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Fringe 4.12 and Person of Interest 1.14
Awww, my sci-fi shows, I love you. Fringe this week made my shippy heart go THUMPATHUMPATHUMP. "Welcome to Westfield" started with the tastefully-lit "We're not making porn, it's art" of Olivia's blue-tinted dream. Peter's face when he says that he loves her, D'AAAAAAAAAW.
And then she wakes up. And Peter and Walter are bonding in the lab and making cocktails and d'aaaaaawwwww. Look at them being all happy together! LAB FAAAAAAAMILY!
So there's a case of the week and it's pretty cool, too! Except for how I was all panicky that Olivia was going to grow a second set of pupils or teeth or something. Poor Westfield. I'm assuming that there will be an explanation for why the heck Robert David Jones thought that merging the two universes at that tiny town was a good plan. *shrugs* In the meantime, EEEEEEEEK! Olivia is remembering stuff from the other timeline. And suddenly I'm having a craving for pizza.
I'd put in more coherent stuff, but that would require a rewatch, and Fringe just isn't the watch it twice kind of show for me. I'm not sure why it isn't and Person of Interest is... but brains are weird like that.
Speaking of Person of Interest, "Wolf and Cub" was a fun episode. BUT... I think I'm in the minority in thinking that the actor playing Darren just wasn't very good. Maybe after sixteen years of teaching teenagers, I've become too picky. Or maybe he just wasn't that good. Either way, it wasn't a major sticking point in enjoying the episode, because all the regulars were fantastic and The Machine was scary and there was banter and smiling and ninja moves, etc.
We start in the Library Lair of Loneliness, which is JUST FINE! YAY! Finch is going to have to rebuild all of his own computer systems. "Only the paranoid survive." Oh, Finch...
Finch sends Reese off to investigate the newest number. Does that police badge Reese flashed come from that crooked cop he kiled in the pilot episode? I think it is. Anyway, Reese gets the basics: Darren's older brother Travis was shot and killed last week.
We don't see the phone call to Carter, but apparently someone asked her for information and set up a meeting time, because Reese pops into the back seat of her police car and SMILES AT HER. With his teeth showing and everything! "Morning, Detective. Miss me?" And he looks all chipper!
"You know, I always pictured you in the back of my car. In handcuffs." Hah!
"To each his own," replies Reese. Hah again! I don't ship them on the show at all, but they are pretty cute here. And I'm just pleased that Reese has someone in his life that he can trust. Finch has way too many secrets hidden motivations; Fusco may be trustworthy now, but he did try to kill him/get him killed. Twice.
Anyway, Carter narrates the McGrady family's unhappy existence: no father in the picture, mother dead. Travis was the legal guardian for his little brother, so now Darren is rootless--and missing.
Carter talks to the detective in charge of investigating the McGrady murder, and I'm amused at Carter's sneaky ways as she comes up with excuses for looking into the case. Cranky other detective: "Don't you have something more high-profile to work? Like that guy who's kneecapping everybody." *cackles* So cranky other detective gives the info about the crime and snarks about not being a baby-sitter to the little brother.
"When I find him (Darren), I'll let him know you were a big help," says Carter. I love her.
Reese and Finch, back in the LLL, discussing the case. No leads on how to find Darren, and the shooters could be going after him next.
Reese: Witnesses can ID the shooters. They're just too scared.
Finch: Why would they want to talk to you?
Reese: I have my ways.
eta: like this
Reese gets Lisa, Travis's co-worker, to say where Reese might be able to find the three who killed Travis: the comic book store! Which means ridiculously over-the-top commentary on Reese as the superhero, to my great amusement.
Comic store owner to helpfully inquisitive kid: "Being a superhero is not about a cape or a cowl. It's about protecting your fellow man and looking out for him when no one else will." Cut to a close-up on Reese's face during that speech. Heeeeee!
