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Person of Interest 1.17 "Baby of Interest"
Person of Interest 1.17 "Baby Blue" was not the fun baby-fest I was hoping for based on the promos. Not the first time the trailers have been misleading, but OUCH, MY HEART STILL HURTS, SHOW.
So glad I got that Zoe Morgan reacts to photo of Reese with baby ficlet done and posted before the episode aired. At one point I was considering waiting and writing reactions from Fusco and Carter and, uh, The Machine as well. Can't do it now.
Anyway, after a brief Machine info-lude (informational interlude) we start with Carter waiting outside a prison for Giani Moretti, long-absent father of Elias. Moretti is, unexpectedly, getting released from jail and Carter has an offer to make him. Reese pops into her police car. Hey, he doesn't steal it this week--good going, Reese! I do have to mention this: Caviezel is always an attractive man, but for whatever reason, it was just DISTRACTING during this whole scene. Really, really distracting.
Carter is amused and pretends to be annoyed at Reese showing up; he's there as her unrequested backup, I guess? She goes to talk to Moretti and Reese talks to Finch, who is on the move to check on another number. Reese tries to convince Finch that they need to stay focused on the current situation with Moretti. Aw, John still feels guilty for being the reason Elias is alive to operate in the city. (Dude, I just realized: we never learned what happened in that phone conversation between Reese and Elias at the end of 1.16. Good thing I made up my own list of possibilities in my last episode review.)
"The numbers don't wait in line, Mister Reese," says Finch, and he leaves the Lair to go number-hunting.
Moretti isn't interested in Carter's offer. The sound on my file glitched out during her brief speech to him, but I don't think it was anything important other than, "Hey, murderous old man, want us to save you from your equally murderous son?" He says no.
Finch is playing super-spy at the hospital where Leila Smith is a patient. He pretends to be a Doctor Tillman (eeee!) in order to see Leila, who turns out to be an absolutely adorable safe-haven baby. Finch notices the same men he saw outside the hospital, and they're coming for Leila. Uh oh!
Reese isn't going to talk Finch through this, because he and Carter notice the fake accident in the road; Moretti's car gets attacked, Carter and Reese shoot the attackers and get the old gangster into her car. (Hee, I'm now imagining the lack of conversation the rest of the way back to NYC. Moretti in the backseat, Reese in the passenger seat... good times, yeah. It's like Carter is the zoo keeper of the taciturn wild animals. Anyway, I'm guessing Reese tries to pretend to be a cop for Moretti.)
Geico cop is waiting in the safe house! Szymanski and Carter are working a discreet operation to get information from Moretti so they can take down Elias. Carter leaves, telling Reese to stay out of trouble as she goes. And she gets this adorable grin on her face as she's turning away.
Reese calls Finch and asks, "What happened with the other number, Finch?"
"I'm afraid I may have done something rather rash," is Finch's reply, and then we see THE BABY INNA BOX! *glees* Then Leila gets introduced to the Library Lair of Loneliness, where she is set up with a "baby pen" that consists of a bunch of books stacked around her, and a "chew toy" that is actually one of Finch's ties. *dies laughing*
Reese is aware that babies actually need food, not just fake toys and fake pens. "Chicken and prunes is her favorite," Finch tells him. Sounds disgusting indeed.
Leila sits around looking cute while Finch speculates that she would be spirited out of the country rather than killed outright. (That line of thought defies the Machine's logic in giving them her number, but whatever.) Finch is digging for information when an Amber alert pops up. Okay... that is NOT a police artist sketch, but I'm willing to go along with the idea for the HILARITY of that drawing of Finch the baby-napper. Heeeeeee!
Finch lets Reese "spend some quality time with Leila" (aaaaaaah, oh show!) while he gets to explain to Carter what he's done. *snickers endlessly* This whole scene at the store, with Carter figuring out what Finch doesn't exactly want to admit to: kidnapping a baby, needing her help, leaving the baby with John. Ahahahaha, that reaction to John's name!
I should have known that the fun times wouldn't last.
