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alicepao13 · 5 months

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I'm going to write a long ass thing about the Hudson and Rex show through the seasons, inspired by the rewatch posts that I've been seeing. It's not a review, though. It's just how I saw it from my point of view. Also, I reserve the right to make "The Great Hudson and Rex Rewatch of [insert year]" tag if and when I rewatch it and review episodes individually then.

So, if anyone followed this blog circa early 2020 (pre pandemic), I'd probably made a "Oh my god there is a new Rex adaptation and this time it's in English!" post. I don't remember it, but I know I'd told quite a few people online and off when I had found out. Also, so lame that I found out when they were already in S2 but anyway.

Right off the bat, I realized that the people making Hudson and Rex had not quite understood the assignment. The premise of the show and the cases were never meant to be light and fluffy like the dog. Instead, the dog was supposed to be the counterweight, the uplifting part. Most cases were supposed to be grimy and dark. Creepy. With bad guys that would make your skin crawl. Instead, Hudson and Rex mostly had bad guys that were pretty tame, aside from a few notable exceptions. And they put a guy on the helm of this show that was previously scripting kid shows, I mean, that's enough to tell me they weren't meaning to get deep into it.

It's also why for me the show got way better after S2 (when they changed showrunners). Which was, let's face it, ginormous and never ending (not having any info on when it was supposed to end also had made it seem that way from my part, as literally no tv scheduler of mine had that info back then). To be fair, another reason was because I wasn't invested at the time, and I wasn't invested because I'd seen how light the show was and how unwilling everyone involved was to go a bit deeper into it (from the writers to the producers to the cast). And I think I initially noticed a few signs that that was changing in S3, which allowed me to get more invested into it. [Note: I still maintain that the last few episodes aside from the finale of S2 were pretty good, but they aired at a point where I was already wondering where the hell the season ended.]

Onward to season 3. For a season that had been produced in a difficult period of time under difficult circumstances, with Covid and the crime shows being accused of copaganda, a few, let's say, unusual choices were made. Still, that season was better and way more interesting than the other two. And not as long, which helped. Again, the premise of the show was never supposed to be 20 episodes per season, it is very taxing on the cast, on the dog, and to everyone who has to perform and do their best in a shorter amount of time. So, S3 had 16 episodes, and it fared better. There were stakes, they played a bit more with the romance between Charlie and Sarah, things were moving. Somewhat.

Kudos to them for electing not to put Covid in their world. I'm not necessarily against that but I didn't need it to be inserted into every show I was watching. Also, kudos to them for Charlie's new house, it's really nice (although I will repeat that I'm not sure how exactly he could afford it).

And then we get to season 4, and boy oh boy, have I ever misjudged a season so much. I mean, if it hadn't been so poorly executed, I'd have said that it was all my fault for being impatient. Do you ever see how things will turn out early on, guess all the major plot points that would happen, and then say to yourself, "No, that's not it, because there's no way they'd do such and such and such to make that happen, it's so stupid"? This is what happened here. And I'm not sure what had frustrated me more back then, that I had thought I'd been wrong about where S4 was headed or that the more we were hitting the plot points that I had anticipated would happen, the more disjointed the story was becoming. Like an orchestra that was playing a known score out of tune the entire time. I'm not sure whether I'd choose the word dissonance or discordance for it, but if we were to isolate the moments, they were actually good. The angst was good. The pining, very good. But as a whole, it didn't always make sense and that was frustrating, as it made it hard to guess everyone's intentions and motive behind their actions.

A lot of my issues had to do with how they were writing Sarah's character as well in that season because as an audience, I should know whether she had actually truly tried to move on from her crush on Charlie or she was dating because she didn't think her feelings were reciprocated and Michael was just... there. That would have made a difference. But I suspect that it was very intentional to not give anything away, though that doesn't mean I have to like it or more importantly that it was executed in a sensible way. Charlie's spiral into what in other shows would have endangered his career (not here, though, no, sir) was great and I would have liked to have seen way more of that, and more of his friends worrying about him, and more of him pulling away from everyone and having that acknowledged. I'd have liked to see him more upset too. More importantly, I'd have liked to see a real reason for his character regression other than "the girl I like doesn't like me back :'( " like for example, the dozens of times he had been in a traumatizing situation. That, combined with what he assumed was unrequited feelings, would have made a perfect cocktail of explosive emotions.

