I think the mangst may be the weekly plot.
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Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
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Toddson - Nov 29, 2011 11:58:19 am PST #8428 of 11831
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
JenP - Nov 29, 2011 1:09:09 pm PST #8429 of 11831
now Action Hero Steve as portrayed by Alex O'Loughlin in a not-bad American accent.
I did not know he was not American. Go him with the accent. I don't watch it much anymore, but I do love Dano, and, damn, they are pretty.
le nubian - Nov 29, 2011 1:18:41 pm PST #8430 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I love Person of Interest. It is not a good show, but I cannot look away. Ben Linus as a freedom fighter? Cannot get enough of that shit. James Jesus whispering for an hour? Weirdly compelling.
I have watched every episode and I plan to watch more!
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2011 1:23:15 pm PST #8431 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::cancels Person of Interest out from underneath LeN::
sj - Nov 29, 2011 1:38:07 pm PST #8432 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I love Person of Interest. It is not a good show, but I cannot look away. Ben Linus as a freedom fighter? Cannot get enough of that shit. James Jesus whispering for an hour? Weirdly compelling.
Sits in the corner with le nubian
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2011 4:20:05 pm PST #8433 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, yeah, I'm probably hypersensitive, but I needed a 9/11 alert for the PoI pilot...
And, seriously, the backstory is making the mangst worse, not more understandable. I think Jim C is so psycho looking I don't get how he could be an agent.
Zenkitty - Nov 30, 2011 5:47:55 am PST #8434 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't recall any innocents getting killed on Person of Interest. At least not by Reese. I like the show. Not really seeing any mangst, myself; neither of those characters are looking for any sympathy. They both basically see themselves as already dead. No woobies there, thank goodness.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 6:39:22 am PST #8435 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not really seeing any mangst
"I let 9/11 happen because I was so wrapped up in myself...I must sacrifice all happiness to save one person at a time forever more..."
"My girlfriend died when I was saving lives halfway across the universe so I became a homeless man with the world's worst beard, woe is me, no one understands my pain..."
Ugh, I find it quite gross. I watched the requisite three eps and I'm out. The acting is too melodramatic for me, not convincing nor charismatic.
Toddson - Nov 30, 2011 6:41:05 am PST #8436 of 11831
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I watched the first few episodes, mostly because there was nothing else on. Then Bones started and I'm giving it a pass. (However, I still admire Jim Caveziel's cheekbones.)
-t - Nov 30, 2011 6:55:12 am PST #8437 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't recall any innocents getting killed on Person of Interest. At least not by Reese.
Not killed by the heroes, just incidentally dead but not mattering because their social security numbers were not picked by the machine - people in the same situation as the person they were going all out to save.