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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... )
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... )
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.
I'd actually be curious what you think the main plot arc is going to be. Because I don't think it's as predictable as all that. I mean, they do the obvious "John gets closer and closer to getting caught by law enforcement" thing, but they do some pretty great things with that. And most of the other recurring plot elements, like the Root-kidnaps-Finch arc, and Elias the mobster, and "John's ex-partner Kara returns to fuck shit up" haven't even shown up yet.
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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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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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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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