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FK Season 2, Episode "Near Death"
Jun. 17th, 2024 02:05 pmIt has been a MINUTE since I did one of these episode review/recap/rambly brain dump posts. Now that ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fkficfest is over, I turn my FK fannish (autocorrect really wants this to be “Finnish”) attentions back to season 2's episodes.
Mr. SwitchbladeEyes and I missed "Near Death" (amongst others) when we watched the show last summer because Amazon yanked the show off Prime. The show was a rewatch for me after many, many years, and a first time watch for him. So as I reached an episode we missed, I asked Mr. SwitchbladeEyes if he wanted to watch it with me. I told him, “I think Nick’s soul is devoured by worms or something.” And he was on board.
Parts of "Near Death," I remembered quite well (flashbacks and a lot of the near death experience stuff) but other parts were a total blank (the modern story... turns out the police procedural aspect is not that great, which is probably why I didn't recall it).
I'm assuming fans' mileage may vary on whether the events of Nick's near death experiences were "real." (Real in the sense that they were actually, objectively happening, and not something that Nick's psyche created; no doubt it felt real enough to him.) For reasons I will discuss, I'm on #TeamNotReal. I think what he saw near death were fantastical manifestations of his mental and emotional state à la “Dying for Fame,” “Feeding the Beast,” and “Curiouser and Curiouser.”
This is an interesting episode regardless of whether you're #TeamReal or #TeamNotReal.
( Let's dig in. I'll try to keep my Nick fashion-related comments to a minimum. But I won't try that hard. )
fkficfest is over, I turn my FK fannish (autocorrect really wants this to be “Finnish”) attentions back to season 2's episodes.Mr. SwitchbladeEyes and I missed "Near Death" (amongst others) when we watched the show last summer because Amazon yanked the show off Prime. The show was a rewatch for me after many, many years, and a first time watch for him. So as I reached an episode we missed, I asked Mr. SwitchbladeEyes if he wanted to watch it with me. I told him, “I think Nick’s soul is devoured by worms or something.” And he was on board.
Parts of "Near Death," I remembered quite well (flashbacks and a lot of the near death experience stuff) but other parts were a total blank (the modern story... turns out the police procedural aspect is not that great, which is probably why I didn't recall it).
I'm assuming fans' mileage may vary on whether the events of Nick's near death experiences were "real." (Real in the sense that they were actually, objectively happening, and not something that Nick's psyche created; no doubt it felt real enough to him.) For reasons I will discuss, I'm on #TeamNotReal. I think what he saw near death were fantastical manifestations of his mental and emotional state à la “Dying for Fame,” “Feeding the Beast,” and “Curiouser and Curiouser.”
This is an interesting episode regardless of whether you're #TeamReal or #TeamNotReal.
( Let's dig in. I'll try to keep my Nick fashion-related comments to a minimum. But I won't try that hard. )
