Post by mrx on Mar 12, 2013 12:45:41 GMT -5
This sort of prelude to the Geonosis arc was pretty low on fan popularity for a long time. I rewatched it a few months ago and it didn't really bother me all that much. Maybe it helps that we've had such winners like "Senate Murders", "Corruption", and "The Academy". making "Senate Spy" look like a masterpiece in comparison. We'll see what I think this time around, though.
Cookie: "A true heart should never be doubted." Hmmm. Not completely sure. Maybe addressing some of Anakin's early reluctance in this episode for Padme to go on this mission. Maybe watching again will refresh my memory.
Rush Clovis! He actually did strike me as a survivor, even when things looked dire for him.
"Master Ani". I wish Threepio would call him Anakin, but he has known him since childhood.
It's nice to get a domestic scene with Anakin and Padme. Not the best scene, but this is one of the advantages of the series vs. the movies. The movies didn't have time for things like this as much and even when it did, there was that specter of being discovered by the Jedi. It's a little less anxious here.
Priceless reaction from Obi-Wan when Anakin makes a comment about Padme and Clovis' relationship. Oh yeah, he knows more than he lets on.
"I'm not mad." Don't listen to her, Anakin!
I like that it's a common thing for senators to use the pods in the Senate chamber to have private conversations between sessions.
It's refreshing to have Anakin and Padme have a straight up argument since so much of the time it's either lovey dovey or one being mad and the other conceding.
There are like eight seats in that shuttle. Anakin only breaks one. Pretty sure they can still sit next to each other.
I'll admit, the shaking the car/ship to jostle a passenger humor often makes me laugh. Poor Clovis.
I remember many fans were confused about the Trade Federation's position in the war with Nute Gunray using their droids and ships in the war. I'm not sure I have as much of a problem with it. I can see war profiteering happening without the Republic necessarily knowing.
The food Artoo offers to Anakin looks like a cigarette. I like the implications of that.
Nice dress, Padme. I saw this episode several times before I realized the sleeves and shoulder weren't attached to the lower dress. So, I guess it has transparent straps or tape or something. I'm sure the Star Wars galaxy has great textile technology.
The sleeves don't appear to be attached to each other, either.
Love the look on Padme's face when she realizes Clovis' password is her name.
Why isn't Typho, Padme's chief of freakin' security, at all involved with this situation?
I'll give this to Clovis, he's not completely irredeemable. I'm interested in seeing his return in season five six.
Cold move, Anakin. Though it's certainly the right move as far as the safety of the Republic goes.
Next: The Jedi strike in "Landing at Point Rain!"