Some questions regarding my year, stolen from somewhere. 1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Couchsurfing, take photos with an DSLR, See Regina Spektor live, See some awesome places in China, Get a tattoo.
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I can’t remember mine from last year.. probably to do with keeping fit, worrying less, keeping in touch with people.. ditto for this year really..
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No… thankfully.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope :)
5. What countries did you visit?
China, Italy. Damn I need to get out of England more.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A nicer boday. More monies, a fucking PLACEMENT, a job, dwelling place in London, my own personal bar so I can make awesome cocktails all the time.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Is it sad that I can’t think of the exact date that anything happened… Apart from my birthday.. Oh, actually. July 7th, went to China on my travels on this day. Amazing experience.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a 1st in my first year at university studying Economics. Bitch of a subject right there.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting a placement by the end of the year, that was actually a small personal goal of mine and it really, really bums me out that I failed on all accounts at this. Especially since it will still be dwindling at the back of my mind during exams and other such times of stress. Boohooo :(
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I have had a cough for about a month or so now, I swear. It’s still not gone. Stress kills my immune system.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My DSLR! Though technically it was with money loaned from Bank of Mum and Dad..
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Obama.. all this stuff about peace and stuff. Thumbs up.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Morgan Stanley. For rejecting me.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Alcohol, going out, clothes, food. In that order.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to China! And Italy spontaneously :)
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Black Eye Peas – I Gotta Feeling!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier.. though this applied much more a few weeks ago before all this revision shit kicked in.
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter.. :(
iii. richer or poorer? poorer..probably.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Keeping in touch with friends, and putting more effort in keeping some other friends.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Eating.. Worrying.. and lounging around.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent Christmas chilled out at home with family. It’s not a huge deal in my house.. Christmas Eve is more woo.
21. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?
Ah, that is tonight! Going to a friend’s house for eats and drinkies :D I need to get at least slightly drunk.. I’ve decided I hate detoxing.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Yes. It screwed me over. So I don’t really know what love is anymore. Back to square one.
23. How many one-night stands?
Let’s see. One Night Stands.
one night standZero.
Hooking up with someone for one night of sex with no strings attached and hoping to never see them again. It is important not to exchange any personal info with them so they can't track you down and stalk you later.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Ahh, I got into so many new shows this year. Probably How I Met Your Mother.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Hmmm, hate is a strong word. Not hate, dislike slightly/annoyed by, yes.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson. Still yet to read the second and third.. after so long :/
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Really got into Jay-Z’s new album. And David Guetta, he was rocking the club scene. Also rediscovered Alicia Keys from aforementioned first musical discovery. Oh, Lady Gaga of course.
28. What did you want and get?
DSLR, new people/friends, new phone, ipod, holidays. Blahh, spoilt?
29. What did you want and not get?
………………………. a placement.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
AVATAR. No question. Though I can’t really remember films from the beginning of this year.. lemme go check. Oh, The Hangover was also brilliant.. Avatar should’ve lasted longer at #1 in box office charts..
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 19.. It was very snowy that week so we were pretty much snowed in on campus as no buses were running.. so we drank but didn’t go out… That happened on later on in the week. I don’t remember it..
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Getting a placement…
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Um.. I wore more heels when going out and more dresses..?
34. What kept you sane?
Friends who know me well and talk to me often, telling me to get a grip.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Gahh, can’t think :|.. oh, Brandon Flowers, after seeing him again at Hyde Park in summer :)
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Being an Economics student, I’d say the fact taxes have been raised so that now everyone is complaining.. but WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU EXPECT THE MONEY TO COME FROM?!
37. Who did you miss?
My best friend, who fucked off to Canada in September. Still missing her!
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Too many awesome people. Maybe Emma Wang, we have cool Wang bonding going on. Also, she actually reads my blog .. :)
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Live for the present, stop worrying. I know I need to do this more but whether I do it in practice is debateable..
