Only time for a few more cooks before the end. Well, it's been an interesting ten days for me... considering that I just started watching this series that long ago. Yeah, I had heard about it, but since I didn't get AMC I hadn't gotten into it. Then my brother Brian (The Once-ler) suggested that I check it out, so I did. Having all the episodes was both good and bad, in that I was able to go from one exciting episode end straight to the next one without having to wait a week, but it also kept me from doing just about everything else in that time. Fortunately I did shower every day and I didn't lose any work time, but I have my work cut out for me cleaning up my place now that I'm caught up.
What I'm trying to figure out is the symbolism of The Fly. I've spent considerable time thinking about it, but I haven't been able to come up with anything really clear. Ok, the fly might represent the shortness of life and being diligent about getting done what needs to be done with an imminent death looming. Maybe not. It could represent a desire to be above everyone else, elusive and uncatchable as in the episode where White obsesses over the fly in the laboratory. It could represent ever present contamination in his life, or the ultimate desire for he himself to be brought down. In fact, that's kind of the one I'm leaning toward. He is the fly, eluding the authorities who view him as a contaminant. He needs to get his work done in his short lifespan, and he needs to do it before he gets swatted down. I think the writers might have been pointing us at this by Walt Jr.'s choice of nicknames: Flynn.
So including tonight's episode, there are three left. Having watched 4 3/4 seasons in ten days has spoiled me, and I think these last couple weeks are going to be tough. There's no way I would watch it all again... is there?
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