Great Episode Challenge - Dr. Jekyll and Miss Babcock - April 2017

[ssclassof56.livejournal.com]

Episode: The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair

Prompt 1: As they discuss giving Kay Lorrison the Jekyll-Hyde routine, Illya says to Napoleon, “You haven’t played the villain for a long time.” So the questions arise…When was the last time Napoleon played the villain? Why has it been so long? Is it really that Illya is so much better at it? Did it not go so well the last time Napoleon took the role of the heavy?

I'm late to my own party.

Dr. Jekyll and Miss Babcock

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Comments

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

Absolute Gold! Poor Illya just isn't suited to schmoozing. It's definitely a better area fro Napoleon. Miss Babcock was a nightmare, and I don't know how Illya kept himself contained when she was disparaging about his foreignness (an when she called him Nicky).

(I must apologise for having had nothing to post for this challenge. I kept getting ideas, but couldn't get them to go anywhere. I'll do better next time, I promise.)

[ssclassof56.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Napoleon is definitely cut out for the schmoozing. I see him in agony when he thinks Illya will be at a country club rather than him. :)

And no worries on this month's prompts. I look forward to your pieces whenever you are able to contribute. (This one of mine sat as a germ of an idea for weeks, and I thought it might never get written.)

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

What a great oc - and very canonesque! (Very niggly, and apologies if I'm wrong, but shouldn't it be 'shoo-in'?)

[ssclassof56.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think you're right. :)

Fixed it.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I loved you're inspiration for Miss Babcock. Gloria Upson was definitely being channeled here. (Auntie Mame is one of my favorite movies)

Illya did quite well dealing with her considering her snobbish demeanor towards him. Yes his proletariat blood was boiling all right and Napoleon thought he was getting in his digs to his partner, little did he know he was letting Illya off the hook, much to Kuryakin's relief.

I absolutely loved this line..."Dawn broke, and a choir of angels sang." For Illya to hide his true feelings with that sort of imagery was Homeric!

You get a brava on this one and it was well worth the wait!

[ssclassof56.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I love that movie too. Some much great dialogue. I grew up on the Lucille Ball musical, but have grown to like the Rosiland Russell version even more. Both are fun in their own ways.

I liked the idea of Illya letting Napoleon have his perceived victory to win what he thought was a greater one. Napoleon can go play at Bergdorff's and the club, while Illya will get back to the lab or 'whatnot.' If he had to continue on with Bunny, I think he'd kill her.