIGGIE.
THEY TAKE IT LIKE CHAMPS.
Seriously, though. If a huge hole in SPACE opened up in front of me, I’d be WIGGING OUT.
WHY ARE THEY SO INVESTED.
WILL I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN? WHO CARES YOU DONT KNOW HIM
DURRRRR
UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH
But seriously, this world doesn’t look so bad, know? it doesn’t look all facets and stuff.
hey, it’s “that guy?”
Right? Isn’t this a ‘guy’?
HA HA HA HACK THE PLANET
ITS THE CONSTITUTION.
LETS READ IT IN UNISON!
This is an extremely unsettling image.
NERDS
HA HA HA ITS LIKE THEY’VE JUST LEARNED TO READ.
AH AHA HA HA AHHA WHAT IS THAT GRAPHIC?!
…*thud*
OH GOD thank the lord it is over now.
love this theme song.
i kind of wish i had just made up this episode and wrote about that instead.
IN A WORLD WHERE THE CONSTITUTION IS ON A LITTLE RUBBER THINGY.
JUDGE NASSAU: THE ANIMATED SERIES.
okay, I’m done here.
I feel like adding a little extra thought. I’m not going to try to summarize the episode. That’s literally impossible. The plot makes less sense the more I think about it. No one’s performance stands out enough for me to even remember their name. The only thing that’s really noteworthy is Wade.
Obviously, we’ve talked about Wade at length. Now, in Season Two, she’s finally starting to really stand out, be a presence… and it’s a disaster! She’s suddenly the most unlikable person EVER. So shrill! So harsh! So manipulative and hurtful and awful to be around! No wonder the dudes spend LITERALLY THE ENTIRE EPISODE drinking.
Why the change? Well, that extended quote I threw into my notes is the answer. Apparently Sabrina Lloyd asked that they give Wade a more robust presence on the show, and this is how they complied.
I don’t know. Again, I’m at a loss for words. With “good bad” television, there’s generally something to say, because I’m at least laughing at the screen. Thoughtless dreck like this doesn’t even elicit a chuckle, let alone an essay.
But I’ll leave you with the question that bears repeating: what does this episode have to do with alternate dimensions/is it okay that we’re veering off into territory like this?
Next week: an angry man gets angry, and I may or may not tell you about me and Sliders fanfic!
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