Episode Discussion 3x09

[orockthro]

Well dudes, it's that time of the week again. o___o
Tonight's episode (3x09, The Crossing) might be a doozy, so let's hold onto our butts, keep our heads, and don't blink.
Spoilers beyond this point! And also feelings.

Comments

[giandujakiss]

and WHAT was that line about Finch going through men like tissues John not being the first one he'd hired?

I've speculated that, and so have others - i.e., Finch tried other agents. I love the idea of possibly seeing them, maybe they come back and are a threat to Finch and Reese is really emotionally conflicted about their existence.

Except now they've done and rewritten Reese's entire character arc and motivation - it was all for love of Carter! - that none of it makes sense anymore.

[aprilvalentine]

EVERYTHING you just said.

I can see Finch having tried other agents and them not working out, but I still want to believe that it was only Reese to fit the bill so perfectly. Sigh, but now they've shredded that bit of their relationship for me too. Still, amidst all the other crap, I have kind of pushed that bit out of my mind.

Did the writers who are writing this season never even see the show? Did someone say "OMG, Reese and Finch are looking too gay?" or what??? Not only can we apparently not ever believe that a man would be upset about a woman's death unless he was in love with her, we can't show two men who are devoted friends without a rampant case of homophobic backpedaling.