Comic store owner initially seems like a good guy. Yes, show, you're very sneaky. Anyway, one of the shooters comes out of the store (wearing Travis's work hat), Reese follows and contacts Carter. And dun dun DUN! Darren is there, with a gun! He wants vengeance for his brother's death!
Reese stops Darren from killing the baddie, Carter shows up to arrest the baddie, and Reesesteals borrow's Carter's car to take Darren somewhere safe. Carter's face when he takes her car! Heeee. At least Reese says sorry?
Reese and the kid sit in the car and chat. Maybe part of my problem with Darren isn't his acting, it's the dialogue. Though honestly, this show's dialogue has never been a strong point; they've just had actors good enough to pull it off anyway. We learn that Darren's brother wanted to get him into a music magnet school, safely away from the neighborhood thugs.
Anyway, Darren seems sceptical of Reese's promise to take care of the baddies. Moving forward, Reese is dropping off Darren with Fusco at a safe place for kids.
"Darren, this is Detective Fusco. He's a f-f-friend." Ahahahahaha, oh Reese. He almost can't say it! And Fusco's face! And Darren's reaction! *laughs*
Darren helpfully leaves his sketch notebook in the car for Reese to peruse. Kudos to the art department for making plausible sketches for the kid to have drawn.
Carter has baddie #1 in an interrogation room. He's not talking; seems familiar with the whole drill. (Carter's faaaaaaace!)
Reese lurks and snaps pictures, then has some exposition via phone with Finch. More going on with Travis's killers than just street thuggery--there's bigger money moving around.
Finch isn't buying computer parts. He's Mister Wren, or Uncle Harold, sitting in a swivel chair in an office. Will meets him there and shares what he's found so far in Papa Ingram's mystery boxes. He's going to meet with Alicia Corwin, who has moved to Green Bank, West Virginia. No cell phones or wireless internet there... interesting.
Fusco is still trailing Finch-Wren, snapping pics. He gets the news that Darren has slipped away again, so he calls Reese. Reese's voice drops about an octave as he processes the news. I can't decide if this is funny or hot, by the way.
Reese takes another look at Darren's artwork and guesses where the kid is going: some bar where (presumably) the baddies hang out. Dude at the bar calls Darren Scrappy-Doo. Hahahaha! Lucky for Darren that Reese shows up and saves him from a beatdown. Ninja moves!
Reese and Scrappy-Doo go to a diner to hang out and chat again. Look at Reese's face!
gif by hpcool2003
Darren is duly impressed by ninja-Reese and identifies Reese as a rōnin, a samurai without a master, and that as such, Reese should've killed himself. Tactful, kiddo. Hee. And Darren hires him to help, with Reese saying that it has to be his way: no killing.
Darren: Look, you're working for me now, I oughta know your name.
Reese: Well, you can call me... Reese!
*cackles* The way he says it, like it's this stroke of genius to use that name. I'm sure it's meant to be a call-back to when Stanton first gives him the name, because that's how she phrased it. But it still made me laugh.
And now Batman and Scrappy-Doo run around to track down the baddies, with Reese narrating the appropriate steps to taking down an opponent. They watch the baddies shake down a local business owner for money. Scrappy Doo is initially unimpressed as Reese tells him, Step one: observe. Batman doesn't seem all that excited either. "To tell you the truth, I've always hated observing. Wait here."
He goes and steals the baddies' car! Hee! And the funny lines are constant at this point, so I'm not sure I'll catch them all. I did love Reese telling Darren that Finch was tech support.
Darren: Hey, you ever kill anyone?
Reese: Yes.
Darren: Were they bad?
Reese: Some. Not all.
Darren: Some. That means your master tricked you. Told you to kill bad people that really weren't. A lot of rōnin ended up that way.
D'awwww.
The two baddies minus a car are discussing insurance, with one of them pointing out that they don't have insurance, because THEY STOLE THE CAR. Ahahaha.
So the comic store owner is Andre, and he needs the baddies to deliver money to Brighton Beach. Oooh, obscure Elias reference!
