The Blue Rose

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The Blue Rose 1×11: This Night Has Opened My Eyes Review

The Blue Rose: Monday 9:30pm TV3So I had to catch it on demand this week because I was too busy learning how to play different songs on the ukulele. Whoops. However here I am, ready to bombard you with my thoughts on this week’s episode of the Blue Rose because I love to do so- okay, Jess threatened to take the ukulele off me because it’s a distraction. Yes, I am a child. Now, where were we? Right.

The Blue Rose this week was just- well. It was all RAWR! I mean, dead hookers, prison bashing and rogue banging. It was all happening last night now, innit? But what did it all mean?! Let’s dissect and discuss. DISSECT AND DISCUSS!

Going rogue this week we had Jane and Linda both sort of investigating and sort of just hanging out with and eventually banging suspects. Jane taking pity, because despite what she said it was a definitely a ‘pity bonk.’ And c’mon, you know Charlie didn’t mind, it got his mind off his dad getting the bash in prison and also got him what he’d been trying to get for the past 10 episodes. Charlie’s relationship with Peterson is weird, it’s almost like Peterson’s a friend of the family. Only Peterson isn’t, is he? He’s somehow involved in using Charlie’s dad as a scapegoat which lands the man prison.

Speaking of Peterson, Linda’s getting awfully close to him. Sonya and Ganesh are super against Linda and Jane fraternizing with suspects and I have to agree, however Sonya can’t criticise anyone for going rogue. Especially when a radio station is looking for the anonymous person who donated a large amount of money to a cause Sonya wanted to take on earlier in the episode.

Ganesh is the only one who knows the meaning of restraint and laying low.

Speaking of laying low or rather the opposite of laying low- that is extravagance, how about that party where there were higher ups and escorts and it seemed like Peterson was throwing a ratchet New Zealand version of a Gatsby type shindig, minus the class. Linda meets Hannah an escort who knew Rose. After Linda badgers her for a few days, Hannah she agrees to meet them and relays to them what she’d discovered while working for Villiers. Unfortunately, both for Hannah, Rose and the poor hooker who drew the short end of the stick and had to ‘entertain’ Craston, mostly for the dead hooker, Hannah watched the tape and saw Craston choke the poor girl to death.

What’s with Simon grabbing at Hannah though? Was he still carrying on his own investigation and was still trying to get Hannah’s statement? Or is he somehow involved? Because Hannah had given Rose a copy of the DVD of Craston killing a hooker to give to the police because she was too scared to do it herself. Or does Simon know about the tape and the threat it could cause to Peterson and all the money that Peterson is in possession of?

This could be it, they’re getting ever closer to the truth behind Rose’s death. I know one thing’s for certain, I held my breath the entire time Jane was looking around in Simon’s hotel room and when he showed up. Also, at the end there when Peterson checks his emails and is sent a copy of the incriminating video of Craston killing Katya (the escort). Who the hell has that second copy? Also, Peterson didn’t look very scared- in fact the expression on his face is rather unfathomable. Curious.

Special Mentions:

- “I only slept with Varsha, and only because you told me to.” LOL it’s a hard life for Ganesh.

- Twitter corner!

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The Blue Rose - 1×10 Handsome Devil Review/Reaction Post

The Blue Rose: Monday 9:30pm TV3

This week I had a guest, watching and commenting on the Blue Rose, with me. Fellow Blue Rose ‘enthusiast’ CW (@ speshtian) joined me via skype to catch our New Favourite New Zealand Dramedy. This episode offered us some interesting new developments, some of which we thought were slightly predictable and not just because of the previews! The show attempted to give certain characters a depth, that may or may not have resonated with the audience, it’s rather subjective but I’m going to say for me it slightly missed the mark. Rose’s taste in men continues to be a point of contention and we discover some very interesting stories about M&L After Hours. We also wonder where Linda finds all of her leather clothing and whether or not she’ll come out of the closet any time soon. Oh and anyone for lasagne tasting? No? Well then make sure you’re a bit more creative next time!

I’ve tried to tidy our convo up without diminishing our ‘ rivetting discourse’ too much. *cough* Otherwise it’s our ‘liveblog uncut’ sad grammar and heinous lack of proper capitalising, needless CAPS, overuse of exclamation points and neeeedlessss letter emphasis included! Anything in parenthesis was added ex post facto.

[8/04/13 9:43:19 PM] Mata: It’s freezing! So we ready to watch The Blue Rose?

[8/04/13 9:43:26 PM] CW: yessssss

[8/04/13 9:43:29 PM] CW: motorcycles!!!

[8/04/13 9:43:32 PM] Mata: Haha sweet!

[8/04/13 9:43:56 PM] CW: it’s Linda the lesbo!

[8/04/13 9:44:27 PM] CW: peterson needs to lose some weight

[8/04/13 9:44:29 PM] Mata: Can Linda smash him in the face with the mug?

[8/04/13 9:44:56 PM] CW: linda would chug that vessel and crush the mug with peterson’s head

[8/04/13 9:44:58 PM] CW: boom

[8/04/13 9:44:58 PM] Mata: I would like very much to see that, it can be paying homage to once were warriors..with Linda as Jake the Muss

[8/04/13 9:45:10 PM] CW: i have not actually seen that movie!

[8/04/13 9:45:30 PM] Mata: I don’t- we’re going to put a pin in that because I would I like to discuss your lack of Once Were Warrior knowledge lol

[8/04/13 9:46:45 PM] Mata: Who does that chubby bald man look like?

[8/04/13 9:47:10 PM] Mata: Charlie talking shit? NO! Surely not!

[8/04/13 9:47:11 PM] CW: all i can quote is “cook me some eggs!”

