Clip of the Day, Nov. 25, 2010

"She was sayin' stuff. She was taunting me." Todd, you're a goner. I guess what I loved most about this part of the story is that it forces a change to eventually come over this character. When Marty finally gets the upper hand, Todd loses everything. He's at ground zero. He has to start over, sort of, and it takes a very long time, but eventually, he does start to realize things about himself and start to change. This is precisely why real Todd fans have trouble with today's version. Would he have done the things he's done to Marty after what they have been through and the times they have reconciled their differences? Probably not. It's not true to character. One thing we can say about Roger is that he made sure that he was true to character and how Todd was meant to be written, enough to sometimes leave the show to make it happen. "Arrest her! Do your job!" LOL. He has to crack you up here, and it's intentional. He looks so stupid now, his nasty self revealed. Even Zach realizes it's too late for the three of them.

In the opposing scene, Powell is walking like he has a load in his pants. But. the interesting thing here is how the writers (I bow down to the writers of Todd's story until 1998 departure) have put juxtaposed themes in the two scenes. Here's one guy, still hanging on to his lies, the cover up, the blame outside himself, and another guy completely falling apart because of guilt. This is the start of Powell and Todd being polar opposites throughout the rest of their parallel stories. Right now, Powell's the victim and Todd's the victimizer; P = guilt ridden and T = fear ridden; Powell we're supposed to feel sorry for and Todd we're supposed to loathe, and it worked all around. Again, these scenes are the start of my FAVORITE Sean M. work. The poor guy has not worked much over the years and I am still upset that they killed him off before Roger came back. You HAVE to love Sean M. when he tells Nora what happened....gorgeous stuff. At the same time, across town, Todd has a confession too, but it's so different from Powell's (intentional). The two men's lives are very oppositional throughout the rest of the story and it makes for great storytelling. Of course, the winner in the end is Todd, who comes out victorious and "redeemed" later and also, the more popular one of the two.

This is a great clip, shows so much in so short a time.

FAIL: Nothing really, Suede doesn't talk. LOL.

Happy TG and have a great day and sound off if you get time!