Official Discussion of "Slick"

[Helena Kyle]

Slick, an evil meta-human who can turn from solid to liquid, is hired by Dr. Quinn to kill the honest cops who stand in her way. When Reese is the next intended victim, Helena comes to his aid and their mutual attraction continues to grow. Meanwhile, Barbara believes Dinah’s story that she’s just a runaway, but Helena remains suspicious.

Episode Info HERE (http://www.theclocktower.net/codex/?episode=102).

Spoilers HERE (http://www.theclocktower.net/spoilers/index.php#102).

[Harleen Quinzel]

The episode seems promising at least for the special effects. The meta-human seemed, from the trailer, to be well-done.

I am sure it will be interesting to see Helena and Reese work together. They were quite the duo in the apartment scene during the premiere and in the "Slik" trailer, we could see they were still having some fun poking one another.

[Dark Eagle]

Do yall think Dinah's story is true?

[Dark Phoenix II]

Hmmm...It'd definitely be interesting to have some dirt on the most innocent member of the Birds...But whatever happens to Dinah, I stand by her. Dinah rules, plain, pure, simple...

And the FotW reminds me of a villain from Spider-Man...He had the ability and the way they defeated him was by evaporating him...

[HarleyQ]

Wow... *is totally amazed by the updates to the site*

All I want to know is... do we get to see Reese without his shirt? And when does he learn the secrets of the girls? Will he ever? Hmmmm...

[Aeryn Sun]

Okay, don't hate me, but I don't like Reese. I know he was barely in the pilot, but I found him quite boring, and why would he pull a gun on an unarmed, cuffed girl? Anyway, I am looking forward to "Slick", I'm just not looking forward to a whole episode of Reese. Again, don't hate me, that's just MY opinion.

As for Dinah, I think she's just a kid who's had a tough life with a family who couldn't accept her because of her 'gift'. Now she's found a place where she can feel like she belongs, with people who will accept her for who and what she is. Helena will warm up to her soon enough.

[Helena Kyle]

I have seen the trailer now that it was posted in the site news and I have to say it looks very coooool :D I still haven't seen the Pilot but I am having the episodes sent to me and can't wait :D

[Bel]

Yep, the trailer does look good :D

[William]

I think Dinah's story is true... I think

Anyway her real mother The Black Canary, will be coming back to her soon. We'll probably find out the reason why she gave her up for adoption.

Maybe Barbera/Oracle knows, that's why Dinah joined the team so easily. Having known her mother.

But that leads the question, how come The Black Canary ask Barbera to look after her daughter ? Is it because she didn't want her daughter to be a super hero ?

[Shadow Huntress]

Well I think this next episode is gonna be pretty good, but i'm really not into the whole Helena - Jesse thing...they're just not eachother's type...they don't look good together at all...

[William]

I think they look alright, it's just his name...

Helena and Jesse
Jesse and Helena

Now Jake and Helena
Helena and Jake

That sounds better:D

[Shadow Huntress]

its not that the name bothers me, its just shes a totally different person the he is...its not like the buffy - angel relationship where they were very similar people...they just dont seem to go...

[Empress Vader]

At first I was like Ashley Scott and Shemar Moore? It'll never work. Until I saw them as Reese and Helena

Besides the fact those two partially clad ex-models looked damn good together and looked damn good period in the previews for next week, I think what appeals to me about this relationship is there differences. And even though they are different, they are who they are for the same reasons. They both sort of have this defiance streak in them regaurding there fathers. It's just that one went one extreme and the other went the other way. But I think there daddy issues are the place where they will conect at some point.

Until then, the UST of them bumping heads on cases is just fun to watch. Reese is this guy who's trying to be this straight shooting cop (who happens to believe weird things) And Helena is this dangerouse girl, who's a good guy (girl) whatever and will provide a constant challenge to him. He knows that the unbelievable may be real, but he still wants to handle it like a cop would while Helena's going to challege him to think, work, and act outside the box.

like in next weeks preview at the pool.

Reese: There's a murder suspect in there, I think.
Helena: What are you going to arrest him in? A bucket?

(that's already one of my fav. quotes and I haven't even seen the episode yet)

I think he wasn't in the pilot much, because they were establishing things. Hopefully though, Reese won't go the way of Charmed's Darryl or Smallville's Pete ( a couple scenes/lines here and there). But neither one of them was the love interest of the main character. :D

[Shadow Huntress]

Yea you may be right....we really haven't seen much of him and we dont know him really well so he and helena may be decent together...i dunno...and yea i hope he doesnt end up with a shitty part with bad lines that only come up on occasion...

[Heather]

The episode was great. It was funny, which kind of surprised me. It has 'Charmed' humor almost! I loved the part were Helena said "What kind of idiot would give up 30 million dollars." This was definitely my fav so far. And I love the opening credits!!!!!:D

[Shadow Huntress]

it was definately a great episode!! I agree with ya heather the humor was great!! i can't wait until the next ep!!

[Heather]

Me either, can't wait. Did I miss the previews or did they not have them?

[Aeryn Sun]

They had previews, you must have missed them.

