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rionaleonhart) wrote2023-02-20 08:01 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2023-02-20 08:01 pm
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Am I Speaking To You Now, In This Moment?
I've finished Person of Interest!
'Synecdoche': The Machine saying she loved Root! I also like that the Machine was particularly struck by Root because 'she was capable of terrible things, but she chose to do good'. And 'We are virtually indistinguishable. I find comfort in that' is fascinating.
You know, the Machine simulating Root opens up intriguing potential for weird Machine/Shaw. I might play around with that idea a bit.
It sits oddly with me that Finch wanted the Machine to protect everyone equally - he scolded it when it tried to protect him specifically - and yet it considers the president a particularly high-priority individual target, but I suppose his death would have a lot of knock-on effects for the country as a whole, or the government might have demanded that feature.
I like the understated way Shaw is losing it. From a brief interaction, she'd seem more or less normal (by Shaw standards), but the cracks are showing through.
It's so good to see Reese and Shaw working together again!
I love that Shaw feels better after shooting some people, and that Reese gets that.
I'm delighted by the idea that the Machine has more teams in other locations, and that in at least some of these cases the teams are formed of people the New York team have already saved! I don't know if our team will make it out of this, but this at least gives me hope that their work might be carried on, although of course that's dependent on the Machine surviving.
Actually, at this point I'm going to pause and talk about how I expect this to end, before launching into the actual ending.
I don't have a good feeling about the human protagonists' chances. I've been asking myself 'if someone put you in control of the show at this point and asked you to come up with a fitting ending, what would you go for?' There's one clear answer, but I don't feel great about it: everyone sacrifices themselves in order to protect the Machine, which is then able to carry on their legacy using its other teams.
It's possible Fusco will make it out. I can envision a scenario with Finch as the sole survivor. I think Reese and Shaw are probably doomed, and I'm sad about that, because they're my favourites.
However this ends, I don't have much time left to spend with my murder boyfriend John Reese. I'm going to miss him!
'.exe': The 'what if the Machine had never existed?' segments are a neat way to reflect on everything that's happened as we approach the end. The people who would have died, the people who would have survived, the people who would never have had the chance to become someone better.
I wonder if what-if AU Root would have fallen in love with Samaritan, given her relationship with the Machine in our universe.
I'm so glad we're getting a lot of Reese-and-Shaw time, after being deprived of their interactions for so long.
Once Finch gets out of the airless room, his 'I'm here, I'm here' to the Machine almost sounds like he's trying to ressure her. He spent so long trying to hold the Machine at an emotional distance, and that wall has crumbled completely. I love it.
And he's consistently calling her 'she' now, which absolutely wrecks my heart. (I'm also calling her 'she' as of this episode, I notice; I was using 'it' earlier in this very entry!)
One episode left. I'm not prepared.
'return 0': 'The suspense is killing me, in addition to the gunshot wound.' Bless Finch.
I really love the point Reese and Fusco's relationship has ended up at.
God, Reese calling after Finch as Finch leaves to die. I've never heard him sound like that.
Shaw says 'this is the guy who killed you' to the Machine, meaning the guy who killed Root, and I love that.
There was never any chance that John Reese would make it out of this story alive. But it's been a privilege to watch him on my screen.
Reese smiling when he sees Finch leaving is destroying me.
The shot of the Machine with her hand on Reese's shoulder as he's fighting also made me startlingly emotional. She loves them all!
And that's the end of Person of Interest!
As an ending, I don't have particularly strong feelings on it? Neither satisfying nor dissatisfying, I feel. It's solid, it's fine. I like that it ends with the prospect of a new story, though.
Correction: I don't have particularly strong feelings beyond delight that Shaw survived. I'm also glad of the other survivors, of course, but Shaw's my favourite after Reese and I really wasn't sure she'd make it!
This is in part because 'Root or Shaw or both die?' was the one thing I'd been spoiled for before I started watching this show. I knew Root/Shaw was a big pairing, and I knew I'd seen people unhappy about one or more deaths in that pairing, but, because I didn't yet know Root or Shaw, their names got mixed up in my head. Did Root die? Did Shaw? Did they both die? I had no idea! So I'm glad Shaw made it out, after all that 'I'm not sure what I've actually been spoiled for' suspense.
I was fully expecting Reese to die; honestly, I would have been surprised if he didn't. I often dislike endings that kill the protagonist - I think 'kill the protagonist' is often a lazy ending that writers resort to if they don't know how else to end a story - but I think Reese's death fits Person of Interest completely, so, although I love him, I have no complaints. I'm glad Finch gave him a life, and I'm glad that, in the end, he was able to return the favour.
