I usually do that with these kinds of shows too but this was just too big to hand-wave for me because it just does not make TV-writing sense to do this to their main character. It makes her look stupid and silly, and the show was already on shaky ground on that by casting Piper Perabo as a spy (the only casting more unbelievable is Rachel Bilson as a doctor and atleast that's on the CW), Not to mention it's pretty much a repeat or flip of how the show started, which was a terrible idea the first time around and makes even less sense after they've worked on showing her as a capable spy and actual grown-up, rather than some schoolgirl who bases her life decisions on a guy. Totally fine with how they unceremoniously dumped the Parker-storyline, may it stay gone forever, but this is too big to ignore, it's too stupid.
I only saw s1 of 24 and don't remember much, but I know enough to know she's a bad guy there and it didn't take much guessing to know she'd be one here too. And yeah, that "girl power rahrah" schtick was reckless, but I still felt like she had a point in there about women in male-dominated jobs, and by making her a villain and have Annie act this way I basically feel like the show is saying "she was wrong, women are silly creatures who should stay in the kitchen, or at the very least the control room at Langley". Meanwhile Joan's time is mainly spent being Arthur's wife and subordinate and having cat figths with Lena, and Danielle moved across the freaking country with her (if I recall correctly) cheating husband, and yeah, that's probably being oversensitive, but once I start seeing patterns I can't stop.
Totally fine with how they unceremoniously dumped the Parker-storyline, may it stay gone forever, but this is too big to ignore, it's too stupid.
I only saw s1 of 24 and don't remember much, but I know enough to know she's a bad guy there and it didn't take much guessing to know she'd be one here too. And yeah, that "girl power rahrah" schtick was reckless, but I still felt like she had a point in there about women in male-dominated jobs, and by making her a villain and have Annie act this way I basically feel like the show is saying "she was wrong, women are silly creatures who should stay in the kitchen, or at the very least the control room at Langley". Meanwhile Joan's time is mainly spent being Arthur's wife and subordinate and having cat figths with Lena, and Danielle moved across the freaking country with her (if I recall correctly) cheating husband, and yeah, that's probably being oversensitive, but once I start seeing patterns I can't stop.
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