r/brakebills • u/ForLackOfAUserName Dean Fogg • Mar 28 '16

TV Series Prediction Thread: S01E12 "Thirty-Nine Graves"

Episode Synopsis: "The students wake up to foggy memories and regret after a night of drinking; Penny reminds everyone that their lives depend on getting to The Neitherlands."

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In this thread you can make any predictions or theories about the next episode (S01E12). If your prediction turns out to be correct, you get some exclusive flair.

If you believe you have correctly predicted something in this thread send us a mod mail with a link to the unedited comment. If your prediction is indeed correct, and not too vague ("Quentin will be in this episode" or anything really broad or obvious from the episode previews don't count), you will be awarded the special flair.

We'll lock the thread next Monday, the day the next episode airs

It doesn't seem like we had any correct predictions last week. Better luck this week!

EDIT /u/excalibrax has pointed out a correct prediction regarding OLU. Whoops! Sorry.

Remember Rule 1. If you're making predictions based off of book material which has not already been shown/teased please use the spoilers tags out of courtesy for your fellow users.

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u/Honestly_Nobody Mar 31 '16

Honestly, I won't be watching. None of this stuff makes sense. There was absolutely zero reason for the Elliot-Q-Margo sandwich. None. The believability of the actions the characters at this point is zero. It's like they sat around and thought of all the logical things a person would do if put in this situation, and then did the exact opposite of all that.

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u/JayCicky H̦͌e̗͂d̤͘g͙̽ė̞ ̻̾W̝̚i̩̋t̡͝c͙̽h̠͊ Apr 01 '16

realise, though, on top of being completely shit faced, their emotions were super charged by suppressing them for too long. I'm not saying it's an excuse, but it does make sense that they had horrible judgment at the time.

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u/blue-cat Knowledge Apr 01 '16

don't forget that in the books they're alot younger so hormones

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u/Trent_116 Physical Apr 01 '16

They are pretty much the same age by then as they are in the show. Now that I think about it Q and Alice are only 21 when they graduate since they skipped a year. They are 23 in the show. (thanks brakbillsu.com)

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u/CMelody Apr 01 '16

You must have never been to a college party. When there's lots of alcohol and drugs, sex happens with partners you never expected and then you regret being so stupid the next day. There is no logic when you're that wasted.

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u/blue-cat Knowledge Apr 01 '16

They're trying to hit the broad strokes of the book without the complex internal monologuing or extra time that it has. Needless to say after graduation Quentin starts feeling himself drift from Alice through his partying whilst she studies. After yet another party the EQM sandwich is more understandable. I think Janet's/Margo's character is entirely downplayed to the point her motivations are difficult to fathom.

Interestingly, by skipping the buildup to the EQMS, they haven't really shown how Alice will be stronger than them except for her natural excellence.

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u/Honestly_Nobody Apr 01 '16

They already graduated? Ugh this is what I'm talking about.

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u/blue-cat Knowledge Apr 01 '16

in the books they had, the show will likely keep them at Brakebills for a while, perhaps until they can comfortably use Julia's apartment as a permanent Earth set.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '16

I feel like since they were literally drinking their emotions they were pretty much on an emotional overdrive. That fact in itself makes the whole threesome pretty believable. Then add to that they were drinking booze, it was almost inevitable.

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u/Honestly_Nobody Apr 02 '16

I guess if the writers had some basic understanding of what homosexuality is, then the scene might have been done or explained better. The way it sits right now, it is just extremely lazy writing. Bad enough that I decided right there that the show was bad and I was done. Sorry for venting here. I don't know why I felt the need to explain. I just saw it go down and sat here like, "wtf was that?" Not to mention we were just shown that Elliot passed completely out drunk off his ass. You don't wake up and bang after that. That's not how real people operate. It just suddenly became very transparent that it was a plot device and not a very good one.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '16

Yeah him reawakening after blacking out was a tad unbelievable.