Goren introduces himself as ‘Robert Goren’ not ‘Detective Goren’ to some other cops.
Bishop now feels comfortable enough to bagger him: Can I see? Can we go? Are you done?
Alex makes an appearance in the squad room and is good-natured and helpful, but Bishop blows her off.
Bishop has yet to blink.
Bishop’s desk has her back to Goren.
Goren pimps out Bishop to a gentleman in the medical profession. Bishop wears uncomfortable shoes and Goren calls her on it.
Goren pulls his gun in Times Square, then again to give Jerome a welcome home present: his gun to his temple. Goren is pretty tough this eppie.
Everyone’s all dressed up and Goren tells them Alex is meeting them at the church.
Clothes Call: Everyone’s handsome in their dress blues
Quotable:
[Bishop clears her throat as Goren scrolls down a list on a computer screen]
Goren: If I'm not scrolling fast enough–
Bishop: Sorry, I didn't mean to–
Goren: No, really, I don't mind, you know. Eames likes to drive, so she drives. You want to scroll? Scroll.
Eugene Thomas: (Goren opens his EMT bag) Oh, what you going in my bag for?
Goren: Because I can. You're low on Ace bandages.
Bishop: Where're you going?
Goren: Out for pancakes.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Pravada 3.5
Who is this redhead standing in the middle of the crime scene??? Why’s she asking questions??? Apparently Goren doesn’t know this chick either: they don’t even know who’s supposed to be taking notes. The local cop wanders what kind of cracker jack operation Major Case is runnin’.
Introducing Detective G. Lynn Bishop. We’re not happy to see her and neither is Goren, who copes by plowing full speed ahead doing his own thing and we’ll spend 7 long episodes watching her run after him, looking confused. Let the games begin!
She offers her own insight into the case, and when she doesn’t fall in line behind Goren’s line of thinking, he just up and walks away from her. Then is quick to throw her (and her theory) under the bus.
But just when we think all hope is lost, Eames waddles in (looking ab fab!), where Goren has an A and B conversation, and Bishop ain’t taking the hint to C her way out. Eames points out there’s a 10% premium on withdrawals at strip clubs, and you would think she just discovered America by the look of proud kudos that Goren gives her (which he NEVER gave her when she was actually working with him) and uses the opportunity to insult Bishop to her face for not working Vice like Eames and gives Eames a conspiratorial smile, but Eames knows what he’s up to and gives him a ‘cut-it-out’ look.
We thought these episodes were going to be boring! But watching Goren be so purposefully naughty and completely lose it (in a good way, not mother-dying way) is totally fun!
Goren nimbly jumps on and off a boat while Bishop stays ashore.
Goren drags Miss Pouty along to crash the guy from Taxi’s fancy dinner. Bishop does something not Eames-like and Goren practically skips at the opportunity to tell her so. Plagiarism is the problem. Goren and his dad once met Willie Maize – he wasn’t very nice.
Appropriately, Goren and Bishop go their separate ways. Alex’s gone and he got no one on his side. It’s Goren v. the World and he spends the entire episode trying to convince everyone of his theory. Goren almost trips, moderates a father/son argument.
Anyone else notice that Bishop never blinks? Seriously. I know I (like Goren) am looking for any and every opportunity to nitpick, but I’m serious.
Clothes Call: Eames’ pregnancy wear, Goren’s hot sunglasses, Carver’s shaved head, Goren looses the tie
Quotable:
Goren [to Bishop, gesturing between her and Eames]: See what you missed, not working Vice?
Bishop: So you know, I did not enjoy that.
Goren [gleefully]: No? Eames would've.
Bishop: If you were trying to show me how to turn a friendly witness into a hostile one, you succeeded.
Bishop: Gun cleaner. What part of the curriculum is that for?
Introducing Detective G. Lynn Bishop. We’re not happy to see her and neither is Goren, who copes by plowing full speed ahead doing his own thing and we’ll spend 7 long episodes watching her run after him, looking confused. Let the games begin!
