Thursday, May 15, 2014

'Elementary' 2x23 'Art in the Blood' Gif-Tweet-Cap: Twists Upon Twists and Turns

"Art in the Blood" continues from last week's Elementary, with the revelation that Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) is working for the British government in some capacity. Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) is still in fear of losing Watson (Lucy Liu) to the bad guys.
Sherlock quickly learns that Watson is OK, and that Mycroft is MI6. Sherlock accuses him of lying, but Mycroft quickly shows that he has another side. Watson has had enough and leaves the room.
He suddenly sounds very self-important, waving around a jar of something sitting in the kitchen as he tells Sherlock that his handler (Ralph Brown) wanted Sherlock out of New York so he would not interfere with their investigation, and that it was Sherlock's fault Joan got captured by having her help him... until Sherlock tells him that it's deadly toxic mold he's waving around there. Of course, if Mycroft had told the truth, it would not have happened that way.
All the bad guys from last week's episode are picked up, but now Mycroft's MI6 handler has a job for Sherlock: determining whether there is more to the death of their ex-analyst, Arthur West. They try to convince him by reminding him that they saved Mycroft and Joan, while Mycroft tries to discourage Sherlock from taking the job, for Joan's sake. Sherlock reminds Mycroft that he's not going to be sleeping with Watson while lying to her face, and that she will want to help with the case.
Watson does indeed want to help. Their first stop is the morgue, where they find that someone has stolen the victim's arms. Photos of the arms indicate a dry skin condition, which Sherlock deduces is caused by invisible ink tattoos.
Mycroft tries to talk to Watson, but she says that her answer to anything he asks of her is "no": No apologies, no nothing, when she can't believe a word he says. She says that Sherlock and she both deserve better.
Sherlock reports his findings so far, and indicates that he's "pregnant" with the case now, and wants to continue.

Sherlock tells Watson that he understands what deception is like, after the whole Moriarty debacle. She can talk to him about it, but she only wants to talk about the case. Then Arthur's wife (Emily Bergl), whom Sherlock spoke with earlier, shows up at their doorstep to show them the photos of Arthur in blacklight, revealing his tattoos.
It turns out that Arthur knew Sherlock because he had been asked to spy on him. He liked Sherlock, and wanted his wife to go to Sherlock if anything ever happened to him. He also believed there was an MI6 mole working in New York. The only problem is that the series of numbers from the tattoo have no meaning to Sherlock, other than forming some sort of data set. He just doesn't know to what the data refers.
Later, Watson finally tells Sherlock what she has been trying to tell him for weeks: she's moving out. He refers to the idea as "codswallop," using flailing gestures to indicate his denial, and that she's just upset about the abduction, and everything will be just dandy.
Sherlock asks Mycroft's handler why he never mentioned that Arthur had spied on him, but the handler just shrugs it off, saying that it's because Sherlock is special. Sherlock then reveals the information about the possible mole, and the rest of the info. Then the handler asks whether Sherlock is still prego with the case, and tries to convince him to continue with it... but he says no.
Joan then learns from the wife that Mycroft had left MI6 for awhile, but had to come back for some unknown reason.
Meanwhile, Gregson (Aidan Quinn) shows Sherlock a fingerprint from the gun used to kill Arthur. He suddenly behaves a bit strangely, and leaves the precinct quickly, leaving Gregson wondering what's gotten into him.

Watson goes to Mycroft's place to ask him about why he went back to MI6. It was all for Sherlock. When Sherlock was at the height of drug abuse, he screwed up one of his cases so bad that he almost allowed a terrorist plot to go on right under his nose. Mycroft went back to MI6 to save him and stop the plot. All this truth-telling clearly makes Mycroft irresistible, at least in Joan's eyes.
Then we see why Sherlock seemed so troubled to see the fingerprint. He takes his brother's print from the jar of toxic mold jar and sees that it's a match to the gun that killed Arthur!
Learning that Mycroft is the killer makes the next scene all that more disgusting: Watson is sleeping with the enemy! But things get confusing again when Sherlock barges in on them as they are just beginning to put themselves back together after doing the dirty all night. He believes that Mycroft is being framed for murder and treason, and they have to go into hiding right away!
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

'Person of Interest' 3x22 'A House Divided' Gif-Tweet-Cap: FIIIIIIIIIIINCH!!!!!!

