After I was done with Jimmy Walker, the Good Times continued
with Henry Ian Cusick. Yes, that was a pun. D and D were still with me. We were
still smiling from the Jimmy Walker encounter.
Henry looked up and stared at me for a second. He furrowed
his brows and asked if he knew me.
Ohhh, so much ran through my feeble mind in the second before
I answered. I briefly thought about saying
that was impossible as you cancel EVERY show you are scheduled in which I thought
about attending. I thought about politely
saying no. I thought about saying I have that ‘face’. I even thought about say:
Henry Baby, yes, of course we know each other…
I opted for: No, but if it means we get together for a beer at
the bar and chat for a while. Yeah, we know each other.
Meanwhile D and D are laughing. Henry looked at his handler,
then me, then said: sorry that sounded like a pick-up line didn’t it? With a big smile to let him know I was not
bothered, I said, Yes, it did it.
Then the conversation was fast and furious. I can’t remember
all of it. Henry was nice and rolled with the direction we took that opening sentence.
Henry, D and D, and I all said inane things to further that narrative. It was a
silly situation. It was good natured. We
were all laughing. At the end, I think
it was well established I was a cheap date as 1 beer would have me on the
floor. But everyone promised NOT to take any photos…
I felt bad for Henry as he was sucked in the muck with D and
D and me. So I took a breath and pointed to a photo I wanted signed. I told him I really enjoyed Lost. He didn’t
have much to say about that and just thanked me for watching.
I turned to check if I was making anyone wait behind us. He told
me not to worry as we had time. I mentioned I really enjoy The 100. I’m not the
demographic of that show so I think he was skeptical that I watched. Since we
were best friends and all, he wasn’t’ going to call me out on that.
I mentioned I loved the whole concept of: You are Wonkru, or
you are the enemy of Wonkru. It was needed to survive. He was intrigued.
I said that seemed to be what was needed to break the boundaries and work together.
I asked if she can move off that platform.
He had a lot to say but stopped as he remembered that only 1 or 2 episodes
had aired when we were chatting. He knew a lot more than he could say.
He did ask if I was Team Octavia. I smiled because that reminded me of Twilight
and the Team Edward/Jacob. An image flashed in my mind of me on the couch with my
Team Octavia banner in the crook of my arm as I angrily Twitted to Team Clarke:
Clarke is a such a hussy. She doesn’t deserve…
Hold it, I got caught up in the moment…
I looked at Henry and I saw the smile that said I needed to
choose my next words carefully. From that smile I knew the plot was going to
have a lot of twists. I didn’t continue. I knew I just had to sit back and
literally watch the show.
Wow, what a great encounter. I thanked him and we shook
hands. And as I let go, I knocked over his coffee. Then D and D said something like:
Wow. He didn’t even have a beer yet. We all
laughed. It was a good ‘callback’. He started
cleaning up the spill. I asked what kind
of coffee he was drinking so I could buy another. He refused with a smile. I left feeling slightly
embarrassed but really glad I finally met hm.
AH
