Monday, April 23, 2012

Day Break - Episode 2: "What If They Ran"

I kinda like the naming convention here. It fits the convention pretty well, and it makes it clear what we might see. That said, we already know what happens in they run. The bad guys who are supposedly everywhere try to stop them with vans, and it will probably reset to the day of anyway. DUMB PLAN, TAYE.

LAST TIME: Some random police officer walks up and has the worst day ever, in which he is accused of murdering someone, caught, and eventually dragged to an quarry and hassled by Mike from Breaking Bad. Then he wakes up and has to live the day all over again! But he is much more proactive this time, punching some people, escaping custody, he handles it really well. But he does eventually get caught. So, the next time, he says, “Screw it,” and runs. Man, that was not snarky at all. I might actually like this show!


0:40
Um…technically, Taye, none of these things have happened yet.

1:26 Oh, you know, knowing that I’m being framed for murder and hiding seems like a great plan, considering.

3:11 His shoulder hurt so much that he literally swerved his car off the road.

3:42 It is going to be hilarious if that was just a random car that Taye unloaded 17 bullets into.

5:18 That hasn’t happened yet, dumdum!

5:58 Just go into this countryside convenience store, grab medical-grade supplies, and come back out, bright as daisies.

7:22 Oh, I just stumbled into a stack of cherry pies! No reason to be concerned.

8:43 Be a bit nicer to that door, friend. Also, holy crap look at all that blood. How are you not dead?

10:12 It’s funny because she thinks you’re the scum!

11:08 Iron microscope? Who calls it that?

11:22 I’m deathly allergic to peanuts, you know this. I’m trying to keep it secret, dick.

12:17 That is…obvious somebody saying something really convenient for your stain job. That could literally be anybody. Unless you hear HIS voice, it proves nothing.

13:45 This guy has three lamps and he couldn’t bother to turn one on?

14:38 This is the point in the story where she says, “Wait, you mean like Groundhog Day?”

16:01 All those things would take hours to verify. Try talking about something a little more reasonable.

16:41 YOU KNOW, LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY!

17:18 By the way, we were all on the phone too.

17:56 And tomorrow is next week and last year was 1952!

20:37 Oh man, about time she washes her hands.

21:22 Wait, the stray dog or Ryerson? BING!

22:08 Do you think we’re inconspicuous enough behind this ridiculously folksy wagon wheel?

22:39 Oh, that moment when you are wanted for murder and you don’t have a pen and paper nearby.

23:33 Yeah, I was kinda standing by you at the time, so I had a hard time keeping the roads over there secure.

24:31 I was about to ask where he got the second gun, then I remembered a second cop showed up and gave him her gun so he could look as awesome as possible during this totally sweet shootout.

25:43 How does he keep missing?! He has a machine gun! Is he aiming exclusively for the cover?

26:58 Oh no, she got shot! This…will not matter because shit is going to reset by the end of the night…hard to milk drama, you guys.

28:08 Where the hell did they go within driving range of LA that has four foot snow banks?

29:15 I think he just had an episode. Also, surprise, time reset.

29:44 OH SHIT BLOOD! Holy crap his wounds survive the time loop? This changes things.

31:13 This show must have come with an epileptic warning.

31:57 I…had trouble telling apart Taye’s girlfriend from his sister. Does that make me racist?

33:15 I was going to say, I thought CI’s were perfectly legal, but apparently she is just lying her ass off.

34:03 I just realized the reason this guy hasn’t said anything both times he popped into the room is they didn’t want to pay him extra.

35:25 This conversation is going to get REALLY boring around episode 7.

36:23 Wait, the nurses kicked out the police officer but not the sister? And how did they managed to escape four trained nurses without raising eyebrows?

37:06 Yeah, come on, Taye, it’s like the homeless guy. Prerequisite for breaking the loop.

37:41 OOPS! Good thing he’s going to forget all about that.

39:25 Yep, just hanging out right outside my apartment building when every cop in the city is looking for me! This is a great plan.

40:39 Someone stole his mail! That’s a federal crime!

41:24 OH NO! Ryerson’s working for the bad guys! Whoever they are!

Verdict: We have 11 more episodes of this? Really? Because I’m already seeing how this can get a bit long in the tooth. Every morning, Taye Diggs leans over in bed and has to convince his girlfriend to help him. Every day we get the same scene of Adam Baldwin being a dick to someone. The fact that the time leap is automatic, but the state of his body is affected by the day before is a HUGE deal though, I like that. I just hope they stop trying to convince us that somebody getting shot is anything at all to worry about, because we know it will not matter.

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