#episode 2x12

[hawthornsword]

Today on Bad Batch! (2x12):

Crosshair:

Audience:

I guess it's true that absence makes the heart grow fonder, because I was honestly prepared to completely dislike Crosshair and settle in to him being a villain, but then we have seen so little of him that I was getting antsy like, "Where is he?! What's he doing?! What's he thinking?! I need to know!" And then I squealed with delight when the episode started with him.

Nolan: exists

Me: Can we kill him?

Yay new named clone boys!!! (They are just resting safely. They are perfectly fine.) Mayday has a fuckin presence, no? (*swoons a little*) Maybe just a personal preference, but I am digging all the bearded boys. Yes. Good.

"no point carrying dead weight."

"remind me not to die on your watch."

*Crosshair realizing maybe this is why people don't like him and that maybe his batch were a lot more tolerant of his behavior than most and maybe he took that for granted, and he is desperately lonely and seeking connection and has finally realized that he is the one pushing everyone away. 😭😭😭

Oh hey, the huddling for warmth trope, that's usually used for like, romantic confession- Oh, my god I'm dying, my heart. The absolute tenderness. This may be the best huddling for warmth scene I've ever seen. Good job animators! I'm just -

Mayday protected Crosshair and treated him as a brother even though Crosshair was prickly, just like Cody did, and he's finally got it through his thick head that he doesn't belong with the empire, he belongs to the empire - he's just equipment to them - and that belonging with his brothers who actually care about him is worth so much more than than any false sense of grand purpose the empire might temporarily give him. Personal connection will always trump ideaogical bullshit.

And I suspect the thing about Crosshair is that once he commits to something, he's committed. That's it. Now that he knows the truth in his heart, nothing will stop him from acting on it. So he doesn't go subtle, like Cody slipping out in the night. He goes out guns blazing, killing that worthless empire motherfucker, because that's The Bad "when have we ever cared about orders? Batch Way.

That was so satisfying.

I am also glad we are going to pretty much immediately get back to whatever the heck is going on at Mount Tantis. Hemlock is creepy af, I love it. I really want to know what they plan to do to Crosshair tho???? They don't need him to make more clones, they're phasing them out, so what, clones are just convenient for shits-and-giggles experimentation? Like, they've got cloning down. And yeah, we know from Mandalorian/sequels Palps is trying to do Force sensitive cloning, but they don't need Crosshair for that, unless they've already got force sensitive dna and they're gonna shoot it into him to see what happens??? I somehow doubt that they'd risk a force sensitive supersoldier though, so I bet it's something else.

Predictions/wishlist for the rest of the season: I'm guessing Omega will get captured soon and then Crosshair will be like, "okay, let's bust out of this joint baby sis!" And Taun We will probably get killed helping them escape, then the Batch and Rex and Echo and Gregor will arrive, and I hope Omega (and Wrecker and Tech) will be like, "We can't leave the Zillow Beast! It's just a baby! The last of it's kind! Treated awfully just like us! (Big tooka eyes)" and Hunter will be like, "okay fine, we can rescue the beast." And Crosshair and Echo and Rex especially will be like, "wtf, force preserve us Hunter, you can't be serious right now - she makes big tooka eyes once and you do whatever she wants?!?!?! (Because Rex and Echo have experience denying Ahsoka's cuteness, so they have learned already that no good comes from indulging the chaos babies.) And then Omega and Crosshair befriend and get to ride the Zillow beast while it squashes all the imps as it escapes and then they find a nice uninhabited planet to drop it off, and the Batch is reunited and we get a happy ending of the season (and after credits hemlock escapes to be creepy again later, obv).

Meanwhile,

I still need to know where Cody is. Please.

[sunglassesmish]

tommy in his dress blues - chimney begins.

[scarlettjemily]

Emily looked so good in 2x12, it's taking all the self control in me to not edit every fucking frame of this woman's face

I still have more gif sets in my drafts, please mind your business

[lexkent]

I want to know how the hell my father beat me out of a 150 million dollar contract that you assured me was a done deal. The only way they would have known the exact dollar amount was if they had inside information. And since you and I were the only ones who knew about it, and I certainly didn't tell my father, that leaves you in a very uncomfortable position. If I no longer have your confidence, I'll tender my resignation in the morning.

[preseriesdean]

— And yes, I know about Sam too. Bonnie to your Clyde. — Yeah, well, that part's true.

SAM AND DEAN 2.12, “NIGHTSHIFTER”

[purrassicjet]

The ducklings talk quietly and shut all the blinds while House is having a migraine and Wilson saunters in yelling, opening curtains, and dropping spoons in the sink they're all so silly

[fandomfrolics]

1x10 || 3x01

[macgyver2016-bracket]

Season 2, Episode 12: Mac + Jack

When Mac's nemesis rigs Mac's house with explosives and traps him and Jack inside, Mac uses a karaoke mic and an audio transformer to let the team know that the bomb is a distraction for a bigger one.

Season 2, Episode 21: Wind + Water

While MacGyver is in Puerto Rico helping his friend rebuild his hurricane-damaged home, he is taken hostage in the bank his friend manages when robbers attempt to steal $2 million.

[apocalypse-boogie]

It’s the fucking way that the show tried to make it seem like the cop who arrested Derek wasn’t biased as fuck just because he wasn’t operating on blatant racism that still pisses me off. Trying to convince us that it wasn’t really racism that was the problem, it was just Derek’s insistence on being so closed off and not cooperating properly after being targeted. Nah, Derek was the real issue /s. 

Then his lame ass apology (a fucking nod of acknowledgement I guess) to Derek at the end of “Profiler, Profiled” always makes me roll my eyes. Like, yes, jackass, give us nothing. Even when the cop verbally apologizes to Derek in the next episode he shows up in its worthless, like I hate his ass nearly as much as Beaufort.

[lilcathsmith]

Greg Sanders in CSI Season 2 - Greatest Hits

[artfulacrostic]

memes for The Bad Batch 2x12, "The Outpost"

*SPOILERS*

+BONUS:

[userlaylivia]

the way klayley had so much growth and development gah!!! the way he became so protective over her and was desperate to find her when she was kidnapped, the way he threatened jackson and warned him to not betray her and sorry but he seemed jealous over her relationship with jackson a couple times and even elijah like what was the reason?? they came so far and I'm sobbing!! unpopular opinion but klaus grew and changed more around hayley (and cami) than he ever did caroline he didn't change at all around caroline but did around them!! klayley/klamille>>>>>>>klaroline everytime!!

[sunglassesmish]

TOMMY KINARD IN 2x12 - CHIMNEY BEGINS

[lovequinn]

Do you have pics of that script? 👀

stuff under the cut!

so here's a pic of the actual physical script i have (in its frame lol) so everyone knows i'm not talking out of my ass

idk how much i can/should post before i get myself into trouble bc scripts are touchy lmao but i scanned in my two favorite altered/cut supercorp lines for y'all

when lena show up at catco to invite kara to her party (we were so robbed of hearing katie say "no silly"):

and when kara arrives at the party and first greets lena, this is the gayer counterpart of what actually made it to screen:

there's also an entire lena/james bit of dialogue that it seems was entirely cut from the episode, i'll put that here too in case anyone cares (though considering we all gave it the ship name lames i really don't think anyone cares):

[chenfordspiral]

Tim and Lucy in every episode of The Rookie 2x12 || Now and Then "I don't think so. You walked in the door this way. It’s what makes you so aggravating."

[hucklebucket]