Fusco eats a donut and gets an unwelcome chore from "HR": find out where his partner Carter has stashed Moretti. It's actually a nice bit of dialogue, so here:
Fusco: HR can't find out? I thought you guys had your fingers in all the pies.
HR dude: You are one of the pies, Fusco. Find out where she's got Moretti stashed.
Carter talks to Nurse Abbott and the doctor at the clinic. No information yet, but it's clear that Abbott knows something; Carter gives her a card with her number.
Back to the Library Lair of Babyness. Finch is explaining how to change a diaper. I'm guessing this means Reese fumbled the chore while Finch was out. Exposition time, now that Finch's faked IRS e-mail has given them a family name for the mysterious donors to the clinic. The Petrosians: father, mother, young adult son. "Dada or Dada?" says Reese, pointing to the two men on the computer screen.
DUDE, DON'T EVER TALK LIKE THAT AGAIN. IT IS CREEPY. I'm okay with: monotone phone-sex operator voice, monotone I like you and am sort of flirting if only I remembered how to be human voice, and even monotone I will bury you all voice, but the fake baby-talk voice? NOOOOOO. Thankfully Finch has the same horrified reaction that I have.
Reese passes the baby to Finch and goes to stalk the Petrosians. The conversation we overhear makes it sound like younger Petrosian is the more likely father, but nothing conclusive.
"How about a delicious bottle?" Finch asks Leila. Heeeeee. (So, y'all think Finch had to deal with baby Will Ingram much? I'm guessing he must have done some babysitting from time to time, right?)
Mary Abbott calls Carter and passes along a detail about a silver bracelet with the initials C.C. that Leila had. Finch, Reese and Carter phone-exposition and find a Claudia Cruz, former receptionist at Petrosian's company. She died four days ago in a fire; her death was ruled accidental by the medical examiner.
Aaaaand now Finch and Reese take a lovely stroll outside, with Leila strapped to Reese's chest. She's wearing a hat, because she's undercover. Carter's faaaaaaace when she looks at the trio, aaaaaah! Basically this whole scene is an excuse to have the three adults and an adorable baby standing by the river with the rising/setting sun; they could've done this talk over the phone. I AM OKAY WITH THIS, however. Look, baby! Strapped to Reese's chest! Look, Carter making faces! Finch being dryly ironic!
Finch pretends to be from the Department of Family Services; he meets with Claudia's parents and confirms that Claudia had a silver bracelet... and that she might have been pregnant, because she didn't see her parents for a while.
Reese tails Petrosian junior, and concludes that the younger man isn't the father because he has a boyfriend. What, bisexuality doesn't exist? Anyway, as Reese is talking on the phone to Finch, Finch freaks out because Leila has vanished from her book playpen. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? OH WAIT, it's a playpen made out of stacked books. Heh.
Carter and the fire expert meet at Claudia's apartment to examine the scene. They find one potential for the weapon that was used to hit Claudia's head. I'm guessing Nicola Petrosian bribed the ME to get an accidental death report. Interesting that she's the hands-on type in this homicide. She probably went there with goons who took care of the other stuff? Or maybe not; maybe she took care of the fire alarm as well. Wait, why am I thinking about this?! PofI is plot-hole city! Shut up, brain!
Reese and Finch run around the Lair to find the baby. The dialogue just... I... okay, here:
Reese: But how could you let her go?
Finch: I didn't! She just knocked over the books and walked off.
Reese: She can't walk, Finch.
And Reese finds the baby holding a grenade. A tear-gas grenade, but "It's still a grenade!" says Finch.
Finch: I told you to move your arsenal.
Reese: I was going to.
Finch: When, after the whole place is blown up? You know how I feel about guns. This really isn't working, one of us always being here, minding the baby.
Reese: Well, you're the one who stole her.
Finch: Thanks for reminding me of that.
*giggles*
Carter's back at the precinct with evidence from Cruz's apartment. Fusco offers to help, so she asks him to deliver the evidence to the crime lab. Fusco overheard her use Szymanski's name on her phone; when he asks her about it, she lies and says that Szymanski asked her on a date. She addresses Fusco by his first name for the first time that I can recall.
