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I loved the learning to drive stuff, although this was one of the most obvious "we re-arranged the airing order after the fact" continuity blunders, as Ariel drove to school with Joe in last week's episode. I liked some of how they covered the difficulty of her learning to drive from someone whose mind she can read, but I don't think they took it quite far enough. It may actually be HARDER for Ariel to really learn how to drive, because she so unconsciously picks up cues from her instructor. She'll have a real struggle developing her own driving instincts until she's driving on her own.
I think the possession road they've toyed with a few times is a dangerous path to take, because before too long, they're going to back themselves into a corner of having to deal with Allison doing something horrible. The episode where it happened accidentally was fine - where the wife died and found herself in Allison's body unintentionally - that was good. But when you open the door for every random wrongfully-dead spirit to borrow Allison to finish their business, things get hairy really quickly.
And the writers really need to start dealing with Allison's interpretations better. In show time, she's got four years of experience under her belt. Despite the obvious emotional turmoil involved, she should be consistently approaching her dreams with a more analytical mind. "I saw this. Does it have to mean what my heart assumes it means?" Because the formula is beginning to get a little stale. I think they really need Allison and Joe to do some growing with regard to her ability. Allison should not be rejecting Joe's common sense so vehemently by now. She should be making use of his objectivity to help her discern what her dreams are trying to tell her. After four years of this, the adversarial reactions should either grow into cooperation or drive them apart. I don't see how Joe isn't crazy with worry over Allison lately. Her dreams and impressions have been putting her more and more often in real danger. He ought to be asking himself soon whether it's wise to leave her alone with the kids, let her drive, etc. This is something that
Journeyman dealt with head-on and that I really think
Medium needs to start addressing.
Patricia Arquette at the Paley Center for Media
I seem to CONSTANTLY promote Hulu, but things like this are one of the reasons I adore this service. This is a 43-minute question-and-answer with Patricia about her role as Allison and her direction of the episode "A Person of Interest." It's very satisfying, because she shares some of the same frustrations and ideas we have about the show.
