Person Of Interest S01E21: Many Happy Memories (Full Reaction)
Added 2021-08-31 12:47:14 +0000 UTC
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Remember that Finch told Reese that he'd been watching him for "a long time". So he was most likely there because he was watching Reese in the first place. You could also tell that Finch had three numbers when he opened the file. Reese's number, Jessica's and Peter's.
Fredrik IB
2022-06-14 14:23:33 +0000 UTCMany Happy Returns- I absolutely love this episode, and how it takes place on Reese's birthday. This is easily one of my favorite episodes, not just from this season, but from throughout the entire show as well. And Jim Caviezel's performance in this episode is absolutely phenomenal throughout. Jessica's husband and the U.S. Marshall are two very different people, although both men are, or rather were abusive. Both are very bad men, whom Reese beats severely to make them suffer for what they've done to the poor women they've abused and terrorized for so long. And then... upon Carter receiving the call from the prison warden down in Mexico, we are informed that Reese had put this Marshal away inside the prison on trumped up charges so that he won't be able to use his power of authority to escape. Where he won't ever be able to hurt his wife ever again because he won't ever be freed. And upon the revelation from the prison's warden that at least one or two other Americans have been brought here by Reese as well after Cater asks the warden if there were any other Americans there... we can now believe in the possibility that Reese also brought Peter to this prison, given that the local police never found Peter's body and we have no idea what happened between Reese and Peter aside from Reese most likely beating him nearly to death. It's also possible that the serial rapist Reese had taken care of to protect the doctor back in episode four... Cura Te Ipsum, may be one of the Americans he brought here to protect the doctor as well, which I very much love too. Again... we never found out what Reese did to him upon the episode ending on such a cliffhanger. Now... Finch is afraid to tell Reese about Sarah, because she is an abused wife terrified of her abusive husband, just like Jessica was too. He knew this case would be extremely personal for Reese. And while Finch wanted to protect Reese because he worries about him, I do believe a part of Finch is also afraid of how Reese would react, and seeing how he does react... Finch has every reason to be worried. I too would have been okay had Reese killed the Marshal, because he most certainly woul have deserved it. And I most certainly wouldn't have thought any less of Reese had he done so. But I absolutely love that we learn Reese doesn't kill him. This shows us just how good a man Reese really is, and how strong he is as well. What happens to Jessica is tragic, and my heart breaks for Reese upon seeing how broken he becomes upon losing her. And not just because he loses her, but because he fails to be there for her when she needed him most, even though he really isn't to blame for her death. Reese blames himself because he didn't leave right after he spoke with her because he felt obligated to fulfill this one last mission. And if this wasn't bad enough... this is when Reese learns that his agency has been lying to him about everything, only rubbing salt in his wounds so to speak. Lying to him about the good he's supposedly been doing, and about the people he's killed. Like we learned in season one's episode... Wolf and Cub, Reese has killed a number of people who were really innocent, all because those he worked for lied to him about who is good and who is bad. It's terrible. I understand why Reese is now on the run and why everyone has believed him to be dead until he's started working with Finch in New York. Sadly... his agency still aren't the only ones looking to take Reese down. Agent Donnelly with the FBI is continuing to look for him too, and it's not good. Fun fact... the actress who plays Sarah, the woman who Reese saves from her abusive marshal husband, is Dagmara Dominczyk who stars alongside Jim Caviezel in The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantes' love. I love Dagmara in The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercedes, and I also really love her in this episode of Person of Interest. I really love the chemistry that these actors have between one another. Their screen time together in this episode is short lived, but you can tell there's a bond between them and their characters, especially when Reese assures her she is now safe and free to live her life again. And their chemistry in The Count of Monte Cristo is phenomenal and beautiful too. Not only do I love Reese throughout this episode, but I love Finch and Carter throughout it too. While it's tough that Finch doesn't tell Reese about the woman in trouble and it might be wrong for him to have kept Reese in the dark in spite of Reese later finding out about her later on anyways, I can also understand why Finch didn't tell him. Because he