Me either. It certainly doesn't look like an academic office.
I liked the scenes between Alan and Robin. He's already close to Amita, now he's bonding with his other potential daughter-in-law. I wonder if people will say she's cold, after that scene outside with her poor nose all red and still holding her phone like she hadn't let go of it since hearing the news, and her face through the window as they pulled the curtains across.
I think it's good in theory. I still don't feel any chemistry at all between Don and Robin, but I don't feel any between Charlie and Amita either. ::shrugs::
I didn't like Colby talking like Don let him torture suspects every other week. It was one time, and Don's been feeling the effects of it ever since.
It's been more than that, actually. He's punched people out a couple of times, at least once it was a suspect. He also got violent with someone in custody a while back, in front of his lawyer, as I recall. It's certainly not every case or every week, but it's not an isolated incident either.
The thing that didn't work for me about that scene is that Don's been pretty clear that Buck aside, if there's dirty work to be done, he will be the one doing it. Any time a member of his team has gotten rough he's stopped them and sent them somewhere to cool off. I don't think we've ever seen Colby suggest prior to this that torture was a valid method for obtaining information. I might have bought it if it was just about Don because someone had hurt him, but you're right that he does imply that he and David have been given license to do it repeatedly in the past and we've seen no indication of that.
(Incidentally, I love how David with his tough background is the gentlest and most straight-up of the whole lot of them.)
It makes sense though. He's also the most by the book and he'd have to be, to get as far in the FBI as he has. There's no way he could get to where he is now if he were as willing to bend/break the rules as Don.
I liked Amita getting him diverted into working to distract him from the killer guilt trip, and fuelling him up with coffee, and the 'Don't be a hero' scene.
Me too.
and it would tear Charlie up. Poor boy's never going to be really happy either way :(
I really wish they (the writers and characters) would acknowledge that. Instead it seems to be Charlie's selfish for ever working on stuff that's not what Don wants the second Don says he wants his help.
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Date: 2009-04-26 04:30 am (UTC)Me either. It certainly doesn't look like an academic office.
I liked the scenes between Alan and Robin. He's already close to Amita, now he's bonding with his other potential daughter-in-law. I wonder if people will say she's cold, after that scene outside with her poor nose all red and still holding her phone like she hadn't let go of it since hearing the news, and her face through the window as they pulled the curtains across.
I think it's good in theory. I still don't feel any chemistry at all between Don and Robin, but I don't feel any between Charlie and Amita either. ::shrugs::
I didn't like Colby talking like Don let him torture suspects every other week. It was one time, and Don's been feeling the effects of it ever since.
It's been more than that, actually. He's punched people out a couple of times, at least once it was a suspect. He also got violent with someone in custody a while back, in front of his lawyer, as I recall. It's certainly not every case or every week, but it's not an isolated incident either.
The thing that didn't work for me about that scene is that Don's been pretty clear that Buck aside, if there's dirty work to be done, he will be the one doing it. Any time a member of his team has gotten rough he's stopped them and sent them somewhere to cool off. I don't think we've ever seen Colby suggest prior to this that torture was a valid method for obtaining information. I might have bought it if it was just about Don because someone had hurt him, but you're right that he does imply that he and David have been given license to do it repeatedly in the past and we've seen no indication of that.
(Incidentally, I love how David with his tough background is the gentlest and most straight-up of the whole lot of them.)
It makes sense though. He's also the most by the book and he'd have to be, to get as far in the FBI as he has. There's no way he could get to where he is now if he were as willing to bend/break the rules as Don.
I liked Amita getting him diverted into working to distract him from the killer guilt trip, and fuelling him up with coffee, and the 'Don't be a hero' scene.
Me too.
and it would tear Charlie up. Poor boy's never going to be really happy either way :(
I really wish they (the writers and characters) would acknowledge that. Instead it seems to be Charlie's selfish for ever working on stuff that's not what Don wants the second Don says he wants his help.