Robots Don’t Bleed, but Cows Do

Current mood: contemplative
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Originally posted on October 22, 2008

The Tower is Tall But the Fall is Short has to be one of the best episodes I've seen of the 2nd season since the season 2 premiere; Samson and Delilah. I was worth waiting like 2 weeks for even if the Dodgers were in the playoffs, but didn't make it to the World Series. But I have to give an honorable mention to Allison from Palmdale which is also a great episode.

This was good episode for the character development of Catharine and Savannah. At least we know that Savannah is not a robot since she peed on the floor. I'm not sure how old she is. I'd say like 5. She couldn't tie her shoes. Her mom should just buy her slip-ons. Those are really stylish in the time frame of the show. My little cousin who's 7 wears them. Plus they are good if you are too lazy to tie your shoes. Or even get her some Velcro shoes. This is going off into a totally different topic.

The part in the beginning when they tell Catharine to smile she made the weirdest face. It she looked so uncomfortable. Of course robots don't have emotions and terminators don't really smile. Which I thought was funny since Shirley usually makes silly faces or smiles in the photos she takes unless she is looking serious or something.

I have a theory about Savannah. I think she could go against her fake 1001 mother and become a resistance fighter.

When John went to therapy after he got a "powder burn" from a gun. Which might or might not have been a suicide attempt. Going to therapy is better "than trying to take a bullet from a gun." When the therapist saw that burn on John he said he burned himself by boiling water for pasta. I think she should have said that he burned himself frying something like bacon. I remember this one time I got a really nasty burn from cooking bacon.

It was cool that they made reference to Shirley's hometown of Edinburgh. Maybe because that's what her accent is. I can't really distinguish different types of Scottish accents. I wonder why doesn't Savannah have a Scottish accent if her parents did?

They are also dressing the Catharine Weaver character in better clothes. That white coat she wore in her premiere episode was kind of tacky looking. It looked like a lab coat. Even the gray dress she wore in the promo poster/pictures was better than that white coat. I liked that outfit she was wearing with the white turtleneck and gray jumper (dress). She can't be wearing rocker clothes like she would on stage. They have to keep the colors of her clothes muted. She wears a lot of white and grays.

She looks great with side bangs. My mom told me Shirley looks good with bangs, and I have to agree with my mom on this one. They made her hair look professional yet trendy. She was wearing the same old hair style for like 5 episodes even though I did like it she needed a different hairstyle. Her hair looked nice and brassy.

I laughed so hard when Catharine said that her favorite smell as a child was cow's blood. Only a robot could get away with saying something like that.