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rabid1stYou've all heard me go on about UST with very little encouragement. Rest assured this is not one of those posts.
Yes, it is true that every two-handed show on television seems compelled to make us endure this stale device. I could say a few things in this space about the recent season of Bones and how they are forcing me to stop watching due to the constant triggering of my gag reflex.
But, instead, I'm going to discuss a show you've probably never heard of...
...Murdoch Mysteries.
Someone called it CSI: Steampunk and they weren't far off the mark. This unassuming little Canadian show caught my attention when it was recommended to me by Amazon dot com as "another title I might be interested in purchasing." Apparently, people who bought what I bought, also bought Murdoch. Those were pretty smart people as it turns out.
Follow me behind this link to learn about UST done right...on a show I am betting you will really enjoy once I show and tell a little...
William Murdoch is a Toronto detective in the late 19th Century, back when being a policeman wasn't considered a "respectable" vocation. He is a Catholic (the horror) from the wrong side of the tracks, which makes him socially inferior and awkward. A poor, but remarkable earnest young man with a gifted mind, he lives in his head and is constantly pursuing new knowledge to foil the cleverest criminals. Think Sherlock Holmes meets MacGuyver.
Over the course of Season 1, socially inept William falls in love with the socially adept Dr. Julia Ogden. An heiress and gifted doctor, Julia has found employment as a coroner, in a time when living people perfered not to be treated by female doctors. Unfortunately, William and Julia must part. Julia is a fallen woman of sorts...no priest would approve of her. She has affairs and is forward thinking in many of her views. She's not Catholic, not poor, not willing to give up her hard fought for career to become a wife and mother, even assuming William could afford to head a household on his pittance of a salary. And yet, William and Julia are remarkably well suited in wit and passion.
Here we have UST done right. First, the two people involved are not overtly dysfunctional; they are only victims of circumstance. Second, unrequited sexual tension was the norm in the Victorian era. You didn't just have casual sex. Interactions were more circumspect and people were tied to their social circles. Third, William and Julia would work as a couple. They do not dance around the perfectly normal idea of romance, but they are both very much aware of their social realities. They are dealing with fundamental issues that any real life couple might face in their time.
Can love surmount all of these obstacles? Different values? Different backgrounds? Will Julia willingly trade her elevated social standing, her career, and her freedom for the man she clearly loves? Could William tolerate her wild streak, her snobbish friends, her career or (horrors) her not being Catholic? Can they work together without giving in to the passion they most definitely share? Can they share that passion sans wedlock and still respect one another and remain employed? This is the 19th Century after all...you didn't just have office affairs willy nilly. Can they part...yet still be friends and coworkers? Can either of them be loyal to new partners?
Honestly, I am starting S3 and they have me on the edge of my seat with these two. I have no idea how it will all turn out in the end.
And the UST is the thing on this show, for me. The stories are engaging but not particularly brilliant. The acting is stiff...though Yannick (the fellow who plays Murdoch) does have very compelling eyes...as you will see.
Those eyes are what inspired me to make this vid. There are spoilers in it for S2, but if you aren't already watching, I believe you will only be enticed to do so...rather than spoiled for what actually happens.
I truly believe you do not need to be a fan of this show to appreciate this vid...because it is a self-contained story of star-crossed lovers.
Light In Your Eyes
by Rabid1st
Murdoch Mysteries
William/Julia
ARTIST: Blessid Union of Souls
SPOILERS: S2 and episode 1 of S3
WARNING: Some slightly graphic images of a forensic nature
FORMAT: .WMM 20MB streaming and downloadable
SUMMARY: My aim is for this vid to be a self-contained story of star-crossed Victorian lovers parted by social circumstance, yet still longing for one another. No need to even watch the show, I think, to get the basic idea here. If your job, your religion and your morals demanded you give up the woman you love would you do it? Can William Murdoch find solace with a "good Catholic girl" when his heart (and the rest of his anatomy) yearns to pursue his alluring coworker, Dr. Julia Ogden?
DISCLAIMER: This was made solely for my own amusement. Though I would like to tempt people into watching this overlooked, but very entertaining, show on DVD.
