Nathan Ingram – Person of Interest
I don’t know about all of you POI fans, but I every time I see a flashback involving Nathan, I have this secret wish that he isn’t dead. He’s hiding, like Harold, and he’s somewhere getting very mad. Or he’s on a beach. Yeah, a beach sounds nice.
The flashbacks involving Nathan have been a sheer delight to watch and now that we know the whole story about what happened to him thanks to “God Mode,” I fear his story is done. That can’t happen. He’s such an integral unsung hero in this cynical universe, and his friendship/partnership with Harold has proven to be the catalyst for everything. Nathan was the guy who started this whole saving the non-relevant people business. He created the backdoor that Finch never wanted out of pure moral conscience. He’s the true idealist, the voice of reason in this age of mistrust. I don’t want him to go after learning his story for two seasons. I’m not ready to move on.
Yes, I know, this is Person of Interest. It isn’t the The Vampire Diaries or Supernatural, where anyone can come back from the dead no matter how flimsy the reason and it be believable. If Nathan showed up alive, it would probably stretch the premise a bit thin. But if that happened, I would probably be one of the few people not screaming, “Foul!” I just adore him too much. For the record I think his ex-wife is still involved in this scheme somehow, so that could open up more flashbacks. If that’s all I get, it’s better than nothing.
Favorite quotes:
All these people. And this damn machine knew. You knew that someone wanted to harm them, kill them and you did nothing?
Irrelevant? So you taught it the difference? You want to play God? Is that it?
Nathan: It does this all the time, to all of us? That’s terrifying.
Harold:It’s a good thing you’re the only other person that will see this machine work.When it’s complete, I’ll encrypt the OS so completely…that no computer on Earth will ever crack it.
Nathan: Does it bother you? I mean, what you’ve achieved is historic. But no one will ever know.
Harold:It’s the way it has to be. To be sure.
Nathan: Sure of what?
Harold:That they’ll use it the way I intended.
I agree with almost all of these. I never watched Breaking Bad, or The Simpsons (hangs head in shame), but all the shows I do watch I agree with. Frankly, I would have preferred Alaric to come back over Jeremy. Killing Bobby was a HUGE mistake. I always thought they should have had him in a coma, on life support so he could come back if needed, but still be off the table for season seven. Well, they didn’t ask me, so…
Ianto Jones – Torchwood
This is my first time posting. I don’t know if this death will count because I don’t know if there will be more seasons of Torchwood or not, but here goes….
Torchwood is about a team of people, but Ianto was the real heart of the team. He was funny, caring, witty, and extremely loyal.
Many spoilers follow.
I realize some people may say that his death did serve a purpose in that it caused Jack to be so broken that he was able to kill his own grandson in the next ep, but for me, Ianto’s death was sad and meaningless. It was a death simply because Torchwood is a dark show, and no one is safe. I do like dark shows. However, only when something is accomplished by that person’s death. Even Tosh and Owen had a hero’s death because they were helping save Cardiff, and possibly the world, when they died.
I digress, but Ianto simply died; there was no greater meaning. I mean some would say he died in the name of duty, but for me, there was no purpose to his death.
I’m getting sad just writing this, but I’ve been a lurker for a while, so it makes me happy finally posting.
As, a final note, I agree with what’s been said previously, and I enjoyed the article.
Welcome first time poster! I always get excited when a lurker posts for the first time. I’m happy you took the time to post here!
Honestly, Torchwood is on my list of shows I must see. To show you how behind the eight ball I am, I’m still in the 2005 season of Dr. Who. Never seen it before. So Torchwood will happen eventually. Thank God for Netflix.
You didn’t spoil anything for me, but I do get the lingering pain of a character death from shows past. I was always bitter about Charlie, Sun and Jin on Lost and Jonathan Kent on Smallville. It affects the way you go back and rewatch shows, no?
Thanks for posting and I hope to see more from you in the future.
I don’t watch all of these shows but I enjoyed the article. The loss of Bobby from SPN and Alaric from TVD were two of the ones that stung. Especially Bobby, he was one of my favorite characters of all time. I found Damon and Alaric very charismatic together and I hope they can bring him back in some form. I love seeing Bobby every time he reappears but I am always torn between that and thinking they should just leave it be!
I always hate it when a character gets killed off when contract negotiations break down with an actor. It seems so mean spirited to me. Not only do you get no raise but we will kill you off so you can’t return ingrate!! I don’t think that happened with these two actors mind, you just that it does happen sometimes.
comma s/b after ‘you’ in last sentence! Sheesh.