I'm not sure I have the words to describe these two episodes because 'The Day the World Went Away' destroyed me.
At this point I shouldn't even be surprised that, once again, this is late. Honestly, I wasn't sure how to talk about these episodes, and then I had to prep for a job interview, and frankly, then I just forgot.
Anyway, let's talk about 'Sotto Voce' first, which sees the return of a former foe. The unidentifiable voice that terrorised a 911 operator in season 3 has come back and is seemingly forcing a man to blow up a building by holding his wife hostage.
Of course things are not that simple and getting caught was part of the plan as the end game was silencing a hitman that used to work for the voice and has now been arrested by Fusco.
While this plot on its own isn't particularly special, I do appreciate tying up loose ends during the show's final season. There have been several adversaries and numbers that have had the potential to come back at some point (Alistair, the former MI6 operative that tried to orchestrate the death of a businessman, and Logan Pierce, the unbelievably annoying millionaire come to mind) so it is nice to get closure for some of them.
However, at the heart of this episode is the message of the team coming together. Firstly, Elias. His role has shifted a lot during the show and in this episode he becomes a proper ally for the team. He helps Harold track down the voice and even kills the man so that he will no longer cause trouble in the future.
Then there is Fusco. He has steadily (and understandably) become more fed up with John and Harold's antics and I am so happy the writers decided not to do the whole keeping secrets for the sake of keeping secrets thing that Supernatural is irritatingly fond of. So, with Harold's permission, John finally tells Fusco the truth.
And finally, Shaw. She has finally managed to get back to New York and is steadily taking out Samaritan's agents, one at the time. This puts Shaw on Root's radar and they finally have their reunion. Shaw argues that she should not come back to them because she does not know what is real and what is not, and so she is afraid she will lead Samaritan to them and the Machine.
But in the end Shaw allows Root to take her to the others, getting the whole team together for the first time this season.
After finally reuniting the entire team, it seemed obvious that the next episode would tear it all apart. I just didn't expect it to fall apart this much.
In the tenth episode of season 5 (and the 100th episode overall!) Harold slips up. He goes back to the cafe he took Grace on their first date and Samaritan recognises him, causing his number to come up.
Everyone races to protect Harold and Elias is the first to pay for that loyalty. Like I said, Elias has become a part of this team and a good friend and is in fact willing to protect Harold with his life. It is sad to see Elias go, this time for real, but it was unlikely he would survive this.
Why is Samaritan asking for Harold's help? And in what possible situation does it think this would end with Harold saying yes?
After Elias, it is Root's turn to lay down her life to protect Harold, but I'm glad she got to be the badass she was one last time (seriously, that car chase was incredible).
Harold's speech to Samaritan was chilling! I am always in awe of Michael Emerson's talent, but that scene... He simply slayed it. I am speechless just by thinking about it. Also John and Shaw's exchange how Harold's number didn't come up because of Samaritan, but because of what he might do after the events Samaritan had set in motion was excellent.
Which means that although I'm so sad about Root dying because she was a fantastic character (just look at the journey she had on this show!) and I will miss her terribly, I'm so excited to see what is to come. Elias warned that it is always the quiet ones we should be afraid of (and I agree with that) and I can't wait to see what Harold becomes after he let's go of his rules.
I also want to say this: I understand people might be upset because this is the second time this show has killed a main character and they have both been women, and it really does not help that the other was the only black main character and the other was a part of a sexual minority. However, from the character point of view Root was the fairly obvious choice. She is the one that has been saying all along that this war will have casualties, and that they will not all make it. And I think she was the one that had made her peace with the fact that she will likely die in this. So I understand why this happened.
And it is not like Amy Acker won't be part of the show anymore, since the Machine has now chosen Root's voice to communicate with. Also, it anyone else reminded of the way they killed Fred on Angel, so that Illyria could use her body as a host?
Anyway, now that one member of the team is dead and a perfect happy ending is not happening, I wish the writers will go all out and give this show the great ending it deserves. At this point I don't care if it ends with all of them dead (except Lionel, he has a kid, so he should live), and it would give a nice symmetry to the pilot where Harold told John that they'd both end up dead at some point. Just make it great.
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