STREAMING: http://bamvidvault.ning.com/video/lightmurdoch-1
DOWNLOAD LINK: www.megaupload.com/?d=F42VG6PG
Yes, it is true that every two-handed show on television seems compelled to make us endure this stale device. I could say a few things in this space about the recent season of Bones and how they are forcing me to stop watching due to the constant triggering of my gag reflex.
But, instead, I'm going to discuss a show you've probably never heard of...
...Murdoch Mysteries.
Someone called it CSI: Steampunk and they weren't far off the mark. This unassuming little Canadian show caught my attention when it was recommended to me by Amazon dot com as "another title I might be interested in purchasing." Apparently, people who bought what I bought, also bought Murdoch. Those were pretty smart people as it turns out.
Follow me behind this link to learn about UST done right...on a show I am betting you will really enjoy once I show and tell a little...
William Murdoch is a Toronto detective in the late 19th Century, back when being a policeman wasn't considered a "respectable" vocation. He is a Catholic (the horror) from the wrong side of the tracks, which makes him socially inferior and awkward. A poor, but remarkable earnest young man with a gifted mind, he lives in his head and is constantly pursuing new knowledge to foil the cleverest criminals. Think Sherlock Holmes meets MacGuyver.
Over the course of Season 1, socially inept William falls in love with the socially adept Dr. Julia Ogden. An heiress and gifted doctor, Julia has found employment as a coroner, in a time when living people perfered not to be treated by female doctors. Unfortunately, William and Julia must part. Julia is a fallen woman of sorts...no priest would approve of her. She has affairs and is forward thinking in many of her views. She's not Catholic, not poor, not willing to give up her hard fought for career to become a wife and mother, even assuming William could afford to head a household on his pittance of a salary. And yet, William and Julia are remarkably well suited in wit and passion.
Here we have UST done right. First, the two people involved are not overtly dysfunctional; they are only victims of circumstance. Second, unrequited sexual tension was the norm in the Victorian era. You didn't just have casual sex. Interactions were more circumspect and people were tied to their social circles. Third, William and Julia would work as a couple. They do not dance around the perfectly normal idea of romance, but they are both very much aware of their social realities. They are dealing with fundamental issues that any real life couple might face in their time.
Can love surmount all of these obstacles? Different values? Different backgrounds? Will Julia willingly trade her elevated social standing, her career, and her freedom for the man she clearly loves? Could William tolerate her wild streak, her snobbish friends, her career or (horrors) her not being Catholic? Can they work together without giving in to the passion they most definitely share? Can they share that passion sans wedlock and still respect one another and remain employed? This is the 19th Century after all...you didn't just have office affairs willy nilly. Can they part...yet still be friends and coworkers? Can either of them be loyal to new partners?
Honestly, I am starting S3 and they have me on the edge of my seat with these two. I have no idea how it will all turn out in the end.
And the UST is the thing on this show, for me. The stories are engaging but not particularly brilliant. The acting is stiff...though Yannick (the fellow who plays Murdoch) does have very compelling eyes...as you will see.
Those eyes are what inspired me to make this vid. There are spoilers in it for S2, but if you aren't already watching, I believe you will only be enticed to do so...rather than spoiled for what actually happens.
I truly believe you do not need to be a fan of this show to appreciate this vid...because it is a self-contained story of star-crossed lovers.
Light In Your Eyes
by Rabid1st
Murdoch Mysteries
William/Julia
ARTIST: Blessid Union of Souls
SPOILERS: S2 and episode 1 of S3
WARNING: Some slightly graphic images of a forensic nature
FORMAT: .WMM 20MB streaming and downloadable
SUMMARY: My aim is for this vid to be a self-contained story of star-crossed Victorian lovers parted by social circumstance, yet still longing for one another. No need to even watch the show, I think, to get the basic idea here. If your job, your religion and your morals demanded you give up the woman you love would you do it? Can William Murdoch find solace with a "good Catholic girl" when his heart (and the rest of his anatomy) yearns to pursue his alluring coworker, Dr. Julia Ogden?
DISCLAIMER: This was made solely for my own amusement. Though I would like to tempt people into watching this overlooked, but very entertaining, show on DVD.
STREAMING: http://bamvidvault.ning.com/video/lightmurdoch-1
DOWNLOAD LINK: www.megaupload.com/?d=F42VG6PG
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