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
“It was so easy and the words so sweet. You can’t remember..” Eet – Regina Spektor
I’ve spent over £300 in the past 2 weeks at uni so far.. on going out, eating out, clothes and way too much drink. And I am now feeling mega guilty about it. What’s worse is my parents are actually out of the country so I’m surviving solely on the student loan which might start looking really bad if this continues.. Nonetheless the ease into second year has been rather pleasant (despite hangovers/tiredness) and I am now putting off a coursework write-up in order to update my blog. No doubt I shall also regret this time wasting later when I am too tired to do any more work and it dawns on me that I have to get up rather early for an epic day of lectures tomorrow. FUN. 
After seeing the cast, I was excited already: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter. I am really going to try get through some of the films on my computer as I am running out of space on my hard drives.. :( Anyways, Fight Club is about the narrator (Norton), who is stuck in a boring, lifeless existence until he meets Tyler Durden (Pitt) on the aeroplane of a business trip. Together, after a random brawl, they form Fight Club, an illegal underground boxing club in the basement of a bar, which begins to attract more and more men of the narrator’s mindset. Marla Singer (Carter), who first knew Norton’s nameless character as they used to go to support groups for kicks, becomes involved with Tyler, though she is kept secret from Fight Club (Rule #1: No one talks about Fight Club. Rule #2: No one talks about Fight Club.). Basically, the whole Fight Club concept spirals out of control, and the club gradually turns into some kind of anarchist army vandalising and destroying buildings. Near the end of the film, it is revealed that Tyler Durden is actually a figment of the narrator’s imagination, controlling the narrator when he is asleep. This part of the film really took me by surprise, as the film suddenly turns from dark action thriller to some psychologically confusing drama. Director David Finchner subtly hints at the turn of events. For example, Tyler turns up in the narrator’s life before he meets him, like he is being built up in his subconscious. In the Fight Club, there are also few shots of Tyler Durden and Norton’s character are together in, suggesting more that they are not separate people. Cinematography is also pretty impressive. There’s a very grimy, dark feel to the film which is done really well with the actions shots during the fights and whatnot. The three leads are also in their prim:. Brad Pitt as the mischief-making club leader which provides slight comic-relief throughout the film, Edward Norton as the tortured, brooding, disturbed office worker, and Helena Bonham Carter as the dishevelled, chain-smoking mess (but pulls it off wonderfully with her dazed-out look she seems to have in all her roles). Yeah, I really liked this film, a great cast and an interesting finale.
Until I head off to Bath again for second year of Economics. Also featuring placement applications and a shitload of coursework. No matter, I am equipped with a suit for such matters, so that I can SUIT UP Barney Stinson style (which will hopefully get me through the interviews). Yes, I am now up-to-date with How I Met Your Mother, which I started watching last week or so.. 4 seasons and the new one of season 5. Where Barney and Robin kind of get together and it’s sooo cute laa! ah it’s fabulous. Barney being my favourite character, some of his lines are just amazing. (Oh, and I realise this picture is out of date..). I’m going to buy a nice expensive suit after I am debt-free from parents and have enough money for one… :)))) Probably not anytime soon unfortunately. 
Literally can’t wait for some more ukelele-NYC-indie-infused happiness. It’s out January 2010.. such a long time, but hopefully it’ll make winter days that bit more lovely when it’s released. 