She offers her own insight into the case, and when she doesn’t fall in line behind Goren’s line of thinking, he just up and walks away from her. Then is quick to throw her (and her theory) under the bus.
But just when we think all hope is lost, Eames waddles in (looking ab fab!), where Goren has an A and B conversation, and Bishop ain’t taking the hint to C her way out. Eames points out there’s a 10% premium on withdrawals at strip clubs, and you would think she just discovered America by the look of proud kudos that Goren gives her (which he NEVER gave her when she was actually working with him) and uses the opportunity to insult Bishop to her face for not working Vice like Eames and gives Eames a conspiratorial smile, but Eames knows what he’s up to and gives him a ‘cut-it-out’ look.
We thought these episodes were going to be boring! But watching Goren be so purposefully naughty and completely lose it (in a good way, not mother-dying way) is totally fun!
Goren nimbly jumps on and off a boat while Bishop stays ashore.
Goren drags Miss Pouty along to crash the guy from Taxi’s fancy dinner. Bishop does something not Eames-like and Goren practically skips at the opportunity to tell her so. Plagiarism is the problem. Goren and his dad once met Willie Maize – he wasn’t very nice.
Appropriately, Goren and Bishop go their separate ways. Alex’s gone and he got no one on his side. It’s Goren v. the World and he spends the entire episode trying to convince everyone of his theory. Goren almost trips, moderates a father/son argument.
Anyone else notice that Bishop never blinks? Seriously. I know I (like Goren) am looking for any and every opportunity to nitpick, but I’m serious.
Clothes Call: Eames’ pregnancy wear, Goren’s hot sunglasses, Carver’s shaved head, Goren looses the tie
Quotable:
Goren [to Bishop, gesturing between her and Eames]: See what you missed, not working Vice?
Bishop: So you know, I did not enjoy that.
Goren [gleefully]: No? Eames would've.
Bishop: If you were trying to show me how to turn a friendly witness into a hostile one, you succeeded.
Bishop: Gun cleaner. What part of the curriculum is that for?
But Not Forgotten 3.4
Has it really only been four episodes since Eames announced her pregnancy!? My how the time (and stomach growth) does fly.
We have the venerable Anthony Michael Hall on our hands. In season seven we’ll pick up the hotness that is Andrew McCarthy to add to our Brat-Pack collection.
Goren smells the bottom of a dog’s feet: they smell like coffee, but that could have gone wrong in so many ways, and Eames knows it. The dog’s soon followed by some very ‘assertive’ cheese, the cheese doesn’t have feelings, Goren, you don’t have to be so nice.
Goren tells the IRS how to do their job.
Goren tries to huddle with Carver too early in the game, but Deakins calls off the play.
Rogers! Haven’t seen you in a while. LOVE the Suri-bob!
Goren says ‘husband’ and ‘baby’ in Chinese.
Goren pulls up his usual window seat in Deakins’ office for Eames.
Oh, Eames! You actress you! Without any Goren-prompting (he’s not even in the vicinity), she plays a business-type for the fool, using her pregnancy (and a bookshelf) to get him to open up to her.
We don’t even make it into interrogation – it all goes down in Deakins’ office. The oldest cop trick in the book: hit on female crime victims. But, wait! There’s a twist – she no female victim at all! You can’t play a playa, Mr. Hall!
Clothes Call: Isabelle’s scarf in the very first scene
Quotable:
Deakins: They whacked the wrong lawyer.
[Goren is peeling skin off a corpse]
Eames: If you keep doing that I'm going to drop this kid right here.
Goren [after sitting through a crap story of Earl the hero]: Well, good job, Earl.
We have the venerable Anthony Michael Hall on our hands. In season seven we’ll pick up the hotness that is Andrew McCarthy to add to our Brat-Pack collection.
