[6.06]: "Bite Me" (Discussion Thread)
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nbc_mediumFriday, Oct. 30 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.- "Bite Me" - Allison has vivid nightmares that insert her into scenes from the classic horror film "Night of the Living Dead," which leave her with unexplained cuts and bite marks and possible clues that could lead her to a funeral director's murderer, on a special Halloween episode of MEDIUM.
OH my gosh, that was simply the most awesome episode of season six so far. The opening montage with Allison describing the freedom dreams allow us and the Urban Legend of "If you die in your dreams, you die in real life" and how almost plausible the possibility of such a thing happening when you put it together with natural causes of death, like, heart attacks or even dying peacefully in your sleep, was amazing. The sequence with Bridgette and Marie watching NOTLD reminded me of the time I made my sister sit down and watch Dawn of the Dead (2004) with me, especially when Marie wisely decided to get up before the actual carnage started to happen (my sister just went and puked). I giggled the obvious the reference of aformentioned Zack Snyder movie by Joe.
I absolutely loved the incoorpation of George A. Remero's Night of the living Dead (1968) into the episode as a backdrop of Allison's dreams. They got the atmosphere just right when it came to blending the present with the past, even if you could see where Allison began and the old movie ended. Particularly when Allison stood in front of Johnny (Russell Streiner) and was walking away from him in a huff because he kept calling her Barbra. I also liked how self-aware Allison was during her nightmares.
I didn't quite know where it was all going for once. Much like the earlier seasons, the entire dream was once again used as a clever metaphore (like Night of the Living Dead itself is for the Vietnam War era, if memory serves) for what was really going on in the episode. Honestly, I was just enjoying the huge homage to the horror film that served as the building block for all modern zombie movies. The scene where Allison believes she stumbles across one of the zombies that attacked her in her dreams, nearly made me believe "holy crap, an actual zombie apcoalypse upon them!", until Scanlon gave her the run down on the highly circulated drug, wet. The first thing that came to mind, however, was the recently released PS3 title of the same name. When concerned with the spontaneous injuries that appeared all over Allison's body, I loved that there's a perfectly "rational" medical explanation for them and that both Joe and Allison were quick to cook up a plan of action for counter-striking symptoms of her nightmares. I just about melted when Joe (and combination of herself) woke Allison from her dream; There really haven't been enough fluffy Joe/Allison moments since Season 4. I need my romantic fluff!
I enjoyed the alter egos of Joe, Bridgette, Ariel and Marie in Allison's dream; Dale and his daughter's obviously take the place of Ben (NOTLD's unlikely protagonist) and pretty much everyone who took refuge in that house. Alas, I was hoping to see just a little bit more of them before they became food for the undead. Which brings me to another thing this episode pulled off quite well: The horror element. Even if it did come off as a bit campy, I was certianly squirming in my seat whenever the undead appeared and swarmed Allison!Barbra, or even Dale and his daughters. The brief appearance of Devalos and Scanlon in Allison's dream was a nice touch as well. I finally know what Michael would've ended up looking like if he didn't... well you know.
Alas, I admit, I never would've suspected the daughter as the murderer of her father. When I saw the injury on her arm that mirrored Allison's, I just assumed the Night of the living Dead nightmares were coming from her and that they were some bizzare result of her grief (lol). I loved how it all came together though, Barbra being the one responsible for the unexplained circulation of the wet drug going around the city and thensome.
On Bridgette's side of things, I loved that her spider, Miss Scarlett, was haunting her for a then-unexplainted reason. Poor thing was completely freaked, as she was under the impression that the spider wanted revenge for being killed by candy. Instead it turns out she just wanted Bridgette to find the eggs she'd laid before passing. The end where everyone, including Ariel (who worried over her social status if seen with her family trick-or-treating), was dressed up and ready to celebrate Halloween was icing on an already perfect cake.
Overall fantastic episode. I can't wait for next week's episode.
OH my gosh, that was simply the most awesome episode of season six so far. The opening montage with Allison describing the freedom dreams allow us and the Urban Legend of "If you die in your dreams, you die in real life" and how almost plausible the possibility of such a thing happening when you put it together with natural causes of death, like, heart attacks or even dying peacefully in your sleep, was amazing. The sequence with Bridgette and Marie watching NOTLD reminded me of the time I made my sister sit down and watch Dawn of the Dead (2004) with me, especially when Marie wisely decided to get up before the actual carnage started to happen (my sister just went and puked). I giggled the obvious the reference of aformentioned Zack Snyder movie by Joe.
I absolutely loved the incoorpation of George A. Remero's Night of the living Dead (1968) into the episode as a backdrop of Allison's dreams. They got the atmosphere just right when it came to blending the present with the past, even if you could see where Allison began and the old movie ended. Particularly when Allison stood in front of Johnny (Russell Streiner) and was walking away from him in a huff because he kept calling her Barbra. I also liked how self-aware Allison was during her nightmares.
I didn't quite know where it was all going for once. Much like the earlier seasons, the entire dream was once again used as a clever metaphore (like Night of the Living Dead itself is for the Vietnam War era, if memory serves) for what was really going on in the episode. Honestly, I was just enjoying the huge homage to the horror film that served as the building block for all modern zombie movies. The scene where Allison believes she stumbles across one of the zombies that attacked her in her dreams, nearly made me believe "holy crap, an actual zombie apcoalypse upon them!", until Scanlon gave her the run down on the highly circulated drug, wet. The first thing that came to mind, however, was the recently released PS3 title of the same name. When concerned with the spontaneous injuries that appeared all over Allison's body, I loved that there's a perfectly "rational" medical explanation for them and that both Joe and Allison were quick to cook up a plan of action for counter-striking symptoms of her nightmares. I just about melted when Joe (and combination of herself) woke Allison from her dream; There really haven't been enough fluffy Joe/Allison moments since Season 4. I need my romantic fluff!
I enjoyed the alter egos of Joe, Bridgette, Ariel and Marie in Allison's dream; Dale and his daughter's obviously take the place of Ben (NOTLD's unlikely protagonist) and pretty much everyone who took refuge in that house. Alas, I was hoping to see just a little bit more of them before they became food for the undead. Which brings me to another thing this episode pulled off quite well: The horror element. Even if it did come off as a bit campy, I was certianly squirming in my seat whenever the undead appeared and swarmed Allison!Barbra, or even Dale and his daughters. The brief appearance of Devalos and Scanlon in Allison's dream was a nice touch as well. I finally know what Michael would've ended up looking like if he didn't... well you know.
Alas, I admit, I never would've suspected the daughter as the murderer of her father. When I saw the injury on her arm that mirrored Allison's, I just assumed the Night of the living Dead nightmares were coming from her and that they were some bizzare result of her grief (lol). I loved how it all came together though, Barbra being the one responsible for the unexplained circulation of the wet drug going around the city and thensome.
On Bridgette's side of things, I loved that her spider, Miss Scarlett, was haunting her for a then-unexplainted reason. Poor thing was completely freaked, as she was under the impression that the spider wanted revenge for being killed by candy. Instead it turns out she just wanted Bridgette to find the eggs she'd laid before passing. The end where everyone, including Ariel (who worried over her social status if seen with her family trick-or-treating), was dressed up and ready to celebrate Halloween was icing on an already perfect cake.
Overall fantastic episode. I can't wait for next week's episode.
