Hmm...

[luciazephyr]

Just watched Sports Night episode 1.08, Thespis. I have had Thoughts. Anyone who's seen it... Help?

Casey: Danny... they offered me Conan's show.
Dan: They did?
Casey: Yeah.
Dan: They offered it to you?
Casey: They made- there was an offer, they offered me the show.
Dan: And you passed?



Casey: Yeah.
Dan: You passed on your own network's show.
Casey: Yeah.
Dan: To work with me in Dallas.
Casey: It was clear we were going national.
Dan: No, it wasn't.
Casey: I- I passed on the show, what does it matter why?
Dan: And if you passed on the show... Lisa must have gone thermal.
Casey: She wasn't happy.
Dan: Case. Was it the beginning of the end? You and Lisa?
Casey: Yeah.
Dan: Casey. Casey, Casey, Casey-
Casey: I appreciate your fond wishes-
Dan: What are you, stupid?
Casey: What happened to the fond wishes?
Dan: You turned down Late Night?



Casey: I wouldn't have been any good at it.
Dan: Yes, you would've!
Casey: No, I wouldn't.
Dan: You would have been great.
Casey: Danny...
Dan: You would have been great.
Casey: I would have been embarrassing.
Dan: That is... flat-out not true. What did that woman do to your confidence? How many hits did you have to take to your ego?

So, these boys are gorgeous and lovely and I want to hug Casey so bad. My question is... Casey's ex, Lisa... Wot the eff? What'd she do to him? I've rewatched this scene five times (not including the times when I was transcribing the above) and it just hurts to see. And Dan's dropped at least three major hints to Lisa being evil and horrible. Obviously Dan's biased, but... Um...

I really want to know more about Lisa. Is any more information given about her? 'Cause Sorkin is being heavy-handed in his hints about a (and this sounds strange) slightly abusive thing going down here. Not physical, because I just can't see that here, but... Lisa seemed to really shake Case up.

And, funny thing, its almost unheard of, whether in RL or in a fictional work, but if anyone wrote it? I'd want it to be Sorkin.

So, yeah, that's all I can think of now. I don't mind getting spoilers, so does anyone wanna help me out, lemme know what is up with the Casey-Lisa thing?

Also, Casey? I lurve to pieces. I really, really love him. Dan's awesome but... Casey. ♥

-Luce

Comments

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, I love Danny and Casey so much. They are the eternal joy of my heart. And it's for reasons just like that.

*bliss*

The thing is, I don't know exactly what was going on or wrong in Casey's marriage. Because you never see Lisa in the canon. And it's not like Casey talks much about Lisa, and the people who do - Dana and Danny - are really biased.

(I don't think it'd be anything overtly physically abusive, though. Just - emotional undermining, that kind of thing, and if it was more than just tail-end-of-a-bad-marriage stuff, Casey would have to be blind to it. Otherwise, Casey wouldn't have left her with primary custody of Charlie.)

[lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com]

I've been raiding your recs, actually. *clings to you* Thank you so much. Whenever I start a new fandom, I go to you first.

I get that, that Dan's gonna be really biased as this is his life partner, but still... Casey gets this look in his eyes and I have to wonder what would have happened, had the show not been cancelled.

(Not physically, no, 'cause it'd be a bit difficult to beat up a guy like Casey. But if that was the beginning of the end and the Conan thing happened that long ago? Seriously, not good to be stuck with an angry wife for that long. I kinda wish it did go down the emotional abuse road if for no other reason than that it's never considered in life as a possibility, unlike abuse to women.)