Goren smells the bottom of a dog’s feet: they smell like coffee, but that could have gone wrong in so many ways, and Eames knows it. The dog’s soon followed by some very ‘assertive’ cheese, the cheese doesn’t have feelings, Goren, you don’t have to be so nice.
Goren tells the IRS how to do their job.
Goren tries to huddle with Carver too early in the game, but Deakins calls off the play.
Rogers! Haven’t seen you in a while. LOVE the Suri-bob!
Goren says ‘husband’ and ‘baby’ in Chinese.
Goren pulls up his usual window seat in Deakins’ office for Eames.
Oh, Eames! You actress you! Without any Goren-prompting (he’s not even in the vicinity), she plays a business-type for the fool, using her pregnancy (and a bookshelf) to get him to open up to her.
We don’t even make it into interrogation – it all goes down in Deakins’ office. The oldest cop trick in the book: hit on female crime victims. But, wait! There’s a twist – she no female victim at all! You can’t play a playa, Mr. Hall!
Clothes Call: Isabelle’s scarf in the very first scene
Quotable:
Deakins: They whacked the wrong lawyer.
[Goren is peeling skin off a corpse]
Eames: If you keep doing that I'm going to drop this kid right here.
Goren [after sitting through a crap story of Earl the hero]: Well, good job, Earl.
The Gift 3.3
How in the world does some Joe on the street know so much about live video feeds?
Eames STILL wants one simple robbery case, but alas, complications arise.
Long Island City would not be Goren’s first choice of a body dumping site.
Goren says ‘Santeria’ with an accent, Eames makes a face, but they get a neat little crutch charm that we find interesting.
Eames is still getting use to morning sickness and takes a seat while her and Goren make a Santeria visit.
Goren straddles a rich woman’s couch instead of sitting on it like a civilized person.
The psychic lady sees visions of “a couple” aka our dynamic duo and Goren is ‘the man with the broken neck.’ The wife of the dead boy shuuuuuunnns our nonbelievers.
Clothes Call: The crutch charm and all the Santeria paraphernalia
Quotable:
Goren [slinging his arm around a reporter they tailed]: You were goin’ so fast, we almost lost you . . . . We’ll take over from here. [pats the reporter and closes the door in his face]
Ilene Maxwell: He never talked to me about animal sacrifices, my god, I don’t even wear fur!
Eames: I bet you know this one by heart, Julian Balante and Sylvia Campbell, you’re under arrest for fraud.
Eames STILL wants one simple robbery case, but alas, complications arise.
Long Island City would not be Goren’s first choice of a body dumping site.
Goren says ‘Santeria’ with an accent, Eames makes a face, but they get a neat little crutch charm that we find interesting.
Eames is still getting use to morning sickness and takes a seat while her and Goren make a Santeria visit.
Goren straddles a rich woman’s couch instead of sitting on it like a civilized person.
The psychic lady sees visions of “a couple” aka our dynamic duo and Goren is ‘the man with the broken neck.’ The wife of the dead boy shuuuuuunnns our nonbelievers.
Clothes Call: The crutch charm and all the Santeria paraphernalia
Quotable:
Goren [slinging his arm around a reporter they tailed]: You were goin’ so fast, we almost lost you . . . . We’ll take over from here. [pats the reporter and closes the door in his face]
Ilene Maxwell: He never talked to me about animal sacrifices, my god, I don’t even wear fur!
Eames: I bet you know this one by heart, Julian Balante and Sylvia Campbell, you’re under arrest for fraud.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Gemini 3.2
It’s the creepy guy who tries to change himself into Spike . . . blue eyes, bleached hair . . . Buffy anyone? If you haven’t gone there . . . you really should.
Goren’s seeing a theme. And Marilyn Monroe, of all people, comes into play.
Bobby and Alex are holding hands in the interrogation room, until Deakins comes in and they pull apart like guilty teenagers. Goren's all doin' the 'lean in' like he's showin' her something, but we know the truth.
