This ep has just flown to the top of my faves list, tied with BBJ for that honor. So. much. love. for Scott Veach for writing this!
Eliot had the interrogator by the balls the minute he walked into that room. And his line, "So, we start tomorrow then?" proved it. The implication is that he's been through so much worse, this is just an exercise in patience for him.
And then the whole, "You want to know how many people I've killed?" Chills, I tell you. Delivered without a hint of tough-guy, macho-killer attitude, just cold, calm, matter-of-fact acceptance. "This is what I am, and this is what I've done."
And how much did I love the "I can't forget" line? I've written that for Eliot in my fics!!!
Also, the final scene, with Nate and Eliot as equals … possibly the two most dangerous men in the world, each in his own way, marking the start of … something. It really was a nice counter to the tension we saw between them earlier in the season. These two get each other in a way no one else on the team does.
But, yeah, I would've liked to have seen some kind of follow-up on what Eliot went through. I guess that's what fanfic is for. ;)
I've been thinking about this episode on and off all day, and my love for it continues to grow.
I think my favorite line during the interrogation was when Eliot said, "Do you want me to tell you which ones deserved it? Or better yet, which ones didn't." Kane's really grown as an actor these past few years, I must say. His delivery was perfect.
That final scene renewed my Nate/Eliot love to epic proportions.
Eliot had the interrogator by the balls the minute he walked into that room. And his line, "So, we start tomorrow then?" proved it. The implication is that he's been through so much worse, this is just an exercise in patience for him.
And then the whole, "You want to know how many people I've killed?" Chills, I tell you. Delivered without a hint of tough-guy, macho-killer attitude, just cold, calm, matter-of-fact acceptance. "This is what I am, and this is what I've done."
And how much did I love the "I can't forget" line? I've written that for Eliot in my fics!!!
Also, the final scene, with Nate and Eliot as equals … possibly the two most dangerous men in the world, each in his own way, marking the start of … something. It really was a nice counter to the tension we saw between them earlier in the season. These two get each other in a way no one else on the team does.
But, yeah, I would've liked to have seen some kind of follow-up on what Eliot went through. I guess that's what fanfic is for. ;)
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I think my favorite line during the interrogation was when Eliot said, "Do you want me to tell you which ones deserved it? Or better yet, which ones didn't." Kane's really grown as an actor these past few years, I must say. His delivery was perfect.
That final scene renewed my Nate/Eliot love to epic proportions.
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