To be honest, I don't understand why the perception of the fandom to this day is the same as it was when we were going through the episodes of S4 because post season clarity offers a different perspective entirely. It's understandable to be upset when you watch it unfold in real time. That's what the rewatches are for, to see the season as a whole. Yes, a few decisions on the script were hare-brained [I still don't understand how Sarah went from "I forgive you Michael for lying to me about important stuff and we're good and making headway in our relationship" to "I don't know where this is going" in two episodes, and the only logical (non-episode shuffling) explanation is that she was just waiting for Charlie to express his feelings, whom in her place I'd have punched and refuse to call a friend anymore if he had waited to find the courage, or more like the audacity, to express his feelings just as he thought he was losing the woman he wanted to another man when said woman was free a few months ago]. But to me, the emotions the episodes elicited regarding their relationship were always more like "oh these damn fools don't see what's right in front of them" and not "I want to stop watching this bullshit right now". It is actually very similar to Castle's S4, although the execution on Castle did not make me want to cuss Andrew Marlowe. With Peter Mitchell, well, I can't say the same thing.

Anyway, as we can probably safely assume right now, a lot of their relationship and whether it would progress or not had been hanging on a wire. The actual cliffhanger and some of the interviews pretty much confirm that theory. And I assume that probably influenced the execution too. So, I'm giving it a bit of slack.

Going on to S5, we flat-lined and I'll explain that. I'd have liked to be able to say that it was better than S4 but it wasn't. It wasn't worse either but it was really bland at times. And it gave me the impression that they were given more episodes than they could handle. I'll say it again, this show should never have 20 episodes ever again, it puts a big strain on everyone.

What was good about S5 was that it gave characters other than Charlie and Rex, mainly Joe and Jesse, a few more moments to shine. It also had one of the best season finales of the show so far. No, I don't need a character in danger of dying every time to call it a good finale, but I do need the season finale to be intense and high stakes. Which did not happen in S2, S3, and damn, I don't even know which one to call season finale in S1. Imagine that.

They wasted two perfectly good episodes for me by making up an entire set of new characters for a two-parter that I could have sworn was serving as backdoor pilot, but wasn't. I still don't know what that was. Again, the only logical explanation was that they were given episodes (and money) that they didn't know how to put to good use. Those were two pretty good episodes that could be a part of most crime shows, but they were not Hudson and Rex episodes. Not if we consider the premise of this show. Everyone was separated, Charlie was off doing his own thing (I won't get into availability issues, as a production it is most embarrassing to not be able to find a viable schedule for your main lead and I refuse to cut any production slack for that), and Rex was literally thrown to the wolves.

The most bland part for me in S5 was the middle. The pace of the episodes really struggled there. And then suddenly it moved in what I saw as an accelerated pace, the two-parter and the last four episodes seemed like they had come out of a different show or different season, if you were to look at the mellow pace of the season up to that point.

Again, I must note the lack of transferability of emotions, consequences, experiences, etc., from one season to the next. However, I must also say that they made a bit more of an effort to bring back people, characters, and storylines in S5 to remind us of past seasons, even though they mainly stuck to the small things.

For me, it was a big mistake to make Charlie be the perfect guy again after S4. He had been struggling, and no one can convince me that behaviors such as what he had exhibited before were only because he was feeling rejected and was "cured" like magic in the next season. And it shouldn't be that way, he has gone through some serious stuff, which the show is trying to downplay all the time.

Also, the cop's "white whale" case is a pretty common trope. It should be decided by the writers before the scripting of S1. Otherwise, we have them not reacting appropriately to the dozens of similar cases that they come across until the writers decide what the cop's white whale case is supposed to be. Taking a couple of seasons to write it is usual. Deciding that in S5? I've personally never seen it happen and I've been watching crime shows for more than two decades now. Retconning is a huge favorite with the writers of this show.

