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Jan 16, 2013 19:24

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A few months ago, cesperanza made a post about Person of Interest where she talked about how usually, in TV shows, you get the emotionally ( Read more... )

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tinnny January 23 2013, 07:20:52 UTC
So of course your post motivated me to watch it last night. I was pretty ... not bored, more sceptical... all episode long, and really couldn't see why I would be watching this. And then they smiled at each other through the phone at the end and it was all good. I don't know if it's going to be enough to put myself through all the seriousness and the knee-shooting while already seeing the main plot arc coming from miles away (and not caring particularly much about it). But it's something, and I'll keep at it for a while, I think.

And even if I give up, I already know enough to read the fic. Win/win. ;)

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neery January 23 2013, 14:15:21 UTC
Okay, this is weird, I know for sure that I answered this comment already, and now my reply is gone. >:( Okay, trying to remember what I wrote:

If you want, we could do a best-of-POI run-through. There's a few eps, especially in the first season, that are really mostly "John runs around shooting people in the knee", but there's some really great eps, like for example the one where they take care of a baby, and the one where John gets shot, and several of the Carter eps, and the beginning of season two, where Finch gets kidnapped by a psychopath and John spends two eps getting more and more crazy. Until he's standing in the middle of the street, yelling at the machine through a traffic camera, in front of the number he's supposed to protect, because the machine has to help him find Finch, don't you understand, he's my only friend and I can't do this without him.In general, the show takes a few eps to find its feet, as they usually do ( ... )

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tinnny January 23 2013, 20:35:47 UTC
Glad you noticed, because I definitely didn't get a comment before this one.

If you want, we could do a best-of-POI run-through.

That's fine, just tell me which eps I can skip where I won't miss anything good/important.

I'd actually be curious what you think the main plot arc is going to be.

Well, I have only seen the one episode beside the pilot, and there is references to
- Finch's partner dying
- Finch hiding within his own company (i.e. being hunted by someone)
- Finch not having had a bad leg 4 years ago

I am mostly referring to the revelations about their backstory, I guess. So you can stop spoiling me now. ;)

I very much like Carter, btw. As long as she doesn't catch them, it's pretty standard fare. But I hope they're doing good stuff with it. Apart from that, I'll just see what comes my way.

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neery January 23 2013, 20:42:42 UTC
That's fine, just tell me which eps I can skip where I won't miss anything good/important.

I'll make you a list.

Well, I have only seen the one episode beside the pilot, and there is references to
- Finch's partner dying
- Finch hiding within his own company (i.e. being hunted by someone)
- Finch not having had a bad leg 4 years ago

I am mostly referring to the revelations about their backstory, I guess.

Oh, that is not the main plot arc AT ALL, so if you don't care about that stuff, don't worry, you won't have to sit through much of it. ;)

So you can stop spoiling me now. ;)

Sorry. /o\

Carter is AWESOME, and I thought that what they did with her character arc was really great.

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neery January 23 2013, 21:11:14 UTC
Partial list of POI eps:

3 Mission Creep: Meh. Watch the first thirty seconds after the title sequence for a cute Reese-and-Finch interlude, don't bother with the rest of it.
4 Cura Te Ipsum: I liked this one, and the scene at the end is pretty powerful, but it's also Reese at his very creepiest.
5 Judgement: Everyone in the fandom references the two Reese-and-Finch scenes at the beginning and end of this one ALL THE TIME, so definitely watch those. The rest's a pretty standard Reese-rescues-people plot.
6 The Fix: Introduces an important recurring character.
7 Witness: Good and important
8 Foe: The main plot is awful, but the flashbacks in this one are important, and it has cute Reese and Finch scenes.
9 Get Carter: Good and important.
10 Number Crunch: Good and important.
11 Super: Meh. Probably enough to watch the first and last couple minutes.
12 Legacy: Meh.
13 Root Cause: Important.

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