Episode Enneagrams – Page 20 – Enneagram and Encaustic

Episode 1, Part 1

ONE

The Somme, 1916. We’re with Matthew in the middle of war. Grit, explosions, trenches, and wounds. He’s some kind of officer with news that his unit will soon be relieved. He’s got a bit of leave coming, and he’d like to see a certain girl (unnamed). Downton, he says, seems like another world.

Roll credits.

TWO

Establishing shot of the Abbey. Anna leads the new maid through her duties, although the house is in disarray. A banner that says, “Help Our Hospital” hangs in the front room as Carson directs servants to remove the furniture.

William dresses Lord Grantham in his military uniform, but he doesn’t know the proper arrangement of of all the regalia. A bit of exposition as Robert tells William that he’s not back in the army (“they don’t want me”) but is basically in the Home Guard. Why is Bates gone to London? We don’t know yet.

Everything’s all a-bustle, with furniture carried in and out. O’Brien smokes alone in the yard.

Robert asks Carson if we’ve news of Bates. Ah, the funeral was last Monday. (Who died?)

THREE

Joining Cora and Sybil at breakfast, Robert reads a letter: he’s back in the army proper as a Colonel.

SLEEPY TIME

ONE

Nighttime in Bikini Bottom. Spongebob takes off his shoes and socks, which come off as one unit. Beside the bed, Gary puts his eyes in the shoes and comes out with socks on his stalks. (Lol — that’s a rhyme I only caught after writing it.) Spongebob pulls up his covers and falls immediately to sleep.

TWO

Cloud thought-bubbles appear. Bikini Bottom is now a kind of chef-land, with Krabby Patty houses and spatula trees. Spongebob body parts assemble, and suddenly he’s dropped into a racing car/boat. A driver’s license, something Spongebob doesn’t have in his real life, pops into existence. While he’s busy admiring it the car drives by itself and goes through a “road ends” sign. Crash.

Ejected, Spongebob sails on, past the Krusty Krab and over a flying Mrs. Puff. Lol, she’s frowny. She rips up his dream driver’s license. Upset, Spongebob crashes through and out of his dream.

THREE

While real Spongebob sleeps, a little Dream Spongebob lands on the bed and looks at himself. Who’s the true Spongebob? While he ponders, a meow from Gary draws his attention. Asleep, Gary has a cloud bubble over his shell. Spongebob pops in.

Mudd’s Women

Oh, no, hahaha! I’m screwed! Lol. Well, maybe this episode won’t be as cringe as I remember. And we can reference Austin Powers and his fembots as an homage. I’m sure I’ll be fine.

ONE

Captain’s Log. The Enterprise pursues an unidentified vessel. Trying to escape, it heads into an asteroid field where its engines overload and fail. Kirk decides to use their deflector screen to protect the other ship, even though Scotty warns him against it. Stand by transporter. Enterprise risks overloading its own engines.

Roll credits.

TWO

Power surge and the bridge goes dark for a second. One of our lithium crystals, Sulu says. Scotty can’t lock on to beam the other crew aboard. Zap — another dark surge. Uhura says, “We’re getting a distress signal.” In the transporter room Scotty, Bones, and Spock energize and watch.

Oh. Dear. Lord. Rakish hat, wide belt, puffy shirt, single earring, and van dyke moustache. Here he comes, transporting in. Cartoon music and a doubletake reaction from the crew. Oh, help. He even speaks with that terrible fake pirate Irish. In no rush, he’s affable while Spock and Scotty want to get on with it.

On the bridge, another lithium circuit zaps out. How many have transported aboard, Scotty? One, but we’ve locked onto three more. The transporter pads blink and surge. Meanwhile, on the bridge we see the vessel explode. Did you get the crew, Scotty?

Pause, and then they materialize. The woman on the left wears a bosom-enhancing dress, the one in the middle pivots away so we can get a booty view, and the one on the right wears only a poncho, legs bare, with gladiator sandals. They each give a little grind-wiggle while Fake Pirate watches the men. Easy there, Bones, lol. Ew, close-up of Miss Booty squinching her eyes at them. The framing does suggest that we should be suspicious, so there’s that.

The Northern Air Temple

This is a tricky episode.

ONE

Our team listens to a tale told around a campfire. It’s about “airwalkers”, people who laugh at gravity. Aang loves this. It’s an air bender story! The bard passes around a hat for tips.

TWO

Aang mentions that this story describes events from a hundred years ago. Nope, just last week, the bard says.

THREE

Appa flies the team up to the Air Temple. As they fly, Sokka carves a piece of wood, although we don’t know what the sculpture is.

Episode 7

ONE

Housecleaning before the family returns from “the Season” in London. Hughes and Carson catch us up on William: He made it home in time to say goodbye to his mother. Gwen dashes in to tell them, “They’re here.”

July 1914. The murder of the Archduke is the main topic around the neighborhood. Okay, here comes the war.

