links: stuff I wrote (catching up on ALL THE THINGS!)

[rose_griffes]

Yikes, time to turn off the computer. Been playing catch-up on some things and delving without any real reason into others. Here's the round-up from this weekend.

My recap of Ultraviolet 1.04 'Mea Culpa'. If you're wanting to catch up on the rewatch, it's not like these posts are going anywhere...

Person of Interest:
A (thorough??) round-up of potential leaks about Carter's link to Reese. There are a few people who could make that connection for the FBI, but not as many as I thought.

Hey, look, there's Donnelly from 1.13 'Root Cause.' Nice casting continuity, show.

I wrote fic this morning: Burn, Carter talking to Donnelly again. PG, 900+ words.


On to my other fandom with an ex-CIA agent with implausible skills: I put a review of Missing 1.03 on Tumblr. Eh, I'll just repost it here.

Good forward momentum on this episode, in spite of some predictable moves.

I’m wondering if this is going to be Mary’s only plot-involved appearance or if she’ll be back again. At any rate, her getting taken is not at all surprising, yet… what are ya gonna do? It’s a logical move on the part of the opposition—whatever that group is—to use any kind of leverage they can obtain.

The other easily-guessed action was the blonde lawyer’s death. Pretty obvious that Becca wasn’t ever the shooter’s target, in spite of the use of pronouns instead of names during that phone conversation in which mysterious guy ordered the hit.

Edited to add: oh, and the diamonds in the wooden box?! Why weren’t they better hidden, so that the person on guard wouldn’t be tempted to take them? Ah well.

The pleasant surprise was Michael’s story line. It was compelling, and the actor playing Michael has a nicely sympathetic presence. It helps that Michael isn’t written strictly as a pawn—he’s smart and as pro-active as he can be in the situation. I’m also pleased that he didn’t fall for Oksana’s move at the end, nor did he do anything to further blame her.

I had to smile at all of the squeaky floors inside the (Russian?) villa. Reminded me of some of the places I’ve visited in Europe. Old wooden floors do, in fact, squeak quite a lot.

Reference to Sean Bean Paul! So now we have “Who killed my husband?!” to look forward to, in addition to “Where is my son?!”

What’s Becca gonna do with a bunch of old war diamonds, by the way?

Comments

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

I just watched Hardrive and Ice Queen yesterday. Helped me chop vegetables for my stirfry. But honestly, it's so implausible. Everything happens so fast. Her breaking into the building, finding the info in minutes. It takes longer for me to Google for a local pizza shop.

As for the Ice Queen it had a lot going on. That the guy would shoot the Ice Queen and not Becca? How convenient for her. She's got friends everywhere for when she gets shot or in trouble. Heck, she's Jason Bourne from those movies, I guess.

I only had two questions: Could Mary swim? For a moment, I thought she couldn't and that would make the jumping overboard decision quite interesting. What if she had drowned? Also, is Oksana really a prisoner or did she just let Michael think that?

Not sure I'll keep watching Missing. It doesn't seem anyone is truly in any danger. And I'm sorry I've been unable to rewatch Ultraviolet. I wanted to but there isn't enough hours in a day for everything!

[rose-griffes.livejournal.com]

Oh, Missing is pretty ridiculous, you'll have no argument from me. But I'm also quite interested in angsty former spies, so... I'll keep watching for now. And now that there's finally another story line (Michael in captivity), I'm hoping the show will hit a better balance.

Also, is Oksana really a prisoner or did she just let Michael think that?
I'm guessing it's a shade of gray situation--that Oksana has more freedom than Michael thinks, but she isn't entirely able to do whatever she wants.