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dangermousieSo, I just watched the pilot and loved it. It's intense and messed up and Damien Lewis is knocking it out of the park (is he making a career of playing soldiers?). My heart both breaks for him (the man is horrifically and understandably messed up) and yet I feel scared/on edge (is he a terrorist? I would still find him sympathetic if so because if he was turned it was only after years and years of horrific torture). My favorite character so far is probably Morena Baccarin's army wife who has built a new life for herself assuming her husband is dead (and I cannot blame her - it has been 8 years, even if the romantic in me is kicking in the corner) and now has to deal with the fact that he's back.
I ship it like crazy even though it's never going to work.
My one problem?
I loathe the protagonist, i.e. Claire Danes' character. I don't mean she's boring or mildly irritating. No, every time she is on screen I get rageful and want to go scrub her off my screen. Nobody is going to convince me that wiring and videotaping a person's entire house, without a warrant and against explicit orders is moral. Or that watching someone's entire life without their knowledge (including their most intimate moments!) is anything less than disgusting. She is a sick sick woman and ugh...what does it say that I like potential terrorist more than her? At least he's had the excuse of torture for being a human failure. What's hers? UGHHHH. Maybe there is a reason even your CIA boss (who is presumably not burdened with human rights concerns) thinks you are a psycho, lady! There is a reason one needs a warrant before surveillance, with good proof as to why you need it, proof that convinces a neutral third party, i.e. a judge. UGHHHHHHH.
I ship it like crazy even though it's never going to work.
My one problem?
I loathe the protagonist, i.e. Claire Danes' character. I don't mean she's boring or mildly irritating. No, every time she is on screen I get rageful and want to go scrub her off my screen. Nobody is going to convince me that wiring and videotaping a person's entire house, without a warrant and against explicit orders is moral. Or that watching someone's entire life without their knowledge (including their most intimate moments!) is anything less than disgusting. She is a sick sick woman and ugh...what does it say that I like potential terrorist more than her? At least he's had the excuse of torture for being a human failure. What's hers? UGHHHH. Maybe there is a reason even your CIA boss (who is presumably not burdened with human rights concerns) thinks you are a psycho, lady! There is a reason one needs a warrant before surveillance, with good proof as to why you need it, proof that convinces a neutral third party, i.e. a judge. UGHHHHHHH.
