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Okay, officially, so far, the slashiest episode ever, summed up by this admittedly taken out of context quotation from the end:
Blair: Jim, it's all about you.
Jim: Yeah, but nobody needs to know that, right?
Because Jim has issues. He's so outed that the villain's making sneering comments about Jim
Kaplan: You're taking this personally, Detective. Just what exactly is your relationship with my client? (to Simon) I hope you haven't been letting them spend too much time alone together.
and a stunningly good-looking fifteen-year old suspect Jim slams against a table (he likes doing that, doesn't he?):
Jim: I hope I don't scare you. Do I look like I could scare you? (stands and goes around to Johnny's side) I tell you what I would think would scare a very nice-looking kid like you. Being the new, fresh meat on the cell block?
but he's still trying to pretend that he and Blair aren't together.
Silly Jim.
This episode is a weird one; it aired in May, but it felt like a Christmas one; there's an angel called Gabriel who's possibly just that, which bugs me as bringing in a magical element wasn't needed and doesn't really fit the show, and there's an alligator loose in the police station which isn't really likely or useful, but that aside, pure gold.
See, Jim, sneaky, naughty, disobedient Jim, reads the start of Blair's diss (well, I would've, too) and freaks. Which he shows by major pouting, sulking, and ignoring Blair until they bump into each other and Jim snaps. You have to see it to really get the impact but they're yelling, getting in each other's faces; the emotion is cranked up to eleven.
Forensics guy leaves. Jim turns back to car and bumps into Blair.
Jim: Come on, Chief! Can I get a little space here?!
Blair: Jim, what's the matter with you?
Jim: I don't know. Maybe I'm feeling a little, uh, how did you say it -- "territorially threatened to the point of paranoia"? I mean, what the hell is that?
Blair: You read my dissertation. Jim, I don't believe you. I asked you not to do that!
Jim: After I let you stay at my place. I get you a job at the department. I mean you don't have enough data you got to go digging into my ex-wife's life?
Blair: The only reason that I talked to Carolyn is 'cause she's the only one who knows you better than I do. [Me: Let's just think about the implications of that. Blair's comparing himself directly to Jim's ex-wife. Married. So married.]
Jim: What does my sex life got to do with your project?
Blair: Sex life? What are you...? [Blair's spluttering here. So was I. Blair says he knows Jim really, really well and Jim's mind goes instantly to sex?]She said you had a fear of intimacy, Jim. Intimacy and sex are two different issues.
Jim: Maybe to you they are, Chief, but my personal life and those that are involved is intimate to me. [And it's because Blair's part of that personal life that he's so angry. See below...]
Blair: Look, we have three years of our lives invested in this thing and I'm not going to start shading any of it because you're starting to feel a little threatened.
Jim: Threatened by you? I don't think so, Chief.
Blair: What else do you call it?
Jim: I call it a violation of friendship and trust. (walks off) [Right here. Violation. Strong word. He feels that deeply about what he and Blair are to each other, what they have.]
Then, a little later, Jim finds Blair to apologise, with Gabriel silently listening.
Jim nods and looks across hall to break room where Blair is handing out food. He walks over and goes inside. He gets a tray and picks up a sandwich.
Blair: Uh... I'd probably stick to the tuna if I were you.
Jim: (gets different sandwich) All right. Look, Chief, uh...you know, uh, I...maybe I...maybe I overreacted.
Blair: Maybe?
Jim: I know I shouldn't have read your dissertation, and I'm sorry for any transgressions but I'm...you know, I thought we were friends.
Blair: Right.
Jim: It doesn't read that way to me.
Blair: Jim, I said that most of your life choices are fear-based. [Like choosing not to admit you're in love with Blair? That kind of thing?]It's not as bad as it sounds.
Jim: Are you kidding me? It makes me sound like a coward.
Blair: Well, that's the way you read it. Come here. (lowering his voice) You chose to be a sentinel. And the way that you deal with your fears, all of them, is based on that choice. Fear can be one of your greatest allies. Now, you can choose to bottle it up inside or we can work on it.
Jim: After this?
Blair: So, what do you want to do? Just want to call it quits?
Jim looks away.
Blair: Ah, maybe you're right. Maybe I've, uh...lost my objectivity. I'll tell you what -- I'd rather just be friends. [They're breaking up! Noooo]So why don't I go destroy my notes? [Destroy what brought them together, what keeps them together, the basis of their relationship - or, rather, the basis of the excuse for their relationship.]How about that? (leaves)
Gabe appears behind Jim.
Gabe: You didn't answer him. "What good does it do for a man to have ears that will hear a thousand miles if he cannot listen to the whispers of his own heart?"
Jim: What?
Gabe looks at him.
Gabe: You should begin by listening to the hearts of others. [Even the angels know these two are in love. The language here is so romantic in feel; this isn't friendship; this is love imagery.](goes back to chanting in Aramaic)
Jim stares at him for a moment, then leaves.