"Yo, Shrimp, ain't that your ride?" And then REEESE SMASHES THEIR STOLEN SUV (that he stole from them) INTO THE BEATER CAR! Heeeeee, oh Reese. And he dumps one of the two baddies into the back of a police car for some patrol officers to find the next morning.
Reese and Carter have their daily "How's my best pal doing?" chat on the phone. Heh.
Other baddie gets to meet Reese's scary side. Dude, I loved it when he torched the money. Best scary tactic ever without grossing me out. "Fifty thousand dollars of your life up in smoke." Nice delivery on that line, too. Baddie gives up the information about where to find the murder weapon they used to kill Travis.
Will meets with Alicia outside, her stated preference. She seems completely paranoid, and that jumps up about twenty notches when Will mentions the name Harold. She has a good fake story for Will, though. Finch lurks and listens.
Andre meets with the corrupt captain we saw in "Get Carter." Andre uses a little leverage so the captain uses a little, so baddie #1, Brick, gets sprung out of jail, much to Carter's dismay.
Reese and Darren go find the murder weapon. Darren is ready to bring down Andre as well as the three baddies who actually shot Travis. This isn't mitigated any by overhearing that Brick is back on the street, so Darren he takes off with the gun. Oops. Also: dun dun DUN!
Reese: Carter, you're gonna say 'I told you so.'
Yes. Yes, she is. Well, actually Finch is. Reese asks Finch to skip the lectures and bring the bag labelled plan B. And he's being entirely literal. Hahahahah, oh show.
Meanwhile, at the police station...
Fusco: Hey, you need back-up?
Carter: I don't know, do I?
Fusco: I figured it might have something to do with that fish the captain had you throw back in the sea.
Carter: It might. I got a tip. Wanna go fish?
Fusco: Sure, why not.
Yay, Carter and Fusco reluctant bonding/buddy cops! I love this part.
Scrappy-Doo sneaks into the comic book store, and waves the gun at Brick while Andre does a "Kill him and take your place at my side. Embrace the Dark Side!" speech. Meanwhile Reese and Finch have plan B: non-lethal riot ammo. Finch belatedly cuts the power--he missed the signal! Heh. Reese storms in, Carter and Fusco show up, Andre grabs Scrappy-Doo as a hostage and lots of people get shot with beanbags.
Except Fusco. He dives and saves Scrappy-Doo, getting himself shot in the ass for his troubles. Really shot, not beanbag shot. I guess Fusco took Reese's injunction to take a bullet for their number of the week to heart. D'aw, poor Fusco.
Then Andre and the brother-killing baddies and a whole lot of others get arrested. Yay!
Will Ingram implies that he's leaving for the Sudan. I'm guessing Finch pulled some strings to make sure the job offer came through quickly.
Reese says goodbye to Darren, and does another actual Smile! With Teeth! Briefly, but I'll take it.
Reese and Fusco watch Darren go inside and then Fusco tells Reese what he's learned. Mister Finch was once (and sometimes still is) Mister Wren, but even that name is fake. Oooh. Ingram and "Wren" met at M.I.T.
The Machine is listening--of course. After tagging both Reese and Fusco red (eeeeeek!), The Machine had this text in a box:
System Administrator
security breached:
course of action
evaluating options
mitigate
subvert
monitor
And then the word monitor began to blink. Dun dun DUUUUUN!
Final thoughts: Liz is totally right about Darren being Robin in the whole Batman scenario. Too bad Reese can't adopt him and raise him in the Library Lair of Loneliness, withAlfred Finch standing by in disapproving fashion. That would be hilarious.
I don't actually want that show, but it's funny to think about. And my last thought is that even though I wasn't all that charmed byRobin Darren, Reese was... and that was fun to watch, so they can bring Darren back if it makes Reese smile some more and quote Sun-Tzu. And who knows, Scrappy-Doo might grow on me.
Okay, he probably won't. I never could stand Scrappy-Doo and he TOTALLY RUINED the show Scooby Doo for me. Heh.
eta: I think Finch and Peter Bishop took the same class for choosing fake names.
