Starting Person of Interest

[frayadjacent]

I've slowly started watching PoI -- on S1E08 -- and . . . I don't like it as much as I expected.  Actually it often leaves me longing for Elementary, or Orphan Black. I'm sort of puzzled by the casting choice for Reese, as I don't care for the actor (as in, I don't like his acting, I've got nothing against the guy) and there's not exactly a shortage of good looking white dudes out there to play the role. But it's keeping me entertained enough, and the last episodes' villain reveal pleased me immensely, even if it didn't surprise me.  There was also a 1-off character -- the fixer -- who I liked a lot and I really hope returns.

Uh, that's all I have to say about that.

(I'm being vague because I'm writing on my phone and I'm too lazy to make a cut. Assume comments, if there are any, will have spoilers for the first bit of S1.)

Comments

[lilly_the_kid]

I also watched season 1 recently and didn't like it as much as I hoped I would. My main problem is that there's (in my opinion) waayyyyyy too much exposition. It actually made me angry at times when I thought "Yeah, wow, thanks for stating that once again as I have already forgotten what was explicitely stated 2 seconds ago" *eye roll*...

I still found it entertaining enough (the Reese Finch relationship has its moments) and if the second season wasn't so expensive right now, I'd probably watch on.

I like Reese ok, but I agree about the acting, I find it odd at times.

[frayadjacent]

Sooooo much exposition. Yes I totally agree. Seriously, I am not good with complex plots and plenty of what many people call predictable I totally didn't see coming...so I feel like when even I'm complaining about too much exposition, it's probably bad. Maybe they're assuming most people are watching with one eye on a smartphone.

I find the Reese actor's acting laughably bad, actually. Then sometimes it seems so bad that maybe it's intentional in some way I don't understand?