Jump to content

Type keyword(s) to search

Mack

Member
  • Posts

    7
  • Joined

Reputation

18 Good
  1. There were things I really enjoyed in this episode, but on the whole it's hard to get past the ridiculousness of Jane barely reacting to working with a guy who tortured her for three months. When she asked what he was doing there, she sounded like she was talking to a recent ex or old boss. It just does not compute. That said... I'm really loving Jane and Weller getting closer to the way they used to be. That scene between them in the car, when she asked what'll happen when Roman learns the truth, felt like old school Jane and Weller. There's something super comforting and familiar about those one-on-one moments when they're driving. Nice, too, that he referred to Roman as 'the patient' when that (crazy cold) psychiatrist was calling him 'the prisoner'. Wish Allie had said the baby wasn't Kurt's - it seemed quite possible since she was coming out of the doctor's office and could easily have just found out that the pregnancy timeline wasn't what she thought. But getting her and the kid the hell out of town is the next best thing. This feels like a win. Every scene between Reade and Zapata felt like the same conversation over and over again. And if that last shot of her looking back at him means she's actually developing a thing for him... ugh. I really, really loved the scene between Jane and Patterson toward the end. That's the kind of thing I've been missing - Jane opening up to someone. I've really missed their friendship.
  2. There's truth to that in general, although I'd argue that it's more true in a show that's built to be an ensemble, rather than a show that's conceived to revolve around a central character. But even if you're right, a show can (and maybe should) expand the roles of the other characters without putting that central character on the back burner. I don't feel like he's helped us see her POV much, except when it comes to how she feels about him, and even then, mostly when she's talking to other people about him. My first thought at that scene was that it was just lazy writing, because it seemed like the writers just needed an excuse to delay them getting into that building. I don't really believe that any of them, save MAYBE Weller, would have worried about Jane's trapped leg rather than getting to Patterson. Jane herself should have been yelling at them to go without her. That said, I think Zapata was also the one yelling to Jane about whether she was okay when they found her running through the woods a few episodes ago. So maybe we're supposed to think that Zapata still cares, somewhere under all the animosity. To each their own. Patterson and Zapata are the top of my list, after Jane. You know, it IS curious that we've seen significant romantic relationships for every other member of the team, and absolutely zilch on Zapata. You never know. Hell, maybe she was secretly in love with Mayfair. It would explain a lot. (I'm mostly kidding. Mostly.)
  3. At this point in the season, and especially for a winter premiere, I'm realizing more and more that the reason I'm not enjoying this show as much anymore is that there's so little of Jane. I mean, she's there, but she's playing something of a supportive role. Last year she was the heart and soul of the show. Now... again, she's just kind of there. Kicking ass, I guess. But the drama has all gone elsewhere - at least as far as the show seems to give a damn. Jane's been through such hell and horror, and she's living in a situation no one else in the world ever has (essentially, anyway), and if this season was more like last season, we'd be getting some insight into her state of mind. We used to get to see her dealing with everything she was going through. But the closest we ever really get this season is seeing her feelings about Roman. This season, it's all about Reade, and Weller, and Patterson, and Roman. I've read interviews with the show runner about this season, and the vast majority of what he has to say has nothing to do with Jane. He's so interested in playing the hell out of Reade's I-may-have-been-abused storyline, and Weller's stories with both Allie and Sandstorm, and Patterson's recovery from this whole situation, and Roman's ongoing arc. And you know, fine. I love pretty well all the characters on this show (yes, even Weller). I know I've complained about Zapata (she really IS a massive hypocrite) but I actually kind of adore her - I'm just waiting for her to get her head on straight. It's not that I don't want to spend some real time with all of these characters - it's just that I feel, in a weird way, like I miss Jane. It's like they spent a season getting me invested in one thing and then said "Let me show you something else". On another note, the method of torture for Patterson was so weird that I agree with the people who think there may have been something planted - I would guess they put a bug in her ear. I suspect we'll spend several episodes getting deep into Patterson's trauma and betrayal - I beg of this show to find some way to spend some real time with Jane, too. Is bonding over torture a thing? I'd take it.
