6.0 for Cabin Pressure , "Wokingham"

6.0 for Cabin Pressure, "Wokingham"

Jan. 30th, 2013 at 2:54 PM

Until 2003, figure skating was scored by a system in which 6.0 represented absolute perfection. Most skaters never received one; most judges never had the opportunity to grant one. There were times when a performance that scored 6.0s made the news.

The "Wokingham" episode of Cabin Pressure, S4E4, gets a 6.0 from me. It took me 20 minutes to stop shaking with joy and laughter. There was a point when I laughed so hard I actually sort of screamed. It is cleverness, wish fulfillment, character study, love, complexity, subtlety... it is joy.

And if anyone is up for writing a crossover in which Simon Crieff is actually Vernon Dursley, drop me a comment. :-)

I'm going to be on a good-writing high for hours. And then I get to do it all over again tonight when I listen to it with my Geeklet.

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mundungus42

Jan. 30th, 2013 08:28 pm (UTC)

*bounces* I'm listening to it tonight after the dog park. I can't WAIT!!!!

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tealightwhimsy

Jan. 30th, 2013 08:35 pm (UTC)

Sausages!

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drinkingcocoa

Jan. 30th, 2013 08:36 pm (UTC)

Yep. That's where I screamed.

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tealightwhimsy

Jan. 30th, 2013 08:40 pm (UTC)

I came very close to it myself ;-)

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thirdbird_fic

Jan. 30th, 2013 09:05 pm (UTC)

I was just thinking that it's getting almost id-ficcy (in a good way!) the way JF set up all these elaborate systems of Martin-torment and is now relieving the pressure, notch by notch, giving him (and us, by extension) JUST the right amount of satisfaction.

Plus the word-play is still so fucking funny! I was in stitches over The Game.

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pennswoods

Jan. 30th, 2013 09:31 pm (UTC)

I love the game so damn much and want to make my class play it!

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drinkingcocoa

Jan. 31st, 2013 04:06 am (UTC)

I have never heard the term id-fic before and it's perfect! Yes, this episode is pure pleasure.

By the way, I was amused and only very slightly appalled *g* to find that it's now my headcanon that Theresa has congenital tentacles. I had to make a conscious effort to remember that John Finnemore didn't put that in.

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aprilstarchild

Jan. 31st, 2013 07:27 am (UTC)

Oh god, now it's my headcanon too. (That story was FUN.)

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pennswoods

Jan. 30th, 2013 09:37 pm (UTC)

I loved squeeing with you while listening, and I am going to make my students play The Game as a warm-up activity in class tomorrow!

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lamardeuse

Jan. 30th, 2013 09:42 pm (UTC)

EEEEE CANNOT WAIT. \o/

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shadowfireflame

Jan. 31st, 2013 03:14 am (UTC)

Simon Crieff as Vernon Dursley!!! Omg, I love it! This was such a great episode. I couldn't get the image of Martin being held aloft by his brother out of my head. :)

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drinkingcocoa

Jan. 31st, 2013 03:20 am (UTC)

Images from penns-woods' tumblr:

Photo attributed to arifrank.

Fan art by sheep on mars.

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shadowfireflame

Jan. 31st, 2013 03:38 am (UTC)

OMG THIS IS FANTASTIC!!! *stares* He's so big, and Ben is pretty tall himself, whoa. Awesome! Glad there was a photo of this!

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drinkingcocoa

Jan. 31st, 2013 03:54 am (UTC)

If you go to naye's LJ, there's a link to another picture in which John Finnemore is holding up Benedict Cumberbatch's script so he can continue to deliver lines while dangling in his "brother"'s stranglehold.

http://naye.livejournal.com/932462.html

It's all kind of...amazing.

I'm still amazed.

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shadowfireflame

Jan. 31st, 2013 11:22 am (UTC)

OMG, that is totally amazing. Thanks ever so much for the link. It's great to get details.

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