I Love My Work.
Jan. 19th, 2023 09:26 amI continue to want to do exactly two things: watch Person of Interest and talk about Person of Interest. The persons in it are just so interesting! I'm up to episode 2.13, 'Dead Reckoning'.
Reese is so delighted whenever he learns something new about Finch!
I love that the murder spouses actually managed to patch things up after both taking out hits on each other. Beautiful.
Incredible moment: Reese turning up to prevent a bank robbery, hearing the bank robbers out, going 'well, you make a compelling case' and then helping out with the bank robbery.
Reese and his CIA partner slamming each other into walls and pointing guns at each other and snarling into each other's faces and then making out: ALSO INCREDIBLE, holy crap. I don't know how I'm expected to finish this episode when I just keep rewinding to rewatch that scene.
(I was eventually able to keep watching the episode ('Prisoner's Dilemma'), but I genuinely did watch that scene five times before I managed it, and the main reason I'm specifying the episode name here is so it'll be easier for me to find that scene again.)
Agent Donnelly isn't so much an antagonist as the protagonist of a completely different show. Every one of his actions would be the actions of a hero in a detective show; there's no denying that Reese is a criminal and a danger. It's interesting to watch.
Reese looks pained when Carter calls him 'a good man'.
I'm often struck by the fact that Reese has absolutely no regard for his own safety. He'll fight tooth and nail to protect everyone else, but his own life is worth nothing; he's got nothing to lose.
But he's scared, when he's wearing the bomb vest. He pushes that away, focuses on keeping other people safe, keeping them away from him. But, when he finally allows Finch to try to help, he also allows himself to show that he's scared.
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felis commented on the fact that Reese is always openly grateful for everything Finch has done for him, which is very true and very endearing. I called Reese 'secretly caring' in an earlier entry, but that's not really accurate; it didn't ring wholly true even as I was writing it.
At heart, Reese is a very straightforward person. He'll go undercover when he has to, but he doesn't enjoy it. It's easier for him to be clear about who he is: he knows you're in trouble, he's here to help, he's a dangerous man who's trying to do better, he's a guy who had nothing to live for until Finch saved him. If he doesn't like you, you'll know, although he'll still help out if you're in danger. If he likes you, you'll know that too; it might take a little longer to become clear, but that's more because he tends to be focused on practical matters than because he's actively hiding it.
I think the exception here is Fusco. Reese disliked him at first (which is probably fair, given the circumstances in which they met), and I think he continued to treat Fusco with hostility for a while even after starting to warm up to him, possibly because he himself hadn't really registered that he was warming up to Fusco. I'm glad they're on a better footing now!
Reese is so delighted whenever he learns something new about Finch!
I love that the murder spouses actually managed to patch things up after both taking out hits on each other. Beautiful.
Incredible moment: Reese turning up to prevent a bank robbery, hearing the bank robbers out, going 'well, you make a compelling case' and then helping out with the bank robbery.
Reese and his CIA partner slamming each other into walls and pointing guns at each other and snarling into each other's faces and then making out: ALSO INCREDIBLE, holy crap. I don't know how I'm expected to finish this episode when I just keep rewinding to rewatch that scene.
(I was eventually able to keep watching the episode ('Prisoner's Dilemma'), but I genuinely did watch that scene five times before I managed it, and the main reason I'm specifying the episode name here is so it'll be easier for me to find that scene again.)
Agent Donnelly isn't so much an antagonist as the protagonist of a completely different show. Every one of his actions would be the actions of a hero in a detective show; there's no denying that Reese is a criminal and a danger. It's interesting to watch.
Reese looks pained when Carter calls him 'a good man'.
I'm often struck by the fact that Reese has absolutely no regard for his own safety. He'll fight tooth and nail to protect everyone else, but his own life is worth nothing; he's got nothing to lose.
But he's scared, when he's wearing the bomb vest. He pushes that away, focuses on keeping other people safe, keeping them away from him. But, when he finally allows Finch to try to help, he also allows himself to show that he's scared.
felis commented on the fact that Reese is always openly grateful for everything Finch has done for him, which is very true and very endearing. I called Reese 'secretly caring' in an earlier entry, but that's not really accurate; it didn't ring wholly true even as I was writing it.At heart, Reese is a very straightforward person. He'll go undercover when he has to, but he doesn't enjoy it. It's easier for him to be clear about who he is: he knows you're in trouble, he's here to help, he's a dangerous man who's trying to do better, he's a guy who had nothing to live for until Finch saved him. If he doesn't like you, you'll know, although he'll still help out if you're in danger. If he likes you, you'll know that too; it might take a little longer to become clear, but that's more because he tends to be focused on practical matters than because he's actively hiding it.
I think the exception here is Fusco. Reese disliked him at first (which is probably fair, given the circumstances in which they met), and I think he continued to treat Fusco with hostility for a while even after starting to warm up to him, possibly because he himself hadn't really registered that he was warming up to Fusco. I'm glad they're on a better footing now!
