Just imagine, at this time next year, I may be doing COTDs of the current show. OMG, just thinking about that one!!!
Rebecca is so cute and hurting for him here, and he flips out on her and she starts crying, she sounds similar to a little child. He is so wacked out...these scenes are SO FANTASTIC. The two of them are such total opposites!
"Any chance for us to have a future would be gone, forever." Talk about sweet talk! This guy could get me to do just about anything!!!
I think we are starting to see a crack in the armor here. Even though he's got a gun, no one can help but feel sorry for him. At this point, he's like a lost soul and Rebecca is the only one who seems to have the motivation to do something about it. He's alone in the world, aside from her, and she is also, alone in the world.
I love the MUSIC that they composed for this couple! Wow. IT was so Renaissance in feel. And then, with Todd in his genie get up and that Zorro costume - who could blame ANY GIRL?
Can't wait for those cabin scenes.
Here's today's:
This clip is similar to the previous. He is doing his famous self-talk...."just like your Dad told you. You're wrong about me, Dad. You've always been wrong about me." God, that tugs at the heart-strings when watching it with the knowledge of what he has endured in his life. "I'm not weak, and I'm not useless." Then, he trips and falls. I remember, much later in the story, thinking, "can this guy catch a break?" It was around the Hospital Rapes time. He had one thing after another happening. It just seems in these scenes, he is destined to have the tables turned against him at every turn. But doesn't he deserve it? At this point, YES. For me, he evolves (unlike other actors/characters) throughout his first year and a half on the show. The evolution that takes place is amazing to watch unfold. And we are lucky to do so over and over and over (thanks to Juju and people like her!)
Now that he has a gun, he takes a seemingly more dangerous turn and so does the story. It is getting to some of my favorite parts, like the cabin, his first "death," the hiding out in the Garden Shed, NYC, and the Zorro thing!!!!!
FAIL: None...he's just too good.
Sorry for missing yesterday! Sound off!
In the first vid we watched, Todd is clearly very sick and as a result everything he says and does in this vid is mixed up with the illness. Todd is just being Todd down to the anger when Rebecca tells him he should turn himself in, to the turn around gentleness when he asks forgiveness and tries to make Rebecca understand his fear of Prison. All of the manipulation is gone . He means what he says even down to his hope of a life someplace free and clear with Rebecca. Proof of this is when Rebecca leaves and Todd lays there and sobs desperately. We're getting a true glimpse of Todd, all of his anxiety for what is ahead. The revenge has gone out the door. He really only wants to get better so he has the strength to leave.
ReplyDeleteIt is that desperation which is motivating Todd now. Finally he only wants to escape. Of course in his fevered mind he feels that he needs to get himself a weapon to level the playing field so he goes and gets a gun. It's interesting how after gettig the gun he still returns to the tabernacle. He's so sick he can't decide whether to just leave and get away, or stay and get more help from Rebecca. Of course the illness wins and he collapses. When Rebecca finds him passed out she realizes that she got to get him some professional help but it is like a shot of adrenaline when Rebecca mentions the police Todd desperately pleads for Rebecca to find a way to get him some medicine, she of course gives in. Unfortunately Rebecca has blown everthing by unintentionally letting it slip she knows about Nora. It was only a matter of time for Marty to run into Powell and blow Rebecca's story out of the water. Todd's time is getting short and his window of opportunity to leave is closing. Ahead of us is Todd's journey of discovery.