episode 1 commentary - This Will Be Us
Lockwood and Co on Netflix
spoilers obviously (for both the books and the show), and I'm gonna put swearing even though I haven't written anything yet, I was apparently very in love with all three of them and also I was very feral about lockwood too (that's definitely a warning)
edit: definitely swearing, and also there's no context for most of this so if you don't know the show that well then good luck (and go watch it, it's really good!)
omg I just realised that the first episode starts with a ghost lamp and the last episode starts with a ghost lamp
cameron's voice omg
cameron's hands omg
I need to calm down it's like 30 seconds in
I love that before they show their faces they show all the equipment it really sets the vibe omg
"Greek fire, which should only ever be used indoors under carefully controlled circumstances" lol
don't think of another four, Lockwood, you don't remember the ones 6 you have
lockwood straightening up his tie and sniffing is so funny to me and idk why
I love that they use the shadow inside mrs hope's house!!!
"problem" being emphasised omg (I'm almost certainly reading into everything too much)
Cameron Chapman you beautiful beautiful boy
omg I just realised they switched lockwood and lucy's lines around??? in the books lockwood's the one who calls adults useless and I think that sets up his charm in the show so much better but also sets up their personalities much better? like lockwood is the charming smiley one that everyone loves, and Lucy is prone to being a bit of a menace
the way lockwood looks around at her after she says adults are useless 💀
mrs hope is so much posher than I remember her being
love that she just ignores lockwood and only talks to lucy
omg they swapped again, in the book lockwood is the one who says 'the cleverer one' after Lucy asks 'sarcastic or ironic?' - don't get me wrong I love this show so much but I feel like it takes away some of lockwood's childish-ness (idk if that's a word)? like in the books he's quite often just a silly little boy making jokes
his hands
I love that they have loads of green lighting
oh lockwood you silly little man you absolutely need chains
eat that biscuit luce (now I want a biscuit)
wooo ghost
yeah no shit lockwood
yeah no shit lockwood
"been too busy trying to make contact with the living" mood
"of course she is, she's dead" lockwood my man 💀
how the hell did Lucy manage to hold on to that painting I would have just fallen off and died
omgomgomg starting credits omgomgomg
ew mrs carlyle can go suck a dick
Lucy looks like she'd much rather be anywhere else in the world
ugh don't say that "gonna give me a smile, young lady?" fuck off
omg Lucy :(
I love that they show us the defences omg
Lucy and norrie omg
"the more proficient you become, the longer you'll live" how come that doesn't happen with lockwood then bc he's very proficient with a rapier but he has such a death wish
oh luce
"we'll be on the cover of every magazine" crazy how in the space of less than a year Lucy changes from being like lockwood and wanting to be "the most famous agents in the country" to not wanting her face on tv or on any papers at all
Marissa fittes? coming back? from the dead? whaaat that would never happen norrie don't be sillyyyy
THIS WILL BE US omg I never realised I always thought it was like 'oh, this'll be us' like George or lockwood saying that to Lucy when she first comes to Portland Row bc that's what people say when they're being walked back or something idk I just never realised it was Lucy and norrie???
is anything more lesbian than giving your solemn and binding promise to each other and then threading your fingers through her hair?
everything points to a type one bro shut the fuck up
"she changed everything" Marissa sure did
"closer to her than you'll ever be. closer to history" oh my dear Jacobs, you have no idea what lucy's gonna do
Paul you are so right you would love to meet George (kinda sad they didn't meet tbh)
Jacobs you prick
ngl that ghost sounds terrifying wtf
Paul don't be silly
don't be silly paul
idiots
Jacobs you prick
JACOBS YOU PRICK
what did Lucy trip over?
:(((( Paul :((((
no way that bastard didn't hear her screaming
JACOBS YOU PRICK
YOU DID HEAR CRIES FOR HELP YOU PRICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
can you tell I'm mad I was so angrily smashing that k key
norrie :(((((((
SHE DIDNT CAUSE THEIR DEATHS OMG YOU BITCH
omg parallel!! bc lockwood thinks he caused his family's death (especially jess') even though he didn't and Lucy didn't cause their deaths but she doesn't blame herself
"you are deader than dead" ooooo burn
where tf did she get that sellotape from
omg fittes building
is there anything more British than a really long queue
poor babygirl is hungry :(((
paused to read the paper cutting of lockwood and co's ad and I can just imagine lockwood telling George what to put omg "prestigious Psychical Investigations agency", "well dressed", "UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS will include time-wasters, fraudsters and persons with criminal records" love the range there
also the address is literally just 35 Portland Row, London, like is there only one 35 Portland Row in the entirety of London??? apparently so
AAA PORTLAND ROW
AAA GEORGE
he looks and sounds so dead inside
omg it's so homely
she's a wimp
George wtf "see, told you so, okie-dokie"
heart eyes immediately lol (honestly same I love them both - the joys of being bi ig)
"hello, I'm Anthony Lockwood" hello, I'm your future wife
make the tea and drink the extra cup, George, that's what I would do
I love that he doesn't pressure her for the story!!! because he knows what that's like!!!
