Slightly different transcript style with this one. The descriptions are part of the dialogue, which I'm not at all fond of. Itlooksallcrowdednow. Woe. But I was determined not to break this into two posts. LJ posting limits. :|

NOTES
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HELP, PLZ
+Anyone know the name/artist of the painting Jennifer loves?

RANDOM THOUGHTS/OBSERVATIONS ON 1.05
+This ep is a Brian/Gus lovefest. The way Brian mimics Gus when he yawns, talking to him every time he holds him. Oh, Gale. :X
+Check out Brian's shoulders/back of his neck. Poor boy is sunburned. And just like the crooked tooth, that right shoulder bump is sexy.
+Mel can rest assured Linds loves her more than Brian in matters of chicken dishes. When Linds invites Brian to dinner, she lies, "there's a chicken thing I wanna try." Later, when she tells Mel about the dish, it's "that chicken you like." Not only has she already made it, it's one of Mel's favorites, heh.
+Marley is a bitch. How does she get away with talking to the customers like that?
+The therapist scene. Randy is such a good little actor. The camera isn't even facing him, but when Jennifer says, "I just have to know...", Randy makes a so ask me face/motion, his eyebrows raising, and he swallows.
+Randy could not resist the candy akdjf. When Jennifer says he's seventeen, the shot shows Justin's jaw move, then his mouth purses in that way it does when you're sucking a candy. Next shot when she turns to him at a different angle, his jaw is relaxed and the candy gone.

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See this post for 5.01a and notes.

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Little switcheroo in the usual line-up this time 'round. Because of course as soon as I announce that I don't lj-cut my Thoughts, I have to lj-cut my Thoughts. *headdesk* Seriously, they got too long. And I edited a lot out. OMG, Ree Motormouth. :| Also, this transcript is in two parts. All the storyboard descriptions and split-screen shots put it over LJ data posting limits. Shaddup -- it was overlimit even before the Thoughts were added, pffft.

NOTES
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CLARIFICATION
+Ted's gym twinkie never does get an official name. But credits list a "Gary" and with the process of elimination, I'm 99% sure that's our little chubby chaser. So that's how I reference him. Because, um, GARY is easier than GYM TWINKIE. But for canon sake, know that's how I arrived at the name.

RANDOM THOUGHTS/OBSERVATIONS ON 5.01
+Michael, "Maybe it's time for a change." Everyone, say hello to this season's theme.
+CA has a magical sun that never sets. Consider: Michael leaves Babylon to be home by midnight. So it's late, say, 11:45 p.m. Assuming he doesn't stop for a drink or potty break, Brian goes straight to the backroom. Justin calls. From outside where there is a bright CA sun shining high in the sky. Even assuming the 3 hour time difference, it should be at least 9 p.m. in CA.
+Hey, Todd. I'm gonna miss you, you little slut.

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HELP, PLZ
+This is random, but it's bugging me. The credits list an April and Prettiest Boy--and I don't know who they are. I somehow ended up with more names than speaking parts, pffft. Isn't April (along with September) one of Daphne's friends or did I just get that from fanfic? Daph didn't have any scenes with another girl this ep, though, not even one lurking at her side with no speaking part. Hmn. Anyway, any clues who they are?

RANDOM THOUGHTS/OBSERVATIONS ON 1.04
+Right before Jennifer wakes Justin, there's a shot of Justin's bedside table with a framed picture of Justin between two blond girls. They don't look familiar. I'd say one was supposed to be Molly, but both girls look too old. I want to know, dammit. Le sigh. These are the little things I get obsessed about.
+There's a sketch of Chris cradling Justin like Rage would later do in the comic after the bashing. You can see it when Jennifer flips through Justin's sketchpad. *shivers*
+Oohoooh. In the classroom, 'yearning' is defined as Chris is looking at Justin, not the reverse.
+Mrs. Schmidt asks Michael, "If my son had been ... straight, if he had taken a woman home, do you think she would have run off and left him there to die?" Actually, yes. Exactly that could have happened. It wasn't a matter of Blake being gay or even male. It was that he was an addict. Plus, of course, at this point, we don't know that it was Blake who called the ambulance. I've known women who wouldn't have even done that.
+Chris when Justin lifts a box, "Wow, you're pretty strong." HIS AWE FOR JUSTIN'S HOT LITTLE GAY BODY OMFG.
+Deb has never done that "cute" nose-rub thing again. Yay, continuity! :|
+"People wake up from comas, sweetheart." Can so picture Deb trying to comfort Brian with that after 1.22, with the added, "Just look at Teddy!"
+Brian kissing Gus's cheek. I die. It just makes Brian's fight with himself over Ted all that more compelling. Brian is so far from being a heartless shit.
+Justin, "I gotta vomit". AS HE PUTS FOOD IN HIS MOUTH. I ♥ dramaqueen!Justin.
+A framed ballet girls painting is on Michael's bedroom wall. Let me say that again. Framed. Ballet. Girls. Painting. At that point, Deb was just trying to get him beat up at school.
+Deb, "I like Ted. There's a real sweetheart in there, somewhere." Somewhere? He's been a sweetheart from the start. That line is fucked.
+Sweet lord. The bedroom blowjob. So fucking hot. And still one of my favorite s1 scenes about the B/J dynamic. Plus the following B/M scenes--I really just love that whole mini-arc. It added a whole new level to the B/M friendship. We hadn't really seen Michael draw a line with Brian before.
+Jennifer represents the accepting mom with Joan as the opposite, so I realize the show didn't really need another viewpoint, but I still wish we'd heard more about Mrs. Schmidt. She was so happy to be able to say she'd met Ted's friends. I want to believe he made her a bigger part of his life (even if she embarrasses him). I want to see Ted giving her a tour of Kinnetik in s5.
+Things You Realize When Listening Through Earphones: After we follow Ted/Michael into the bedroom, Emmett/Brian continuing talking in the kitchen. Emmett, "Oh my god, look at this. Who-who keeps lube in their-in their front kitchen cabinet?" Um, Brian? :P I was dying to hear what Brian answered, but Ted/Michael drown them out for the rest of the scene. I need CSI audio equipment so I can separate their dialogue out, kthx.
+The cast might have still been getting their acting legs under them at this point, as I've read, but damn if Gale's facial expression isn't genius when he reacts to why Ted picked Brian. He's just so gutted and stunned and omg. Galeface!!1 ♥
+Babylon needs a bigger costume budget. There are two different nights at Babylon and each time the go-go boys are sailors. :|

NOTES
+CowLip and Showtime's boys and girls.
+Feel free to save to your computer, but please don't repost anywhere.
+Archived here by the fantabulous paddies.
+Spot an error? Please leave a comment or e-mail me, and I'll look into it.
+Comments are welcome.

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HELP, PLZ
+In the diner scene, there is one line I can't for the life of me make out, no matter how many times I rewind or try to read Brian's lips. Tho, honestly, lip-reading for Brian is not condusive to my concentration omg. I have it marked with a "??" and if anyone can figure it out, I will pet you and be forever in awe.

Thank you, andtheafterglow and moose74!

