January 19, 2004
A Person of Interest
In this episode (2.23), Goran and Eames investigate the murder of a nurse connected to some missing anthr*x vaccine booster shots. Goran pursues a hot-headed scientist who appears to be connected to an effort to use anthr*x for terrorist purposes. In his efforts to break the suspect, Goran pushes too hard, and the suspect appears to kill himself, and Goran blames himself, just as the media incriminates him for causing the death of an innocent man. But even after all this, the episode is really just getting started: Olivia D'Abo shows up, reviving her terrific Elizabeth Hitchens/Nicole Wallace character from the episode "Anti-Thesis" in which she nearly drove Goran mad. In much the same way Sherlock Holmes is transfixed by Irene Adler in "A Scandal in Bohemia," so is Goran captivated by Nicole Wallace. And she is equally drawn to him, putting herself on the hook for the anthr*x and murder investigations without much of a rational reason for doing so. As in her first episode, she and Goran have a rather emotional confrontation in the interrogation room. Goran seems to come out on top this time, though, and as the episode ends, she's led away in handcuffs. However, as she warns Goran, don't think for a minute that this is the end for the two of them.
Other notable moments: The scientist's suicide note blames Goran for his death and identifies Goran as a "former member of the Army's investigation unit." Eames also seems to (delicately) blame G for the death, admonishing him, "You didn't list, Bobby. You didn't listen to what his wife said." The scientist, obviously, is reminiscent of Steven H*tfill, the man identified as "a person of interest" in the FBI's real-life anthr*x investigation.
I wrote about this episode on my other blog when it originally aired. Here's that earlier post.
Posted by adm at January 19, 2004 01:38 AM
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