Charlie and Sarah's relationship development was a big feature in S5, and it was mostly good stuff. I didn't like that they didn't have one fight but their stability was also nice. And when I say one fight, I dislike manufactured drama that comes out of nowhere but there are so many significant reasons, especially when they keep getting in danger, to have a fight. Now that I'm thinking about it, the tagline of S5 should be "stability".

Jesse growing up and going for detective was something I wasn't expecting, and you can also see the progress of that storyline somewhat in S5, and Joe coming to terms with the fact that Jesse can do this. He was pretty much the last one that needed to be convinced of this, the way I see it.

I'm refraining from making comments about S6 since we've only watched 6 episodes. I want to see where that ends up. The only comment I'll make regarding that is that I don't think the production company cares much about anything other than Charlie and Rex, it's basically up to individual writers and the showrunner to write anything else, and, regardless of how fans perceive S4, we should be glad to have had someone like Peter Mitchell at the helm of the show, who made any kind of meaningful change between Charlie and Sarah, because it doesn't seem like anybody else was willing to put their ass on the line for those two.

All in all, this is a show that it seems to me like from the start, not a lot of people believed in it, despite evidence that people in the other side of the world had once loved it (and since it already had another adaptation, I'd have called it a safe bet). It's certainly in a better place now than it was when it had its first season, it terms of production, performance, and creativity, and I think that sometimes we forget that because we've watched like 90 episodes. No, it doesn't always meet my expectations but maybe I also shouldn't compare it to the dozens of shows I've watched which certainly have a bigger budget than this one, which don't depend on dog tricks to get people's attention (I don't say this to make fun of the show, dog tricks is what they do, it's like half of the show). But I also cannot refrain from criticizing mistakes that could have easily been avoided, had they made a little more effort.

#hudson and rex #holy shit that got away from me #not my best work in terms of cohesion #also not much rex in there and that's because I never have an issue with their partnership or the dog stunts and such they are good #the issues are like everything else lol #the 'human and dog solve crimes' aspect is usually pretty good #but you need to blend it well with the rest of the ingredients to make something nice

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starry-mist · 1 year

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Oh hi. Welcome to my blog.

If you've been following me for more than five minutes, you'll know most of this already, but since there are some new folks, let me introduce myself and what you will/will not find here.

I'm a big (probably an understatement) Hudson & Rex fan. Specifically, I'm a huge Sarah Truong fan and probably one of the OG Charah shippers, but I love all of it. The cast, the scenery, the stories. That being said: I am critical of shit the show does that I dislike, or (more often than not) things that I find particularly problematic. I firmly believe in being appropriately critical of the media I consume (h/t to @farfarawaygirl for the creation of my absolute favourite tag), and it's not always going to be sunshine and roses here. I don't do toxic positivity. If you're looking for "OMG Charah are forever perfection and these characters can do no wrong ever," look elsewhere. I don't do character hero worship. Characters have flaws. They'd be boring AF if they didn't. For example, if you were here for my H&R season 4 journey, which also included a bit of a mental breakdown, you know I will just as easily criticise my faves when they're being...not great...in the same breath as I will gush about how much I love them. I try to keep it real.

Occasionally I reblog stuff from other fandoms, but I have a tendency not to use tags for ships/fandoms that get...shall we say, a little *heated* from time to time (IYKYK.)

I'm "fandom old." AKA I was probably reading/writing fic before many of you were born. Why is this relevant? Because I'm not an "I write fic for engagement and kudos and whatnot" person, I'm more "I write fic because I enjoy exploring characters, and sometimes I'll share it on AO3." Basically: I'm probably way too old for this site, and I'm definitely too old to care about things like clout, or being "fandom famous" or infamous, or whatever the kids are into these days. I write because I want to. I don't engage with "you must interact with creations in this specific way or else you suck" takes. I get that there are people who take that stuff very seriously, and that's cool, you do you.