TWO

As the family goes upstairs to change and “wash off the train” Hughes and Carson worry how they’ll tell them about Patmore, who’s worse. Also, is Bates leaving or not? His Lordship hasn’t decided yet because Bates won’t share any facts.

Now to Mary in London. She’s staying for a few weeks longer with Aunt Rosamund. They stroll the park (in fabulous clothes!) while Mary pretends the rumors about her are just stories. Will she marry Matthew? She’ll give her answer when she returns home.

O’Brien in the kitchen. She reads a note, and then asks Thomas to go out for a smoke with her.

THREE

Robert is surprised to see the doctor come from upstairs. Is Lady Grantham ill? Not exactly. (Cringe. I’ve dreaded this storyline.) Robert dashes upstairs. Cut to the bedroom as he says, “Pregnant!” The showrunners like to deliver momentous news with a jump cut, don’t they? He’s shocked but pleased.

KARATE CHOPPERS

ONE

A close-up of Spongebob’s shoes as he tiptoes backward. Pivot! He’s in a karate stance. He backs up into his pineapple house. Startled, he karate chops it.

TWO

When he goes inside and starts to relax, a strange noise surprises him. Ooh, his face gets devilish and he sneaks forward.

THREE

His shoes make a squeaking sound. Nope, he’s stepping on toy ducks that quack. He kicks them aside!

The Enemy Within

ONE

The Enterprise in orbit. On the planet the landing party includes Kirk and Sulu, who holds a little dog in an orange costume with a unicorn horn. Yes!!

They remark that it’s already getting cold and the nighttime temperature will be brutal. And then Kirk reaches over and pets the dog’s scaly tail. Yes! Just another actor on set for Shatner to improv with.

Someone cries out. Kirk and Sulu (still carrying the pooch) go see what happened. A crewman slipped off a ledge and cut his hand. It’s bad enough to go back to the ship. A lot of suspicious-looking yellow dust came down the embankment with him.

Orbit-wipe to Scotty in the transporter room. As the crewman materializes, a warning light blinks on the console, and Scotty re-energizes. Fisher makes it. However, Scotty doesn’t like the dust on his uniform. Decontaminate that.

After the crewman leaves Scotty returns to the console to doublecheck the instruments. Kirk radios that he’s ready to beam up. Just one moment, Captain.

I know which episode this is! Yes!! Oh, it’s excellent. The dog was the clue but I couldn’t quite put it together until now.

SB-129

ONE

Sunday morning in Bikini Bottom. The three-palm island dissolves to the neighborhood. It’s time for Squidward to practice his clarinet.

TWO

In his house Squid kisses his beloved Clari and opens his porthole window.

Spongebob sleeps. His alarm ticks down to six o’clock.

THREE

As Squid wets his lips and prepares to blow, the fog horn blasts from the pineapple window, knocking the clarinet down Squidward’s throat. Spongebob, looking out his own porthole, shouts, “Good morning!” Squid makes squeaky noises back at him.

Episode 6

ONE

The title card says May 1914. Time is passing between episodes.

TWO

Sybil is in the crowd at some rally. Oh, I see Mrs. Crawley in the background. I think it’s a women’s suffragette meeting, although it’s a man giving the speech. Men in the crowd throw things at him. Branson in chauffeur’s uniform comes up behind Sybil to protect her. Isabelle comes to Sybil and tells her it’s time to go home. Branson would lose his place if anything happened to you. Good argument!

As he drives her home they speak about politics. He respects Lord Grantham but believes he’s part of an oppressive class. Bold words. Sybil is not offended.

Carson and Hughes talk in his office. In the background we hear Patmore railing at Daisy. The doctor has confirmed she has cataracts. She’s scared. But she can’t keep treating Daisy like that. Carson holds a letter that seems to disturb him. No information yet, though.

Sybil comes through the kitchen. Her whirlwind disturbs William who disturbs Thomas. Bates puts in his two cents, and the staff area becomes tense for everyone. It’s just tension, with no idea of a specific Trouble.

Still contemplating his mysterious letter, Carson is late for his duties. Hughes has to come in and remind him.

Bates dresses Robert for dinner. They discuss politics throughout, and Bates mentions that Branson was at the rally. Ha, now Bates is stuck. He’s forced to tell Robert that Lady Sybil was also there.

THREE

At dinner Robert raises the issue with Sybil. He’s quite calm considering how outraged he was upstairs. And . . . there comes the explosion.

The Deserter

ONE

The team is at a crossroads kiosk. A nearby village advertizes a Fire Nation festival.

TWO

On the backside of the board are wanted posters. The most prominent is of Aang, but he isn’t worried. The festival seems a great opportunity for him to find a fire bending teacher. They’ll attend and wear disguises.

THREE

Another wanted poster is of the Blue Spirit. That’s a fun detail. We get a push-in, though, on the third wanted poster: an unknown person with two vertical scars running through his eye area.