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Words can hardly express how much I love the production design of Grimm and Finch's mostly-plaid wardrobe in Person of Interest.



Grimm, for all that it's been slow to find its feet, has been beautifully designed from the outset. Here's a screenshot from this week's episode. The whole ep featured these same saturated red and turquoise tones, and it was so gorgeous that it almost overshadowed the much-improved plot line by Amy Berg.



(Obscure-ish TV joke: Detective Britten wouldn't know which reality he was in!)

And Finch's overcoat was so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off it in this week's Person of Interest. It played a role in the plot and everything! I worried about that coat when he took it off, and I was delighted to see that he was still wearing it in the last scene. I hope it makes another guest appearance!

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[darkemeralds]

Yes! I want Person of Interest to edge over into genre territory too! I was fascinated with the couple of episodes that looked into Finch's history with the business partner who died (and, I suddenly remember now, was named Nathan. Hmmm...!). The idea that Finch might be the machine is subliminal all the time in his robot-like walk.

But it's hard to see how they could go definitely in the science-fiction direction. I'd love it, but I'm pretty sure it would lose them their entire non-geek audience who tune in for the police procedural story.

And if The Good Wife fills the gap left by The West Wing...well, that's a hell of a gap! I think I overlooked it because it was presented as being about a beautiful woman, something Hollywood so consistently Does Wrong that I just...skipped it. I'll have to remedy that.