Funny things, spoilers.
In fact, on a couple of occasions, spoilers actually increased my enjoyment of the show.
Feel free to just take my word that its awesome and stop reading now.
Finch has a proposition for Reese he wants them to go into the vigilante business together.
Specifically, he has their social security numbers, which come from an unknown source.
Hold on, I hear you say.
I need to sit through nearly a season and a half before it gets really good?
Thats like 30 episodes!
Thats a decent chunk of my precious existence!
Im not going to disagree.
One of the issues, unfortunately, is the nature of US internet television.
Okay, you say, so theres some good fighting.
What about these spoilers, then?
Why is this show worth my time?
SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ONWARDS
Fine, fine.
Its subversive on a metatextual level, even before you get to the subversive aspects of the show itself.
Acker can do no wrong.
The fight scenes get steadily more inventive and bruising.
The cast of characters expands, and their relationships deepen.
The stakes get higher.
The moral ambiguity gets squickier.
The twists get more eye-popping-er.
Amy Acker fires two guns at the same time while shamelessly flirting with a flustered Michael Emerson.
So should you just skip the early, more forgettable episodes and go straight to the good stuff?
Good things to those who wait, and all that.
And good the things are.
Plus, copious defenestration.
Whats not to like?