I write smut. If you can't deal with that, don't read it. I'm not going to apologize for including sex scenes in many of my fics. Tags and ratings exist for a reason, and I will always use them appropriately to ensure readers know what they're getting into.

If you know who I am on other social media, no you don't. Seriously. I keep my fandom life separate from my real life for a reason. Please respect that.

I love engaging in lively debate. I don't block often (unless you're a pornbot, which, if so, GO AWAY.) If I do, it's to protect my peace. If you block me, I assume it's for the same reason, and wish you well, or whatever.

I don't do fandom gatekeeping. It's weird. People engage with different media for different reasons, and expect different things from it, and that's okay.

Anyway. Just felt like putting that out there, in case people are in any way wondering where I'm coming from when I post certain takes, or reblog certain things. Thanks for reading.

#starry rants #fandom things #fanfic things #hudson & rex #be critical of the media you consume

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stillaslavetothisdream · 1 year

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Tiny Promo Time!

Hey Hudson & Rex peeps! Are we remembering to cast our daily 100 votes for our beloved doggo? You can do it here https://audiencechoice.ca/ Just register and get your mouse going!

Look at them! They deserve a prize! <3

#hudson & rex #charlie hudson #sarah truong #jesse mills #joe donovan #rex #canadian choice awards #let's all vote!#hudson and rex #Charah #charlie hudson x sarah truong

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shadythetortie · 7 months

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Hudson & Rex is a great show but for something that is based in Newfoundland, the lack of cast with actual Newfoundland accents is astounding.

On the other hand, watching the show is fun because every so often I will hear the little bits under their voices that my voice does and I know its a Newfoundland actor suppressing their accent.

On the foot though. It brings me so much joy and homesickness when they let someone actually have their full accent. I want to go back so. So bad.

#hudson & rex #newfoundland

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thehyperrequiem · 1 year

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Cartoon Creature Story (Toy Story Tetralogy) parody cast

Spike (My little Pony) as Young Andy Davis

Ember (My little Pony) as Mrs. Davis

Knight Cookie (Cookie Run) as Woody

Almond Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) as Buzz

Princess Cookie (Cookie Run) as Bo-Peep

Latte Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) as Jessie

Wambus Troubleham (Bugsnax) as Mr. Potato Head

Triffany Lottablog (Bugsnax) as Mrs. Potato Head

The Hydrac (Balan Wonderworld) as Rex

Eis Glover (Balan Wonderworld) as Himself/Rex's Human Partner

Dribble (With Spitz as Extra) (Warioware) as Slinky Dog

Optimus Prime (Transformers Animated) as Sarge

Autobots (Transformers Animated) as Green Army Men

Dr. Crygor (Warioware) as Hamm

Garble (My Little Pony) as Sid Phillips

Smolder (My Little Pony) as Hanna Phillips

Flurry Heart (My Little Pony) as Molly Davis

Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog) as Buster the Dog

Cake Wolf (Cookie Run Kingdom) as Scud

Door Entities (Roblox Doors) as Sid's Toys

Filbo Fiddlepie (Bugsnax) as Himself/Andy's Mayor Toy

Various Cartoon Characters as Andy's Toys, Al's Toy Barn Toys, Sunnyside Toys, and Antique Store/Lost Toys

