The Guild

OMG Nathan Fillion.

So many reasons why I like this guy as actor.

I dunno. This season seems more frantic and less focused. Problems are brought up and then dropped.The characters are all off on individual trips, with nothing in common except that they’re all physically in the same convention.

This is, without a doubt, one of the best episodes I’ve seen in the series — but largely because it was so unusual in ways. To be honest, this season as a whole, however, has been rather disjointed, and, worst of all, I haven’t seen as much character development as in previous seasons — and to me, that’s what The Guild is all about. All in all, I think that this season’s antics are an interesting diversion, but I’ll actually be glad when the con’s over and they can get back to life as it is for them all (both real and cyber). *smiles*

Oh, and regarding the furry … yeah, it’s getting obvious that the cliffhanger of the season is going to be the revelation of who’s in the suit. The fact that the furry is hanging around near Codex but never interacting with her, plus the annoyance she’s showing for the furry’s presence, is leading up to one thing — the furry will actually somehow save Codex at a critical moment in the future, possibly in a self-sacrificial way, showing that the furry was in fact Codex’s protector. For the revelation to have any significance means it has to be ironic, so I agree that Fawkes is the primary candidate for who it is. I’m not complaining — I think that would be great. An even bigger cliffhanger, I suspect, might be that Codex, what with the crisis she’s feeling at the moment with her self identity, will declare her affection for Fawkes and agree to leave the guild with him after he saves her … but that’s just wild speculation at this point.

All in all, though, way too much of what’s happening in this season involves the guild members acting independently, and to me that’s a huge loss, for I feel the true spark of this series is about how the guild works and acts together, their personality quirks interacting and building into something weird and wonderful. Hopefully after the con is over we’ll see that happen again. *fingers crossed*