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; Hero; Memoirs of A Geisha; The Banquet – all films which I associate strongly with Zhang Ziyi, one of my favourite Chinese actresses. I was really quite surprised to see her do this romantic comedy called Sophie’s Revenge, which she also co-produced. The fierce, strong, sword-slashing, heroic characters often linked with Zhang turns into a clumsy, eccentric comic artist called Sophie who has just been dumped by her financé Jeff, swapping for the diva film star Joanna (Fan Bingbing – from 环珠格格 – yes, I get excited when I see actors from that show because it was the best everrr). Thus Sophie embarks on a series of schemes to break the new couple up and get Jeff back; with the help of Gordon, who she assumes to be Joanna’s ex. The plot is so, so predictive: Gordon falls in love with the adorable Sophie, she is oblivious to his feelings, he is actually Joannas’s brother, he confesses his feelings blahblah. But there are some slightly less cliché rom com plot lines which I shall leave in mystery. This South Korean-Chinese co-production has no doubt some elements of a Korean drama (sigh), particularly with the poor girl chasing rich guy with superstar girlfriend storyline. Admittedly K-dramas are kind of a guilty pleasure in small doses.. One charming thing about this film is the CGI that they use, bringing illustrations to life, as well as portraying Sophie’s emotional distress in a comedic way. The wardrobe in this is absolutely fantastic, Joanna’s character has so many amazing costumes, and Sophie has her own array of adorable outfits, except for the horrible baby blue tracksuit she wears to the gym.. It just makes me miss China and some of the amazing fashions you come across there. Zhang Ziyi really shines in this film, playing a comedy character convincingly, without making her completely over the top or unrealistic – just shows that she is a jack of all trades. The other main characters fit nicely around her, though I feel the ex-fiancé isn’t played out as much as he could be, as I would have like to have felt less sorry for him at the end. An uplifting film, I hope to see Zhang in some more like this, though maybe a character with some more substance inside, not just outside :P 
In preparation for the release of the film adaptation - directed by Peter Jackson, no doubt! – I read this book in the past month or so. In America, parents actually complained about this book in school libraries as it was more appropriate for an adult audience, not a young one, as the opening describes how Susie Salmon, a 14 year old is raped and killed. The book is narrated by Susie, from heaven, as she watches her friends and family grow up follow the tragic incident of her death. This novel not only tackles the social issues of death and bereavement, but also trust, love, friendship and growing up. Sebold writes in a way that lets you feel the emotions that Susie’s family go through as their lives go on. Reading from Susie’s point of view, you can see each family member’s distresses, but cannot do anything about it. You genuinely feel Susie’s frustration, especially as the police fail to find her killer. The writing style is really interesting, jumping from one thought to another, yet it all interlinks wonderfully. My imagination was rather limited when reading this as I saw the trailer for this film first so I had some faces – primarily that of Susie Salmon (who is that little girl from Atonement!). I found the ending quite surprising, as I didn’t expect anything big to really happen, but it was very uplifting. Despite her age, you can sense Susie growing up as her family does, as she sees them go through obstacles in life that she would otherwise not be able to. All in all, this was an excellent read and I can’t wait to see the film!
YES, I am packing and leaving. And I shall return on Thursday/Friday. Lol, it will be so short-lived but I hope to return brimming full of cultured-ness. And lots of ice-cream ;D I have strategically chosen items of clothing in order to pack as lightly as possible and to cover almost all weather circumstances, methinks this is rather fab on my part, though those of you that know me better know that I love nothing more than to plan things to the finest detail yet leaving small spaces for some spontanaeity/disaster. Har. I shall now try to get some sleep before the coach to Stansted airport which leaves just past 2am… Though doubt that will happen and I will probably turn into some kind of twitchy psycho on very little sleep. Look forward to it! Arrivederci for now.
Directed by Gavin Hood, this film tells the story of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), a mutant bit claws coming out of his knuckles. All in HD once again, I really can’t get enough of it. I think I regret not getting my laptop with a blu-ray disk drive but I guess that would mean I actually have to PAY for films.. x) Anyways, the film begins in the past, where a young James Howlet sees his father murdered by a groundskeeper at their house, causing his mutation to surface. As he avenges his father’s death through his rage and uncontrollable anger, the groudskeeper Thomas Logan reveals that he is actually young Jimmy’s father. Jimmy flees with his brother Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) and end up fighting in the American Civil War, WWI, WWII and the Vietnam War. With the power of regeneration, they are able to live immortally. Victor, the more violent of the two kills a superior officer, and with Jimmy defending him, both are sentenced to execution (though with their powers of regeneration this isn’t really a problem). The brothers are then approached