Squid Ink Cookie (Cookie Run) as Wheezy

Affogato Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) as Stinky Pete

Henry Stein (Bendy Series) as Utility Belt Buzz

Ink Bendy (Bendy Series) as Emperor Zurg

Bowser (Mario) as Al

Centaurman (Megaman 6) as Bullseye

Cookimals (Cookie Run) as Little Green Men

Espresso Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) as Barbie

Mike (Warioware) as Himself/Hamm's Robot Friend

Spyro (Spyro Series) as Teen Andy Davis

Luna (My Little Pony) as Pre-Teen Molly Davis

King K. Rool (Donkey Kong) as Lotso

Pesci (JJBA Part 5) as Big Baby

Monty Gator (FNaF Security Breach) as Twitch

Hardman (Megaman 3) as Chunk

Sparkman (Megaman 3) as Sparks

Madeleine Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) as Ken

Gwess (JJBA Part 6) as Stretch

Wormsworth (Balan Wonderworld) as The Monkey

Abbacchio (With Moody Blues as an Extra) (JJBA Part 5) as Chatter Telephone

Floofty Fizzlebean (Bugsnax) as Bookworm

Scootaloo (My Little Pony) as Bonnie Anderson

Mane Allgood (My Little Pony) as Mrs. Anderson

Jimmy T. (Warioware) as Buttercup

Eclair Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) as Mr. Pricklepants

Cuckoo (Balan Wonderworld) as Trixie

Sana Hudson (Balan Wonderworld) as Herself/Trixie's Human Partner

Roxanne Wolf (FNaF Security Breach) as Dolly

Oliver, Jorge, and Mya (Poptropica) as Peas-in-a-pod

Weather Report (JJBA Part 6) as Chuckles the Clown

Wes Blumarine (JJBA Part 6) as Chuckles the Clown (Backstory)

Anasui, Emporio, Hermes, FF, and Jolyne (JJBA Part 6) as Themselves/Chuckles’s new friends

Penny (Warioware) as Herself/Hamm's Granddaughter

Doris-1 (Warioware) as Herself/Penny's Robot Companion

Glamrock Freddy (FNaF Security Breach) as Toronto

Diamond Tiara (My Little Pony) as Daisy

Gappy (JJBA Part 8) as Forky

Nudist Beach members (Kill la Kill) as Combat Carls

Mixmaster and Scrapper (Transformers Animated) as Ducky and Bunny (Their Bayverse Counterparts as Giant Ducky and Giant Bunny)

Schwarzwälder (Cookie Run) as Axel

Pumpkin Pie Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) as Gabby Gabby

Daddy Cakelegs and Baby Cakelegs (Bugsnax) as Bensons

Gyro Zeppeli (JJBA Part 7) as Duke Caboom

Johnny Joestar (JJBA Part 7) as Himself/Duke Caboom's Partner

Lulu (Warioware) as Officer McDimples

Yasuho (Jjba Part 8) as Knifey

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disappearinginq · 2 years

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1, 3, 9, and 19 (17 too if you've any you'd like to talk about!) for the fic writer questions?

I just answered 1 from Bucky, and I out of the blue (without checking) just picked 3 as my choose your own adventure answer, so onto the next:

9) Do you visualize scenes in your head before you write them? (Can you picture the setting, character body language etc)

I straight up talk outloud to myself sometimes, and I try to imagine when the body language is gonna look like, how different tones are going to change the setting for the rest of the conversation. Are they going to be angry? Defeated? Sarcastic? Okay - how does that change the response?

Though my current favorite way of getting around this is I have had some rather nice dreams lately that play out like whole episodes of something, and my subcoscious is a GENIUS.

19) What is some random info you happen to have that you used in a fic?

I think every fic I have ever written includes random info from me - like in Once Bitten, TC's comment about rabies and tetanus is because I had just done a massive project on the two diseases for an equine class and I was like EVERYONE IS GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS. In a yet unposted 9-1-1 fic, there is a ridiculous amount of info about elephants. Same with sharks in an, again, unpublished fic for Magnum BECAUSE. In the upcoming fic dump for Hudson and Rex, so much dog stuff. Especially shepherd stuff, because I have apparently had nothing BUT shepherds or shepherd mixes for like 30 years now, and just forget they were shepherd mixes. STUPID amounts of info on cults and jurisdiction in my Lucifer fic Damnatio.

17) Do you have any wips that you can tell us about? What are you most excited for in you wip?

Okay, so I fell down this rabbit hole of Hudson and Rex (And dragged @itsjustdg with me - and apparently she grabbed @vix-has-arrived on her way down) hook, line, and sinker. One, all the whump tropes. I mean, canon is like the h/c section in any other fandom on AO3. Charlie is buried alive. Almost blown up. Drugged. Locked in a freezer. Had a mine collapse on him. I'm just waiting for him to get the classic "shot in the side, takes a while to notice, puts his hand on the growing stain, and then passes out" trope. I love Charlie because Charlie is a fundamental introvert - like he can be civil to most people, but really, he likes his three friends and his dog and life is good. So while falling into this fandom and dragging literally everyone I can into it, I have like 6 in the works fic for it, including another Bad Things Happen Bingo card.

