MiniCap: Person of Interest

Recaps

By vallegirl | Friday, December 9, 2011 | 9:00 am | 6 Comments
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Welcome back! It’s been two long weeks between new episodes and it looks like the producers are trying out a new format: blow smoke up Oscar-Nominated© Taraji P. Henson’s ass for an hour. I don’t know if it works. At least they switched up Caviezel’s wardrobe, as well, and decided leather would be a good look to distract us from all the crap they were slinging. Mission accomplished, producers.

As for the episode, it would seem that Detective Carter, in addition to being a lousy cop who stalks tall, dark, handsome men in expensive suits, can’t close a case to save her life, and needs an angry little fireplug like Fusco to explain the most basic aspects of a crime scene to her, also bullies domestic violence victims, endangers bodega owners, neglects her 14-year-old son, was the most hilariously over the top military interrogator, and made the brilliant decision to eschew being an attorney in favor of being a homicide cop. Because she just cares that much, y’all. We are supposed to be in awe of how awesome her awesomeness is because she is awesome. You might not have picked that up because they were subtle with it.

Of course, all this awesomeness comes with a price and she’s this week’s number. Since she’s a one-woman wrecking crew who generally leaves witnesses and CI’s in more danger after they’ve talked to her, she’s pinged the radar of a few men, including Elias, all of whom want her dead. Finch obviously reads tumblr in between whispering sweet nothings in Reese’s ear and knows that Carter’s not particularly popular with the fangirls so he’d rather his favorite little male super model not over identify since she’s stalking him, but too late. Reese has decided that she’s just too precious to let die. But how can we canonize her while she’s still alive?

So he chooses the most covert way to trail her. By buying a Ducati and suiting up in motorcycle leather, because that never attracts attention. He swans around behind her making sure she doesn’t wander into traffic or get run over by a truck or catch a stray bullet, but mostly he walks around shooting things up and stealing sweet, classic GTO’s with iridescent paint jobs while wearing leather to make the utter nonsense of Carter’s back, and present, story go down a little smoother.

They run around the city for about 40 minutes before Reese finally calls her and tells her she in danger, girl. She sasses him and maybe he really is Jesus because he’s across the street with a clear shot and decides not to take it. But does she listen to him? Is my nine episode nightmare over? Can I happily watch two dour but nattily dressed men make questionable life choices and invade privacy all in the name of easing their guilty consciences and keeping New York a little safer without having to watch a well-intentioned but massively incompetent homicide detective bring the action to a screeching halt? Or will I just have to learn to deal with my irrational disdain?

All the answers will be in the full recap in a few days. Until then, you can catch up on the last recap here.

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Vallegirl has never actually lived in a valley, has a lot of time on her hands and likes to yell at kids about how things were in her day.  Currently in LA, she's also spent a lot of time in the great states of  New York and Florida so she's not crazy, it's just a cultural thing.

6 Comments

  1. 1
    BLT
    Posted December 9, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    Can someone tell me (academy members, hello!) how in the world this “actress” was nominated for an Oscar? And for what film? I’m too lazy for imdb right now. I saw a few minutes of the needless Karate Kid remake and was sooo not impressed.

    I was totally rooting for her bite it last night….sigh. And was it just me, or was the identity of her final attacker crystal clear from the moment he appeared on the screen?

    However, Reese really rocked the leather, which really helped swallowing the crap they were feeding us. Despite the epi being Carter-centric, I was glad POI was back…again attributing that to leather.

  2. 2
    maryedith
    Posted December 9, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    I will benefit from the full recap because I spent so much time analysing what the hell is wrong with Carter that I actually missed most of the plot. Taraji is not good, yes. But I was having trouble imagining other actresses making her lines work. The only thing I think might work would be an older, much more downtrodden-seeming woman. Someone not outwardly “feisty;” just tired and kind of sad. Then Reese’s concern for her would seem so much more poignant. Someone on here suggested CCH Pounder. That would work. But I really do think the problem lies as much with the character as with the actress.

  3. 3
    DianaRita
    Posted December 10, 2011 at 2:57 am

    I couldn’t agree more with the minicap, and the comments. If this epiosde was suppose to change my mind about Carter,and have me start liking her, all I can say to that is, that train has left the station. At this point in the series, I not only don’t care about Carter, I also have a monumental problem of finding her believable. It also doesn’t matter to me if it’s her bad acting, or the bad writing. When the dog can’t hunt any more, it’s time to put it to pasture.

  4. 4
    tweetygirl
    Posted December 10, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    i guess i am going to have to play a little devil’s advocate here. i like this show and i like taraji. i think the problem here is how horribly written the last episode was. the plot and dialogue made her seem like an idiot, and reese almost seemed like an unrequited lover. i dont need that in this show. no one ever talked about her son being in danger, even if she was a lousy cop you would expect her to be a better mother. as i said, just stupid. but i love the overall premise and execution of the show, just because it’s different. and i think she won her oscar for that movie about brad pitt turning into the really old tiny man, can’t remember the name. she was unrecognizable from her actual self in it, as i recall.

  5. 5
    maryedith
    Posted December 10, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    Was that the one called Benjamin Button? I’m afraid my problem with Carter extended to the rest of the show in this episode. For the first time I found myself really questioning the whole crazy premise of the number machine. I was like, “How can it tell when a murder is being PLANNED in someone’s HEAD but not be able to tell if the number is the murderer or murderee?” And — good Lord — you can’t watch this show if you’re going to ask that question!

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    Rory
    Posted January 3, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    I’ve reviewed the comments and attacks regarding the actress who portrays Detective Carter and they appear to be quite personal as if you all were jealous. Talk about bitchy. Wake up ladies. None of you have a chance of getting with Jim Caviezel.

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