Manifest: Season 1, Episode 8 “S.N.A.F.U.” (C)
Ben has to be the least subtle spy ever, and it’s a wonder that he didn’t get caught the moment that he went in to apply for a job for which he was woefully overqualified. Obviously, he would push for more influence and access right away, and then, after he spilled coffee on the IT guy he had gotten to like him by pretending to geek out for his work, he did what only happens in movies and on television, inserting a flash drive into the computer to magically copy everything off that could download in mere moments. I was then expecting him to have a decoy flash drive so that Vance would confiscate the wrong one, but I guess we’re now supposed to believe that Vance isn’t sharing what he knows with the NSA either because he actually wants to help or he’s doing something more sinister. Ben sure had time for a lot in this hour, attending poker night at the office, going to a lecture where he and Saanvi were immediately recognized by the presenter, and having a heart-to-heart with Danny about parenting Olive. Michaela also had time for some socialization, going to an extremely awkward dinner hosted by Lourdes and then bailing because of the telltale heart she couldn’t stop hearing. Jared shouldn’t be able to deny that Michaela has a powerful ability anymore after what he saw, and her finding out that Carlos got Evie’s heart should only confirm for her that she really, really has to listen to whatever she hears.
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Sunday, May 22, 2016
What I’m Watching: Person of Interest
Person of Interest: Season 5, Episode 2 “SNAFU” (B+)
This was a cool episode that managed to recap the entire show so far and attack the question of whether these characters are really good at their core. At first, the machine was being very trippy and comically mixing up the main characters’ faces, which enabled the cast to do great impressions of each other. After that, it was exciting to see the machine start to spit out numbers, but the thirty it came up with all seemed like false positives than showed just how jumbled it really was. Trapping Finch and Root and then weakening Root showed just how dangerous the machine can be, and that was before Finch put it together that it was the machine and not Samaritan who hired the hitman trying to kill Reese. The machine showing them all the awful things that Root and Reese did was intriguing and thought-provoking, and then Finch got grouped in with them because he destroyed and rebooted the machine forty-two times. Root knocking herself out so that she couldn’t be used as a bargaining chip was a smart idea, and ultimately it was Finch showing the machine all the people they had saved that managed to get it back on their side. Now things should be back to normal, with the team having a nice picnic out in the park and Fusco getting commendation for dealing with his number, the one true threat that he was able to stop. Unfortunately, Reese didn’t keep an eye on another number who has now been hired for a foreboding job that seems a lot like it’s going to be to hunt down those who just brought the machine back to life.
This was a cool episode that managed to recap the entire show so far and attack the question of whether these characters are really good at their core. At first, the machine was being very trippy and comically mixing up the main characters’ faces, which enabled the cast to do great impressions of each other. After that, it was exciting to see the machine start to spit out numbers, but the thirty it came up with all seemed like false positives than showed just how jumbled it really was. Trapping Finch and Root and then weakening Root showed just how dangerous the machine can be, and that was before Finch put it together that it was the machine and not Samaritan who hired the hitman trying to kill Reese. The machine showing them all the awful things that Root and Reese did was intriguing and thought-provoking, and then Finch got grouped in with them because he destroyed and rebooted the machine forty-two times. Root knocking herself out so that she couldn’t be used as a bargaining chip was a smart idea, and ultimately it was Finch showing the machine all the people they had saved that managed to get it back on their side. Now things should be back to normal, with the team having a nice picnic out in the park and Fusco getting commendation for dealing with his number, the one true threat that he was able to stop. Unfortunately, Reese didn’t keep an eye on another number who has now been hired for a foreboding job that seems a lot like it’s going to be to hunt down those who just brought the machine back to life.
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