An amateur tries to get one over on Goren and Eames to protect his drug-addict brother, but Goren knows ALL about having a drug-addict brother.
Eames puts on glasses and a dowdy skirt and plays a bank teller and Goren actually pulls out his gun and jams it into the head of our Spike look-alike (who we immediately sympathize for because he looks so hot with the eyes and hair!). I guess Goren’s finally pulling his weight in the manhandling department cuz normally petite Eames has to cuff everyone while seven foot Goren stands there and watches.
Goren saddles up to Carver and literally sweet talks him, then plays disguise and changes his hand color in Carver’s office.
Goren tells his little big brother story . . . he has a big brother and Bobby was always trying to get him to loosen up, but their dad never let up on the big brother.
Clothes Call: Goren looses the jacket in interrogation
Quotable:
Eames: Well this is nice, Charles Darwin is a serial killer.
Goren [to Brent’s lawyer]: Come on, you’re no fun. Look at him, he’s peein’ himself to tell us about this fake Arian cosmetics conspiracy!
Goren [sweet talking Carver]: You know I find paranoid schizophrenics excellent witnesses.
Goren: Yeah, he may be crazy, but you're evil.
Goren’s seeing a theme. And Marilyn Monroe, of all people, comes into play.
Bobby and Alex are holding hands in the interrogation room, until Deakins comes in and they pull apart like guilty teenagers. Goren's all doin' the 'lean in' like he's showin' her something, but we know the truth.
An amateur tries to get one over on Goren and Eames to protect his drug-addict brother, but Goren knows ALL about having a drug-addict brother.
Eames puts on glasses and a dowdy skirt and plays a bank teller and Goren actually pulls out his gun and jams it into the head of our Spike look-alike (who we immediately sympathize for because he looks so hot with the eyes and hair!). I guess Goren’s finally pulling his weight in the manhandling department cuz normally petite Eames has to cuff everyone while seven foot Goren stands there and watches.
Goren saddles up to Carver and literally sweet talks him, then plays disguise and changes his hand color in Carver’s office.
Goren tells his little big brother story . . . he has a big brother and Bobby was always trying to get him to loosen up, but their dad never let up on the big brother.
Clothes Call: Goren looses the jacket in interrogation
Quotable:
Eames: Well this is nice, Charles Darwin is a serial killer.
Goren [to Brent’s lawyer]: Come on, you’re no fun. Look at him, he’s peein’ himself to tell us about this fake Arian cosmetics conspiracy!
Goren [sweet talking Carver]: You know I find paranoid schizophrenics excellent witnesses.
Goren: Yeah, he may be crazy, but you're evil.
Undaunted Mettle 3.1
Bobby, dear, there MUST be other ways to examine a corpse at a crime scene other than curling yourself around it in the fetal position. There just must be.
Alex must have talked to Bobby about becoming a surrogate because he’s not even fazed by her talking about it . . . until she mentions a new partner and it looks like someone struck him in the back of the head with a baseball bat and pouts like a petulant child when Deakins is all happy about it.
Goren and Eames critique an architect’s apartment . . . then critique an assistant professor . . . to his face.
Our duo study photographs for hours and look suitably cross-eyed and like they're about to collapse on top of each other. And it’s a red letter day: EAMES is the one to find Waldo first: in this case, it’s a guy dressed like a big nickel. Funny that little detail escaped Goren's observational powers.
Goren and Eames camp out in their SUV trunk, admiring windows made for wives.
A visibly pregnant Eames pays her bills the day she gets them and she actually gets visibly excited to be catching the killer: when they find blood in a car, they give each other these great “yeah, baby, we are damn good” smirks. Pregnancy must make her feisty cuz in the episodes leading up to the maternity leave, Eames is an even tougher cookie than usual.
We like when Goren has a good time with women married to assholes, then he gestures grandly with a building top.
