Reaction Post: The Sarah Jane Adventures 1.2 - Eye of the Gorgon (part 1)
This is the Reaction Post for The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1, episode 2 - Eye of the Gorgon (part 1). Sorry that it took me so long to get to this reaction post, but I did only just see this episode.
Well, lots to discuss. Care to join me on the other side of the spoiler barrier?
Before I talk about anything else, let me just say: Hey! That’s Phyllida Law! By which I mean, “Bea Nelson-Stanley” is being played by Emma Thompson’s Mum. She’s such an excellent actress. Sorry. Serious fangirl moment. An actress I admire in a show that I enjoy. Happy squee.
Poor Maria. Her Mum invades the new place like she has every right to be there, and then insults her friends. I wonder how that family stayed together as long as it did. Ah, well. Good thing Maria has her friends.
Clyde found this particular case. His Gran’s friend had seen a ghostly nun. It’s interesting to note that Clyde doesn’t think that he will ever be old. That he plans to have his brain put in a robot when he’s forty, and live forever. Did anyone else think of Cybermen? I’ve noticed that he has a lot more street smarts than Luke. Well, he has been alive longer, after all.
Luke is interested by everything, it seems. He is also not very good at lying. Bea is sufficiently familiar with “different” folks that she spots him right off, even with her memory difficulties. I’ll bet that her husband was an alien, too. Luke needs to learn a bit more in the way of street smarts if he is going to be dragged into situations like this. Don’t tell the Nun that you have the artifact, and most certainly don’t get in the car with said Nun.
Sarah Jane sees in Bea what she might be like when she gets old. I hope that Bea makes it through this adventure so that Sarah Jane can visit her and talk about aliens they have known. And yes. Sontarans do sort of look like potatoes. We also see Sarah Jane’s wallet of fake I.D.s this time around. If only she could have some psychic paper. That would certainly come in handy.
Did the evil nun honestly mention solving a problem like Maria? My I snicker now? Oh, dear. Maria’s dad has been turned to stone. If her survives, what is he going to think? And the baddies have the talisman.
It’s a good thing that I don’t have to wait too long to find out what happens next.
Reaction Post, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Eye of the Gorgon
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
That ending freaked me out! I hate that they (”they” being SciFi channel) have split up the episodes instead of running them together. So frustrating to have to wait till this evening to watch it!
May 4th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Actually, I believe that’s how the BBC ran them too. Either way…cliff hangers! Ack!