Honestly, I love the parallels between Carter and Reese - both enlisting Elias for help... and Reese getting Carter's desk in the end... gave not only Reese and Fusco pause.
Loved Shaw in her "day job"... her frustration at not being able to stab people with her stiletto or otherwise beat them up... hilarious.
Who'd have thought that Root would be the one to keep all of them together just a handful of episodes ago? Love how they developed her character.
"All of this matters, we all matter".
Root has come so far
(yes I'm on another rewatch of the show)
Great return! Loved seeing the glimpses of their new lives, and Reese now a legit cop? This is gonna be a sight to see. And no joke, but I'm looking forward to him actually working side-by-side with Fusco. Him getting Carter's desk... damn, can't believe Carter just died a few episodes ago (for binge-watcher me), it feels like it's been forever after everything they've been through at this point.
Poor Shaw and her mismatched job, but looks like she'll fit right in with her new one (which I still don't quite know what it'll be, but I'm guessing this will play a role for the Machine's plans later on?).
Also, can't help but see the irony in Reese (and Carter previously) working with Elias now, realizing he's the "necessary/better evil"... after working so hard to send him to jail in Season 1 and seeing his absence land them several of their numbers. I know he kind of seemed like he liked Carter and even got revenge for her death, or maybe that was just him making 100% sure that HR has no more chance to return. I wonder if working with him will at one point in the series blow up in Reese and the team's faces.
Side-note: cute that they were upgraded from the burner flip phones to iPhones. XD
The soundtrack towards the end was very much spot on for the show and latest development in it. Powerful stuff.
Shout by maluBlockedParent2023-11-27T03:00:31Z
ngl i wasn't expecting this episode to be so good, the show's season premieres were never great to me. but now it's different, the character writing is top notch, samaritan's threat is palpable, the action scenes are good as usual, good pacing...
but something's bugging me for a while and it's shaw's development, although it's there it's not as apparent as the other characters. doesn't help that she has less screentime too. i hope she gets more attention this season, she's my fav and i want more of her plssss
also wtf are they gonna do with elias' character lol this mf has been around since s1