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LFN Michael thoughts
Apr. 12th, 2010 07:30 pmOkay, this is mostly to Jaybee in response to her question about what makes Michael interesting in my last post about LFN.
I'm in about the middle of season three now in my re-watching, just saw the 'slipping into darkness' episode, which is, you know, for LFN a pretty tightly plotted episode that I really like a lot, but I have to say - that in general, here in the middle of season three? Michael is really dull.
He had an obviously interesting opening to the season, what with the whole blood-cover reveal and loss of his mission-family, and at the end of the season he has more interesting issues as well.
But, here, in the middle? I can see, from a character-arc perspective, that Michael, as a character, obviously needs to take some time to process the previous five years, and with actual down time, has the physical and intellectual reserves to be at the top of his game, mission wise. Which, makes him a very dull boy to watch.
The only interesting Michael-related thing is Madeline and Paul's conversation at the end of that episode, about Michael's ambition, or lack thereof.
I happen to agree with Madeline - Michael doesn't have *ambition with regard to the Section,* not in the way Paul thinks he does -- Paul being incapable of imagining a man with the skills and talents Michael obviously has NOT being ambitious-just-like-Paul. But the whole bit is far more revealing of Paul, and Madeline, than it is of Michael.
I'm in about the middle of season three now in my re-watching, just saw the 'slipping into darkness' episode, which is, you know, for LFN a pretty tightly plotted episode that I really like a lot, but I have to say - that in general, here in the middle of season three? Michael is really dull.
He had an obviously interesting opening to the season, what with the whole blood-cover reveal and loss of his mission-family, and at the end of the season he has more interesting issues as well.
But, here, in the middle? I can see, from a character-arc perspective, that Michael, as a character, obviously needs to take some time to process the previous five years, and with actual down time, has the physical and intellectual reserves to be at the top of his game, mission wise. Which, makes him a very dull boy to watch.
The only interesting Michael-related thing is Madeline and Paul's conversation at the end of that episode, about Michael's ambition, or lack thereof.
I happen to agree with Madeline - Michael doesn't have *ambition with regard to the Section,* not in the way Paul thinks he does -- Paul being incapable of imagining a man with the skills and talents Michael obviously has NOT being ambitious-just-like-Paul. But the whole bit is far more revealing of Paul, and Madeline, than it is of Michael.