was afraid for Reese. Not just because he was afraid of how Reese would react and what he might do, but he also was afraid of what might come of him. Finch and Reese may not openly state how much they've come to care about one another, and for both Carter and Fusco too. But they do care and they are friends. So, of course Finch is worried about Reese and he wants very much to protect him, as does Carter. Not so much that he would become a monster, like the man Reese always sees himself to be. And Reese very much struggles with beliving himself to be anything other than a monster, just like he warns Finch that he is just before charging into the Marshals' office. It's so, so sad, and you can most certainly see the pain in Reese's eyes as he must live with his pain and fear of himself coming undone everyday. Just like we see in Reese's eyes in the ending as he stands up to attack Peter, when Reese's eyes suddenly turn from being sad, to cold and angry. Such phenomenal acting from Jim Caviezel, and I just absolutely love this. And I love how Carter receives a call in the end from the prison warden down in Mexico to let her know about the Marshal being locked away per Reese's request, so that she too would be assured that he didn't kill this man like she feared he might have done. I love Carter's investigation into New Rochelle, that leads her to discovering the truth behind Reese' past and the death of the woman he loved. And I love that in the end, she destroys the evidence she collects on him in order to protect Reese from the FBI"s investigation into him. While Carter is afraid of breaking the law she's always fought to remain on the right side of because she's good, she also understands that Reese is a good man fighting to protect innocent people that are failed when the rules are followed. Which they would have been, and had Reese not done as he did with the Marshal, Jennings would have gotten away with his crimes and would have been free to go after his wife again. And like Reese tells Carter, she wouldn't have been able to do anything about it, because the law was technically on his side given that Jennings was a Marshal. And now, I believe that Carter has come to realize that the world needs men like Reese and Finch in it to keep these people safe. I love it!! And in the very end... we see just how long Finch has been keeping an eye on Reese, upon him having received Reese's, Jessica's, and Jessica's abusive husband's numbers some time before Finch and Reese came to work with one another. I love that we see Finch in the hospital in the moment Reese finds out that Jessica had been killed, as he then whispers a sincere apology to Reese after Reese walks away from him, showing how sorry he is for failing to protect the woman Reese loved. In answer to your questions regarding whether or not Reese knew Peter was abusing Jessica... I am pretty sure he knew very well that he was. Not only did Jessica call him a few times over the last few days before Reese escapes from being killed, sounding very afraid, but Reese is also seen watching the video of hers and Peter's engagement party, in which Reese sees that she looks very scared of Peter when he he is seen holding her quite roughly. Plus... I don't doubt that Reese would have also investigated Jessica's death just like we see Carter do throughout this episode as well, by talking to the coronor who declared her death an accident upon him presumably being paid off by Peter to help him cover up the truth. So... yeah, it wouldn't take much for Reese to recognize that Peter was most certainly abusive, and that he deserved death just like the Marshal and serial abuser deserved too. And lastly... in the beginning of this episode, we see that Reese is living in this very tiny apartment, which would make sense, given that Reese is in hiding from his former employers and is trying to stay low. But I also suspect he lives where he does, because it has been revealed in previous episodes that Reese also gives away ninety percent of the money Finch pays him to take care of those they fight to save, or to people who have helped him in his past when he's needed it. People like the blind man he is seen playing chess with in the park in the beginning of this episode, as well as the homeless woman Reese had thanked in the stock market episode for helping him during his time living on the streets. Upon recognizing this himself, Finch gives Reese a key to a gorgeous, huge apartment for his birthday. So that Reese can live more comfortably and close to his blind friend whom Reese is seen playing chess with in the park. Where he can keep an eye on him from. And in case you don't recognize this place, it is the very apartment where Finch's best friend, Nathan Ingram used to live before he died. Overall... a phenomenal episode, and one of my favorites throughout the entire show for sure! So, thank you so much, Reds! And thank you for your continued reactions for this phenomenal show! Until next time, dear friend... Thank you! Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2021-08-31 14:41:15 +0000 UTC