And then she wakes up. And Peter and Walter are bonding in the lab and making cocktails and d'aaaaaawwwww. Look at them being all happy together! LAB FAAAAAAAMILY!
So there's a case of the week and it's pretty cool, too! Except for how I was all panicky that Olivia was going to grow a second set of pupils or teeth or something. Poor Westfield. I'm assuming that there will be an explanation for why the heck Robert David Jones thought that merging the two universes at that tiny town was a good plan. *shrugs* In the meantime, EEEEEEEEK! Olivia is remembering stuff from the other timeline. And suddenly I'm having a craving for pizza.
I'd put in more coherent stuff, but that would require a rewatch, and Fringe just isn't the watch it twice kind of show for me. I'm not sure why it isn't and Person of Interest is... but brains are weird like that.
Speaking of Person of Interest, "Wolf and Cub" was a fun episode. BUT... I think I'm in the minority in thinking that the actor playing Darren just wasn't very good. Maybe after sixteen years of teaching teenagers, I've become too picky. Or maybe he just wasn't that good. Either way, it wasn't a major sticking point in enjoying the episode, because all the regulars were fantastic and The Machine was scary and there was banter and smiling and ninja moves, etc.
We start in the Library Lair of Loneliness, which is JUST FINE! YAY! Finch is going to have to rebuild all of his own computer systems. "Only the paranoid survive." Oh, Finch...
Finch sends Reese off to investigate the newest number. Does that police badge Reese flashed come from that crooked cop he kiled in the pilot episode? I think it is. Anyway, Reese gets the basics: Darren's older brother Travis was shot and killed last week.
We don't see the phone call to Carter, but apparently someone asked her for information and set up a meeting time, because Reese pops into the back seat of her police car and SMILES AT HER. With his teeth showing and everything! "Morning, Detective. Miss me?" And he looks all chipper!
"You know, I always pictured you in the back of my car. In handcuffs." Hah!
"To each his own," replies Reese. Hah again! I don't ship them on the show at all, but they are pretty cute here. And I'm just pleased that Reese has someone in his life that he can trust. Finch has way too many secrets hidden motivations; Fusco may be trustworthy now, but he did try to kill him/get him killed. Twice.
Anyway, Carter narrates the McGrady family's unhappy existence: no father in the picture, mother dead. Travis was the legal guardian for his little brother, so now Darren is rootless--and missing.
Carter talks to the detective in charge of investigating the McGrady murder, and I'm amused at Carter's sneaky ways as she comes up with excuses for looking into the case. Cranky other detective: "Don't you have something more high-profile to work? Like that guy who's kneecapping everybody." *cackles* So cranky other detective gives the info about the crime and snarks about not being a baby-sitter to the little brother.
"When I find him (Darren), I'll let him know you were a big help," says Carter. I love her.
Reese and Finch, back in the LLL, discussing the case. No leads on how to find Darren, and the shooters could be going after him next.
Reese: Witnesses can ID the shooters. They're just too scared.
Finch: Why would they want to talk to you?
Reese: I have my ways.
eta: like this
Reese gets Lisa, Travis's co-worker, to say where Reese might be able to find the three who killed Travis: the comic book store! Which means ridiculously over-the-top commentary on Reese as the superhero, to my great amusement.
Comic store owner to helpfully inquisitive kid: "Being a superhero is not about a cape or a cowl. It's about protecting your fellow man and looking out for him when no one else will." Cut to a close-up on Reese's face during that speech. Heeeeee!
Comic store owner initially seems like a good guy. Yes, show, you're very sneaky. Anyway, one of the shooters comes out of the store (wearing Travis's work hat), Reese follows and contacts Carter. And dun dun DUN! Darren is there, with a gun! He wants vengeance for his brother's death!
