I don't think the text excuses him either. I can handle most of the team's loyalty to him without respecting them less, except Lisbon.
I think the show can't afford to dwell on how dark they sometimes show Jane to be--sleeping under the bloody smiley face, being committed to the psychiatric facility, before you get to his manipulation of the world around him, because they really wouldn't be able to drum up an audience with him that messed up all the time. I don't think the House magic is going to strike too often. And I certainly can't bear House.
Zen, I use them interchangeably--I don't know if that's accurate. It feels weird to use them talking about procedurals in a non-violent sense, but it's the void of emotions that I mean.
void of emotions
That's what I'm trying to put my finger on - if Jane were devoid of emotion/human connection, he wouldn't be so shattered by the loss of his family, would he?
I think he's operating in a void because he's shattered. Hmm.
Let me think on it a bit more.
A void of emotional
connections
is more like it. I think that an arc for him is the developing of connections to the team, perhaps even shippy ones with Lisbon, but right now he sees other people like chess pieces, and even when he regards their emotions with interest, it's not with great empathy.
Gah. I'm reading now that they're going to flip The Mentalist to 9 for a couple episodes. I'm sorry I said anything. I'm so multiply booked in that hour. It's the traffic jam of my week.
No matter how much G compliments Sam's looks, they're just not as organically hoyay as, say, White Collar.
That near-kiss on NCIS proper is disgusting. She's a harridan.
That near-kiss on NCIS proper is disgusting. She's a harridan.
There is not enough wrod in the world. Please, please, please get rid of her.
edit: And how did McGee change out of his tux so quick? In the back of the van? More McGee in a tux!
NCIS cheated us out of changing scenes--Leverage did us good.
That near-kiss on NCIS proper is disgusting. She's a harridan.
I like the actress just fine (you'll always be Lois to me, Rena Sofer!), and I kind of enjoy hating her character right now, but I'm not down with her being a love interest. I hope they're not actually going there.