And I dissolve into mush.
Transcripts from here.
Blair: Jim, it's all about you.
Jim: Yeah, but nobody needs to know that, right?
Because Jim has issues. He's so outed that the villain's making sneering comments about Jim
Kaplan: You're taking this personally, Detective. Just what exactly is your relationship with my client? (to Simon) I hope you haven't been letting them spend too much time alone together.
and a stunningly good-looking fifteen-year old suspect Jim slams against a table (he likes doing that, doesn't he?):
Jim: I hope I don't scare you. Do I look like I could scare you? (stands and goes around to Johnny's side) I tell you what I would think would scare a very nice-looking kid like you. Being the new, fresh meat on the cell block?
but he's still trying to pretend that he and Blair aren't together.
Silly Jim.
This episode is a weird one; it aired in May, but it felt like a Christmas one; there's an angel called Gabriel who's possibly just that, which bugs me as bringing in a magical element wasn't needed and doesn't really fit the show, and there's an alligator loose in the police station which isn't really likely or useful, but that aside, pure gold.
See, Jim, sneaky, naughty, disobedient Jim, reads the start of Blair's diss (well, I would've, too) and freaks. Which he shows by major pouting, sulking, and ignoring Blair until they bump into each other and Jim snaps. You have to see it to really get the impact but they're yelling, getting in each other's faces; the emotion is cranked up to eleven.
Forensics guy leaves. Jim turns back to car and bumps into Blair.
Jim: Come on, Chief! Can I get a little space here?!
Blair: Jim, what's the matter with you?
Jim: I don't know. Maybe I'm feeling a little, uh, how did you say it -- "territorially threatened to the point of paranoia"? I mean, what the hell is that?
Blair: You read my dissertation. Jim, I don't believe you. I asked you not to do that!
Jim: After I let you stay at my place. I get you a job at the department. I mean you don't have enough data you got to go digging into my ex-wife's life?
Blair: The only reason that I talked to Carolyn is 'cause she's the only one who knows you better than I do. [Me: Let's just think about the implications of that. Blair's comparing himself directly to Jim's ex-wife. Married. So married.]
Jim: What does my sex life got to do with your project?
Blair: Sex life? What are you...? [Blair's spluttering here. So was I. Blair says he knows Jim really, really well and Jim's mind goes instantly to sex?]She said you had a fear of intimacy, Jim. Intimacy and sex are two different issues.
Jim: Maybe to you they are, Chief, but my personal life and those that are involved is intimate to me. [And it's because Blair's part of that personal life that he's so angry. See below...]
Blair: Look, we have three years of our lives invested in this thing and I'm not going to start shading any of it because you're starting to feel a little threatened.
Jim: Threatened by you? I don't think so, Chief.
Blair: What else do you call it?
Jim: I call it a violation of friendship and trust. (walks off) [Right here. Violation. Strong word. He feels that deeply about what he and Blair are to each other, what they have.]
Then, a little later, Jim finds Blair to apologise, with Gabriel silently listening.
Jim nods and looks across hall to break room where Blair is handing out food. He walks over and goes inside. He gets a tray and picks up a sandwich.
Blair: Uh... I'd probably stick to the tuna if I were you.
Jim: (gets different sandwich) All right. Look, Chief, uh...you know, uh, I...maybe I...maybe I overreacted.
Blair: Maybe?
Jim: I know I shouldn't have read your dissertation, and I'm sorry for any transgressions but I'm...you know, I thought we were friends.
Blair: Right.
Jim: It doesn't read that way to me.
Blair: Jim, I said that most of your life choices are fear-based. [Like choosing not to admit you're in love with Blair? That kind of thing?]It's not as bad as it sounds.
Jim: Are you kidding me? It makes me sound like a coward.
Blair: Well, that's the way you read it. Come here. (lowering his voice) You chose to be a sentinel. And the way that you deal with your fears, all of them, is based on that choice. Fear can be one of your greatest allies. Now, you can choose to bottle it up inside or we can work on it.
Jim: After this?
Blair: So, what do you want to do? Just want to call it quits?
Jim looks away.
Blair: Ah, maybe you're right. Maybe I've, uh...lost my objectivity. I'll tell you what -- I'd rather just be friends. [They're breaking up! Noooo]So why don't I go destroy my notes? [Destroy what brought them together, what keeps them together, the basis of their relationship - or, rather, the basis of the excuse for their relationship.]How about that? (leaves)
Gabe appears behind Jim.
Gabe: You didn't answer him. "What good does it do for a man to have ears that will hear a thousand miles if he cannot listen to the whispers of his own heart?"
Jim: What?
Gabe looks at him.
Gabe: You should begin by listening to the hearts of others. [Even the angels know these two are in love. The language here is so romantic in feel; this isn't friendship; this is love imagery.](goes back to chanting in Aramaic)
Jim stares at him for a moment, then leaves.
And I dissolve into mush.
Transcripts from here.
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