Clothes Call: Eames, we love your red coat in the first shot, so why, on your way to the next crime scene, do you change into a black one? They found the dead guys car, I find it hard to believe a day or more has passed by the time when you guys get there so you must have changed. You too, Goren. The architect’s suspenders and bow tie . . . I am an absolute sucker for a bow tie.
Quotable:
Eames [going through a dead guy’s wallet, talking to Goren]: Library card. Man after your own heart. [see Dead 2.1]
Eames [after telling Deakins she’s pregnant]: He gave me a big hug. He said it was a great thing I was doing for my sister and he said when the time comes he'll hook you up with a temporary partner.
Goren: Oh no! I didn't even think of that. What'd you say?
Eames: I pity the fool.
Deakins: How 'bout our gal, huh? Surrogate mom.
Architect: Whether you like it or not, my work has entered into your subconscious.
Eames: And here I thought it was last night’s potstickers.
Eames: Well, if he wanted to get inside Laurett’s head, he needed more blondes in his life.
One of Laurett’s Wives: The restaurant just gave you our address like that?
Eames: Well they didn’t really have a choice.
Alex must have talked to Bobby about becoming a surrogate because he’s not even fazed by her talking about it . . . until she mentions a new partner and it looks like someone struck him in the back of the head with a baseball bat and pouts like a petulant child when Deakins is all happy about it.
Goren and Eames critique an architect’s apartment . . . then critique an assistant professor . . . to his face.
Our duo study photographs for hours and look suitably cross-eyed and like they're about to collapse on top of each other. And it’s a red letter day: EAMES is the one to find Waldo first: in this case, it’s a guy dressed like a big nickel. Funny that little detail escaped Goren's observational powers.
Goren and Eames camp out in their SUV trunk, admiring windows made for wives.
A visibly pregnant Eames pays her bills the day she gets them and she actually gets visibly excited to be catching the killer: when they find blood in a car, they give each other these great “yeah, baby, we are damn good” smirks. Pregnancy must make her feisty cuz in the episodes leading up to the maternity leave, Eames is an even tougher cookie than usual.
We like when Goren has a good time with women married to assholes, then he gestures grandly with a building top.
Clothes Call: Eames, we love your red coat in the first shot, so why, on your way to the next crime scene, do you change into a black one? They found the dead guys car, I find it hard to believe a day or more has passed by the time when you guys get there so you must have changed. You too, Goren. The architect’s suspenders and bow tie . . . I am an absolute sucker for a bow tie.
Quotable:
Eames [going through a dead guy’s wallet, talking to Goren]: Library card. Man after your own heart. [see Dead 2.1]
Eames [after telling Deakins she’s pregnant]: He gave me a big hug. He said it was a great thing I was doing for my sister and he said when the time comes he'll hook you up with a temporary partner.
Goren: Oh no! I didn't even think of that. What'd you say?
Eames: I pity the fool.
Deakins: How 'bout our gal, huh? Surrogate mom.
Architect: Whether you like it or not, my work has entered into your subconscious.
Eames: And here I thought it was last night’s potstickers.
Eames: Well, if he wanted to get inside Laurett’s head, he needed more blondes in his life.
One of Laurett’s Wives: The restaurant just gave you our address like that?
Eames: Well they didn’t really have a choice.
A Person of Interest 2.23
The whole first half of the episode is dedicated to the Anthrax left over from Zoonotic and a guy who thinks the government is out to get him – until he hangs himself – and it’s all Bobby’s fault and Eames tells him so. So, he does what he always does in these situations . . . punches the wall and wrecks things. Goren gets called out on being an ex-Army Criminal Investigator and Eames calls him out on being a prick who’s bad at his job (because he is when Nicole is remotely involved) and he takes it out on a bulletin board.
But quickly our duo kiss and make up, well, Eames makes him laugh and asks him if he got any sleep.
