the Dalaverse

I'm watching the fourth episode of QaF and good god, am I supposed to have any shred of sympathy for Brian? Even when the dialogue is forgivable -- when I can clearly see that this scene in front of Ted's bed could be really effective and believable if it was played differently, but the actor has this terrible, wooden, half-stoned delivery and there is nothing behind his eyes. It's not just all the "Fuck yous" and the "I hope it was worth it" and "I'm doing it for me;" it's how the character comes across as not giving one flying fuck. The exact same inflections, expressions (or lack thereof) as when he picks up guys at a bar. I'm not asking for tears here, but I would at least appreciate some indication of basic human emotional capability. And then he goes and fucks the nurse RIGHT THERE and I had to stop the DVD, I was so disgusted.

I don't know if I can watch the rest of this shit. All the characters minus Brian are great, especially Michael, but I can't think of anything that could possibly redeem this one scene.

Ugh ::shudders:: Maybe I'll just mute any scene with Brian in it.