Reese and Finch are ready to deliver Leila to her grandparents, waiting at a safe house, but bad guys got there first. And while Reese is ninja-fighting the ones in the home, Finch gets knocked over the head and Leila is taken from the car. Noooooo! Baby fun-times are OOOOOOVER and we're barely over halfway through the episode!
Moretti grumps at Carter in his safe house. She gets a phone call with information about the fingerprint on the murder weapon. Meanwhile, Reese is busting things at the Petrosian residence. When Carter texts him that it was the wife, Reese turns to her and finds out that she hired the thugs and can't contact them again.
Soooo,Batman Reese walks into a bar and is adamant about finding the right information. The other guys in the bar don't like this; Reese's "Really?" as they approach him is both amusing and kiiiiiinda scary.
Cut to Fusco spying on Carter at Moretti's. Cut back to the bar, where thugs litter the floor. Heh. First thug still doesn't know how to find the baby, though. Cut to Reese talking to Finch at the Lair, contemplating the BAAAAAAAAAAAAD idea of calling Elias for help.
John Reese is not a stupid man, but he gets too wrapped up with the people he wants to save and he only predicts two or three steps ahead. Elias doesn't have that personal involvement and he's way ahead of, well, everyone--most of the time, anyway. Finch thinks this is NOT a good idea. YOU AND ME BOTH, FINCH! DOOOOON'T DO IT, REESE!
He didn't listen to me talking at him through the computer screen, though. "I'm all out of moves, Finch. Risk is all I've got left. I have to make the call."
Reese has to wear a hood as he's led to Elias--dehumanizing and creepy, especially considering the last time we saw someone wearing a hood like that on the show. Reese then tries to get Elias to empathize with the baby, and then uses the there need to be rules bit. It appears to work; Elias's fake-cop henchman drops him off with info about the meeting place. Fake-cop adds that Elias has a "soft spot" for Reese. Yeaaaaaaaah.
So Reese shows up, shoots enough of the guys at the meeting point to scare off another, kills the last one who won't give up, and gets poor baby out of the bag.
Buuuuuuut that's not the end of it. Elias's henchmen grab Reese and the baby and take them elsewhere, to a refrigerated truck. Elias wants to know where Moretti is, so he leaves John there with the baby and a monitor so that John can spill the information when he gets desperate enough. And I have to curl up in the fetal position now, don't mind me. *cries*
Fusco lies to HR guy, who isn't pleased with the lack of information about Moretti's whereabouts. Carter gets a call from Finch, begging for help. I'm busy typing rather than watching John Reese and his bloody wrists and the crying baby. Lalalalala, can't hear anything...
Gah, okay, that bit where he picks up the baby while handcuffed is just heartbreaking. And then he tries to keep her warm enough, but he can't win this, so he tells Elias the address.
Keys to the handcuffs drop into the truck and John and the baby get out. He starts up a truck to get the heater running, drives it and spots Finch, who was desperately hunting them. Reese takes Finch's car (and phone, I assume) to try and stop Elias from grabbing Moretti.
Reese calls Carter, she calls Szymanski, and he's ready to move Moretti, but by the time Reese shows up, Carter is grabbing a towel to press against a bullet wound. Szymanski has been shot in the abdomen, Moretti is gone. Next comes this conversation:
Carter: How did Elias know?
Reese: I told him. I had to give up the safe house to save the baby.
Carter: John, why were you even talking to Elias?
Reese: I had no choice. We lost the kid.
Carter: You say there was no choice. But there was, John. It's called the police. It's what we do. I can't do this anymore. I can't. You and -and your friend. I'm sorry. Go on, this place'll be swarming. Go. Go!
NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooo.
More about that in a bit. Later Finch delivers Leila to her grandparents and we have another John Reese pining for a normal life and family moment. It works well, even though we've seen this before; that is one cute kid and oooh my heart.
Finch: Trouble with children, you never know how they're going to turn out. (Especially when they're Machines, yeah?)
"Hello, Dad," says Elias to Moretti. End of episode. We know Elias prefers committing his own homicides when it's personal. Is that Moretti's fate?