Bobby’s at Sal’s Restaurant in Brooklyn for the fifth night in a row . . . that’s actually quite a sad peek into Bobby’s personal life, isn’t it? And he orders the same thing too: veal parmesan. He flirts with the waitress and gets a salad and date with Nicole for his troubles, who makes him keep his hands on the table where she can see ‘em.
Here’s another wallpaper/screensaver in the making: Bobby and Alex alone in a darkened interrogation room, their faces reflected off the one-way mirror as they talk quietly about Goren’s father. He feels like an idiot for being duped and Alex vows revenge.
A stuffy lawyer WEARING SUSPENDERS WITH IVY ON THEM threatens Goren. Ha.
Goren and Nicole do the ol’ tit for tat in interrogation: Goren’s parents are divorced, Goren’s dad was a playboy, and 11yr old Goren blamed his mother. Goren isn’t married because he thinks he’ll suck at husbandry like his dad did . . . blah blah blah
But Goren comes out of this one with his head above water – he wipes his hands of the matter and passes her (and a bag of scones) over to Carver and Deakins to deal with.
Clothes Call: Eames’ jean jacket, Bobby’s sky blue button down, and Carver and Deakins’ civilian clothes
Quotable:
[Goren is flipping through a stack of messages]
Eames: Admirers?
Goren: Reporters. They want a comment.
Eames: Can they print a hand gesture?
Waitress: You must really like veal parmesan. It’s the fifth night in a row you’ve ordered it.
Goren: I just like watching you write it down.
Elizabeth Hitchens’ husband’s lawyer [doubtfully, after being shown an old picture of Nicole]: You have a more recent photo?
Eames [pointing to their wedding photo]: There’s that.
Eames: Nicole Elizabeth Wallace Hitchens Haynes, whatever. All of you are under arrest for attempted bribery.
Goren [to Nicole who flirts with him in interrogation]: Don’t flatter yourself.
But quickly our duo kiss and make up, well, Eames makes him laugh and asks him if he got any sleep.
Bobby’s at Sal’s Restaurant in Brooklyn for the fifth night in a row . . . that’s actually quite a sad peek into Bobby’s personal life, isn’t it? And he orders the same thing too: veal parmesan. He flirts with the waitress and gets a salad and date with Nicole for his troubles, who makes him keep his hands on the table where she can see ‘em.
Here’s another wallpaper/screensaver in the making: Bobby and Alex alone in a darkened interrogation room, their faces reflected off the one-way mirror as they talk quietly about Goren’s father. He feels like an idiot for being duped and Alex vows revenge.
A stuffy lawyer WEARING SUSPENDERS WITH IVY ON THEM threatens Goren. Ha.
Goren and Nicole do the ol’ tit for tat in interrogation: Goren’s parents are divorced, Goren’s dad was a playboy, and 11yr old Goren blamed his mother. Goren isn’t married because he thinks he’ll suck at husbandry like his dad did . . . blah blah blah
But Goren comes out of this one with his head above water – he wipes his hands of the matter and passes her (and a bag of scones) over to Carver and Deakins to deal with.
Clothes Call: Eames’ jean jacket, Bobby’s sky blue button down, and Carver and Deakins’ civilian clothes
Quotable:
[Goren is flipping through a stack of messages]
Eames: Admirers?
Goren: Reporters. They want a comment.
Eames: Can they print a hand gesture?
Waitress: You must really like veal parmesan. It’s the fifth night in a row you’ve ordered it.
Goren: I just like watching you write it down.
Elizabeth Hitchens’ husband’s lawyer [doubtfully, after being shown an old picture of Nicole]: You have a more recent photo?
Eames [pointing to their wedding photo]: There’s that.
Eames: Nicole Elizabeth Wallace Hitchens Haynes, whatever. All of you are under arrest for attempted bribery.
Goren [to Nicole who flirts with him in interrogation]: Don’t flatter yourself.
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