Great ep. I love the way they are developing Helena and Dinah's relationship. I don't know if Helena just didn't want to trust anyone new, or if she was a little jealous of Dinah. Maybe feared her taking over her place in Barbara's life?

Loved the scene where Helena told Dinah that there was only one person she trusted to watch her back, and then Barbara jumps in with "it's me". Also loved how Helena was gonna go all Huntress on Dinah for wearing her sweater. Lot's of great humor in this ep.

[darke2099]

i am a little concerend that everyone is talking humor, was it a bit dark too? i am still trying to find someone to tape these shows for me, so i have to go on what people say. i hear there was discussion of robins (even jason todd!!)

anyone feel like giving me a bit of a rundown on the cool and the funky (but not so much the humorous)

ta muchly!!!

the darkeness is...

[Harleen Quinzel]

It is still the pre-discussion thread, but I see that people posted after the episode, so will I!

I found the episode better than the pilot. I am still blaming it on the fact that I saw the unaired one.

Mia Sara is so good! She totally is better each week! And mostly, better than I expected her to be.

I like the clever lines and references in the dialogue.

I'll have to rewatch to be able to comment more since I was doing other stuff while watching. Though the episode was good.

[Enchantress]

I loved last night's ep. Dinah and Helena act like little sister and big sister. It is so funny to watch them fight!!:p I liked when Barbara jumped in and said there will not be use of super powers to settle an argument. I can't wait to see how Dinah and Helena's bond will possibly begin to grow as the series continues.:D :D

[Empress Vader]

Very good episode, I loved the Helena/Dinah interaction. I also love the way they travel through the computer animated city. And finding out sweet little Dinah was a big liar was a twist.

Helena and Reese have me addicted to them. And I was sure that Ashley Scott and Shemar Moore wouldn't work for me. But they have me and canon couples usually bore me.

Mia Sara is really a good harley quinn. Can't wait for next week.

[Bel]

Good episode, specially the fight scenes. And the water effects for Slick were very cool too :D

Oh, do I dare mention Helena's outfit in the steamroom? ;)

Mia Sara is definitely doing ok as Harley Quinn, she seems insane to me. When a person starts rhyming her sentences it's definitely time to worry :)

[ScrambledChaos]

I really enjoyed the episode, but Dinah still bugs me. I don't know why. Ashley Scott is actually a pretty good actress as the Huntress, no matter what people say. Mia Sara as Harley was awful, I thought, in the premiere, but a lot more convincing this week. Oracle's techno stuff is great, of course...

I love their choices for music, too. They always seem to have good stuff that I usually haven't heard of, and it fits the scene. Especially the theme, Revolution, by Aimee Allen (www.aimeeallenrocks.com). Overall, Birds of Prey continues to get better and better. Oh, yeah, and the Helena steamroom outfit was a nice touch.

[Psychic Oracle]

I just watched it for the second time and I just have to say, I don't envy the lines that Dina Meyer has to say. That technobabble must be really really hard. But she does a good job with it.

[Raven Li]

This was actually the episode that got me into the show. I liked it overall, but Helena acted way too snobby IMO, especially around Reese. I felt bad for Dinah, how she just wanted to fit in. Helena and Dinah make a pretty good team though.

[AndyPandy88]

Hi, I'm new here and some may know me from the superherohype.com board.

I enjoyed this episode, especially compared to the pilot. Although I only saw the unaired pilot because I couldn't download the final, I found that this was a big improvement. I feel that the first episode was merely an introduction to the main characters, and that the villain was added there just to make it have some (but unfortunately, short) action.

Slick was a brilliant villain, and I liked how he seemed to flirt with Harley whenever those two were put together. I really do like Mia Sara as Harley. She seems to give more character than Sherilyn Fenn did, but I also like Sherilyn's performance.

Helena and Dinah did a great performance, and that scene at the end when we learn about Dinah's past was very emotional and well done. Of course, Dina Meyer's performance as Barbara was excellent. I like how they made it the start of the relationship with Wade, which makes it more fresh.

Detective Reese did another brilliant performance as well, even though I'm a bit misunderstood why he just didn't do anything while Helena was in trouble. The scene when Helena and Reese had the discussion about trust was very well done, yet again.

I found the humour funny this time around, and also the action was improved on. My only improvement needed is that they need to give Harley more screentime. She needs to develop more, but not too much.

[EKATZ]

We may still read the official description and see the trailer over at http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Episode/0,8201,||1096,00.html.

[MUZBNUTS]

DR. QUINZEL. I'll have a vengeance that will be spoken of in terrified whispers for generations to come. Do you understand?
SLICK. Not exactly, no.
DR. QUINZEL. Oh, I'm gonna take over New Gotham, you idiot.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I so love this dialogue!

[jaguarin]

The guy was a really stupid... i think his brain was liquified too... and never solid...

[jaguarin]

The guy was really stupid, seemed his brain was liquified...

[MUZBNUTS]

SLICK: You lost me, babe.

HARLEY: Yeah. Well, that's what happens when you regularly turn your brain to water.