Back to Carter breaking up with Reese (and Finch). Here's what I said on Tumblr last night:
The logical part of my brain is pointing out that 1) this moment is a lovely and appropriate character beat for Carter and 2) we’re unlikely to stay at an impasse forever. Henson is a regular cast member and I doubt that she’s going to leave the show soon.
The illogical part is wanting to cry and pout because I so love having Carter interact face-to-face with both Reese and Finch on a regular basis.
The irrational side is currently winning.
I expected this to happen, but not so soon! My own guess was that Carter would (attempt to) cut ties at the end of season one, and it would be part of a cliffhanger going in to season two.
And now everyone is all sad! Reese has been dumped by his role model! Finch won't have anyone to tease other than John! AND THINGS WON'T BE THE SAAAAAAAAAAME!
So glad I got that Zoe Morgan reacts to photo of Reese with baby ficlet done and posted before the episode aired. At one point I was considering waiting and writing reactions from Fusco and Carter and, uh, The Machine as well. Can't do it now.
Anyway, after a brief Machine info-lude (informational interlude) we start with Carter waiting outside a prison for Giani Moretti, long-absent father of Elias. Moretti is, unexpectedly, getting released from jail and Carter has an offer to make him. Reese pops into her police car. Hey, he doesn't steal it this week--good going, Reese! I do have to mention this: Caviezel is always an attractive man, but for whatever reason, it was just DISTRACTING during this whole scene. Really, really distracting.
Carter is amused and pretends to be annoyed at Reese showing up; he's there as her unrequested backup, I guess? She goes to talk to Moretti and Reese talks to Finch, who is on the move to check on another number. Reese tries to convince Finch that they need to stay focused on the current situation with Moretti. Aw, John still feels guilty for being the reason Elias is alive to operate in the city. (Dude, I just realized: we never learned what happened in that phone conversation between Reese and Elias at the end of 1.16. Good thing I made up my own list of possibilities in my last episode review.)
"The numbers don't wait in line, Mister Reese," says Finch, and he leaves the Lair to go number-hunting.
Moretti isn't interested in Carter's offer. The sound on my file glitched out during her brief speech to him, but I don't think it was anything important other than, "Hey, murderous old man, want us to save you from your equally murderous son?" He says no.
Finch is playing super-spy at the hospital where Leila Smith is a patient. He pretends to be a Doctor Tillman (eeee!) in order to see Leila, who turns out to be an absolutely adorable safe-haven baby. Finch notices the same men he saw outside the hospital, and they're coming for Leila. Uh oh!
Reese isn't going to talk Finch through this, because he and Carter notice the fake accident in the road; Moretti's car gets attacked, Carter and Reese shoot the attackers and get the old gangster into her car. (Hee, I'm now imagining the lack of conversation the rest of the way back to NYC. Moretti in the backseat, Reese in the passenger seat... good times, yeah. It's like Carter is the zoo keeper of the taciturn wild animals. Anyway, I'm guessing Reese tries to pretend to be a cop for Moretti.)
Geico cop is waiting in the safe house! Szymanski and Carter are working a discreet operation to get information from Moretti so they can take down Elias. Carter leaves, telling Reese to stay out of trouble as she goes. And she gets this adorable grin on her face as she's turning away.
Reese calls Finch and asks, "What happened with the other number, Finch?"
"I'm afraid I may have done something rather rash," is Finch's reply, and then we see THE BABY INNA BOX! *glees* Then Leila gets introduced to the Library Lair of Loneliness, where she is set up with a "baby pen" that consists of a bunch of books stacked around her, and a "chew toy" that is actually one of Finch's ties. *dies laughing*
Reese is aware that babies actually need food, not just fake toys and fake pens. "Chicken and prunes is her favorite," Finch tells him. Sounds disgusting indeed.
Leila sits around looking cute while Finch speculates that she would be spirited out of the country rather than killed outright. (That line of thought defies the Machine's logic in giving them her number, but whatever.) Finch is digging for information when an Amber alert pops up. Okay... that is NOT a police artist sketch, but I'm willing to go along with the idea for the HILARITY of that drawing of Finch the baby-napper. Heeeeeee!
