I really love Janet so much, even at this early point in her development. She's so cheerful and clearly nonhuman, and yet: "I can't eat, so every time there's a new version of Janet, I like to take a piece of birthday cake and smash it around where my mouth is." She has preferences that in no way relate to helping the humans around her! She's such a great Janet.
It was a little disconcerting to see Eleanor so happy about Michael's retirement, knowing as we do now what that means for architects. But in a way, her clear selfish streak makes her brave stand at the end even better -- she isn't magically reformed by any means, but she can still take a big risk to help a friend.
As for Chidi, it's interesting that what really got him in trouble in the flashbacks wasn't the white lie -- it was the fact that, in his discomfort, he elaborated on it so much that Henry thought Chidi genuinely loved his boots. Also interesting: while announcing that he hated the boots clearly did nothing but hurt Henry, telling Eleanor how unhappy he was about letting Michael die might actually have helped them both grow as people. Sometimes, honesty is the right choice!
Odds and ends:
-I love that Michael gave his birth year as 0000. -If we can put any weight on the old Chinese proverb gag, Mandarin seems to be on the list of languages Chidi speaks. How is he even? -Pleurigloss sounds like such a great color.
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on Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 04:03 am (UTC)It was a little disconcerting to see Eleanor so happy about Michael's retirement, knowing as we do now what that means for architects. But in a way, her clear selfish streak makes her brave stand at the end even better -- she isn't magically reformed by any means, but she can still take a big risk to help a friend.
As for Chidi, it's interesting that what really got him in trouble in the flashbacks wasn't the white lie -- it was the fact that, in his discomfort, he elaborated on it so much that Henry thought Chidi genuinely loved his boots. Also interesting: while announcing that he hated the boots clearly did nothing but hurt Henry, telling Eleanor how unhappy he was about letting Michael die might actually have helped them both grow as people. Sometimes, honesty is the right choice!
Odds and ends:
-I love that Michael gave his birth year as 0000.
-If we can put any weight on the old Chinese proverb gag, Mandarin seems to be on the list of languages Chidi speaks. How is he even?
-Pleurigloss sounds like such a great color.