by Major William Stryker (Danny Huston), offering them to work as part of Team X, a group of mutants, played by Ryan Reynolds, Will.i.am and Dominic Monaghan amongst others ^_^ Something about seeing familiar faces always makes me feel *yay*. Anyway, after a while, Jimmy leaves Team X as he starts to question their actions. Skip forward to 6 years later, Jimmy is a lumberjack (lol) now under the name Logan, living with his girlfriend Kayla Silverfox (a mutant’s name if I ever saw one). Stryker finds Logan and warns him that someone is killing members of Team X. It is revealed that Victor is the one doing the damage, and after Kayla is murdered and losing a fight to Victor, Logan agrees to let Stryker coat his skeleton with adamantium, an almost indestructible metal compound. Scenes here will be very familiar as they appear in much of the other X-men films. As the experiment is proven successful, Stryker orders for Wolverine’s memory to be erased, but he escapes (stark nekkkkiddd) before they can do anything. So now with super sharp claws, Wolverine is on the hunt for Stryker, Victor, and “The Island”, where they seem to be collecting mutants from all over for some kind of Weapon XI. After questioning previous Team X members, he discovers that Remy LeBeau aka Gambit (Taylor Kitsch) escaped from the facility and thus knows the location of Three Mile Island. After a fight with Victor and Gambit, Logan is taken to the island by Gambit, where he discovers that Kayla is actually alive. Not only that, she is also a mutant who can persuade any human she touches. Victor asks Stryker to also be coated in admantium, but Stryker refuses, and says the procedure would kill him. After a final fight between the two brothers, Logan cannot bring himself to kill his brother, and instead helps Kayla free the other captured mutants. Stryker lets loose his Weapon XI – which is in fact his son Wade (Ryan Reynolds) with many other mutant powers which have been put in his system. More fighting, the brothers unite in the fighting to decapitate Weapon XI, whose laser eyes (from a young Cyclops) cut through the facility’s cooling towers in quite a spectacular way. As the place falls apart, Stryker shoots Logan with adamantium bullets in the head, rendering his memory lost, though he regenerates perfectly well otherwise. Gambit is by his side when he awakes, but doesn’t know who he is or where he is etc. Cue X-men 1. 
This series confuses me, the fact that some are related but others aren’t, and it’s in a weird order. The first one I saw was 2 Fast 2 Furious. Then The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift; the second and third in the series respectively. The Fast and the Furious is the first one, where Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) is an undercover cop in the Hollywood racing scene, aiming to find out who is behind truck hijackings. He works his way up and finally earns the respect of elite street racer Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel). Falls for Toretto’s sister Mia (Jordana Brewster); mistakenly busts some Asian gang for the truck hijackings – only to learn that Toretto is very likely to be the one behind them. On a hijack, one of Toretto’s team gets caught on the truck, with the trucker armed with a shotgun. The other team members fail at helping him get off the truck, Brian comes along, gets him off and calls for an air ambulance – revealing his identity as a cop in the process. Back in the city, Toretto and Brian chase after Johnny Tran and Lance Tran after they do a drive-by shooting. One is forced off the road whereas the other is shot. After a mini street race between Toretto and Brian, Toretto crashes, and sirens are on their way. Knowing that Toretto will be put in jail again, Brian allows him to escape. 
I watched this duology today in HD on a TV (to do it some more justice than my laptop screen). It was fucking awesome. Well worth my initial frustrations at getting the right wires in the right place. I’d only seen the first chapter or so of the first film before, so this was the first time seeing everything, in high res no doubt, to appreciate the full blood-spraying-sword-flinging-limb-cutting fiasco of a film this is. 
Her past is told through a short anime section in the film, a style very fitting for the asian character. In a sketchy drawing style, the anime shows how O-ren witnessed her parent’s murder by a yakuza boss. Little do you expect that the spurting of blood from severed limbs is actually brought to life later in the film.. A first taste of the gore to come. This anime sequence paints a vivid image of O-ren, a deadly assassin who has little mercy. The Bride obtains a brand new kick-ass samurai sword from a renowned swordsmith Hattori Hanzo, who breaks his blood oath to never create a sword for killing, and then continues to Tokyo to hunt down O-ren Ishii. O-ren’s entourage of lawyer Sofie Fatale (Julie Dreyfus), bodyguard Gogo Yubari (Chiaki Kuriyama) and henchmen The Crazy 88 is introduced, and you immediately get a sense of Ishii’s power and superior social status. The confrontation happens at the House of Blue Leaves, where some j-rock girl band called the 5,6,7,8’s are performing – albeit some pop culture songs such as “Woo Hoo”, probably to QT’s delight. The fight scenes here are incredible, especially when the lights are turned out, and you see the silhouettes of the Bride and some henchmen fight it out with a beautiful blue backdrop – one of my favourite scenes. Some of the fight in the courtyard is filmed in black and white, making the transition to colour later on so much more powerful when you see the pools of red blood splattering the place. 
