Started watching season 1 of
Wicked Science again with the first episode. Believe it or not, it is over 2 years since I saw season 1! (I am probably not going to review every episode again. Promise.
)
Good opener, though a couple of odd things - 1), in my reviews I've been pronouncing Dina completely wrong for some reason - it's spoken as Deena - and
2) despite what I thought, Verity
is in episode 1. Honestly I thought they added her in ep 2, to give Elizabeth someone to talk to and make the 3-against-1 lineup look less dodgy, but no, she's there in the first episode, sitting next to her in class and walking with her when she tries to talk to Toby later only to get the death stare from Dina. But she doesn't so much as get a line, and I couldn't remember her from back in the day - it had been 14 years and all I could remember was Toby and Elizabeth, the general premise and bits of one episode (season 2's
Fever), so it's perhaps not surprising she didn't register with me here.
Still, a solid and fun opener and Bridget is gorgeous in it, even if Elizabeth is rather terrifying.
I love that her idea of a practical joke is to switch a dodo egg for a T-rex one!
(The mid 2000s TV CGI is woeful). To be fair, she clearly
means it is a joke and a sort-of "we're both geniuses, isn't this going to be fun?!" message, as she actually gives Toby the heads-up as to what she's done, but f**k if that's her idea of a joke, I'd hate to see her when she's angry (we will. Frequently. Especially this season).