  4. Jane's dream of a normal life was heartbreaking. I do worry that Patterson could be the mole. A week or two ago, when Jane came to her about the ring, I thought Patterson's reaction as soon as Jane said the word 'doctor' was a little too stunned and invested. Then in this episode, Patterson seemed awfully eager to get her hands on Jane's phone. Maybe I'm grasping with those details, but it's also really weird that Patterson acts like nothing ever happened. I love that she still treats Jane like an old pal, because I love their friendship, but it's still weird. She has nothing at all to say about all that went down? It makes me worry that she's intentionally staying close to Jane. I don't think this show would give up Patterson, though. (Unless maybe the actress wants out, I guess?) So there would have to be some way to keep her around. Maybe it's ultimately Patterson (or whoever the mole is) that Jane and the team will have to turn. They'd need Patterson's skills on their side. I still really, really wish that somehow Allie could be the mole. I know she's not FBI, but neither is Nas. We've been told she has a new boyfriend. I'd love it if the baby isn't even Weller's and she's just trying to stay close to him to keep an eye on Jane/the team. We so rarely see more than the neck and hand tattoos these days that seeing Jane's arms/chest after she woke up from her nightmare was kind of striking. I generally manage to love Zapata despite her hypocrisy, but man alive, she was unlikeable in that scene where Jane admitted to aborting the upload to save Roman. All sneering and attitude. Blech. Speaking of that scene, they had a picture of Jane's nude body on that screen with all the other images, which seems unnecessarily cruel. There's no need for it to be there. After the camera passed by it, there was a shot of Jane looking uncomfortable. I don't know if that was supposed to be a reaction to noticing the picture, but regardless, could Patterson or Nas or whoever is putting together these visual displays not do the decent thing and keep Jane's naked body out of sight?
  5. I think my favourite moment in this episode was when Jane told Roman to "Smarten up!" It was such a big sister thing to say, and the delivery was perfect. She might as well have been a normal person telling her brother to stop getting high at family functions. I love their scenes, but I also hate when the main characters exist in separate spheres. Reade and Zapata were doing their own thing, Nas and Weller, and Jane and Roman. For that reason, I do hope Jane manages to turn Roman and that he can be a part of her (so-called) life. I agree with the people who have asked why the show can't focus more on what Jane's going through. It's amazing that the notion of PTSD hasn't even come up. Three months of torture. No biggie.
  6. As much as this show drives me crazy, I'm genuinely curious about who Jane's doctor was in the flashback and why it's significant enough to be a mystery. And who is Chris? Why are Shepherd and Roman lying to Jane about him/her? From the tone it sounds like this Chris is a big deal. We've already met Jane's ex, mother, brother. Chris is… friend? Foe? The doctor herself? I had a fleeting thought that it could be Jane's child that they're (for whatever reason) hiding away from her, but that seems unlikely.
  7. These people ARE assholes, but what bugs me more is that they're incredible fucking hypocrites. I don't know if it's the characters with short memories, or the writers, but seriously. Everyone hates on Jane because she lied and let Oscar access FBI systems (and a pen). They walk around with those holier-than-thou glares, but reality check? Zapata SOLD classified FBI documents to Tom Carter for her own personal MONETARY GAIN. Reade lied to Mayfair, and hid the evidence from the surveillance tape, because someone was threatening the people he cared about - which is exactly why Jane has told them she did what she did, to keep Oscar from killing THEM. Even Patterson shared classified FBI files, and got someone killed. And what did Mayfair say to her at the time? Something about everyone deserving a second chance. I realize it's not all on the same level, but you'd think it'd at least cross their minds that they're far from honest, respectable agents. On another note, it's weird that we've been given almost no sense of how Patterson feels about Jane, given that their friendship was a pretty big focus in the latter half of last season. She had a moment of mild horror when she found out Jane had been kept at a black site, but otherwise it's like she doesn't care one way or the other. What's up with that, show? And Ali. Fucking Ali. Is it too much to hope that she's somehow the mole? I realize she's not actually FBI. But she does often work with them. I wouldn't mind the stretch in logic, if it meant we could get rid of her.
×
×
  • Create New...