Reese stops Darren from killing the baddie, Carter shows up to arrest the baddie, and Reese
Reese and the kid sit in the car and chat. Maybe part of my problem with Darren isn't his acting, it's the dialogue. Though honestly, this show's dialogue has never been a strong point; they've just had actors good enough to pull it off anyway. We learn that Darren's brother wanted to get him into a music magnet school, safely away from the neighborhood thugs.
Anyway, Darren seems sceptical of Reese's promise to take care of the baddies. Moving forward, Reese is dropping off Darren with Fusco at a safe place for kids.
"Darren, this is Detective Fusco. He's a f-f-friend." Ahahahahaha, oh Reese. He almost can't say it! And Fusco's face! And Darren's reaction! *laughs*
Darren helpfully leaves his sketch notebook in the car for Reese to peruse. Kudos to the art department for making plausible sketches for the kid to have drawn.
Carter has baddie #1 in an interrogation room. He's not talking; seems familiar with the whole drill. (Carter's faaaaaaace!)
Reese lurks and snaps pictures, then has some exposition via phone with Finch. More going on with Travis's killers than just street thuggery--there's bigger money moving around.
Finch isn't buying computer parts. He's Mister Wren, or Uncle Harold, sitting in a swivel chair in an office. Will meets him there and shares what he's found so far in Papa Ingram's mystery boxes. He's going to meet with Alicia Corwin, who has moved to Green Bank, West Virginia. No cell phones or wireless internet there... interesting.
Fusco is still trailing Finch-Wren, snapping pics. He gets the news that Darren has slipped away again, so he calls Reese. Reese's voice drops about an octave as he processes the news. I can't decide if this is funny or hot, by the way.
Reese takes another look at Darren's artwork and guesses where the kid is going: some bar where (presumably) the baddies hang out. Dude at the bar calls Darren Scrappy-Doo. Hahahaha! Lucky for Darren that Reese shows up and saves him from a beatdown. Ninja moves!
Reese and Scrappy-Doo go to a diner to hang out and chat again. Look at Reese's face!
gif by hpcool2003
Darren is duly impressed by ninja-Reese and identifies Reese as a rōnin, a samurai without a master, and that as such, Reese should've killed himself. Tactful, kiddo. Hee. And Darren hires him to help, with Reese saying that it has to be his way: no killing.
Darren: Look, you're working for me now, I oughta know your name.
Reese: Well, you can call me... Reese!
*cackles* The way he says it, like it's this stroke of genius to use that name. I'm sure it's meant to be a call-back to when Stanton first gives him the name, because that's how she phrased it. But it still made me laugh.
And now Batman and Scrappy-Doo run around to track down the baddies, with Reese narrating the appropriate steps to taking down an opponent. They watch the baddies shake down a local business owner for money. Scrappy Doo is initially unimpressed as Reese tells him, Step one: observe. Batman doesn't seem all that excited either. "To tell you the truth, I've always hated observing. Wait here."
He goes and steals the baddies' car! Hee! And the funny lines are constant at this point, so I'm not sure I'll catch them all. I did love Reese telling Darren that Finch was tech support.
Darren: Hey, you ever kill anyone?
Reese: Yes.
Darren: Were they bad?
Reese: Some. Not all.
Darren: Some. That means your master tricked you. Told you to kill bad people that really weren't. A lot of rōnin ended up that way.
D'awwww.
The two baddies minus a car are discussing insurance, with one of them pointing out that they don't have insurance, because THEY STOLE THE CAR. Ahahaha.
So the comic store owner is Andre, and he needs the baddies to deliver money to Brighton Beach. Oooh, obscure Elias reference!
"Yo, Shrimp, ain't that your ride?" And then REEESE SMASHES THEIR STOLEN SUV (that he stole from them) INTO THE BEATER CAR! Heeeeee, oh Reese. And he dumps one of the two baddies into the back of a police car for some patrol officers to find the next morning.
Reese and Carter have their daily "How's my best pal doing?" chat on the phone. Heh.
Other baddie gets to meet Reese's scary side. Dude, I loved it when he torched the money. Best scary tactic ever without grossing me out. "Fifty thousand dollars of your life up in smoke." Nice delivery on that line, too. Baddie gives up the information about where to find the murder weapon they used to kill Travis.
