Carrots all round

There’s a thing they do in musicals where it starts with some really staid event, often literally a square dance, then suddenly the band lets loose or the beer arrives and the next thing you know they’re Lindy Hopping like it’s 1999. That thing. I love that thing and this is the vid version:

Beverly Hills by giandujakiss

Merlin itself is like the High School AU version of Arthurian legend or being British not so much high as more than usually eccentric public school. Also on the local TV front I had hopes that with the introductions out of the wayThe Devil’s Whore might evolve into something not necessarily better (because better can take many forms) but at least more coherent. But it remains a rollicking crack-history romp through the Civil War, bootstrapping itself over its scripted limitations through sheer force of acting and visual flair. Next week Cromwell and Ireland, yes feed the vid bunny why don’t you.

BtVS S8.19 Time of Your Life (part IV)

( Three things )