Man of Tai Chi is… intriguing.

Nolan deconstructed Batman, shying away from any notion of the superhuman or supernatural. He appears to despise the notion of superheroes, and presented Batman purely as a rich, unhinged vigilante (which works because that's what Batman truly is). You will note that he removed any trace of the fantastic from R'as Al…

«…more District 9 than Chappie.»

Those are probably fair arguments, but for me the show is yielding a bit too much to CBS proceduralism, even as it looks for motivations purely beyond the number of the week. In essence, the serialized elements are not yielding a sufficient/significant (in my subjective assessment) benefit, so I'm going to go read…

"Waaaah! A person has a different, though respectfully expressed, opinion from me. I. Can't. Handle. It!"

What has the consequence of Samaritan's various "experiments" been? What impact have the placement of Governor Dawson, the events in Maple and the neural implants being manufactured there, the acquisition of Elizabeth Bridges' company, or Khan's anti-virus software had? Greer says that Samaritan deduced that only a…

I'm glad many of you enjoyed it, but I think this is where I get off. As I've admitted before, I'm less interested in individual characters and their emotional growth, and more interested in the big picture question of the implications of artificial intelligence contributing/interfering in systemic decisions. With…

There aren't many women of color with significant roles in film and television, still. There are very few on POI (does Sarah Shahi count? she's Persian, but she reads, visually, as "white"), and Harper is among the worst of them in terms of the quality of her acting.

I'm glad you recognize it's a rationalization :-P

Neither Shaw nor Root kept going back and forth. It's one thing to remain neutral and occasionally work for either side; it's another thing entirely to cross both sides. Notice the weapon she pulled out when she thought Elias had fingered her as the mole, and her rush to help Fusco?

You can't keep crossing and double-crossing the same people that many times. Eventually, whatever you claim to offer just isn't worth the risk, and someone puts a bullet in your head "on general principle."

It's not the lack of retribution for Martine that I find nonsensical; that makes perfect sense given, as you say, the composition of Samaritan's forces. It's the combination of the ease and the abrupt, anticlimactic way it happened, after their animus had been played up all season. Yes, you don't always get showdowns…

Can we please just kill Harper already? The sheer number of people she's ripped off and then placated with some exchange, only to double-cross again, should have rendered her a corpse before we ever came in contact with TM.

No, I'm with you. Both of those elements were formulaic, predictable, and kind of nonsensical if given any thought. The "Big Questions" of PoI remain interesting, but I may have to give the show up if its supporting narratives continue to be this insubstantial.

Scientology riff in the review was random AF…

I appreciated the episode, but I did not enjoy it. Reese's admission that he abandoned Jessica in the hopes of improving his own survival odds was unremarkable to me, much as the persistent guilt he feels over her murder at her husband's hand has always felt hackneyed. I readily admit that I am much more invested in…

It was still annoying.

I wasn't terribly impressed with the episode, and I think I actively rolled my eyes a couple times. It was mostly paint-by-the-numbers, and even the long-term character development (the gradual assimilation of Harper Rose) was mostly blah. The exploration of the Root-Finch relationship was touching, but not enough to…

This, about 15 times. The only "romantic" pairing for Reese that has made sense throughout the show's run has always been Zoe. Caveziel and Schmidt have no chemistry, and the Reese-Carter hack job was bordering on offensive.

Please. I wish Claire had been brained when Root rescued Finch from the school—not because Claire is that bad a character, but because Quinn Shepherd plays her that poorly.