Will meets with Alicia outside, her stated preference. She seems completely paranoid, and that jumps up about twenty notches when Will mentions the name Harold. She has a good fake story for Will, though. Finch lurks and listens.
Andre meets with the corrupt captain we saw in "Get Carter." Andre uses a little leverage so the captain uses a little, so baddie #1, Brick, gets sprung out of jail, much to Carter's dismay.
Reese and Darren go find the murder weapon. Darren is ready to bring down Andre as well as the three baddies who actually shot Travis. This isn't mitigated any by overhearing that Brick is back on the street, so Darren he takes off with the gun. Oops. Also: dun dun DUN!
Reese: Carter, you're gonna say 'I told you so.'
Yes. Yes, she is. Well, actually Finch is. Reese asks Finch to skip the lectures and bring the bag labelled plan B. And he's being entirely literal. Hahahahah, oh show.
Meanwhile, at the police station...
Fusco: Hey, you need back-up?
Carter: I don't know, do I?
Fusco: I figured it might have something to do with that fish the captain had you throw back in the sea.
Carter: It might. I got a tip. Wanna go fish?
Fusco: Sure, why not.
Yay, Carter and Fusco reluctant bonding/buddy cops! I love this part.
Scrappy-Doo sneaks into the comic book store, and waves the gun at Brick while Andre does a "Kill him and take your place at my side. Embrace the Dark Side!" speech. Meanwhile Reese and Finch have plan B: non-lethal riot ammo. Finch belatedly cuts the power--he missed the signal! Heh. Reese storms in, Carter and Fusco show up, Andre grabs Scrappy-Doo as a hostage and lots of people get shot with beanbags.
Except Fusco. He dives and saves Scrappy-Doo, getting himself shot in the ass for his troubles. Really shot, not beanbag shot. I guess Fusco took Reese's injunction to take a bullet for their number of the week to heart. D'aw, poor Fusco.
Then Andre and the brother-killing baddies and a whole lot of others get arrested. Yay!
Will Ingram implies that he's leaving for the Sudan. I'm guessing Finch pulled some strings to make sure the job offer came through quickly.
Reese says goodbye to Darren, and does another actual Smile! With Teeth! Briefly, but I'll take it.
Reese and Fusco watch Darren go inside and then Fusco tells Reese what he's learned. Mister Finch was once (and sometimes still is) Mister Wren, but even that name is fake. Oooh. Ingram and "Wren" met at M.I.T.
The Machine is listening--of course. After tagging both Reese and Fusco red (eeeeeek!), The Machine had this text in a box:
System Administrator
security breached:
course of action
evaluating options
mitigate
subvert
monitor
And then the word monitor began to blink. Dun dun DUUUUUN!
Final thoughts: Liz is totally right about Darren being Robin in the whole Batman scenario. Too bad Reese can't adopt him and raise him in the Library Lair of Loneliness, with
I don't actually want that show, but it's funny to think about. And my last thought is that even though I wasn't all that charmed by
Okay, he probably won't. I never could stand Scrappy-Doo and he TOTALLY RUINED the show Scooby Doo for me. Heh.
eta: I think Finch and Peter Bishop took the same class for choosing fake names.
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That would be amusing, yes.
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I wonder if that's a part of why so many others talked about liking the kid in this episode? Hm.
Scrappy-Doo was the worst!
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Nothing will convince me that Finch was not in wuv with Ingram at some point.
Super paranoid lady is interesting. I wonder if the Ronin thing is actually foreshadowing. Dun dun dun.
I could never stand Scrappy Doo either.
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I view it as possible, though I honestly don't know if Finch could ever step beyond his paranoia to be more than just distantly interested. Hm.
I wonder if the Ronin thing is actually foreshadowing. Dun dun dun.
*giggles a lot* Quite possibly, yes.
Scrappy Doo is a scourge! *fistbump in solidarity*