[8/04/13 9:47:22 PM] CW: that must be the most he (Charlie) has said in one go all season

[8/04/13 9:47:33 PM] CW: already more screen time than the first 9 episodes combined

[8/04/13 9:47:51 PM] Mata: Hahaha they’ve been saving it up for the episode where he finally gets his INS (more or less true)

[8/04/13 9:48:12 PM] Mata: BABANG the Trifecta hahaha

[8/04/13 9:48:18 PM] CW: bahaha

[8/04/13 9:48:23 PM] CW: where’s the t-shirt?!

[8/04/13 9:48:51 PM] CW: krystle just vomited in her mouth (While getting frisky at the bar with McMann)

[8/04/13 9:48:54 PM] CW: or looked it

[8/04/13 9:49:01 PM] Mata: Also, this has been the most Aroha has ever said

[8/04/13 9:49:04 PM] CW: !! she’s (Aroha’s) taking the bus!!

[8/04/13 9:49:07 PM] Mata: I vom’d in my mouth just watching her (Krystle)

[8/04/13 9:49:08 PM] CW: she’s (Aroha’s) NEVER getting home at this rate

[8/04/13 9:49:26 PM] Mata: LOL Aroha needs to be more drunk in order to endure our public transport system

[8/04/13 9:50:22 PM] CW: don’t these offices have alarm systems

[8/04/13 9:50:39 PM] Mata: Yeah, they didn’t even enter any codes or anything

[8/04/13 9:50:56 PM] Mata: This guy wants to get freaky in the boardroom!

[8/04/13 9:51:14 PM] Mata: Omg Krystle’s gone for it!

[8/04/13 9:51:21 PM] CW: krystle just looked totally maia in that shot

[8/04/13 9:51:23 PM] CW: creepy

[8/04/13 9:51:27 PM] Mata: She looks scared

[8/04/13 9:51:30 PM] Mata: Hahahahahha

[8/04/13 9:51:32 PM] CW: she’s secretly a lesbian wanting to get pregnant!

[8/04/13 9:51:55 PM] Mata: DON’T TOUCH THE TABLE JANE

[8/04/13 9:52:00 PM] CW: ewwwwww

[8/04/13 9:52:00 PM] Mata: WHATEVER YOU DO!

[8/04/13 9:52:09 PM] Mata: He would like to do you again

[8/04/13 9:52:25 PM] CW: girl i wana do you, do you, do you wana do me, do meeee

[8/04/13 9:52:28 PM] Mata: Charlie you tricky guy hahahahaha

[8/04/13 9:52:35 PM] Mata: Underneath the moonlight tonight haha

[8/04/13 9:52:36 PM] CW: that would be super awks if you don’t know where that song’s from

[8/04/13 9:52:41 PM] CW: YESSSSSSS

[8/04/13 9:53:09 PM] Mata: OF COURSE I KNOW THAT SONG! Remind me to post this story where that song features

[8/04/13 9:53:17 PM] Mata: Oh shit Krystle’s busted

[8/04/13 9:53:34 PM] CW: looooool

[8/04/13 9:53:35 PM] Mata: False alarm

[8/04/13 9:54:02 PM] Mata: Oh no, NOT A FALSE ALARM! I KNEW HE WAS TOO KEEN TO GET INTO THE OFFICE

[8/04/13 9:54:07 PM] CW: PARNELL

[8/04/13 9:54:09 PM] CW: MY HOOD

[8/04/13 9:54:14 PM] CW: well, my ex-hood

[8/04/13 9:54:19 PM] CW: oooo scott’s a bad dude

[8/04/13 9:54:21 PM] CW: dun dun dun

[8/04/13 9:54:31 PM] CW: krystle your vag just got the plotline going

[8/04/13 9:54:37 PM] Mata: Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[8/04/13 9:54:59 PM] Mata: Helen and Simon do NOT want to be touching the boardroom table right now

[8/04/13 9:55:13 PM] CW: talking, being friendly…. HAVING SEX

[8/04/13 9:55:14 PM] Mata: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[8/04/13 9:55:16 PM] CW: hahahhahahaa

[8/04/13 9:55:18 PM] CW: bahahahahhahahahhaha

[8/04/13 9:55:21 PM] CW: love it

[8/04/13 9:55:31 PM] CW: trolololol

[8/04/13 9:55:38 PM] Mata: Helen flinching away from the table like ‘this bitch did NOT get freaky on our- she did she freakin’ did’

[8/04/13 9:56:46 PM] Mata: And she left him alone, good one Krystle- you may have just slept your way to the bottom.

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[8/04/13 9:56:52 PM] CW: i think this ep is just an hour long!

[8/04/13 9:57:00 PM] CW: i’m on twitter stalking the tag

[8/04/13 9:57:22 PM] CW: tv3 your programming is all over the place

[8/04/13 9:57:25 PM] Mata: Sweet lol because I still haven’t written the Doctor Who or Game of Thrones reviews lol

[8/04/13 9:57:50 PM] Mata: Ugh TV3, they need to sort their shit out

[8/04/13 9:58:17 PM] CW: oo game of thrones

[8/04/13 9:58:22 PM] CW: i’m reading the books..

[8/04/13 9:58:26 PM] CW: should i get into the show?

[8/04/13 9:58:27 PM] CW: or after

[8/04/13 9:58:35 PM] CW: altho i kinda know what happens… everyone dies

[8/04/13 9:58:39 PM] Mata: How far along are you?