The best fight in my opinion is between the Bride and Gogo, the bodyguard. Gogo, a 17 year old Japanese school girl, who is dressed as so, is introduced as “What she lacks in age, makes up for in madness”. Her stares, and indifferent style of dialogue just reinforces this statement. Even her giggly schoolgirl mouth-behind-hand laugh is just so genuine, yet straight after she delivers deep, menacing words to challenge her attacker. The way she fights too, is somewhat graceful and effortless – swinging her mace back and forth it’s like she’s dancing. The fight with this anime-inspired character builds up to the final fight, which takes place outside in an oriental garden. It is snowing. Reminds me of House of Flying Daggers. O-ren is elegant and mysterious. She and the Bride clash swords, and in the end the Bridge gets her revenge by scalping her opponent. Not as much action as I’d like in this scene, but you get a sense of the characters’ respect/closeness, as O-ren apologises for humiliating the Bride, the Bride’s sadness for O-ren’s death, as well as the “Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids” inside joke between the two women. The first volume ends with Sofie Fatale informing Bill (David Carradine) about the Bride’s plans. Bill asks whether the Bride knows that her daughter is alive… DUNDUNDUN. 
It leaves you wanting for more. The action, the gore, the dymanic characters. Bill’s face isn’t even shown in this film, leaving the viewer aching for more plot, less mystery. Tarantino continues using his signature style of continuous filming, wonderful close ups, and great dialogue to keep the tension up. What really impressed me in Volume 1 was the use of high contrast black and white scenes – especially during the fights. The soundtrack once again was very complementary, with Spanish guitar rhythms and pop culture tunes being woven perfectly into this film. Tarantino has been able to draw together the best from several different genres, such as martial art films, spaghetti westerns and Japanese anime. The Bride’s name is bleeped out at first, and her names are slowly revealed as the film wears on. This mirrors the amount of information you know about her, so the viewer really feels like they are getting to know her more as the film(s) deepen. It’s weird. Tarantino lets you know that O-ren is killed right at the beginning of the film, yet it doesn’t stop you from watching. It just shows that it’s not about how it ends, but what happened in between. Anyways, on to… 
Cutting back to her training in China, we see that the Bride studied under Pai Mei, an elderly martial arts master who hates caucasians, americans, and women. The Bride just happens to tick all those boxes. Pai Mei is able to perform the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique (self explanatory) which he teaches no one, not even Bill. Pai Mei is portrayed as the stereotypical martial arts master –white haired, long flowing beard, crazy-ass eyebrows, stupid temper - you name it. It definitely adds some comical value to this part of the film. Anyways, the Bride remembers her training with the master, and recalls it to get out of her coffin. Meanwhile, eye-patched Elle has arrived at Budd’s place with a case of money – and a Black Mamba hiding inside it. Needless to say he dies, leaving Elle to claim that she killed the Bride. The Bride returns, fresh from the ground. Cue girl-on-girl fight! Elle reveals that she lost her eye because Pai Mei plucked it out when she insulted him, in which she responded by poisoning him. So the Bride plucks out her other one, leaving her to flail like an eyeless helpless fish. The fight between these two is highly entertaining, making use of the weak walls you get in trailers etc.. Four down, one to go. 
daughter instead of continuing killing people for Bill. He respond by saying how he thought she was dead, and maybe “overreacted” when he found out that she was alive. Despite all this, Beatrix is intent on finishing him off. They fight and uses a secret move taught to her by Pai Mei (no need for a second try to guess which one). Dying proudly, Bill takes 5 steps and falls. Beatrix sheds a tear. Happy ending. 
