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[sharelle]

It seems to me that George's reaping, and her feelings regarding it, appear to be going in stages. Last season, especially in the beginning, she was the reluctant reaper. She constantly looked for ways that she could get around her job, to the point of trying to save the people to whom she was assigned. (Often this met with tragic results of varying types -- the little girl who was her first assignment; the man whose soul remained trapped within his body at the morgue; the executive whose schedule she tampered with to get him to miss his reap, only to result in the deaths of dozens of people across town, etc.) Now, George seems to be falling into a different type of pattern. This one gives her a more accepting attitude about her job to the point of being occasionally indifferent about it. Trouble with that is, when something unexpected happens, she tends to get very shaken up. The mass-shooting from last week was a perfect example. So was the celebrity killing tonight. In both cases, I wouldn't be surprised if George saw herself as the reason for the deaths happening in the first place. In last week's episode, her procrastination in getting an on-the-edge employer the temp help he needed resulted in him going on a rampage in his office. This week, for one of her fellow "rocker-chicks," getting the brush off one too many times by a rock star's girlfriend was the last straw. Both times it was probably not George's fault (simply a case of wrong place at the wrong time), and the deaths were most likely slated to happen with or without her involvement, but I can see where her viewpoint comes from when she says that working too hard on to attain a reap starts to seem less like a service for the deceased and more like the murder that causes it.

Then, of course, we have Roxy, a literal example of this. For the first time (that we see), her actions are a direct cause of a person's death, rather than the simple by-standing intermediary who takes the soul but has no hand in the cause of death. (Ironically, it was Roxy who, last season, expressed her extreme dislike of the Gravelings. And while she was simply doing her job in tonight's episode, it's strange to think that - although we don't see them - the Gravelings were probably working directly through her to cause that woman's death.)

On a somewhat related topic, I didn't see how Mason screwed up. He managed to get the shooter's soul before she actually died, so it would seem that his mission was accomplished. Unless, of course, he meant that his fraternizing with those death-obsessed gothic rockers just kept him from doing it sooner. But still, he did the job. Screwing up would have been him not being able to get into the studio in the first place.

The scene with Daisy and the priest was extremely powerful. At first I'd wondered why she would bring herself to tell him her full story. (And provide such graphic proof by turning herself into something of a stigmatic.... "Thomas saw those marks and believed." [re: John 20: 28-29]) The fact that he was her reap made that clear, however. For as much as she spouts off on the benefits of religion to the others (especially Roxy and Rube), she still seems desperate for answers. The fact that the priest's faith was just as shaken, up until their encounter, proves that no one has all the answers. For someone whose character I couldn't stand when she was first introduced, I've been finding myself greatly looking forward to Daisy's scenes every week. (And notice that she didn't put on a show for the priest with her usual "Daisy, Daisy Adair" introduction. She played it very simply with him -- perhaps a testament to her respect for what he represents. It doesn't seem to just be a fad for her, or an excuse to wear beautiful jewelry -- which she also, apparently, no longer needs.)

And yay for some Daisy/Mason kissage! (Finally!) Though I do like that they've been building that relationship slowly. It will probably be more meaningful later as a result.

Aw, George, you did have a candlelight vigil! (And I loved George's and Reggie's grandma! Cool new-age granny! With a parent like that, it's interesting that Joy is always so uptight. But it seems the women in the Lass family make a career out of not being like their mothers. Or, at least, they try to.)


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(I don't understand why I'm so freezing tonight. I don't feel like I'm getting sick. *shrugs*)