[8/04/13 9:58:49 PM] Mata: Haha man the books SLAY

[8/04/13 9:58:51 PM] CW: ummm bran hasn’t found out about cersei and jaime yet

[8/04/13 9:58:52 PM] Mata: literally ahhaa

[8/04/13 9:59:04 PM] CW: ned is going to the south with robert

[8/04/13 9:59:11 PM] CW: and arya’s direwolf hasn’t attacked joffrey yet

[8/04/13 9:59:13 PM] CW: so not very far lol

[8/04/13 9:59:37 PM] Mata: Ooooh okay okay, totally up to you. I watched the first series before I started the books

[8/04/13 9:59:45 PM] Mata: and finished the books before season 2 came out haha

[8/04/13 10:00:22 PM] Mata: Krystle’s crying because the one time she stops being uptight she fucks up hahaha pun

[8/04/13 10:00:34 PM] CW: loool

[8/04/13 10:00:36 PM] CW: it’s like a car crash

[8/04/13 10:00:40 PM] CW: it’s so ugly but u can’t look away

[8/04/13 10:00:48 PM] Mata: It can only get worse

[8/04/13 10:01:23 PM] Mata: ‘Krystle shagged a rival on the boardroom table.’ Simon, well said.

[8/04/13 10:02:09 PM] CW: wow that boardroom table’s seen a lot of action

[8/04/13 10:02:51 PM] CW: CHARLIE KILLED ROSE

[8/04/13 10:02:53 PM] CW: CALLING IT NOW

[8/04/13 10:03:07 PM] Mata: Haha Peterson killed Rose

[8/04/13 10:03:11 PM] Mata: no HELEN DID IT

[8/04/13 10:03:20 PM] Mata: Yeah I’m making no calls

[8/04/13 10:03:21 PM] Mata: yet

[8/04/13 10:03:46 PM] Mata: Ew Derek’s bragging about Linda

[8/04/13 10:04:19 PM] CW: EWWWWWW

[8/04/13 10:05:05 PM] CW: hahaha everyone made lasagna

[8/04/13 10:05:06 PM] CW: man

[8/04/13 10:05:10 PM] CW: linda just needs a good woman

[8/04/13 10:05:15 PM] Mata: Lasagne tasting

[8/04/13 10:05:26 PM] Mata: Ganesh made a pun!

[8/04/13 10:05:45 PM] Mata: Krystle going out with a bang indeed.

[8/04/13 10:06:01 PM] Mata: Weird that Krystle’s called Jane.

[8/04/13 10:06:13 PM] Mata: Reckon Krystle’s gonna be their side project this week? (She was, well Jane’s at least)

[8/04/13 10:06:19 PM] CW: probs

[8/04/13 10:06:30 PM] CW: and the next episode too seeing as this was meant to be two hours

[8/04/13 10:07:07 PM] Mata: LOL Krystle’s more bent out of shape about the fact that the guy she screwed isn’t more than a junior lawyer haha

[8/04/13 10:07:29 PM] CW: hahahah

[8/04/13 10:07:31 PM] CW: i love linda

[8/04/13 10:07:34 PM] CW: she gets the best lines

[8/04/13 10:07:52 PM] Mata: She just wants a burger (and maybe a girlfriend haahhaha)

[8/04/13 10:08:32 PM] Mata: Awwwwww yeah Linda, she just made him want her more

[8/04/13 10:09:09 PM] CW: linda’s so good

[8/04/13 10:09:19 PM] CW: and she’s not even playing the game

[8/04/13 10:10:04 PM] Mata: I wonder though, if anyone’s going to make the connection between her and Rose any time soon

[8/04/13 10:10:22 PM] Mata: Although Simon hasn’t seen her, and Derek wouldn’t know so she’s safe right now

[8/04/13 10:11:24 PM] CW: i just got a mental image of linda sliding onto the home plate

[8/04/13 10:11:32 PM] CW: and the umpire going “SAFE!” with the arm motions

[8/04/13 10:12:23 PM] Mata: LOL Linda looks like a softball player if you know what I mean

[8/04/13 10:12:31 PM] CW: why mata i do believe i do

[8/04/13 10:12:46 PM] Mata: LOL

[8/04/13 10:12:54 PM] Mata: Jane, sluething Jane

[8/04/13 10:12:59 PM] Mata: Oh shit Krystle got fired

[8/04/13 10:13:10 PM] CW: :O :O :O

[8/04/13 10:14:45 PM] Mata: Jane is woman hear her roar

[8/04/13 10:14:54 PM] CW: yeah yea mate scoooooore

[8/04/13 10:15:22 PM] CW: ew peterson

[8/04/13 10:15:23 PM] CW: so desperate

[8/04/13 10:15:41 PM] Mata: I was gonna say, Peterson does NOT live there.

[8/04/13 10:16:13 PM] Mata: Peterson’s gross, man.

[8/04/13 10:16:30 PM] CW: lol i actually thought he said WINZ not wins

[8/04/13 10:16:35 PM] Mata: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[8/04/13 10:17:03 PM] Mata: I could see Peterson buying out WINZ and turning all the branches into sweat shops

[8/04/13 10:17:28 PM] Mata: Are they trying to give Peterson depth?

[8/04/13 10:17:37 PM] CW: i think they are :S

[8/04/13 10:17:41 PM] CW: humanising him?

[8/04/13 10:17:54 PM] CW: linda’s 3 things

[8/04/13 10:17:57 PM] CW: 1) i’m a lesbian

[8/04/13 10:17:59 PM] Mata: HAHAHAH

[8/04/13 10:18:02 PM] Mata: I was about to say

[8/04/13 10:18:10 PM] Mata: she forgot ‘I’m a lesbian’

[8/04/13 10:19:04 PM] Mata: Scott McMan sent him (Charlie) pictures of his dick, Scott’s gay

[8/04/13 10:19:10 PM] CW: hahhaa

[8/04/13 10:19:14 PM] CW: chris is loving it!

