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

[hedda62]

by making it that Carter's arrest in the Pilot is what gave him the will to live, and not, you know, getting a chance to save people by Finch

This, yes. That just made me burn. And it's not like he couldn't have been motivated by both things and say so - although, um, he didn't exactly have a choice until the point when he walked away from Finch, and the next thing we see is him drinking himself to sleep. I'm happy to believe that Carter had an influence on his decision, but it wasn't bang like magic on meeting her. And Finch was a much bigger influence.

Also, this just throws him right back into his season 1 characterization, which is sad. I'm actually okay with Carter dying if it's on her own terms (and at least she had a real arc), but for God's sake don't do it so Reese has something to avenge. He would have had that anyway.