This one is based on an idea (not the plot, but the symptoms) for Magnum that I pirated for my own purposes with the help of medicalmacgyver giving me the word of 'orthostatic hypotension' as what random passing out upon standing/sitting upright:

“No, I’m fine,” Charlie dismissed Jesse’s worry with a wave of his hand. “I just feel a little…” He trailed off, the train of thought suddenly derailed. Rex whined insistently, pressing in close to Charlie’s legs, pushing more of his weight against his partner’s knees.

“Are you sure?” Jesse asked, casting a not-so-subtle judgmental eye over the older detective. “You’re looking kinda pale. Are you sick?”

Charlie nodded, then shook his head. “No, I’m not sick. I haven’t been sleeping well, and I think it’s just catching up to me.” It might’ve been convincing, if Charlie sounded less like he was trying to convince himself than Jesse. And Jesse had seen sleep deprived Charlie more than once - the detective had a bad habit of pushing himself beyond what was healthy when he was wrapped up in a case. At least, before Rex came along and the shepherd firmly believe in a 9-5 work day and would drag Charlie away from his desk for much needed breaks.

Sleep deprived Charlie was grumpy, short tempered, and lived off of black coffee strong enough to stand a fork in and give heart palpitations to even the fiercest of energy drink consumers. Jesse would know - he made the mistake once, and never again, of trying a cup of the stuff, and for a whole hour, he would’ve sworn he could taste colors.

This Charlie was different. Spacey might be a more appropriate term. And the fact that Rex’s behavior was progressively more agitated, Jesse suspected it was more than just lack of sleep.

“You know,” he started conversationally, “maybe you should sit down before you fall down.”

Charlie grumbled at that. “I told you, I’m -” he didn’t finish the thought, distracted by Rex pawing at his leg. “What’s up with you, pal?”

Rex butted his snout into Charlie’s palm, whining more insistently, this time adding a short, high pitched bark for emphasis.

“Isn’t that is ‘alert’ reaction?” Jesse prodded.

Charlie’s face looked paler than before, but Jesse didn’t see the tell-tale flush of fever. Maybe it was just sleep deprivation, but something about Charlie’s speech and movement didn’t add up.

“Yeah, but…” Charlie lifted his hand away from Rex’s head, staring at it like it was a foreign object. It trembled violently as Charlie held it up in front of his face, confusion crinkling his brow. “Huh. Thas’ new…”

As soon as Jesse heard the slurred speech, he held his arm out to push Charlie back into his chair - which is the only reason he caught him when his eyes rolled to the back of his head and pitched forward in a dead faint.

‘Caught’ might be pushing it. Charlie was several inches taller than him, and while he wasn’t exactly bulky, dead weight should be measured in tons, not pounds. It was less a catch than ‘preventing Charlie from hitting face first on hard tile because he managed to hit Jesse first and both of them went down’.

Jesse dropped his tablet to catch him in an awkward sort of hug, the unexpected weight dragging them both down to the ground as Rex barked, dancing around anxiously.

“Charlie?” he asked, feeling stupid even as the question left his mouth but didn’t know what else to say. He tried as best he could to gently lay the older detective down on the ground, grimacing and muttering a quick apology as he only barely managed to catch Charlie’s head at an angle that made Jesse cringe. “Charlie? Charlie, come on, man, don’t do this to me…”

Somehow, calling for help didn’t even occur to him until he heard Donovan’s startled voice demanding to know, “What the hell happened?”

“I have no idea, he was talking, and then his hand started shaking, and then…” Jesse didn’t have a word for what happened, so he just mimed Charlie pitching over with his hand.

#games we play #asks answered #hudson and rex #charlie hudson #whump fic in the making #hudson & rex

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