[8/04/13 10:19:15 PM] CW: i mean charlie

[8/04/13 10:19:30 PM] Mata: The vertical blinds need to be disinfected, burn the room

[8/04/13 10:19:36 PM] Mata: WAVING HIS DICK AROUND HAHAHAHAHAHA

[8/04/13 10:20:07 PM] CW: man why does jane want to save krystle so badly

[8/04/13 10:20:14 PM] CW: she needs to find out who killed rose first jeez

[8/04/13 10:20:27 PM] Mata: Jane’s trying to help everyone and their mama

[8/04/13 10:21:00 PM] Mata: Also, Krystle’s someone Jane’s spoken to and knows as opposed to this woman she’s never met

[8/04/13 10:21:12 PM] Mata: Even if Krystle’s a bitch

[8/04/13 10:21:20 PM] CW: that’s true

[8/04/13 10:21:30 PM] CW: i miss the old flight centre guy

his hat fit his head better

[8/04/13 10:21:55 PM] Mata: Haha

[8/04/13 10:24:34 PM] Mata: Oh shit, this is the first time Linda’s turned up to a meeting this week

[8/04/13 10:24:57 PM] Mata: Linda would very much like to see the photos of Krystle

[8/04/13 10:25:12 PM] CW: linda would loooooooove photos of krystle

[8/04/13 10:25:13 PM] Mata: LOL Sonya asking Jane if she’s a ‘secret Christian’

[8/04/13 10:25:16 PM] CW: but she has standards

[8/04/13 10:25:21 PM] CW: hahahaha yes i was just about to type that

[8/04/13 10:26:02 PM] Mata: I think this is where Jane gives up the goods to Charlie

[8/04/13 10:26:07 PM] CW: ewwww

[8/04/13 10:26:21 PM] Mata: haha Charlie’s going to make it to Candy Land

[8/04/13 10:26:30 PM] CW: gag

[8/04/13 10:26:58 PM] Mata: (Charlie’s talking to Scott at the bar where he initially tricked Krystle into thinking Scott was about to make partner, you could say it was his fault, it is where the entire debacle started) Punch

(Charlie sucker punches Scott)

[8/04/13 10:27:01 PM] Mata: KNEW IT

[8/04/13 10:27:12 PM] CW: hahahha

[8/04/13 10:27:29 PM] CW: oh i see. it’s “adrenaline made us do it” sex

[8/04/13 10:27:30 PM] Mata: Let the record show that I said punch before Charlie did it. And now they’re running- this explains why

[8/04/13 10:27:35 PM] Mata: Jane’s about to hook up with him

[8/04/13 10:27:55 PM] Mata: Nah, she’s gonna do him because he seemed ‘gallant’

[8/04/13 10:28:12 PM] Mata: Oooh or not (Which kind of makes me glad because it actually wouldn’t have been in character for Jane to just hop into bed with Charlie because he punched a guy for her.)

[8/04/13 10:28:13 PM] CW: don’t get the bus you’ll never get home!

[8/04/13 10:28:25 PM] CW: ooo foreboding music

[8/04/13 10:28:30 PM] Mata: LOL don’t get the bus you’ll get an STD before you even sleep with Charlie

[8/04/13 10:28:34 PM] CW: what building’s that?

[8/04/13 10:28:40 PM] CW: aw i miss auckland :(

[8/04/13 10:29:19 PM] Mata: Haha I don’t even know, since finishing uni and working in Newmarket I haven’t wandered the streets of town in a while haha

[8/04/13 10:29:58 PM] CW: hahaha palmy

[8/04/13 10:30:03 PM] Mata: Guttered

[8/04/13 10:30:17 PM] Mata: Does Jane get Krystle her job back?

[8/04/13 10:30:44 PM] Mata: Helen seeing Jane’s worth *eyebrow quirk*

[8/04/13 10:30:48 PM] CW: lolol

[8/04/13 10:31:00 PM] Mata: No Simon DID NOT (just say ‘I am woman, hear me roar- which btw he totally did)

[8/04/13 10:31:08 PM] CW: ugh simon

[8/04/13 10:31:45 PM] Mata: Peterson wants to hire child slaves

[8/04/13 10:32:14 PM] Mata: Jane, don’t push Simon, he’s close to the edge (he’s trying not to lose his head hahaaa)

[8/04/13 10:32:41 PM] CW: interesting watching this from simon’s pov

[8/04/13 10:33:00 PM] CW: a temp who is good but who is showing a partic amount of interest in law

[8/04/13 10:33:18 PM] CW: PARANOIA, IT’S REAL IF THEY’RE REALLY AFTER YOU

[8/04/13 10:33:28 PM] Mata: HAHAHAHAHAHA

[8/04/13 10:33:49 PM] Mata: *whispers* THEY KNOW

[8/04/13 10:37:19 PM] CW: linda linda linda

[8/04/13 10:37:38 PM] CW: zomg

[8/04/13 10:37:41 PM] CW: derek

[8/04/13 10:37:43 PM] CW: zoolander

[8/04/13 10:37:44 PM] CW: no

[8/04/13 10:37:46 PM] CW: peterson

[8/04/13 10:38:02 PM] Mata: LOLOL

[8/04/13 10:38:09 PM] Mata: Awwww shit Krystle’s back

[8/04/13 10:38:11 PM] Mata: The Bitch is Back

[8/04/13 10:38:15 PM] CW: dun dun dun

[8/04/13 10:38:59 PM] Mata: Balance has been restored

[8/04/13 10:39:10 PM] CW: and charlie’s back with his sexual harrassment! yay

[8/04/13 10:39:11 PM] Mata: No Linda, don’t do it! (by it I mean Derek)

[8/04/13 10:39:13 PM] CW: all is right in the world

[8/04/13 10:39:20 PM] Mata: Hahaha ‘fancy a pash?’

