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castalieI finished season 1 of PoI last night and started with season 2 right away. Those last episodes were awesome. "Many Happy Returns" broke my heart in the best way and "Firewall" sure kept me on my toes. And, ok, "The Contingency" was kind of fantastic, wasn't it? I mean, Cookie and I have joked about The Machine being Reese's stepdaughter as well as Finch's daughter and we were proved right last night, weren't we? Reese had to be stern and show her that he was her parent as much as Finch was and please to be doing what I'm telling you nao!
Seeing Finch "train" The Machine and witnessing it learning and going as far as taking some initiatives on her own was fascinating. As well as scary because, right, we all know how Skynet started, dude, we've all seen those sci-fi movies! Creating sentient machines isn't always the best of ideas, even if it wasn't the plan in the first place. Especially so, maybe. I can't wait to see whether season 2 deals with the idea that The Machine could very well be more in control of things than we care to admit. It's like the show is playing with different genres.
No review as such but can we talk about how PoI basically wrote its very own version of baby!fic? Baby!fic where the two lovers get in a quiet argument about one of them leaving a tear gas grenade lying around when he's been told to move his arsenal. Guys? I'm not even making that up, alright? This is canon.
Wait, even better yet, can we also talk about John's birthday? Can we, please? The whole thing was like the gift that kept on giving! There was the first level of squee when Finch offered the gift to John (John's little face when he took it ♥) and then the second level of squee when we found out what aforementioned gift was "It's a key! Lookit, Finch offered a key to Reese!" and, finally, the third and last level of squee. See, Cookie and I had immediately jumped to the conclusion that Finch had handed John a key to his own apartment. Guess what? Turns out WE WERE ALMOST RIGHT!
Except, well, Finch is someone who respects his boyfriend's need for privacy so much that he actually gave him his own place. I think we need to stop and examine this part for a moment. For his birthday, Harold gave John a home. This turn of event is absolutely wonderful for two reasons; first reason, Finch gave lonely!Reese a home. There's not a lot to add to this, really. Second reason, keptboy!Reese, anyone? Enough said about this too. This? Is not even fanfic either! How is this not fanfic? ♥ Just, THANK YOU FINCH! Also, THANK YOU, SHOW!
I was in such a foul mood yesterday - I hate it when I feel that way :-( - but I felt much better in the evening and then PoI made me forget about everything and I was happy again :)
Of course, mainlining PoI that way also means that I'm getting behind on all my other shows, for which I am sorry but it can't be helped. Unless I took a day off to catch up. It's not that I'd be aversed to it? It's just that my boss might not be keen on the idea. So I'm behind on Arrow and Vikings (shows, I still love you, though, promise!) and I'm afraid I haven't even watched the premiere of Hannibal, even though I've been super excited about it! I think I just need to get PoI out of my system, assimilate the squee, and then I'll be able to spend a day without watching four episodes in a row ;)
In any case, the season is coming to an end, isn't it? Oh, btw! What about a third season, has it been announced a long time ago? #Clueless
Seeing Finch "train" The Machine and witnessing it learning and going as far as taking some initiatives on her own was fascinating. As well as scary because, right, we all know how Skynet started, dude, we've all seen those sci-fi movies! Creating sentient machines isn't always the best of ideas, even if it wasn't the plan in the first place. Especially so, maybe. I can't wait to see whether season 2 deals with the idea that The Machine could very well be more in control of things than we care to admit. It's like the show is playing with different genres.
No review as such but can we talk about how PoI basically wrote its very own version of baby!fic? Baby!fic where the two lovers get in a quiet argument about one of them leaving a tear gas grenade lying around when he's been told to move his arsenal. Guys? I'm not even making that up, alright? This is canon.
Wait, even better yet, can we also talk about John's birthday? Can we, please? The whole thing was like the gift that kept on giving! There was the first level of squee when Finch offered the gift to John (John's little face when he took it ♥) and then the second level of squee when we found out what aforementioned gift was "It's a key! Lookit, Finch offered a key to Reese!" and, finally, the third and last level of squee. See, Cookie and I had immediately jumped to the conclusion that Finch had handed John a key to his own apartment. Guess what? Turns out WE WERE ALMOST RIGHT!
Except, well, Finch is someone who respects his boyfriend's need for privacy so much that he actually gave him his own place. I think we need to stop and examine this part for a moment. For his birthday, Harold gave John a home. This turn of event is absolutely wonderful for two reasons; first reason, Finch gave lonely!Reese a home. There's not a lot to add to this, really. Second reason, keptboy!Reese, anyone? Enough said about this too. This? Is not even fanfic either! How is this not fanfic? ♥ Just, THANK YOU FINCH! Also, THANK YOU, SHOW!
I was in such a foul mood yesterday - I hate it when I feel that way :-( - but I felt much better in the evening and then PoI made me forget about everything and I was happy again :)
Of course, mainlining PoI that way also means that I'm getting behind on all my other shows, for which I am sorry but it can't be helped. Unless I took a day off to catch up. It's not that I'd be aversed to it? It's just that my boss might not be keen on the idea. So I'm behind on Arrow and Vikings (shows, I still love you, though, promise!) and I'm afraid I haven't even watched the premiere of Hannibal, even though I've been super excited about it! I think I just need to get PoI out of my system, assimilate the squee, and then I'll be able to spend a day without watching four episodes in a row ;)
In any case, the season is coming to an end, isn't it? Oh, btw! What about a third season, has it been announced a long time ago? #Clueless
