Here's To Hoping Nobody Gets Serial Killed.

[rionaleonhart]

I thought I might make an entry that wasn't about Person of Interest today, but no; you're still exclusively getting Person of Interest coverage from me. I'm up to episode 3.16, 'RAM'.



The opening sequence of 'The Devil's Share' is wonderfully done. Very, very striking, from the opening shot - panning out to Reese in the hospital bed, to Bear pining for him, to Finch watching over him - to the look on Reese's face as he walks away from the burning car, which I can't even find the words to describe.

The thing that really broke my heart was seeing Fusco at Carter's funeral, though. I really loved their relationship!

Reese is scary as hell in this episode and I love it.

I love both Finch holding a slowly dying Reese while trying to talk him out of killing Quinn and the fact that it doesn't work; Reese still tries to shoot, multiple times! I wasn't expecting the big emotional speech to fail; that's a really interesting outcome.

It's also interesting that Elias liked Carter!

Reese pouring a glass for Carter is very touching.

Holy shit, Finch personally buried his first assistant. He tried to say something to his body but couldn't find the words. I'm getting emotional about this.



Am I imagining things, or has this show suddenly stepped up the homoeroticism between Finch and Reese? Very homoerotic conversation between them outside the café in Rome; very homoerotic scene with Finch helping Reese put on a tuxedo at the start of the next episode. Their relationship has always been intense, but I haven't been feeling specifically romantic tension between them. Until now?

And then Shaw walked in on the assisted dressing and described the scene as a 'mildly erotic moment'. Maybe I'm not imagining things.

Speaking of homoeroticism, there was some chemistry between Shaw and the gymnastic burglar in 'Provenance'! I found myself a little disappointed that they didn't kiss.

The trouble with really liking the cases of the week for a show, it turns out, is that I get restless if there are too many episodes with Actual Plot in a row. Stop happening, critical overarching plot developments; you're not what I'm here for! I'm here to a) watch confused people having their lives saved and b) be embarrassingly hot for John Reese, and, although the big plot episodes still allow for the second thing, they're often sadly lacking in the first.

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

There's an entire episode where Reese is wandering around slowly dying while trying to hunt down and kill someone? I want to see that so much!

I think I've been seeing more romantic tension than you have, so I'll be interested to see them stepping it up.

[rionaleonhart]

It'll astonish you to learn that, when Reese has sustained life-threatening injuries, he doesn't sensibly prioritise his own recovery before running off on any missions to avenge people he cares about.

[wolfy_writing]

Reese? That's such unexpected behavior for him!

[sideways]

This may be where our viewership experiences largely part, alas u.u I liked the procedural early seasons well enough, but I also really appreciated that they changed it up in 3 and 4 before I grew bored! Hopefully you can still find some fun in the plot-heavy swings, heh.

[rionaleonhart]

I'm glad you enjoyed the shift in focus, even if I'm weirdly attached to the original format! I'm definitely still finding plenty to enjoy.

[facethestrange]

"I thought I might make an entry that wasn't about Person of Interest today, but no; you're still exclusively getting Person of Interest coverage from me."
:D I'm honestly loving these posts and I don't need to know the fandom - reading about someone's fannish excitement just makes me happy. :D

[rionaleonhart]

I'm glad you're enjoying them! I have a great time rambling about the things I enjoy, and it's good to know it can make other people smile as well.

[facethestrange]

It does. :D It's always so refreshing to me that dreamwidth fandom in general seems to still be more focused on "rambling about things you enjoy" vs "ranting about things you hate" and I'm 100% here for it.

[hamsterwoman]

Going back and reading your reactions as I catch up to you :)

I love both Finch holding a slowly dying Reese while trying to talk him out of killing Quinn and the fact that it doesn't work; Reese still tries to shoot, multiple times! I wasn't expecting the big emotional speech to fail; that's a really interesting outcome.

Yes! That was such an interesting outcome -- I was not expecting the speech to fail either! -- or the appeal to "what [your fallen friend] would have wanted" -- I don't think I've ever seen that fail in fiction before!

or has this show suddenly stepped up the homoeroticism between Finch and Reese?

You might be right! I came into the show knowing they were a big ship, though I don't need to ship it -- theirs is the most important relationship on the show to me, but it doesn't really matter to me, I think, whether it's romantic or platonic. But I feel like the Italian cafe meet-up feels very romantic in terms of the tropes it plays with (that whole episode), and then the dressing up scene, as you say. Like, there certainly have been scenes where "people think Reese and Finch are a couple" was a joke, like the "he's gorgeous" lady at the museum, but I feel like that vibe in the emotionally intense scenes might be new...

[rionaleonhart]

or the appeal to "what [your fallen friend] would have wanted" -- I don't think I've ever seen that fail in fiction before!

Yes! I was so sure I knew how that scene would play out - it was a scene I'd seen in so many things before - and it was jarring and fascinating to see it go in a different direction.

theirs is the most important relationship on the show to me, but it doesn't really matter to me, I think, whether it's romantic or platonic.

I think this is my attitude as well. I really like the dynamic between Reese and Finch, and I can absolutely see why people ship it romantically, but to me what matters is just that it's an intense relationship, whatever form that might take. I'm happy with both romantic and platonic interpretations.