Finch lets Reese "spend some quality time with Leila" (aaaaaaah, oh show!) while he gets to explain to Carter what he's done. *snickers endlessly* This whole scene at the store, with Carter figuring out what Finch doesn't exactly want to admit to: kidnapping a baby, needing her help, leaving the baby with John. Ahahahaha, that reaction to John's name!
I should have known that the fun times wouldn't last.
Fusco eats a donut and gets an unwelcome chore from "HR": find out where his partner Carter has stashed Moretti. It's actually a nice bit of dialogue, so here:
Fusco: HR can't find out? I thought you guys had your fingers in all the pies.
HR dude: You are one of the pies, Fusco. Find out where she's got Moretti stashed.
Carter talks to Nurse Abbott and the doctor at the clinic. No information yet, but it's clear that Abbott knows something; Carter gives her a card with her number.
Back to the Library Lair of Babyness. Finch is explaining how to change a diaper. I'm guessing this means Reese fumbled the chore while Finch was out. Exposition time, now that Finch's faked IRS e-mail has given them a family name for the mysterious donors to the clinic. The Petrosians: father, mother, young adult son. "Dada or Dada?" says Reese, pointing to the two men on the computer screen.
DUDE, DON'T EVER TALK LIKE THAT AGAIN. IT IS CREEPY. I'm okay with: monotone phone-sex operator voice, monotone I like you and am sort of flirting if only I remembered how to be human voice, and even monotone I will bury you all voice, but the fake baby-talk voice? NOOOOOO. Thankfully Finch has the same horrified reaction that I have.
Reese passes the baby to Finch and goes to stalk the Petrosians. The conversation we overhear makes it sound like younger Petrosian is the more likely father, but nothing conclusive.
"How about a delicious bottle?" Finch asks Leila. Heeeeee. (So, y'all think Finch had to deal with baby Will Ingram much? I'm guessing he must have done some babysitting from time to time, right?)
Mary Abbott calls Carter and passes along a detail about a silver bracelet with the initials C.C. that Leila had. Finch, Reese and Carter phone-exposition and find a Claudia Cruz, former receptionist at Petrosian's company. She died four days ago in a fire; her death was ruled accidental by the medical examiner.
Aaaaand now Finch and Reese take a lovely stroll outside, with Leila strapped to Reese's chest. She's wearing a hat, because she's undercover. Carter's faaaaaaace when she looks at the trio, aaaaaah! Basically this whole scene is an excuse to have the three adults and an adorable baby standing by the river with the rising/setting sun; they could've done this talk over the phone. I AM OKAY WITH THIS, however. Look, baby! Strapped to Reese's chest! Look, Carter making faces! Finch being dryly ironic!
Finch pretends to be from the Department of Family Services; he meets with Claudia's parents and confirms that Claudia had a silver bracelet... and that she might have been pregnant, because she didn't see her parents for a while.
Reese tails Petrosian junior, and concludes that the younger man isn't the father because he has a boyfriend. What, bisexuality doesn't exist? Anyway, as Reese is talking on the phone to Finch, Finch freaks out because Leila has vanished from her book playpen. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? OH WAIT, it's a playpen made out of stacked books. Heh.
Carter and the fire expert meet at Claudia's apartment to examine the scene. They find one potential for the weapon that was used to hit Claudia's head. I'm guessing Nicola Petrosian bribed the ME to get an accidental death report. Interesting that she's the hands-on type in this homicide. She probably went there with goons who took care of the other stuff? Or maybe not; maybe she took care of the fire alarm as well. Wait, why am I thinking about this?! PofI is plot-hole city! Shut up, brain!
Reese and Finch run around the Lair to find the baby. The dialogue just... I... okay, here:
Reese: But how could you let her go?
Finch: I didn't! She just knocked over the books and walked off.
Reese: She can't walk, Finch.
And Reese finds the baby holding a grenade. A tear-gas grenade, but "It's still a grenade!" says Finch.
Finch: I told you to move your arsenal.
Reese: I was going to.
Finch: When, after the whole place is blown up? You know how I feel about guns. This really isn't working, one of us always being here, minding the baby.
Reese: Well, you're the one who stole her.