Anthony Lockwood chooses bourbons everyone
Skully!!!
George picking up his comic is so passive aggressive
are all of his family dead wtf?
he's so excited to talk about Harold beck
George is interested now ooo creepy cup
I love that Lucy and George immediately don't like each other
omg George's laugh
jokes on you lockwood's parents are dead (bad joke)
"deep armchair" I'm sure it is, Georgie.
"miss carlyle" bro
you can definitely give me a tour of the house anytime (especially your room)
"teen prodigy slays the competition" fuck yeah he slays
if you pause the episode and squint really hard you can read the article on the fencing matches he did and they actually wrote an article - my favourite quote (from what I could make out) is "Kipps attempted a few bold lunges but missed Lockwood each time"
also he looks so happy in the photo omg so baby
his hands
HIS HANDS omg I think I'm going feral for them
his smile ughhhhh
lockwood you're talking very fast I can't keep up
the face he makes when he turns the smoke jets on his fucking hilarious
literally this one:
also the way he stands??? I think I'm in too deep oh dear
"high security storeroom" sure honey tell yourself that
HIS SMILE
if lockwood was my landlord I don't think I'd have quite so much stress about finding a place to rent next year
HIS. SMILE.
"you saw those" yeah of course she did, they're in plain view bestie
"that's... if you'll take the job?" bro's so in love and he doesn't even know it yet (I need to stop using bro unironically bc it's making me sad)
HIS. SMILE.
can you tell I love his smile
George just spawning out of nowhere with no trousers on
if I didn't already know that Georgie really needs a wee I'd be able to tell from how he answered her questions before she'd even finished talking
AAAAAAA A A A AAAAAAAAAA
your honour I love him
ok but the apple core being left on a chair is such a boy thing my brother does that
bitch why do you wanna see his picture you've got the real thing right in front of you
ok but if he talked to me the way he talks to Lucy in the library I would simply pass away
"I want you to be part of it" OKAY SIR. OKAY.
"how do I know you're good enough for me?" cuts to him saving her life
he did not need to do that fancy kick off the wall but he did it anyway
okay but they hold each other so much it's ridiculous
why can't someone hold me like that
"ghosts don't have feelings" 🥺
"oops" lockwood I love you but you can't just break the circle
"you've done that already, try something new why don't you" 😭
oh no
fire
boy desperately calls out for his wife when she stares at a dead body instead of jumping from a burning building
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I've said it before in the Lockwood discord, but I'll say it again: 'England' by Bloc Party is the perfect Lockwood & Co song, because it represents mid-Problem London society so well.
TW: graphic descriptions of violence
Spoilers for TEG
'England' was written after an incident in 2004 where a London barman was attacked on the street by a group of teenagers, and died. I mention this because I don't want anyone to feel like I'm erasing the original meaning of the song. However, what makes the society Stroud created so terrifying is the fact that it's hyperrealistic aside from the supernatural elements. It had always been an extension, if more violent mutation, of the world we live in.
The kids are restless
They just need something to do
Agency life as an extension of the increasingly violent youth culture in England and other parts of the world. C21st teenagers are at a crossroads where they're mentally and emotionally treated as adults, and expected to navigate modern issues without much guidance, while being physically limited by their status as a minor. As a result, they fight back against a system they do not understand. In Stroud's world, this problem is exacerbated. Teenagers are given swords and adult responsibilities, yet cannot govern themselves or even keep the money they earn. Add to that the strict division of these teenagers into 'gangs' (i.e. agencies), breeding enmity and disjunction...
The streets have become cruel
He said, I will not listen, and I won't be told
England is mine, I will take what I want
Everything about this is giving me Lockwood, and other agency team leaders, from Barnes' perspective. It's the other side of justifying youth culture. In trying to define their role in society, young adults act with impunity, as if the law does not apply to them.
They stood on his fingers
Kicked the back of his head like a ball
Clearly about the London barman, but if you want an in-universe reading: George being attacked in TEG.
She said, I will not listen, and I won't be told
England is mine, I will take what I want
She said, I will not listen, and I won't be told
We will make up our own rules
From violent youth culture to youth in a violent culture.
I'm waiting for something cruel
To happen
Again, agents from Barnes' perspective. Possibly voiced by Lucy. Not Lockwood and Lucy as individual people, but as representatives of the little agency that gives Barnes so much trouble, as well as 'kids these days' and agency life in general.
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