In the third episode of the third season of Person of Interest<\/i>, the team tracks a stalker, and Root makes her move. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Person of Interest<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trigger Warning: For discussion of stalking, nonconsensual drugging<\/b>.<\/p>\n
THIS WAS TOO MUCH.<\/p>\n
Ian Murphy<\/b><\/p>\n
This… this did not go as I expected. I cannot believe I had so much fun<\/i> watching an episode of a show that dealt with a stalker, and it speaks volumes to the way this was handled, as well as the sheer overwhelming power of the Trio: Zoe, Shaw, and Carter. This was creepy, make no mistake, and it was unbearable watching Ian stalk around that club, looking for his next victim. What I loved about this, though, is that Ian\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bizarre behavior isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> validated by the text, despite that he wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t doing what the team thought he was.<\/p>\n
And that distinction is important because I did<\/i> get worried that the writers were just going to hand-wave away what Ian had been doing to impress women. He saw it as intense, but romantic. He thought he had a better chance with women if he got to know them better, but the means<\/i> by which he went about this were just REALLY FUCKING INTENSE. And not one member of the team says otherwise, even when they confront him face-to-face and tell him that his methodology got him pegged as a serial killer! Dude, if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to be interpreted as a creepy asshole, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do creepy things<\/i>. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hide folders full of personal information in your house! Look, you can be attentive and kind and anticipate the needs of others, but you need not collect information like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re some awful repository, as if the key to unlocking a woman is merely memorizing stats. THIS ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T AN RPG, OKAY.<\/p>\n
I am also very<\/i> used to this show dropping some horrible twist on me, so I kept expecting the show to do something awful. I admit that Ian\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story fizzled out a bit towards the end, especially since we never saw anything of Mr. Wellington, nor did we see an actual<\/i> reunion between Ian and his son, Alex. I assume the kid found out? Was there a custody change? This show usually provides a tiny<\/i> bit of closure, but not here. I get it, though, because there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much else going on. LIKE THE TRIO BEING THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED. They all hung out! They got to know one another! THEY HAD ACTUAL FUN AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND THEY WERE ALL SO SUPPORTIVE OF ONE ANOTHER AND I LOVED IT DEEPLY.<\/p>\n
Plus, this episode was very<\/i> Carter-heavy, which was much-needed from this show. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the woman that Ian focuses on, and despite that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on a job, the writers still let her be real<\/i> and vulnerable<\/i>. Even if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of the way she gets Ian to open up to her, I loved that Carter was able to talk about her demotion and what it meant to her. MORE CARTER ALL THE TIME.<\/p>\n
Escape<\/b><\/p>\n
Yet it was actually Root\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plot that frightened me the most. I knew that Acker was talented as Illyria, but this specific performance as Root has shown me just how chilling she can be. Root\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obsession with the Machine is so unnerving, especially as she spends the majority of her time in this episode being absolutely truthful with her therapist, Dr. Carmichael. And because he is so unwilling to just listen<\/i> to her, he never realizes just how truthful she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being.<\/p>\n
At the same time, I believe there is some delusion on Acker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part, given that she still views herself as the sole person with a connection to the Machine, and that connection is holy<\/i> to her. Root treats the Machine like a divine voice, one that guides her actions and her morality. Which is really, really creepy, obviously, and Acker plays Root with an obsessive dedication that is A LOT to watch. But where does Root go from her? Her escape from the psychiatric facility is violent, horrifying, and resulted in Hersh getting shot. WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH HERSH? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m more interested in Root\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next step. Is the Machine aware of what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing, or does it simply view her as an Admin, and thus, it protects her?<\/p>\n
I NEED MORE.<\/p>\n
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