Pretty much agree on all counts. Agents of Shield is getting better as the season goes on.
POI? Yes. Good grief. They already established that John attributes his saving to Finch. This? This was just dumb. And a kiss on the lips? Totally out of character. Third season has been a huge disappointment, with the exception of the Root/Shaw episode. Robbed her of all agency. Lost a really good actress. The problem was, indeed, that they had written their one strong POC character into a corner. She was no longer "lawful good" and there weren't too many places they could take her now that she's done this and this and this and this step toward chaotic good. But to focus on her as a woman and a love interest in her final moments? Good God, NO!
I called that she was the character to be killed, so it wasn't a surprise at all. They had saved Fusco so many times that it would have been an anti-climax to knock him off. Weatherdude was holding out for Reese, in the way of Primeval. But these writers won't do that. No, instead they kill off a woman and a POC. And try to make it ok by making her a love interest. Oh, ugh, writers! Women do not have to fall in love with every man they work with, even Reese.
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Date: 2013-11-21 11:47 am (UTC)POI? Yes. Good grief. They already established that John attributes his saving to Finch. This? This was just dumb. And a kiss on the lips? Totally out of character. Third season has been a huge disappointment, with the exception of the Root/Shaw episode. Robbed her of all agency. Lost a really good actress. The problem was, indeed, that they had written their one strong POC character into a corner. She was no longer "lawful good" and there weren't too many places they could take her now that she's done this and this and this and this step toward chaotic good. But to focus on her as a woman and a love interest in her final moments? Good God, NO!
I called that she was the character to be killed, so it wasn't a surprise at all. They had saved Fusco so many times that it would have been an anti-climax to knock him off. Weatherdude was holding out for Reese, in the way of Primeval. But these writers won't do that. No, instead they kill off a woman and a POC. And try to make it ok by making her a love interest. Oh, ugh, writers! Women do not have to fall in love with every man they work with, even Reese.
Jeez.
Oz