Finch: Thanks for reminding me of that.
*giggles*
Carter's back at the precinct with evidence from Cruz's apartment. Fusco offers to help, so she asks him to deliver the evidence to the crime lab. Fusco overheard her use Szymanski's name on her phone; when he asks her about it, she lies and says that Szymanski asked her on a date. She addresses Fusco by his first name for the first time that I can recall.
Reese and Finch are ready to deliver Leila to her grandparents, waiting at a safe house, but bad guys got there first. And while Reese is ninja-fighting the ones in the home, Finch gets knocked over the head and Leila is taken from the car. Noooooo! Baby fun-times are OOOOOOVER and we're barely over halfway through the episode!
Moretti grumps at Carter in his safe house. She gets a phone call with information about the fingerprint on the murder weapon. Meanwhile, Reese is busting things at the Petrosian residence. When Carter texts him that it was the wife, Reese turns to her and finds out that she hired the thugs and can't contact them again.
Soooo,
Cut to Fusco spying on Carter at Moretti's. Cut back to the bar, where thugs litter the floor. Heh. First thug still doesn't know how to find the baby, though. Cut to Reese talking to Finch at the Lair, contemplating the BAAAAAAAAAAAAD idea of calling Elias for help.
John Reese is not a stupid man, but he gets too wrapped up with the people he wants to save and he only predicts two or three steps ahead. Elias doesn't have that personal involvement and he's way ahead of, well, everyone--most of the time, anyway. Finch thinks this is NOT a good idea. YOU AND ME BOTH, FINCH! DOOOOON'T DO IT, REESE!
He didn't listen to me talking at him through the computer screen, though. "I'm all out of moves, Finch. Risk is all I've got left. I have to make the call."
Reese has to wear a hood as he's led to Elias--dehumanizing and creepy, especially considering the last time we saw someone wearing a hood like that on the show. Reese then tries to get Elias to empathize with the baby, and then uses the there need to be rules bit. It appears to work; Elias's fake-cop henchman drops him off with info about the meeting place. Fake-cop adds that Elias has a "soft spot" for Reese. Yeaaaaaaaah.
So Reese shows up, shoots enough of the guys at the meeting point to scare off another, kills the last one who won't give up, and gets poor baby out of the bag.
Buuuuuuut that's not the end of it. Elias's henchmen grab Reese and the baby and take them elsewhere, to a refrigerated truck. Elias wants to know where Moretti is, so he leaves John there with the baby and a monitor so that John can spill the information when he gets desperate enough. And I have to curl up in the fetal position now, don't mind me. *cries*
Fusco lies to HR guy, who isn't pleased with the lack of information about Moretti's whereabouts. Carter gets a call from Finch, begging for help. I'm busy typing rather than watching John Reese and his bloody wrists and the crying baby. Lalalalala, can't hear anything...
Gah, okay, that bit where he picks up the baby while handcuffed is just heartbreaking. And then he tries to keep her warm enough, but he can't win this, so he tells Elias the address.
Keys to the handcuffs drop into the truck and John and the baby get out. He starts up a truck to get the heater running, drives it and spots Finch, who was desperately hunting them. Reese takes Finch's car (and phone, I assume) to try and stop Elias from grabbing Moretti.
Reese calls Carter, she calls Szymanski, and he's ready to move Moretti, but by the time Reese shows up, Carter is grabbing a towel to press against a bullet wound. Szymanski has been shot in the abdomen, Moretti is gone. Next comes this conversation:
Carter: How did Elias know?
Reese: I told him. I had to give up the safe house to save the baby.
Carter: John, why were you even talking to Elias?
Reese: I had no choice. We lost the kid.
Carter: You say there was no choice. But there was, John. It's called the police. It's what we do. I can't do this anymore. I can't. You and -and your friend. I'm sorry. Go on, this place'll be swarming. Go. Go!
NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooo.
More about that in a bit. Later Finch delivers Leila to her grandparents and we have another John Reese pining for a normal life and family moment. It works well, even though we've seen this before; that is one cute kid and oooh my heart.
Finch: Trouble with children, you never know how they're going to turn out. (Especially when they're Machines, yeah?)
