I like the coma/death difference explanation (works for Martin Summers, too, who was also in a coma and self aware)!
Funnily enough, this season, I'm starting to dislike Gene a lot more. Maybe I'm siding with his nemesis, but his leadership has been cast in a more paternalistic and suffocating light. The man uses loyalty and force of personality to keep himself in his position, and while he always did, this season the damage its causing his team is becoming more evident.
I'm with you there, but we're in a minority. I'm not that surprised that over at the AtA community there are always hopes Gene will beat Jim Keats up. (Because that's such a great refutation of his arguments, right?). The thing is, the last time we had a really critical examination of Gene's leadership was in the last but one episode of s1 of LoM (the one where Ray gets a suspect killed by following Gene's example and rules). That long ago. So I'm all for a less than adoring attitude on the part of the show this season, although I fully expect Gene to end up looking completely heroic by the time the finale rolls along, because they know their audience and Gene is most people's reason for tuning in. Still, I'll take what I can get in the meantime. Especially the lovely, lovely character development for Ray, and his friendship with Alex.
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Date: 2010-04-18 04:41 pm (UTC)Funnily enough, this season, I'm starting to dislike Gene a lot more. Maybe I'm siding with his nemesis, but his leadership has been cast in a more paternalistic and suffocating light. The man uses loyalty and force of personality to keep himself in his position, and while he always did, this season the damage its causing his team is becoming more evident.
I'm with you there, but we're in a minority. I'm not that surprised that over at the AtA community there are always hopes Gene will beat Jim Keats up. (Because that's such a great refutation of his arguments, right?). The thing is, the last time we had a really critical examination of Gene's leadership was in the last but one episode of s1 of LoM (the one where Ray gets a suspect killed by following Gene's example and rules). That long ago. So I'm all for a less than adoring attitude on the part of the show this season, although I fully expect Gene to end up looking completely heroic by the time the finale rolls along, because they know their audience and Gene is most people's reason for tuning in. Still, I'll take what I can get in the meantime. Especially the lovely, lovely character development for Ray, and his friendship with Alex.