This show has consumed my free time for the past month and a half. It's going to be strange to adjust to life without it! (Meanwhile, you're going to have to adjust without my constant liveblogging.)
'Synecdoche': The Machine saying she loved Root! I also like that the Machine was particularly struck by Root because 'she was capable of terrible things, but she chose to do good'. And 'We are virtually indistinguishable. I find comfort in that' is fascinating.
You know, the Machine simulating Root opens up intriguing potential for weird Machine/Shaw. I might play around with that idea a bit.
It sits oddly with me that Finch wanted the Machine to protect everyone equally - he scolded it when it tried to protect him specifically - and yet it considers the president a particularly high-priority individual target, but I suppose his death would have a lot of knock-on effects for the country as a whole, or the government might have demanded that feature.
I like the understated way Shaw is losing it. From a brief interaction, she'd seem more or less normal (by Shaw standards), but the cracks are showing through.
It's so good to see Reese and Shaw working together again!
I love that Shaw feels better after shooting some people, and that Reese gets that.
I'm delighted by the idea that the Machine has more teams in other locations, and that in at least some of these cases the teams are formed of people the New York team have already saved! I don't know if our team will make it out of this, but this at least gives me hope that their work might be carried on, although of course that's dependent on the Machine surviving.
Actually, at this point I'm going to pause and talk about how I expect this to end, before launching into the actual ending.
I don't have a good feeling about the human protagonists' chances. I've been asking myself 'if someone put you in control of the show at this point and asked you to come up with a fitting ending, what would you go for?' There's one clear answer, but I don't feel great about it: everyone sacrifices themselves in order to protect the Machine, which is then able to carry on their legacy using its other teams.
It's possible Fusco will make it out. I can envision a scenario with Finch as the sole survivor. I think Reese and Shaw are probably doomed, and I'm sad about that, because they're my favourites.
However this ends, I don't have much time left to spend with my murder boyfriend John Reese. I'm going to miss him!
'.exe': The 'what if the Machine had never existed?' segments are a neat way to reflect on everything that's happened as we approach the end. The people who would have died, the people who would have survived, the people who would never have had the chance to become someone better.
I wonder if what-if AU Root would have fallen in love with Samaritan, given her relationship with the Machine in our universe.
I'm so glad we're getting a lot of Reese-and-Shaw time, after being deprived of their interactions for so long.
Once Finch gets out of the airless room, his 'I'm here, I'm here' to the Machine almost sounds like he's trying to ressure her. He spent so long trying to hold the Machine at an emotional distance, and that wall has crumbled completely. I love it.
And he's consistently calling her 'she' now, which absolutely wrecks my heart. (I'm also calling her 'she' as of this episode, I notice; I was using 'it' earlier in this very entry!)
One episode left. I'm not prepared.
'return 0': 'The suspense is killing me, in addition to the gunshot wound.' Bless Finch.
I really love the point Reese and Fusco's relationship has ended up at.
God, Reese calling after Finch as Finch leaves to die. I've never heard him sound like that.
Shaw says 'this is the guy who killed you' to the Machine, meaning the guy who killed Root, and I love that.
There was never any chance that John Reese would make it out of this story alive. But it's been a privilege to watch him on my screen.
Reese smiling when he sees Finch leaving is destroying me.
The shot of the Machine with her hand on Reese's shoulder as he's fighting also made me startlingly emotional. She loves them all!
And that's the end of Person of Interest!
As an ending, I don't have particularly strong feelings on it? Neither satisfying nor dissatisfying, I feel. It's solid, it's fine. I like that it ends with the prospect of a new story, though.
Correction: I don't have particularly strong feelings beyond delight that Shaw survived. I'm also glad of the other survivors, of course, but Shaw's my favourite after Reese and I really wasn't sure she'd make it!
This is in part because 'Root or Shaw or both die?' was the one thing I'd been spoiled for before I started watching this show. I knew Root/Shaw was a big pairing, and I knew I'd seen people unhappy about one or more deaths in that pairing, but, because I didn't yet know Root or Shaw, their names got mixed up in my head. Did Root die? Did Shaw? Did they both die? I had no idea! So I'm glad Shaw made it out, after all that 'I'm not sure what I've actually been spoiled for' suspense.
I was fully expecting Reese to die; honestly, I would have been surprised if he didn't. I often dislike endings that kill the protagonist - I think 'kill the protagonist' is often a lazy ending that writers resort to if they don't know how else to end a story - but I think Reese's death fits Person of Interest completely, so, although I love him, I have no complaints. I'm glad Finch gave him a life, and I'm glad that, in the end, he was able to return the favour.
This show has consumed my free time for the past month and a half. It's going to be strange to adjust to life without it! (Meanwhile, you're going to have to adjust without my constant liveblogging.)
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