06-26-2018, 04:37 AM
(06-25-2018, 01:58 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: Rosalee was clearly afraid Juliette would drop the suppressant. Juliette had no reason to levitate the jar so of course Rosalee would attempt to catch it. There's no doubt about it.
While I agree it's an unusual thing to levitate the jar of potion, I also believe Rosalee's fears were unfounded. If Rosalee had just stopped for a moment and let Juliette have her little tantrum she would have seen quite clearly that Juliette had no problem levitating the jar. It was in no danger of breaking unless Juliette wanted it to break, which she didn't until after Rosalee interfered.
(06-25-2018, 01:58 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: Preventing the jar from hitting the ground is not an interference. It's simply preventing the suppressant from being destroyed.
The potion was given to Juliette, presumably to drink, but if Juliette chose not to drink it there, or go and destroy it outside the big brother watch of the scoobies, that was her decision. There is no clear reason why Rosalee would want the potion saved.
(06-25-2018, 01:58 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: That was before Juliette burnt the trailer. Like I said, her acts of aggression were escalating. Their concerns about her were pretty explicit at the beginning of this very episode.
And this is an interesting thought. Just how many acts of aggression does it take for these people to become concerned and pay attention? It seems by this point their concern was just too late.
(06-25-2018, 01:58 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: I never said Juliette would take the potion. The pretty please was in reference to getting Juliette to leave the shop. That clearly wouldn't have worked which is why they went on the offensive after being attacked by Juliette.
Another interesting thought to which I have a question. Did the scoobies have a plan for taking the offensive if things went south? The reason I ask is if they knew a *pretty please* wasn't going to work with her, then there would have had to have been a plan b to refer to.
(06-25-2018, 01:58 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: Monroe is also the guy who told Nick he wanted him to continue coming to him for help despite being jumped and threatened further just for associating with him.
It may have been foolhardy but Monroe will always defend Rosalee no matter the odds. That has been his character since the start of his romance. He would die, and nearly did, fighting on her behalf. Someone attacking her ranks even higher on his list than someone attacking Nick. Nobody attacks Rosalee and gets away with it as long as he's around. The outcome may not turn out so well but that doesn't change what he would do.
What about Monroe simply preventing his wife from going toward Juliette? Wouldn't that have been a better form of defense rather than letting her charge toward Juliette?
(06-25-2018, 01:58 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: They don't have to be defenseless against her. They're cops so of course they brought guns. They shouldn't be expected not to defend themselves once something goes wrong. They probably would've done more had it not been Juliette. Being cautious isn't something that should be held against them and we saw that they didn't pull them out until after Rosalee and Monroe were tossed out of the way.
Just because a cop is a cop doesn't mean he can use his gun whenever and wherever he pleases. The thing to consider is what everyone was so outraged about; the fact that Juliette caused the gun to point at Monroe and Rosalee. That's Nick and Hank's fault right there. They weren't on duty to catch some criminal at the spice shop. They were supposed to be helping Juliette. The guns never should have come with them.
(06-25-2018, 01:58 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: We all knew the guns wouldn't work but this happens in a lot of shows including the Gifted. Cops instinctively pull guns even when dealing with someone like Polaris. It also happened in Heroes when an agent pulled a gun on someone who they knew could control people like puppets.
I never understood Nick in this situation. According to what I've read, he adored Juliette. The thought of even pulling a gun on her should have been so repulsive that it would have never been a consideration.
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