"Hello, Dad," says Elias to Moretti. End of episode. We know Elias prefers committing his own homicides when it's personal. Is that Moretti's fate?
Back to Carter breaking up with Reese (and Finch). Here's what I said on Tumblr last night:
The logical part of my brain is pointing out that 1) this moment is a lovely and appropriate character beat for Carter and 2) we’re unlikely to stay at an impasse forever. Henson is a regular cast member and I doubt that she’s going to leave the show soon.
The illogical part is wanting to cry and pout because I so love having Carter interact face-to-face with both Reese and Finch on a regular basis.
The irrational side is currently winning.
I expected this to happen, but not so soon! My own guess was that Carter would (attempt to) cut ties at the end of season one, and it would be part of a cliffhanger going in to season two.
And now everyone is all sad! Reese has been dumped by his role model! Finch won't have anyone to tease other than John! AND THINGS WON'T BE THE SAAAAAAAAAAME!
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BUT.
It still makes me all sad.
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When the DVD comes out, I am going to need to take a freaking week off of work...
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(I'm so annoyed that CBS doesn't sell the episodes for those of us who don't have TV access. I'd buy the episodes if they were available that way.)
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By the way, I friended you because we share the same thoughts about POI. Hope that's ok.
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I don't think Minelli is going to die. I suspect he's going to join Elias' ranks.
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I'm undecided if Elias kills Morelli or uses him. If he did kill him, I wonder how his reputation would change if people knew about it? Would that enhance or hurt Elias's ongoing mafia don role?
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Reese was devastated by Carter's rejection, which led to the gloom of the scene in which he watched Leila go to her grandparents.
My guess is that Finch makes the move to bring Carter back, perhaps by inviting her to visit the Library at last. In any case, I'm sure the three are back together by the end of the season.
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But the fact that they showed Finch reacting to Carter's words in that final scene was important: he understands immediately the big emotional impact her rejection will have on Reese. So I think Finch will take action to correct the situation soon, to have his agent operating at full capacity again. After all it was Finch who brought Carter into the operation in the first place. When Reese asked him to watch out for her while he (Reese) recuperated in "Super," Finch's response was to throw her into a mini-case as a test. She passed and in the next episode Reese began their association. Reese wants her working with them, Finch will make it happen.
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*nods* I expect that. I just don't want it to be used as the reason Carter comes back. But yes, knowing of Taylor's existence is pretty much a guarantee that he'll be involved in a plot at some point.
But the fact that they showed Finch reacting to Carter's words in that final scene was important: he understands immediately the big emotional impact her rejection will have on Reese.
Reese wants her working with them, Finch will make it happen.
Good point. Though it does make me fear for Fusco. (Again. His entire existences as the tragic fool is pretty much a death sentence; that's what always happens to Shakespeare's tragic fools. Fusco has HR for/against him, the mobsters he once crossed when he was working for HR before, and The Machine itself identified him as a threat to the 'administrator.' So it's probably just a matter of when, not if.)
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Okay, I didn't comment on this earlier, but I just rewatched that bit and you're absolutely right: HE'S FLIRTING VIA BABY. Oh, Reese... hee.
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The scene is set up with the bit of the blonde girls reacting to the cute baby as Finch and Reese enter the park. This giggling and cooing is in direct contrast to Carter's reaction since she tries to maintain her stiffness and her supposed horror at what they have done. So Reese goes to work on her with the quip about teaching the baby to work undercover, LOL. And Leila collaborates with his mission by establishing eye contact with Carter too. Reese jiggles the baby's hand and keeps Carter involved with this little business. He is showing off his parenting skills and rapport with the baby. Leila is showing off her adorableness. This is as elemental as it can possibly get; our cave ancestors would understand all of these behaviors immediately. They are both charming her to join their circle of affection.
Then as Carter leaves, Reese looks down at the baby and then at Carter. He squares his jaw and smirks a bit. Mission accomplished.
For the dramatic storytelling, this flirtation is crucial because it establishes the contrast with the final scene. We truly feel just how horrible his fall is because we know how warmly Reese interacted with Carter in the earlier scene.