Person of Interest S01E04: Cura Te Ipsum (Full Reaction)

Cura Te Ipsum- Thank you so much for another fantastic reaction for one of my favorite shows!! I love, love, love this episode! It's easily one of my favorite episodes within this season, as well as throughout the entire series. So good. Because I love that we see a much deeper side to Reese. Once again, we see that Reese sees himself as a monster and killer. When in truth, he is a good man with a good heart. He fights to protect and save innocent people. Not only from being killed or hurt, but also from hurting others who are evil and who deserve to be punished in order to protect them from becoming the monster he can be for them. And this is what he was doing while fighting for the government too. Until he began to doubt if he really was saving innocent people, and that the people he killed were really all that bad. One of my favorite scenes... I absolutely love how Reese convinces Megan not to ruin her own life by killing the rapist, by offering to punish him for her so that she won't have to destroy herself. I love how calm and gentle Reese is with the doctor while he pleads with her to let go and to trust in him to help her. I love just how collected he is. Megan's and her sister's story is so sad and after hearing that her sister had committed suicide because she couldn't take the pain of what the rapist had done to her... I really, really really wanted to see Reese punish this rapist and to see him suffer for ruining so many women's lives. And yet, like you... I also felt so scared for Reese, and wanted him to spare this man purely for Reese's own sake. However, this episode's ending leaves it open for interpretation as to what Reese winds up doing to him, which may be maddening, but it's also absolutely brilliant! All we know for certain... is that Reese makes sure this bad guy won't ever harm anyone ever again and that he won't be able to retaliate against the doctor. That this rapist will be punished somehow, someway. I absolutely love it! I love, love, love this!!! I love this entire scene between Reese and the rapist inside the vacation home, and it's another of my favorite scenes throughout the entire episode. I love that while you see all lack of emotion on Reese's face as he's talking to the real monster, you can absolutely feel the emotion Reese is suppressing deep down inside. In this scene and in his scene with Megan while inside the diner, John Reese is very sympathetic and you certainly feel for him as well. Reese is mysterious and just phenomenal, which is why I consider his character in Person of Interest to be one of my all time favorite characters in all TV shows and movies too. His character... as well as the actor who plays him. I absolutely love Jim Caviezel!! :) And then... I love the side storyline between Reese and Fusco too. It's very interesting and while Reese seems cold toward towards Fusco and he acts like he doesn't care about him, Reese still steps in to protect Fusco from the drug dealers, and then he tells Fusco he is still working for him despite there being a number of other dirty cops he could force to work for him. I truly believe that Reese has already begun to see Fusco as an ally and possibly as a reluctant friend, in spite of Finch's warning that perhaps working with Fusco isn't such a good idea. Because when Reese has every reason for letting Fusco pay for his sins, he doesn't let Fusco fall or take him down for trying to kill him either time he's tried to do so. He doesn't look for another dirty cop to replace Fusco with, and I think this is really cool. And because Reese doesn't see himself as a good person, it's easy to understand why he might consider Lionel Fusco to be worth keeping around and even protecting too. Their dynamic is really quite interesting to watch. Thank you for another phenomenal episode and a fantastic reaction, my friend! I can't wait for more!!! And I'm so happy that you're loving Person of Interest so far. This show just keeps getting better and better. :) Until next time...

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum