5x11 Synecdoche

I'm actually glad that we're back to one episode a week. It means that I can enjoy the show for a bit longer.

Harold was the most interesting part of the episode. He's really willing to do anything at this point, which is a completely new side of his character.

It's been a week since I had to say goodbye to the love of my life. I miss the real Root like hell, but The Machine with her voice is great. When She said She'd loved Root, I couldn't help but smile. And the way She experiences love is fascinating.

I know a lot of people weren't satisfied with Shaw's reaction to Root's death, but to me, it was all perfectly in character for her. Shaw wouldn't cry, she'd go out there and shoot people, which is exactly what she did in this episode. But it killed me to see her spinning on the roundabout. Why is this show constantly making me suffer?

Since Harold went rogue in the previous episode, they had to give the rest of the team something to do, leaving us with pretty much another case-of-the-week episode. The storyline was interesting, but I'm kind of disappointed, to be honest. I can't explain it. Maybe my standards were impossibly high after last week, or maybe I'd thought that the last three episodes of the series would focus entirely on kicking Samaritan's ass. But overall, it was a great episode, as always, and I'm excited for next week.