If we're talking fully present, no going back and forth and wondering which Olivia she is, in S4 I'd argue that she's present starting ONLY in 4x15. So that makes exactly 4 episodes so far. FOUR. (4x17 doesn't count because she and Peter weren't really in it.) And in one, she wasn't even allowed to work on the case because they were still evaluating her.
UGH. Yes. The fact that we'll never get BlueWalter back and that no one seems to CARE about that is so painful to me. All those memories live only in Peter and Olivia's heads. It makes me so, so sad.
Ah yes. That. I think it's misplaced anger as well, because I do love Peter dearly. However I can understand it because Olivia- she's special. And I don't mean just in the show, I mean in the grander context of women representation in the media in general. Not many female characters are allowed to be the sole bearer of the badge and gun, to take on the traditionally male role of the hero, to wear practical shoes and simple hair tied back and not be ultra-feminized, AND at the same time be pushed to the other side of the spectrum of being super butch and an emotional-less hero.
Olivia is allowed to be seen as desirable, undeniably feminine, even when she's wearing slacks, boots and her hair in a pony tail. She's allowed to have emotions and that's never seen as a bad thing. That speech in 1x05 remains my favorite speech of hers, where she talks about how her emotions make her strong, because I felt it embodied everything she is.
There aren't many shows that allow their female lead to do that, let alone be the primary, if not sole, leader. Peter and Walter serve as support networks to that end, but at the end of the day, the buck stops with Olivia...or at least it did until S3.
So I can understand why they're upset at Peter. They'd get mad at anyone who took her spot as the center. The difference is, I don't blame the character. I blame the writers.
If anything, my biggest complaint for his character is that Peter has been so mopey this season because he's been without Olivia, and DAMNIT can't all the characters just be happy? Part of the reason why I don't want Olivia to be damaged or missing or dead in S5 in the future is because I refuse to watch another season of depressed Peter again. He is my comic relief! He should make everything happy and light! Blah.
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Date: 2012-05-01 07:37 am (UTC)UGH. Yes. The fact that we'll never get BlueWalter back and that no one seems to CARE about that is so painful to me. All those memories live only in Peter and Olivia's heads. It makes me so, so sad.
Ah yes. That. I think it's misplaced anger as well, because I do love Peter dearly. However I can understand it because Olivia- she's special. And I don't mean just in the show, I mean in the grander context of women representation in the media in general. Not many female characters are allowed to be the sole bearer of the badge and gun, to take on the traditionally male role of the hero, to wear practical shoes and simple hair tied back and not be ultra-feminized, AND at the same time be pushed to the other side of the spectrum of being super butch and an emotional-less hero.
Olivia is allowed to be seen as desirable, undeniably feminine, even when she's wearing slacks, boots and her hair in a pony tail. She's allowed to have emotions and that's never seen as a bad thing. That speech in 1x05 remains my favorite speech of hers, where she talks about how her emotions make her strong, because I felt it embodied everything she is.
There aren't many shows that allow their female lead to do that, let alone be the primary, if not sole, leader. Peter and Walter serve as support networks to that end, but at the end of the day, the buck stops with Olivia...or at least it did until S3.
So I can understand why they're upset at Peter. They'd get mad at anyone who took her spot as the center. The difference is, I don't blame the character. I blame the writers.
If anything, my biggest complaint for his character is that Peter has been so mopey this season because he's been without Olivia, and DAMNIT can't all the characters just be happy? Part of the reason why I don't want Olivia to be damaged or missing or dead in S5 in the future is because I refuse to watch another season of depressed Peter again. He is my comic relief! He should make everything happy and light! Blah.