They gave Shaw a Persian first name ("Sameen") during her flashback episode, so I think they're incorporating Shahi's Iranian heritage into her character.

Anyway. I'm still bitter about Carter. With her gone, the only thing I'm invested in now is the sentient Machine plotline and the role Root plays in that. Agree that they've been hit and miss with Shaw -- I still like her, but most of my affection for her involves my being nostalgic about Dani Reese.

It's like Dani went crazy. Or the wind changed and her face got stuck that way.

Below the neck she's pretty good! For a tiny slip of a thing, she holds her guns about as well as John does (oh, the lack of aiming sometimes....) and everyone benefits from the lack of recoil (recoil only seems to appear on TV so that the newb can be knocked back on his ass and everyone can laugh at him).

But her badass face is just getting worse and worse.

The show will probably move into weekend-when-bored watching status.

Watching NCIS I was wondering if it was a backdoor pilot for a solo crimefighting show about a quirky blonde who Eats So Much and thinks so many steps ahead, she's warned them of the crime before you've even decided to commit it.

How had I totally forgotten that NCIS was a chick short???? So very obvious when you're not caught up being smartassed. Der. Since I never liked Ziva, could this be worse?

And...floppy blond guy and mark on the eyeball girl on NCIS--they're heading off to his apartment to have sex? S.H.I.E.L.D. knows how to end an episode well.

Anyway. I'm still bitter about Carter.

Yep. The character is one of the reasons I liked the show in the first place. Not happy at all.

POI is filming in the neighborhood tonight. Want me to go yell at them?

Tell them to stop comparing themselves to The Wire.

Scola,

YES.

Yes, please.

If only I could think of something more articulate that "You suck."

Tell them to stop comparing themselves to The Wire.

Seriously?

I've never seen this show, but that's not gonna happen. Sheeit.

I've never seen this show, but that's not gonna happen. Sheeit.

You kinda make it sound like that's never gonna happen.

I've never been a fan of POI, so no, I'd never say it's going to happen here--there's no realism in any facet of the show, and if you're going to start failing there...