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I didn't really like "Senate Spy." Partly because I don't like the fact that when Padme finally gets to do something, it has to involve seducing someone - it smacks of the attitude that women are defined by sexuality, and I hate that. And partly because I didn't like the way they handled Anakin/Padme (I think I'm the only A/P shipper who didn't like it, though). I thought it was weird that Padme would get mad about Anakin's leaving to go to work when in "Hostage Crisis" she was the one who wouldn't abandon work to go on a vacation with him. I also thought it was out of character for Anakin to "forbid" her to go, on the grounds that it's "too dangerous." Although Anakin deeply fears losing the people he loves, in the actual movies that doesn't translate into overprotectiveness (he has no problem with Padme's putting herself in danger in AotC). I can think of ways to explain away the OOCness on both counts, but overall it felt like they just wrote a stock romantic conflict (male: you can't do that, it's too dangerous! female: shut up, I can take care of myself!) rather than thinking about how Anakin and Padme would act in that situation.

And... I ended up writing a book. I should have just reviewed the episodes when I watched them, but I was too lazy. XD