[8/04/13 10:39:20 PM] CW: that looks like the modern family house

[8/04/13 10:39:25 PM] Mata: Charlie bro, subtle guy

[8/04/13 10:39:39 PM] CW: linda’s gona get smashed

[8/04/13 10:39:43 PM] Mata: Maybe Peterson’s got a Gloria somewhere

[8/04/13 10:40:13 PM] Mata: Linda doesn’t like sausages, we established this last week

[8/04/13 10:41:52 PM] Mata: Shit, Linda’s just playing all of her cards

[8/04/13 10:42:00 PM] Mata: Some of them, anyway.

[8/04/13 10:42:04 PM] Mata: Okay, not all

[8/04/13 10:42:16 PM] Mata: Derek did it.

[8/04/13 10:42:44 PM] Mata: Yeah Derek, you and Linda like the same things, want the same things…women.

[8/04/13 10:42:59 PM] CW: bahaha

[8/04/13 10:43:42 PM] CW: erk

[8/04/13 10:44:13 PM] Mata: Okay, it makes sense for Jane not to shag Charlie this ep.

[8/04/13 10:44:34 PM] CW: yea

[8/04/13 10:44:42 PM] CW: i’m glad they didn’t shove it into 2 hours this week

[8/04/13 10:44:46 PM] CW: i’m sleepy lol

[8/04/13 10:45:10 PM] Mata: Yeah same! I’m trying to keep my eyes open, now I have to burn the midnight oil for a bit lol

[8/04/13 10:45:50 PM] Mata: Well, this has been ‘watching The Blue Rose with Mata and Chloe’ hahahah

[8/04/13 10:50:42 PM] CW: next season linda better be a lesbian!!!

[8/04/13 10:50:46 PM] CW: you can quote me on that

[8/04/13 10:50:49 PM] CW: LOL

[8/04/13 10:50:54 PM] Mata: Hahahaha I will I will

Special Mentions:

- If you’ve managed to get through that post you’re a legend.

- Yeah no twitter corner this week, lo siento (I’m sorry) guys!

- Unrelated to TBR: Game of Thrones and Doctor Who reviews will be up tonight. Not that anyone cares, crying in the corner.

- Talk to us? We’re keen to get other peoples’ theories on The Blue Rose, or anything really. What’s your opinion on the GCSB?

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!LIVEBLOG Reaction/Review POST! The Blue Rose 1×09 Suffer Little Children

The Blue Rose: Monday 9:30pm TV3

Type Jane type!

Krystle ya batch.

Ugh Derek Peterson care’s only about riding motorbikes and drinking, Charlie’s right.

Charlie, still trynna get his ins.

Of course Krystle’s gonna put her on port-o-loos.

BLUE ROSE TEAM MEETING! Everyone’s present. Well and good.

Peterson’s still a major suspect, yeh. Dodgy guy. Duh.

Bunny boiler? Felicity was caught driving under the influence on the night Rose died? Curious. Curious.

YUSS MORE VARSHA! But only because they need arrest details on Felicity the crazy wife.

“I’ll seduce Varsha and be back in time for Battlestar Galactica.”

Dude Monique’s dumb. She’s getting Catfished! Stop, just call MTV.

Deal struck because Ganesh is good with his hands. Awww yeah.

Back at the charity event the Bikers arrive!

Over to Varsha and Ganesh helping this week’s cause for concern, Monique. Wow Monique’s got an ancient computer.

The bad man’s at the charity event! The BAD MAN!!! He’s part of the Bikers!

Oh God Felicity.

Krystle still calls Linda the mental girl. Peterson likes the look of Linda doesn’t he? Oh damn he just put Krystle in her place.

Annnnnnd BOUNCED by Linda. Peterson’s barking up the wrong tree.

“Would you like a sausage.” “No I would not like a sausage.” COUGH. Is that true, Linda?

AD BREAKS ARE THE DEVIL!

Ganesh is taking agers in the bathroom, because he’s getting the dirt on Monique’s catfish.

Linda and Grant, anyone ship it? Yeah, me neither. Bad man with the tattooed neck- Grant knows him and I bet by the end of the episode he’s going to wish he didn’t know him.

Ongoing association with the ride for life and Peterson’s sketchiness. Ugh. Helen. What’s your deal?

Wow $60,000 does this help Peterson sleep at night?

What’s Peterson saying to Charlie?

Bad Man = Karl Villiers. Awesome, Ganesh points out that it’s lame calling the Bad Man the Bad Man. Agreement.

Felicity is nice and normal until she goes apeshit on you.

Monique’s Catfish actually lives in Takapuna. Haha brilliant.

Simon and Jane, who’s shipping it? Me neither.

No Simon, she means Karl Villiers

Ah, Helen was a criminal lawyer. Bet she WAS paid in drugs.

Jane notices things that would be useful to the case of the missing puppies. Wait.

Catfish operates from an internet cafe. Oh man, awesome. Just playing some- what’s a game that guys go to internet cafes to play? Well playing that game and catfishing some chicks.

Sonya packed lunch, back to loving her. They’re on a stakeout.

Whoa shit, Catfish used his real photo? Sonya’s going to steal Catfish’s bike to get him out.

Jesus Linda what is your problem? Let me count the ways. Karl’s got his fingers in a few pies? More like he’s got his fist in a few- okay that went wrong. Grant didn’t have Rose killed. You read it here first. Heh.

MORE ADS TO FUND THE GADS!

Catfish ‘someone’ stole your bike! By someone I mean me (Sonya) and it’s in the back of my car. Ganesh you better have gotten the deets. And boom, Ganesh comes through. Sonya’s got a thing for Catfish, watch out he’s got a thing for well- everyone. And a penchant for trying to scam people.

Charlie sneaking up on Jane while she’s filing. Now niggle the info out of him. Ah, makes sense. Peterson’s helping Charlie’s pops out with funding for his lawyer.

