Archive | February, 2015

Person of Interest “M.I.A.” Review (4×13)

4 Feb

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“I couldn’t stand to lose someone today.”

Person of Interest deals with loss in a fascinating way by intertwining the human side with the technology side, the direct emotional fallout with the larger societal implications. It doesn’t forget about any character, and it takes care to allow loss to reverberate throughout the rest of the show’s universe. In “M.I.A.”, we get an incredibly intriguing look at the reactions from Root, Finch, Reese, and Fusco about the possibility of Shaw’s death, about the possibility that their friend truly sacrificed herself for them back at that elevator. The episode shines when it zeroes in on the characters’ emotions and thoughts and feelings, but at the same time, the episode stumbles a bit when it focuses on the larger picture.

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Justified “Noblesse Oblige” Review (6×03)

3 Feb

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Early in “Nobelesse Oblige”, Ty Walker tells Boyd that he’s “just a weather vane”, that he “doesn’t make the wind blow”. Later on in the episode, Sam Elliott’s Avery Markham delivers a chilling monologue to Ava about being more than a token that “can be threatened or hurt to just to keep a man in line”. The underlying point comes across in both cases: certain people are pulling the strings in certain places, and if you want to survive in this fading county, you must take the initiative and fight for what you want. You can’t let the power struggle dictate where you end up; you must participate.

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Veronica Mars “Kanes and Abel’s”/ “Weapons of Class Destruction” Review (1×17/1×18)

2 Feb

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EPISODE 17: “Kanes and Abel’s”

As Veronica says, “life is unfair” seems to be the motto of the episode, especially when applied to the Sabrina-Hamilton Valedictorian case. Hamilton really doesn’t have control of the situation until the end, when he decides to acquiesce to Sabrina’s mother’s demands in return for not pressing charges; rather, this is all his father’s doing, and we see at the meeting that even Sabrina seems a bit uncomfortable with her own parent’s attitude. When all’s said and done, even though the odds were stacked against Hamilton from the start and even though he loses his Oxford scholarship, he still loves his father, and inequity doesn’t cause Hamilton to harbor resentment toward him.

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Veronica Mars “Ruskie Business”/ “Betty and Veronica” Review (1×15/1×16)

2 Feb

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Episode 15: “Ruskie Business”

The way this show’s developed Logan over the course of the season is truly fantastic. Recently, we’ve started to see a softer side to him, a side that begins to let Veronica in for a friendship not tied to the Lilly Kane case and the shaky history they share. At the beginning of the season, he was still caught up in Veronica’s betrayal, unable to shake the idea of her siding with her dad over her best friend–understandable, considering what we’ve seen of him and Aaron Echolls–but now, the dynamic’s a lot different. Now, Logan’s vulnerable in front of her, breaking down in her arms in the hotel lobby after Trina leaves.

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Shameless “A Night to Remem… Wait, What?” Review (5×04)

1 Feb

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One of the calling cards for the Shameless gang seems to be an undercurrent of unease and uncertainty. The Gallaghers and co. embark on a plethora of wacky adventures every week, and while it can be highly entertaining watching them do so, what grounds them is a growing understanding that this kind of lifestyle isn’t all sunshine and roses. In fact, the very title of this episode is a perfect encapsulation of this idea: we see characters having “nights to remember”, but then, the realization hits them; the “Wait, what?” hits them.

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