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rionaleonhart) wrote2023-02-07 09:57 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2023-02-07 09:57 am
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They Step Over Me Like They're Bonnie And Clyde Or Something.
Up to episode 4.13 of Person of Interest, 'MIA'!
One interesting distinction between Reese and Finch is that, while they both live under assumed names themselves, Reese respects the chosen names of others, whereas Finch insists on addressing Root by her legal name. Back in 2.06, 'The High Road', when they helped the former safecracker who'd changed his name, Reese made a point of still calling him by his new name after they learnt his legal one. It's important to Reese that you can leave your old identity behind.
In light of this, it's also interesting that the name Reese lives under isn't a name he chose himself; it's a name he was given during a period of his life about which he has very complicated feelings. Finch would undoubtedly whip up a new identity for Reese if he asked, but instead he chooses to remain John Reese. Out of sentiment for Kara, after everything? Out of a determination to remember the things he's done?
It's nice to see Reese and Shaw showing open concern for each other in 'The Devil You Know'. Their dynamic doesn't leave a lot of room for sincerity, but it's clear that they care about each other.
I like that Elias is a crime boss who genuinely cares about his underlings. Villains who want to protect their followers are a lot more interesting than villains who view their followers as expendable. Plus it's a practical attitude; if you keep killing underlings who fail you, you're going to run out of underlings!
Very distracted by an Englishman in London supposedly saying 'There's a hospital three blocks from here.' You can't describe distances in 'blocks' in London, Person of Interest; that's absolutely meaningless. Take a look at a vector map of New York: the roads are straight, the blocks are laid out fairly consistently, you can see how a block might be a measure of distance there. Take a look at a vector map of London and try to make sense of that mess.
Wait, holy shit, this is the source of the 'a chain of four people holding each other at gunpoint in a church' meme? This is like when I first watched Community and went 'WAIT, THIS IS THE FIRE PIZZA GIF.'
'If-Then-Else': the reveal that simulation Root was calling Shaw to press her about her feelings in the knowledge she was about to be shot hit me unexpectedly hard in the heart.
(Also, I'm unhappy but unsurprised that it was pretty hot when simulation Reese was seriously wounded. It's not hot that he died, but it's hot that he was dying. Please stop looking at me like that.)
That Root/Shaw scene left me thinking 'is the Machine a shipper?' and then Fusco kissed Root in the next simulation and the Machine is definitely a shipper, it's a multishipper, it's a crackshipper, and the implications of this have my head spinning. I'm so glad I have the Machine's support in this bad-idea Reese/Shaw fic I may or may not end up writing.
Between the chess and the Machine saving the Descartes for Finch, this episode is also bringing back my Machine/Finch feelings.
It seems that Root and Shaw may not, in fact, be in a frenemies-with-benefits situation; I was evidently deceived by Root's 'just act like we're in a relationship already' seduction strategy! Root also seems to have more genuine feelings about Shaw than I'd realised. I'm slightly torn on Root/Shaw; I tend to struggle with pairings where one half relentlessly pursues someone who repeatedly turns them down, but I do enjoy characters flirting to fuck with people.
NO????? NO NO NO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
PERSON OF INTEREST, YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY SHOW ME SHAW BEING SHOT AND THEN LAUNCH INTO A DIFFERENT STORYLINE AND EXPECT ME TO BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON IT
(Turns out I did, in fact, still have the emotional capacity to get upset about Said and his friends - poor guys! - but I did spend the opening of 'Control-Alt-Delete' going WHY ARE WE SPENDING ALL THIS TIME WITH CONTROL, WHAT ABOUT SHAW?)
Reese and Root haven't worked together much; it makes sense that what would eventually bring them together as a team would be their shared love for Shaw.
I love that, although the team usually tries to help everyone, they'll tear down the world to save one of their own. Finch is an exception here; he'll do what he can to help, but he always tries to stay focused on the bigger picture, which is interesting in its own way.
Finch struggling before telling Reese and Root to 'be safe'!
Not knowing whether Shaw had survived for almost two full episodes was EXTREMELY STRESSFUL. I hadn't realised how invested in her I'd become!