RANDOM THOUGHTS/OBSERVATIONS ON 1.03
+alfkjalsdkjf Brian's tattoo. 'Nough said.
+Michael says "About a week after their baby was born..." so CowLip actually did get the timing of the bris right. *iz shocked* ETA: Okay, alkfdkjk so they didn't. And they were so close!
+I was surprised to see the gym with a World Gym logo. That's an actual gym franchise, so I wonder if there were legal problems and they had to change the name to Ript. For QaFverse, I guess one explanation is that the gym changed owners.
+Heh. Deb so lost her bet with Vic on Brian nailing Hottie before midnight. Also, I like that she'll bet on his fucking, but not his love life the following season. ♥
+I will forever worship Gale for the way he delivers the "he's kinda sweet" line.
+Aww. Brian does get to dance with the "bride" at Michael's wedding a couple years later.
+The bathroom stall scene will always be a favorite of mine. I can't even explain why exactly, just that it's a perfectly written/acted scene and makes me ache for Michael. And that kiss is oddly hot. But Brian pressing his finger against his lips afterward is hotter. Plus the thought of Brian and Michael snorting Viagra together cracks me up.
+Hey, I never noticed all the photos on Ted's fridge before! Predictably a lot of Michael, but I love love love that there's one of Brian, too. The Inventory: Two with Ted/Michael on Woody's stairs, Ted/Michael standing outside of Woody's, Michael/Emmett, Ted/Michael, the SHO promo shot of Emmett/Michael/Ted at Babylon's bar, and and and! another unseen shot of the promo with Brian/Emmett in the forefront and Ted/Michael in the back.
+Blake after being asked if he'd like a beer, "No, just some water. I don't drink." That greatly amuse anyone else or is it just me? And, really, Ted/Blake was so screwed up from the start. Therefore it was meant to be omg. :X
+Cheesiest Line: We'll never know. But whatever it is, he says it for all of us.
+Seriously, let's hear it for the boy! Glittery!Justin and beatenathisowngame!Brian = ♥

NOTES
+CowLip and Showtime's boys and girls.
+Feel free to save to your computer, but please don't repost anywhere.
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+Spot an error? Please leave a comment or e-mail me, and I'll look into it.
+Comments are welcome.

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Quick note for the 1.01 transcript: I've made a few corrections since I posted it, so anyone who's saving to their computer might want to save the corrected copy.

HELP, PLZ
+Does anyone know the name of the ad agency Brian works for? Ryder something-something, I'm guessing, but I can't find it referenced anywhere yet.

+Also, the name of the Liberty Avenue gym. And if it turns out to actually be 'Liberty Avenue Gym', I'm going to smack my forehead against something hard.

Ryder Advertising and Ript Gym. Thank you, peggin!

RANDOM THOUGHTS/OBSERVATIONS ON 1.02
+I will never understand why Michael genuinely laughs at Marley doing the fag gesture.
+In the locker room when Chris is getting suited up, his jersey number is #68 (so close to #69 and yet not quite--I love). But on the field, when he goes over to Justin and Daphne to retrieve the ball, it's another actor.
+We need more fic of Justin reminding Brian he's already said ILU.
+Brian has chewed gum since he was a teen. I do not know why, but this is hot.
+I'm amazed every time I see that flashback at how Brian and Michael actually do seem younger. Also, Brian on the bed in his cheezy 80's t-shirt is hot. If someone can get me a screen cap of that, I promise to do naughty things to your fun parts.
+I've never noticed before that Michael mouths teen!Brian's line as the flashback takes over.
+Brian is so George's bitch. :">

NOTES
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+Spot an error? Please leave a comment or e-mail me, and I'll look into it.
+Comments and requests are welcome.

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FADE IN: INT. REE'S LIVEJOURNAL - NIGHT

REE [VO]
My new project: QaF transcripts! [flourish]

Ooh, I've been wanting to do this for years and finally decided to just jump in. My way of making the series last for myself, for one. [fondles my v. gay show] For another, they're just really handy. I love! I use transcripts all the time when I write, for icon text, for reference with fandom essays, when I've missed an episode, or just want to fact-check something. I got so spoiled when I wrote West Wing, as there's a whole transcript archive. Not so much for QaF. Woe. But! [Brian voice] I can change that.

NOTES
+CowLip and Showtime's boys and girls.
+Feel free to save to your computer, but please don't repost anywhere.
+paddies will be archiving at her site. ♥
+Spot an error? Please leave a comment or e-mail me, and I'll look into it.
+Comments are welcome.
+Once season five starts, I'll switch over to transcribing those first. Until then, I'll just go in airing order, or by the list of requests.

CUT TO: INT. A LIVEJOURNAL CUT TAG - NIGHT

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