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rionaleonhart) wrote2023-02-09 09:51 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2023-02-09 09:51 am
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Fine, We'll Commit Your Felony.
Up to episode 4.19 of Person of Interest, 'Search and Destroy'! It's just hit me that, if I keep up the pace, I'll probably be finished with this show in about a week. What am I going to do when I can no longer spend all my free time watching John Reese attractively shoot everyone?
'Guilty': I love that Reese barely waits for Finch to be out of the door before asking Zoe if she has plans.
Are they ending the friends-with-benefits arrangement with incredible chemistry to set Reese up with the therapist he has much less chemistry with?? Boo! Booooooo!
Can't believe we never even got to see Reese and Zoe make out.
Communicating with LASER SIGHT MORSE CODE is the most goddamn Reese thing and I love it.
Huh, some pretty good chemistry between Reese and Frankie, the bounty hunter in 'Skip', although it's not on the level of Reese/Zoe (not much is!).
Root as a character sometimes feels a bit unfocused to me and I'm not always sure who she's intended to be or what the show is trying to do with her, but she's getting some really interesting material in this episode! I love that the common thread between all the members of the team (well, except Fusco) is that they would kill or die for Finch.
It's also interesting that the moment Finch switches to calling Root by her chosen name is the moment he realises she's planning to kill someone he cares about.
I love that Finch puts his hand on Root's shoulder before telling her he doesn't want to see her for a while. Without the gesture, it would be brutal. With the gesture, it's clear that he still cares about her, and that he just needs some time, and that he wants her to know that.
Of course Reese expresses his concern for Finch by giving him firearms lessons. 'Point a gun at the problem' is perhaps not Reese's sole problem-solving strategy, but it's not far off.
I'm bewildered that this show has made the same serious tactical error in setting up Reese/Iris twice, first with Zoe and then with Frankie. If you want people to buy into Reese/Iris, you can't repeatedly try to progress the Reese/Iris storyline in an episode in which Reese has far more sexual tension with a different woman! It's not like they didn't realise the Reese/Frankie tension was there; she kissed him to get him in handcuffs!
I mean, yes, I rewound to rewatch the Reese/Iris kiss a couple of times, because I like it when Reese kisses people, but I did so GRUMPILY.
And then Zoe appears in the next episode! And, don't get me wrong, I'm delighted to see her again so soon, but it still feels a deeply weird storytelling decision to keep putting her near significant Iris scenes, meaning the sparks between her and Reese completely drown out anything between Reese and Iris.
I mean, personally I think the mistake was getting Reese and Iris together in the first place, but, if it's going to happen, it could happen without the constant reminder that we're losing out on more fun Reese pairings because of it.
Or maybe the mistake was trying to put Reese in a romantic relationship at all? If Reese/Zoe or Reese/Frankie turned romantic, I might be dubious about that as well. Much like Zoe, I feel Reese is a guy who's much more suited to mutually enjoyable flings or friends-with-benefits arrangements than to long-term romantic relationships. His no-strings situation with Zoe seemed like such a genuinely positive thing for him!
Of course, chemistry is a subjective thing and it's entirely possible that 'but Reese sparks so much better off Zoe and Frankie than he does off Iris!' is solely a problem for me, but it's a problem for me nonetheless.
'Guilty': I love that Reese barely waits for Finch to be out of the door before asking Zoe if she has plans.
Are they ending the friends-with-benefits arrangement with incredible chemistry to set Reese up with the therapist he has much less chemistry with?? Boo! Booooooo!
Can't believe we never even got to see Reese and Zoe make out.
Communicating with LASER SIGHT MORSE CODE is the most goddamn Reese thing and I love it.
Huh, some pretty good chemistry between Reese and Frankie, the bounty hunter in 'Skip', although it's not on the level of Reese/Zoe (not much is!).
Root as a character sometimes feels a bit unfocused to me and I'm not always sure who she's intended to be or what the show is trying to do with her, but she's getting some really interesting material in this episode! I love that the common thread between all the members of the team (well, except Fusco) is that they would kill or die for Finch.
It's also interesting that the moment Finch switches to calling Root by her chosen name is the moment he realises she's planning to kill someone he cares about.
I love that Finch puts his hand on Root's shoulder before telling her he doesn't want to see her for a while. Without the gesture, it would be brutal. With the gesture, it's clear that he still cares about her, and that he just needs some time, and that he wants her to know that.
Of course Reese expresses his concern for Finch by giving him firearms lessons. 'Point a gun at the problem' is perhaps not Reese's sole problem-solving strategy, but it's not far off.
I'm bewildered that this show has made the same serious tactical error in setting up Reese/Iris twice, first with Zoe and then with Frankie. If you want people to buy into Reese/Iris, you can't repeatedly try to progress the Reese/Iris storyline in an episode in which Reese has far more sexual tension with a different woman! It's not like they didn't realise the Reese/Frankie tension was there; she kissed him to get him in handcuffs!
I mean, yes, I rewound to rewatch the Reese/Iris kiss a couple of times, because I like it when Reese kisses people, but I did so GRUMPILY.
And then Zoe appears in the next episode! And, don't get me wrong, I'm delighted to see her again so soon, but it still feels a deeply weird storytelling decision to keep putting her near significant Iris scenes, meaning the sparks between her and Reese completely drown out anything between Reese and Iris.
I mean, personally I think the mistake was getting Reese and Iris together in the first place, but, if it's going to happen, it could happen without the constant reminder that we're losing out on more fun Reese pairings because of it.
Or maybe the mistake was trying to put Reese in a romantic relationship at all? If Reese/Zoe or Reese/Frankie turned romantic, I might be dubious about that as well. Much like Zoe, I feel Reese is a guy who's much more suited to mutually enjoyable flings or friends-with-benefits arrangements than to long-term romantic relationships. His no-strings situation with Zoe seemed like such a genuinely positive thing for him!
Of course, chemistry is a subjective thing and it's entirely possible that 'but Reese sparks so much better off Zoe and Frankie than he does off Iris!' is solely a problem for me, but it's a problem for me nonetheless.
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Everything about this seems like it should have a bad outcome!