This episode of Person of Interest was one of the best. A great way to end the midseason. It had everything. Suspense, action, cliffhangers, and bromantical moments.
This time around, four numbers have come up. That is four people to protect. Reese needs a little help so it becomes a team effort. Lionel and Reese work together to protect the four possible victims. Even Finch is out on the street trying to be a bad ass. Unfortunately for him, he realizes a bomb is in the vicinity way too late. He’s fine but his number is not. Before you know it, kaboom. Finch is on the ground and Reese is worried about his buddy.
Reese tracks down his person working at a hair salon. I love this girl. I kind of wish she would be on the show more often. She made Reese so flustered conning him into getting his hair done. It’s an adorable scene. She even asks if he’s single. Woot. This girl is foster sisters with the other. They are half of a group that took 250 grand from a car crash a drug dealer was in and I guess his goons want their money so they’re hunting them all down.
Carter is being questioned at the police station for possibly working with Reese instead of tracking him down. She’s conflicted on what she would do if she ever ran into him again. She’s thankful he saved her life but settles on the fact she would arrest him. The CIA begins following Carter to warn her about Reese. One of them used to be best friends with Reese and apparently has one hell of a grudge that he killed that girl he was working for a few episodes back.
Reese calls Carter to tell her where the killer is going to be and she calls the CIA to tip them off. Damn it Carter. After saving the girls, Reese calmly walks to his car only to be surprised by his ex best bud. Finch realizes what’s about to go down and rushes to the scene. He’s too late. Reese is shot. OMG WHAT? NO! Why isn’t he walking around and like, sleeping in a bullet proof vest 24/7?? Reese stumbles away with his gunshot wounds and he looks like hell. He calls Finch to basically tell him what’s up. Even when he’s about to die he’s fierce,flawless, suave and witty. He begins to say goodbye to Finch and ugh. The look in Finch’s eyes. I cannot handle the love in this bromance. It’s beautiful. Finch speeds like hell to get to him in time. Just as he’s holding him up, Carter shows up with her gun and ultimately decides to help Reese into the car.
Did they get him to the hospital in time? What a great episode.
All you want for Christmas is to forget this episode of Glee ever happened. Unless you like unhealthy and unnecessary amounts of Blaine solos then you’ll probably love it.
The episode opens with one of the episode’s better performances. Amber looks amazing and everyone is having a great time decorating the choir room while singing All I Want For Christmas Is You. The kids find themselves in a bit of a pickle when they make commitments to perform at two places on the same night. Nice Sue is back and suddenly all is forgiven because she’s allowed to be nice when she’s thinking about her sister or bullying. Any other time she can push old ladies down the stairs and such.
Sue asks the kids to perform at a homeless shelter for the holidays on the same night that Artie is set to direct the group in a pbs-esque Christmas television special. Artie is the only one with common sense who remembers that Sue has been evil to them every other day of the year and puts his foot down and offers to perform for the homeless another night. Artie directing this thing is all we get to see of him. His song (The Little Drummer Boy) was not included in the episode. Neither was Santana’s Santa Baby.
But hey! Blaine gets three songs! Something for all to enjoy. Also, we get confirmation of why Artie hasn’t used his 100,000 dollar robotic legs since last year. They “broke the next year.” Oh, continuity. Rory is missing his family in Ireland and this will be the first Christmas he spends without them. Can we just say how adorable he is calling his mom “mommy”? He gives one of the other great performances of the night. Blue Christmas. His voice is being used really well. Good things come in small doses Glee. Sam misses his family too and thus, Sorry is born. I now ship Sam and Rory as BFFS. Sorry, Finn.
And then the episode goes downhill and I suddenly for the first time ever, wish I could change the channel and watch The Santa Clause. Rachel and Blaine sing their original Christmas song Extraordinary Merry Christmas and I don’t hate it. But then we get like 4 hours of this terribly unfunny black and white Christmas special parody that just refuses to end. I stopped taking notes at this point. Rory saves the day and goes off Artie’s script and starts reading about the important things like good will to man. He then encourages the group to go back to the homeless shelter to help out.
They perform Do They Know It’s Christmas for the shelter. Because nothing will brighten a holiday for a homeless person like a song with lyrics like “Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears.” Then there’s the inappropriate zoom on the black kid during the Africa lines. I can’t.
Funniest Quotes of the Night:
Will: They won’t be broadcasting the yule log..
Puck: What the hell?!
Puck: Would it be weird if I made myself a plate?
Terra Nova is in trouble and Lucas is behind it all. Lucas is racing to finish his two way portal to 2149 and Skye is suddenly looking very suspicious to Jim. Jim questions Skye and she realizes she’s very close to getting caught. She asks Josh to lie for her but really, when has that kid ever done anything right? He keeps up the charade for like, an hour, and Jim puts two and two together. Jim catches Skye sneaking out and shows the footage to an extremely disappointed Taylor.