I loved Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge, thus was quite excited to watch this. The film opens in a comedial mood, I am suddenly wondering if this is really the “epic” that it has set out to be. In 1939, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English aristocrat, travels to north Australia to force her husband to sell the cattle station – Faraway Downs. Drover (Hugh Jackman) meets her at the town of Darwin to transport her to the station. Upon arrival, Lady Ashley discovers that her husband has died. The station’s manager Fletcher (David Wenham) claims that he was killed by a magical Aboriginal elder called “King George”. Nullah (Brandon Walters), a mixed race (half aboriginal half white) boy resides at the station with his mother, and is beaten by Fletcher when Nullah reveals that Fletcher has been cheating on Ashley’s business. Upon seeing this act, Lady Ashley proceeds to fire him and decides to take charge of the station by herself. It is later revealed that Fletcher is the father of Nullah, who claims to have magical Aboriginal powers, like his grandfather, King George. Along with the help of Drover and other residents on the cattle station, Lady Ashley manages to get the cattle herd to the Australian troops at Darwin. We see her start to appreciate Australia a lot more, and become accepting and respectful for the men that disgusted her so much at the beginning of the film. The almost-3-hour film then continues to tell the story of how she copes on the cattle station; the romance that blooms between her and Drover, the relationship between her and Nullah; the escalation of WW2 and its effect on Darwin; more of Fletcher’s evil plot to take over the Carney cattle station empire; and overcoming the upper class stereotype amongst a hell of a lot of other things. Needless to say, this film is not short on genres, it goes from a comedy, to a western romance, to a war epic. 
Directed by Tony Kaye, American History X tells the tale of Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong). Derek is caught up in the neo-Nazi movement, possibly caused by the murder of his father by a black drug dealer. Danny is his younger brother, who is from a young age influenced by Derek’s ideas and actions. In the present, Derek has just been let out of prison after a 3 year sentence following the murder of two black gang members who tried to steal his truck. His radical views have changed whilst he has served his time, and is trying to stop his brother Danny from coming to the same fate. 
That’s a horribly brief summary. In my opinion, Seasons 1 and 4 are the ones you should watch. Just read up on Season 2 and 3. The main thing that made this show such a pleasure to watch are the characters. I have so many favourites. The makers of this show manipulate your feelings towards certain characters without you really realising.
Another one is Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell (Robert Knepper). I could never take someone named T-Bag seriously. Also appearing in all 4 seasons, he is a violent and manipulative psycho. Very ambitious character, destroying all that stand in his way to get what he wants. Some really gorey scenes regarding his severed hand that kind of made me a bit squeamish. Yet the part in season 2 when he is trying to rekindle romantic emotions from the woman he was with before his arrest makes you feel sorry for him, as he resorts to violence and threats to make this happen – something you learn that is just in his nature, due to his bad childhood. In season 3, you see an inkling of good in him as he lets a man he kidnapped go without any harm – unfortunately the man just happened to be a Company agent – mixed feelings there..
Alex Mahone (William Fichtner), initially a Company agent pursuing the brothers, he is an incredibly sharp and intellectual, matching Michael Schofield as someone who surprises with their thoughts and ideas, as he starts to work out the meaning of Michael’s tattoos in Season 2. He becomes an ally in the final series. His background with his ex-wife and son unfold throughout Season 2, and you realise that he forced to work for the Company in order to keep his family safe. A drug junkie because of the skeletons in his closet, he is “humanised” slowly so that you grow to like him. Even in the end, when he is offered his job back as a federal agent, he is still loyal to Schofield and Burrows, and it made me feel all *yay*.
Final Break” is an explanation of how Michael Schofield dies – tying up loose ends between the end of season 4 and the “4 years later” section in the last episode. It’s so sad. I hate sad endings, but I thought it was quite fitting and made this show more realistic. It just makes me wonder – if they can break Sara out of that prison in like 1.5 hours of the show.. was there really a need for a wholeee season of breaking out Lincoln?! Pah, nevermind. More tattoo eye candy :3. Oh, and Holly Valance’s role in season 1 as a czech pole dancing immigrant made me lol. And in “The Final Break”, was the little boy getting a tattoo on the side of the street…? I think he was, as he was being comforted for being brave (which isn’t really needed if it was just a transfer). Like wtf.. he’s like 4.