Given that season five only has thirteen episodes, I suppose I effectively have one season to go. I'm going to miss this show when I've finished it.
One interesting distinction between Reese and Finch is that, while they both live under assumed names themselves, Reese respects the chosen names of others, whereas Finch insists on addressing Root by her legal name. Back in 2.06, 'The High Road', when they helped the former safecracker who'd changed his name, Reese made a point of still calling him by his new name after they learnt his legal one. It's important to Reese that you can leave your old identity behind.
In light of this, it's also interesting that the name Reese lives under isn't a name he chose himself; it's a name he was given during a period of his life about which he has very complicated feelings. Finch would undoubtedly whip up a new identity for Reese if he asked, but instead he chooses to remain John Reese. Out of sentiment for Kara, after everything? Out of a determination to remember the things he's done?
It's nice to see Reese and Shaw showing open concern for each other in 'The Devil You Know'. Their dynamic doesn't leave a lot of room for sincerity, but it's clear that they care about each other.
I like that Elias is a crime boss who genuinely cares about his underlings. Villains who want to protect their followers are a lot more interesting than villains who view their followers as expendable. Plus it's a practical attitude; if you keep killing underlings who fail you, you're going to run out of underlings!
Very distracted by an Englishman in London supposedly saying 'There's a hospital three blocks from here.' You can't describe distances in 'blocks' in London, Person of Interest; that's absolutely meaningless. Take a look at a vector map of New York: the roads are straight, the blocks are laid out fairly consistently, you can see how a block might be a measure of distance there. Take a look at a vector map of London and try to make sense of that mess.
Wait, holy shit, this is the source of the 'a chain of four people holding each other at gunpoint in a church' meme? This is like when I first watched Community and went 'WAIT, THIS IS THE FIRE PIZZA GIF.'
'If-Then-Else': the reveal that simulation Root was calling Shaw to press her about her feelings in the knowledge she was about to be shot hit me unexpectedly hard in the heart.
(Also, I'm unhappy but unsurprised that it was pretty hot when simulation Reese was seriously wounded. It's not hot that he died, but it's hot that he was dying. Please stop looking at me like that.)
That Root/Shaw scene left me thinking 'is the Machine a shipper?' and then Fusco kissed Root in the next simulation and the Machine is definitely a shipper, it's a multishipper, it's a crackshipper, and the implications of this have my head spinning. I'm so glad I have the Machine's support in this bad-idea Reese/Shaw fic I may or may not end up writing.
Between the chess and the Machine saving the Descartes for Finch, this episode is also bringing back my Machine/Finch feelings.
It seems that Root and Shaw may not, in fact, be in a frenemies-with-benefits situation; I was evidently deceived by Root's 'just act like we're in a relationship already' seduction strategy! Root also seems to have more genuine feelings about Shaw than I'd realised. I'm slightly torn on Root/Shaw; I tend to struggle with pairings where one half relentlessly pursues someone who repeatedly turns them down, but I do enjoy characters flirting to fuck with people.
NO????? NO NO NO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
PERSON OF INTEREST, YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY SHOW ME SHAW BEING SHOT AND THEN LAUNCH INTO A DIFFERENT STORYLINE AND EXPECT ME TO BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON IT
(Turns out I did, in fact, still have the emotional capacity to get upset about Said and his friends - poor guys! - but I did spend the opening of 'Control-Alt-Delete' going WHY ARE WE SPENDING ALL THIS TIME WITH CONTROL, WHAT ABOUT SHAW?)
Reese and Root haven't worked together much; it makes sense that what would eventually bring them together as a team would be their shared love for Shaw.
I love that, although the team usually tries to help everyone, they'll tear down the world to save one of their own. Finch is an exception here; he'll do what he can to help, but he always tries to stay focused on the bigger picture, which is interesting in its own way.
Finch struggling before telling Reese and Root to 'be safe'!
Not knowing whether Shaw had survived for almost two full episodes was EXTREMELY STRESSFUL. I hadn't realised how invested in her I'd become!
Given that season five only has thirteen episodes, I suppose I effectively have one season to go. I'm going to miss this show when I've finished it.