Skye is under a lot of pressure. She doesn’t want to be doing what she’s doing. And now she has to deal with Taylor bratty son on top of everything else. The nutball is now blackmailing Skye to break into The Eye and help him finish his calculations. Otherwise he’ll hurl her mother off a cliff. Really. Poor Bucket. Jim and Taylor set up a trap for Skye to tell the Sixers. She doesn’t give them the information. Lucas warns Skye not to return to Terra Nova because his calculations are complete and the two way portal is ready. The bad guys that hired the Sixers will be on their way to come and destroy Terra Nova.
Why? Why destroy a home and innocent people? What could possibly be in it for them? Skye’s mother urges her to warn Taylor and leave her there. Taylor is unable to stop Lucas from activating the portal and Lucas books it to 2149. In happier news, Taylor gets Skye’s mom out of the Sixer tree hut. Not sure if a colony that’s about to be destroyed is the best place for her but still.
What I learned from this episode is that if you are a fairy tale character and you want to remember your fairy tale life, you should kiss Emma. Basically, this entire town is going to have to make out with Emma.
After kissing Emma, Graham begins to remember his fairy tale life. Graham was a huntsman hired by The Queen to kill Snow White. Here’s the kicker. We learn that The Queen is Snow’s step mother and is responsible for killing Snow’s father. She is now plotting Snow’s demise. Why? Well, we’re not so sure. All we get is that The Queen told her a secret and she couldn’t keep her mouth shut. Wonder what that secret was. Graham has a big ol’ heart and is unable to follow through with killing Snow. Furious that he didn’t bring her Snow’s heart, The Queen rips out The Huntsman’s for safe keeping. I guess in this world, you can live without one because he’s still kicking. She can now control him by causing him pain every time she squeezes his heart.
Graham tells Mary he thinks he knows her from another life. She directs him to Henry and his fairytale book and suddenly everything makes sense to him. He is now on the hunt for his heart. Regina catches Graham and Emma in her tomb and orders them to leave. Graham leaves her for Emma and she doesn’t take it so well. After getting in an overdue fist fight with Emma, Regina locates Graham’s heart in her tomb and crushes it to ash. Graham dies in Emma’s arms.
Nooooooo. Will we still see him in Fairy Tale land?
Finn is more concerned with New Directions’ lack of members than the setlist and decides to do something about it. It’s time for the return of Trouty Mouth. Finn has tracked down Sam Evans in Kentucky and has vowed to bring him back. “Even homeless people have Facebook.”
Rachel and Finn track down Sam’s workplace and once White Chocolate steps out on stage, they realize he’s stripping for cash. Sure it’s not the best way to make a living but the people on this show are acting like he’s a prostitute or selling babies. The most interesting thing about this scene is that John Schneider is his dad. Does this mean Clark Kent is his brother? Sam begs his parents to let him stay with his friends and return to Mckinley to help them win Sectionals. I feel like a school system would never allow this..but it’s Glee. His first mission at Mckinley is to sing a terrible Country song. Red Solo Cup. I’ve never heard of it before and I can’t understand why it’s believable that every student in this room knows all the words. I mean..Rory??
Sam’s second mission is to get Mercedes back but she isn’t having it. There’s always Quinn. Who is still a psychopath and wants to hook up with Sam so he can help her raise Beth. Girl is nuts. But is right on the money about telling the school about Shelby sleeping with Puck. Why is Shelby acting like because she’s older it’s an excuse to sleep with a student? Teachers aren’t allowed to sleep with students. Period. Just because she has a baby doesn’t give her a free pass.
The boys are having a hard time coming up with choreography without their original members so when Blaine begins suggesting boring moves, Sam intervenes. Sam thinks they should use sexy moves on the dancefloor to compensate for the loss of girls on their team. Blaine basically calls Sam a whore and acts like an ass because ~he’s not for sale.~ If you’re gonna judge people Blaine, maybe you shouldn’t get super drunk at a strip club and then try to force your partner to have sex with you in a parking lot. Just saying. Transition to a scene of him angrily boxing with his body covered in sweat and his head covered in gel. It’s pretty cringeworthy. It’s a scene created so that Finn and Blaine can work out their differences and get through a performance without killing each other.
Tina encourages Mike to talk to his dad about letting him apply to dance schools to follow his dream. Mike tells her to stay out of it but she goes to talk to his dad anyway. Mike thinks she’s making things worse and now Tike is on thin ice. Things work out when Mike’s dad shows up to Sectionals to see his son perform. Yay!
Sectionals. The Gerber baby returns and she’s up first. Harmony performs in what is supposed to be a group song but it’s really just an opportunity to showcase Lindsay’s voice. It’s Buenos Aires and Kurt and Rachel are scared. The Troubeltones are up next singing I Will Survive/Survivor. It’s good but not as good as the Adele cover. New Directions gets like 3 songs. They start with ABC. Everyone is singing. I love this! I miss when everyone in the group got a chance to sing on a song. Next up is Control followed by the best song of the episode. Man In The Mirror. The only way this could be better is if it was a Kevin Mchale solo. That boy’s voice. Amahzing. New Directions wins. The Troubletones are acting like second place is the worst thing in the world. Sheesh.
Quinn decides not to tell on Shelby because she wants Beth’s mom to have a paycheck. She encourages the girls of The Troubletones to return to New Directions so they can all enjoy their Senior year together. Everyone sings We Are Young. It’s a fun, finale performance.