Person of Interest has been on such a role lately as everything seemed to be going great and then last night's episode hit with a thud.
This may be harsh, but why change what is not broken and make the entire episode shaky camera ugliness without much of a coherent plot? The episode reminded me of Chris Fisher's "Rampage" movie which was virtually unwatchable as well. Fisher has directed three episodes of POI so far, yet this is the first time I felt his "style" come through the screen and smack me upside the head. At the end of the episode, all I was left with was a headache and confusion on what was presented.
The writing seemed a notch below the norm as well with the episode not even feeling like a Person of Interest, but instead like a bad "24" clone with a dose of "The Social Network" added in. The out of left field trip to Russia was completely unnecessary and ill-conceived.
I think there may have been more guest actors on this single episode than all of Season 1 combined. Why did they need so many new characters, while the police officer regulars did nothing notable in this episode?
The actor who played the lead in the episode did a fine job with his annoying character, but the choice to add over the top shaky cam work to a relatively weak script pretty much cemented this as the worst episode of Person of Interest that has been shown so far.
This may be harsh, but why change what is not broken and make the entire episode shaky camera ugliness without much of a coherent plot? The episode reminded me of Chris Fisher's "Rampage" movie which was virtually unwatchable as well. Fisher has directed three episodes of POI so far, yet this is the first time I felt his "style" come through the screen and smack me upside the head. At the end of the episode, all I was left with was a headache and confusion on what was presented.
The writing seemed a notch below the norm as well with the episode not even feeling like a Person of Interest, but instead like a bad "24" clone with a dose of "The Social Network" added in. The out of left field trip to Russia was completely unnecessary and ill-conceived.
I think there may have been more guest actors on this single episode than all of Season 1 combined. Why did they need so many new characters, while the police officer regulars did nothing notable in this episode?
The actor who played the lead in the episode did a fine job with his annoying character, but the choice to add over the top shaky cam work to a relatively weak script pretty much cemented this as the worst episode of Person of Interest that has been shown so far.