The following gifs are also available on this Tumblr post. "A House Divided" continues from last week's Person of Interest, with Finch (Michael Emerson) having been abducted by Decima. The action and intrigue is almost to the point of jumping the shark, but viewers are still barely on their seats. We haven't fallen out of our chairs... yet.

Throughout the episode, we see flashbacks of Collier (Leslie Odom Jr.) that explain why he's such a nutball. He enjoys time with his friendly brother, until the brother is arrested by the NSA, giving no answers because of some "national security exception" idiocy.
In the present, a Decima goon jumps to his death rather than answer a few of Reese's (James Caviezel) questions. Root (Amy Acker) walks up and says that they do it for insurance... the families of these goons get generous paydays when they off themselves. Reese wants to keep working to save Finch, but Root says he's not in immediate danger.
Meanwhile, Greer (John Nolan) is being his usual arrogant self, trying to convince Finch that Samaritan is better because the world needs "structure."
Root does some of her magic, stealing keys off a dead guy to get into his car because that's what the Machine wants.
Then, she reveals her very own "nerd herd," and the fact they've been collecting "contraband":
She gives everyone their orders, basically taking Finch's place in a very real-time, fast-paced way.
Greer the tries to convince Senator Garrison (John Doman) that he should buy information from Samaritan without owning the system. He is completely befuddled as to why he should allow Decima to keep Samaritan, and Greer says it's all for "plausible deniability," which is something every politician loves to hear. Decima takes the blame when the wrong person is put in prison for years or dies because of Samaritan.
The Machine spits out five numbers, with Control (Camryn Manheim) being the first. Root sends Shaw (Sarah Shahi) to go protect her old boss, even though she would much rather kill her (painfully). She breaks into a room where she'll be able to listen in on Control, mowing down a couple of surprise secret service agents (without killing them, of course).
Reese and Root hang out in a coffee shop, with Reese confused as to why the Machine wants them to "drink bad coffee" with "unemployed college grads."

Shaw's "itchy trigger finger" gets a nervous twitch as she listens to the senator convince Control to go all in with Samaritan, which would turn the country into "1984."
Meanwhile, Greer wonders why Finch injured his "son," aka the Machine. Like Root with the Machine, he doesn't want to control Samaritan, but to set it free. But isn't he the guy who wants to sell the info to the Feds, and use it for his own benefit? Wouldn't the idea of being like a god skew his view just a tad?
Control is all in favor of Samaritan, and works to convince another politician to jump on board by explaining how his son's life was mostly likely saved because of the Machine, and Samaritan is the new and improved upgrade.
Root and Reese question a guy at the coffee shop, but he goes all machine-gunny on them until Reese handles him. He's Vigilance, and Collier is about to crash Control's party!
Then we have another flashback, where we learn that Collier's brother has killed himself in prison, only to learn that the brother had rehabilitated a terrorist. He wasn't plotting destruction as the NSA had believed when they saw the brother hanging out with the known terrorist on surveillance. Collier had let his feelings be known to some Fed lady, who seems to think that only the guilty kill themselves. No wonder she feels that way: she looks like an utterly miserable person:
Root convinces Shaw that she needs to save Control rather than murder her horribly, but Vigilance grabs her first. Then they manage to shut off all the power in New York. Worse yet, cell tower back-up power is very low. They need some satellite phones!
As Greer goes on about how he wants Samaritan to "lead" them as a god (or at least as a mechanical president, of sorts), Vigilance shows up and abducts them all. Collier is especially happy to see Finch there. What a nice surprise!
Hersh (Boris McGiver) shows up, and Reese and Shaw decide to join forces with him to help find and save Finch (and his Fed friends as well, of course).
Root gives her nerds fake identities, and sends them off, despite the fact that they want to stay with her out of loyalty. Her plan is to shut down Samaritan, right at the anti-Machine's headquarters.
Reese, Shaw, and Hersh then watch a TV screen from the room where Greer had been holding Finch, as Vigilance reveal the faces of all of the "accused" in Collier's very own kangaroo court.
Collier has the heads of all of the "accused" in his little kangaroo court.
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