BLUE ROSE GANG MEETING: Helen represented Villiers in 1998, when I was 10. They are old. Old as balls. Okay, not that old. Linda also doesn’t think Grant did it. Linda’s hotheadedness strike again and she’s out of there!

Grant’s turned up at Linda’s house to ‘talk’ about Linda’s accusations. I’m hoping they don’t reconnect- yeah I mean hook up. Especially since everyone’s convinced that Linda’s into chicks.

Brad from Hawaii - aka Catfish, is actually Mark I didn’t catch his last name or where he’s from but I’m going to keep calling him Catfish anyway. Damn 18 women on the go, from 6 different countries. Holy shmuck. Varsha, you need to tell Monique.

Subtle dig at Ganesh there from Varsha. Yeah Ganesh, Varsha’s a human being. Treat her better.

So they decide they’re going to set a honey trap. Nope that doesn’t mean they’re going to put honey on his door and wait for him to walk into it. That would be stupid.

ADS ADS ADS ADS ADS TWEET

Linda’s just showing Grant everything here. She’s trusting him with a bit here. Grant better not make us regret this. Grant do you understand how much she’s trusting you right now?

And now they’re all trying their hand at Catfishing. Setting up the bait for the trap. Sonya just leaves people about in her house? Break up letter from Catfish for Monique as written by Ganesh, I’m pretty sure it would be better to just tell her the truth. Ganesh is bringing Varsha to tears here. Damn Ganesh. Aw. AWWWWWWWW.

Beautiful shot of Auckland, man this show sure knows how to make Auckland look even more beautiful.

Receptionist who’s had like 5 lines, hi!

Krystle, why do you want to know Linda’s contact details? OH, Derek Peterson wants to talk to her ew. And give her his private number.

Yeah Derek Peterson wants Linda’s D. Linda’s not very subtle, but she’s not a moron. DO IT. TALK TO HIM. She’s so going to call him. Hahahahahahaha

Grant’s talking to Karl and- oh man is he going to outright, dude. Maybe Linda’s not the only unsubtle person about. Grant you’re only asking for trouble asking Karl about his whereabouts of Karl on the night of Rose’s death GAH ADS.

BONES AD just to remind me that I’m really behind. Ugh. Drink pump and make water- I mean make LIKE water. But you do make water. Hahahaha

Grant isn’t that stupid. Heh. Yeah well Nina’s missing now and I bet I know what’s happened to her. Also, it was in the promo but still. Even if I didn’t know.

Whoa creepy, Karl picked her up from school and brought her home. Don’t talk to stranger Nina, no matter what they say about being friends with your parents.

Karl shut your trap you piece of vermin trash. Grant if you give up Linda’s name- oh good.

Catfish took the bait! Catfished, for Catfished haha. Mark Columbine from Mairangi Bay. You certainly CAN be anyone over the internet. I’m Bob on some site. Bob Cheney from Texas. It’s all a bit of a laugh.

Sonya laying down the law, being the NZ division of (not so)Anonymous. Why, Catfish? Um, you’re scamming people out of their money, that’s why.

Ugh, Monique, Mata says you’re dumb.

Ganesh and Varsha, do you ship it? Yeah, I do. Aww and she got the information for him. Hahahahahahahahhahaha Sonya charged the room to Catfish’s credit card and waxed alco-ma-hol from the mini-bar. Brilliant.

Felicity was being abusive- but she’s got an alibi. However it puts Simon back on the radar because he’s got 9 hours unaccounted for before picking Felicity up from the station.

Grant’s going away with Nina, probably best. He didn’t give up Linda’s name at least. Linda loves you too ratbag. *Sadface*

Holy shacks Linda’s meeting up with Peterson!!!

END EPISODE. Feature length episodes from next week onward! And DAMN THINGS ARE HEATING UP! Like guys, one of you could be doing the killer. Just uh, putting that out there.

Special Mentions:

- I’m glad that no children actually suffered in the making of this week’s episode.

- Reaction post/liveblog over and out. What were YOUR reactions? Here are some tweets!

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The Blue Rose 1×08: Half a Person

The Blue Rose: Monday 9:30pm TV3

If I thought LAST week’s episode was intense, this week knocked last week out of the park. If you didn’t catch last night’s episode of The Blue Rose you need to fix that ASAP! TV3 on demand! After reading this review, of course. In my last review I talked about how some of the subplots from earlier were perhaps unnecessary and this episode kind of proved that. Did anyone else find this episode, which focused primarily on main characters, much more enjoyable? There were no random cases this week, except for the trampoline case that was handled in the background and only alluded to.

Instead, we had some overall plot movement, doused in brilliant acting (damn can Antonia Prebble do sad cry voice well) and some well suspenseful moments. It’s been a week, or a few days, since Ben broke it off with Jane. Yet he’s still living at the flat and they’re still sleeping in the same bed. Oi vey. Jane. She’s too darn nice, a borderline pushover. This has been her character flaw since the start of the show, however where it can be a rather critical flaw it’s also what makes her a compassionate person. I didn’t think the seemingly laid back, read as bludging, Ben had it in him to be so… dickish. I suppose I did, but I thought the show was going to pull one over our eyes and actually have him be a stand up guy. Of which he is not. He’d been cheating on her for a while and had the audacity to accuse Jane of sleeping with her boss, Simon. Ugh. I can’t.

Simon offers Jane an apartment to stay in because it’s obvious there’s a psycho targeting her; slashing her tyres, cutting up her laundry (including her delicates) and breaking into the flat. We’re clearly being pushed to believe it’s Ben, going cray over wanting the car or the flat and a valid perp he would be. However I had my suspicions about other characters.

And I was right! And Simon also had his suspicions, mostly because Felicity (his missus) had done this before, to Rose. Granted with Rose it was warranted, this time Jane’s an innocent party. I couldn’t help but feel the storyline had a very Jane Eyre feel to it, crazy wife (albeit not locked in the attic) causing havoc for the innocent governess, or PA, who’s just trying to live her life and help solve the murder of the former PA, Rose, who Rochester- *cough* I mean Simon was in love with. Maybe not. Although I think Charlotte Bronte would be rather pleased with the set up of this episode, kind of. Minus the adultery, premarital sex, murder and technology. I’m rambling now, aren’t I? I hope they don’t keep pushing Simon and Jane together, nor do I think it’s a good idea for her to take Charlie up on his ‘revenge shag’ proposition. Seriously dude? Jess isn’t too sure she likes Charlie, she thinks the actor’s a bit wooden- just saying his lines. He’s still the office eye-candy slash druggie. Speaking of eye-candy, Krystle was initially charmingly bitchy- if such a thing exists. However most of Felicity’s targeting wouldn’t have been possible without Krystle pulling the bitch strings a bit in the background.

Grant and Linda’s past is, well it is what it is, isn’t it? There’s a theory she’s a raging lesbian, which isn’t an issue, but we would like some clarification. Guess we’ll have to watch to find out. Also next week, it looks like the Bad Tattoo man knows more people than just Grant. Intrigued. Also, what’s going to happen with Simon and Felicity? He sorta Chris Browned her at the end of the episode there. Reckon this could mean he has enough rage in him to have lost his temper with Rose? Reckon Felicity could have hired someone to take care of Rose? Like I said, until next week!

Special Mentions:

- There was no Varsha this week. This made me slightly sad.

- Did Ben’s bit on the side know that Ben was in a relationship? If so she really isn’t very good at keeping secrets is she? Gosh, good thing the EQC info didn’t leak to her. Would have been posted on her blog faster than you could say ‘reverse cowgirl’.

- “Post-natal psychosis is the actual diagnosis.” Is it inappropriate that I laughed? Probably. But I LOL’d nonetheless, guys it rhymed. C’mon!

- I swear Jane’s entire morning needed ‘You had a bad day’ playing in the background.

- Twitter Folks seemed rather pleased with this week’s episode. Check it.

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The Blue Rose 1×07: Money Changes Everything

The Blue Rose: Monday 9:30pm TV3Yes, I’ve only just caught last week’s episode on demand. Sue me. Har har because lawyers and- forget it, that was dry. So, lately I’ve gotten some negative feedback regarding the Blue Rose and I suppose I can understand where people are coming from. Sure, at times the show has seemed a bit slow moving and a tad predictable, but at the same time you don’t want to be burning through major plots and revelations too quickly. Some of the actors aren’t as strong as the others and some subplots were a bit unnecessary, however some of these actors are new at this and every show has at least one or two story lines you could have done without.

I, for one, think the show has done a good job of withholding enough information to warrant a proper reveal come the finale, which isn’t too far off at this point. However in saying that, the slow build up has, at points, slightly stagnated the flow of the action. That is, some of the story lines felt a bit too forced and expositional (totally a word, an adjective, and totally using it) and have therefore contributed to some less than top-notch TV watching.

Money Changes Everything was, in my own opinion, probably the most suspenseful episode to date. Especially considering that thus far none of their shenanigans, all illegal despite well-meaning, has landed any of them in jail, or fired or both. This was the closest I’ve been to being legitimately scared for a character. Especially since it’s a direct repercussion of earlier actions on Jane’s part. Makes you wonder what could happen to these people Linda and the gang keep calling favours in from.

Simon’s caught Jane out and he’s freaking out a bit because he could be struck off for it. However he’s really wondering why the hell Jane would involve herself in the affairs of someone she’s never met before. Dude, this is something we’ve been asking ourselves since day one.

I felt bad for Ben, but dude. Seriously? He’s being a bitch boy. Breaking up with Jane. Ugh she’s way too good for him.

I like that we’re getting some further insight into characters that make you go ‘kinda makes sense’, yes I’m talking about Linda and Grant. What I most liked about this episode, however, was everything to do with Jane and Simon. Calling Simon a lapdog is fairly correct, he’s Peterson’s bitch, the entire firm is. That poor man who has to take the fall for something that isn’t his fault because, well, because of money.

Rather apt episode title, really . Grant’s slowly inching his way back into Nina, his daughter’s life because Rose’s mum is going broke and Grant’s got the means to provide for Nina. Although he stops challenging the will because, duh, money. Way more money than he could afford.

No flow in this post, sorry. I’m much too jumpy for that I’m just hopping over to Ganesh now. And by Ganesh I mean Varsha. I’m just going to say it, I love Varsha. And every time I see her I immediately start humming ‘She’s a Maneater, make you work hard, make you spend hard, make you want all of her love!’ We need more of her. She’s interesting and different and I like her, okay?

Varsha's a Maneater

Special Mentions:

- If anyone didn’t know what Fracking was. Not that I had to google it, or anything. *Shifty eyes*

- A bit of a nitpick here. New Zealand, this show is from New Zealand.

- GASP GRANT KNOWS THE BAD MAN WITH THE TATTOO!!!!!!!!!!! Now to watch this week’s ep. Talk to me!

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The Blue Rose 1×06 Paint a Vulgar Picture

The Blue Rose: Monday 9:30pm TV3

Took me ages to try to watch the Blue Rose OnDemand today because it was crazy slow. C’mon guys, get it together. Eventually the episode loaded and I was able to see the gang get to work!

I found myself thinking Sonya needed to pull her head out of her, excuse the language, bum this week. Which is mean because we know that David, aka the homeless guy with whom she’d formed a bond, had just died and she was dealing with her feels.

Looks like Elizabeth is catching on as her name. She’ll always be Sonya to me. Right, so this week she was all kinds of stubborn and gullible when it came to our subplot’s supposed victim. It grated slightly on my nerves, I know she seemed to be projecting the helplessness of David onto this Hayley character but it made Hayley’s manipulation seem even more obvious and when Ganesh proved it, I felt even angrier because it made Sonya look slightly foolish in her refusal to listen to reason for more than half of the episode.

It was nice to see Ganesh take a stand, however, at the end. Not just in terms of how he was able to overcome his fear of his crazy ex girlfriend played by Nisha Madhan (another ex-Shorty actress) and manage to get her to help, but also in terms of being more confident up against Linda and Sonya. When he goes on his own mission, taking on a Charlie (from Charlie’s Angels) persona to get more intel on Hayley I couldn’t help but do a slight encouraging fistpump. Look at him being all slick.

Ganesh being all slick.

There were a few dodgy puns this week but Ganesh was right, get your minds out of the sewer!

We get more of Charlie this week, getting some insight into the junior lawyer who’s been trying to get Jane to have a drink with him since day one. Remember I speculated that there might be more to him than the firm bottom feeder, okay I made a remark about him somehow being the culprit that counts as speculation! However really the big reveal about him is just that he’s a druggie. It’s sad that something like taking drugs could be spoken about in such blase terms but them’s the breaks. He’s also the last person to have spoken to Rose before she died, which, according to police records Ganesh got from Varsha, wasn’t from hitting her head after she fell into the water but rather before she drowned. Well well well, maybe I’m right about Charlie turning out to be the killer after all? Nah, just because he takes a bit of the drugs doesn’t make him a killer.

Next week looks good. This person agrees.

Special Mentions:

- Anyone else think Rose took that picture with the annoying chick in order to snap a shot of the Bad Man?

- Varsha, bitches be crazy! Secretly love her and hope she and Ganesh end up together. I ship it, I will go down with this ship.

- That photographer’s a bit of a name dropper, and by ‘a bit’ I mean he’s a name dropper. However he does prove useful. They’ve got a visual of the bad man with the tattoo. And it looks like Varsha has more help for us next week, according to the preview she knows what the tattoo on his neck is.

- Twitter Corner

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The Blue Rose 1×05: Pretty Girls Make Graves

The Blue Rose: Monday 9:30pm TV3Tonight’s episode (episode 5 of 13) took a turn for the dark. I know I know, it’s a show about how a rag tag group of people come together after the death of a personal assistant (a friend to 3 out of 4 of them) who knew too much, felt too much and by the looks of things- trusted too much. It might not be that the show turned dark on us, it’s just that with Rose’s back-story and the events thus far about Rose’s life didn’t quite resonate so much with us on an emotional level. There’s something about the homeless guy’s sense of redemption in this episode that really seemed to click.

The Homeless guy, who’s real name is David Quilter played by Seth Flynn, ran from Jane and Linda that first time they encountered him and we hadn’t seen him since, that is until this episode. David’s aversion to the police runs deeper than what we had initially thought, of course. We know he found Rose’s body and when the gang first started out asking questions we were forced to come to the assumption that he was the culprit, or knew something about it. The problem, we come to discover, is that David Quilter also knew too much and he buckled under the weight of his knowledge. He speaks fondly of Rose, and it seems she’d been trying to get him to make something right. When Linda discovers the newspaper clippings and immediately jumps to the conclusion that he was some sort of creepy stalker murdery guy (my extensive vocabulary has gone on holiday) I feel the show puts us at odds with her. We’re placed on Sonya’s side of the fence, wanting to coax information out of him by being kind- as opposed to bullying. It’s sad, because Sonya forms a bit of a bond with him and this is before he gives us anything useful to go on.

When David described the time in 24hour clock I thought he’d been military, which would have only made sense on an American show- however I wasn’t too far off the mark. A cop. Homeless guy, aka David, was an ex-cop who’d been undercover and was betrayed not just by another police officer, but by the officer he’d been reporting to. The thing is, this officer didn’t just betray him, he murdered an innocent and made David help him frame another man. David had been living with the guilt for years, and it had festered within him. He was also ill, by the looks of things, really ill. There’s a sense of mitigation for him in his confession to a room full of cops, and Flynn’s portrayal of David’s sense of fulfillment was moving.

Suits and cops, they’re all in it together, David says. Which I suppose is a melding of both his present and his past. Rose was talking to someone wearing a suit, he’d helped a dirty cop cover up a murder. One thing I had minor qualms with, as an ex-cop wouldn’t David have known that Simon wasn’t a police officer? Or was he too drunk and out of it to really care? Simon had been keeping David in a rest home, and it appears that he’d been doing some of his own investigating. Whether to find out more about Rose’s death, or to cover up his tracks is unclear just yet- but we’ll find out soon enough. As Ganesh (and by extension the Blue Rose gang) tries to get into Rose’s phone which David had picked up and handed over to Sonya.

There were funny bits this episode too, they’re just overshadowed by the heavier material of the episode.

Although I do appreciate the episode ending on the IT Crowd joke. It’s funny because earlier in the episode Krystle with a K had been complaining about how all IT did was suggest the computer be turned off and on again.

Special Mentions:

- Ganesh is smoother than we give him credit for. Also, can there be more Ganesh and Fasi? BrOTP, found.

- I’m torn between shaking my head at Ben in disapproval for showing up at Jane’s work like that and shaking my head in commiseration at the fact that Jane is keeping secrets from him. Also, that final scene with Ben and Jane was actually really cute.

- Charlie, still trying to get his ins with Jane. Did Charlie try his luck with Rose too? According to the preview for next week Charlie may have been one of the last people to have seen Rose alive.