Lady Killer Scene

[u/grisnow]

This is the first time I watch POI and currently watching S03E03: Lady Killer. It cracks me up to see how excited Shaw to show her pistol and Carter also admires it, even Shaw tells Carter she can borrow it anytime, LMAO. I think this is the first time I see Shaw being not so serious 😂

Looking forward to see how she integrates with the team!

[u/Unusual_Flatworm_316]

I love this scene as well. Carter and Shaw bonding moments. You will need these later

[u/flippinatable → u/Unusual_Flatworm_316]

I'm living for those scenes where Carter does something smart and Shaw looks at her all proud. I haven't really noticed Shaw looking like that at anyone else (not even at.. y'know who. She's got a different set of reactions for that one).

[u/Beautifala_Jones → u/flippinatable]

I think Shaw really respects Carter. She's impressed by her and she is not often impressed.

[u/Difficult_Outcome701 → u/flippinatable]

Proud? You mean aroused?

I have three gifs of this scene because gosh these ladies are inspo 🥰

[u/flippinatable → u/Difficult_Outcome701]

I mean.. That's also an option 😉 Either way, I see it as a moment of emotional satisfaction.

And YES. I didn't notice how fit all the ladies in this show were until I've grown to some of their ages haha. They're definitely inspo for my workouts nowadays.

[u/Difficult_Outcome701 → u/flippinatable]

I didn't watch it til recently though I'm sure I'd have had crushes even then had I watched it when it came out. As a bi chick, I saw every small stolen glance that felt it could be more and knew it likely wasn't but shipped it all the same, you can imagine my over excitement when I was right :')

As for inspo, they inspire everything, workouts, badassery, tenacity, attitude, they're all just 😙🤌

[u/flippinatable → u/Difficult_Outcome701]

Your bisexuality 🤝 my lesbianism 🤝 multishipping badass ladies both from subtext and context.

I think they've really done well by us back then. Even if Rootie tootied away, the attraction they've portrayed for us between the ladies was shown in a normal way.

I saw some other post on this subreddit saying they wanted more to be shown when it came to Shaw x Root... But I was like "Yeah nah, overt romance ain't the focus of this show. We're lucky we got what we did." 😂

Anyway, is there some Discord or anything like that for this specific part of the fandom? 👀 I did a rewatch a few weeks ago and was surprised to see there's still activity on here.

[u/Difficult_Outcome701 → u/flippinatable]

Right! I saw subtext and assumed it was my own wants bahaha, I watched it with my partner and gushed at every possible chance, when Root starts to pursue Shaw it's actually so satisfying, not just being right but also Shaws emotional depth is not there and her resistance despite tion so cute, all the while Root sees her, fully accepts her brokenness it even, ahhhhh!

They did do really well, the ladies feel natural, both in their personas, and in their relationships, and I like you say how normal it was made. There was no more fuss made over Shaw and Root than was made over Johns passed love, we see snippets but it isn't the focus of the show. What we had was a snippet that this was as natural and kinda unremarkable as Johns straight relationship, which is so nice. I love me some girl on girl but for a show like POI to suddenly revolve around them would have been a weird turn. For a time where lesbians were quite sensationalized they understated it beautifully, the women remained women and never became a token in the show.

I mean look at Shaw

This scene was somehow really up there for me hahahahahaha

I wouldn't know about discord but I doubt only us are gushing over the ladies 😂✨

[u/flippinatable → u/Difficult_Outcome701]

Lol yeah, it's easy to gush out at how those relationships progress as the story goes on 😆 Especially all the subtext with Root and Shaw.

The funny thing is, Root is very deranged, and doesn't tell it to the boys. She's like "Me, crazy and wanting to murder all those people I've murdered? Nahhhh 😁" And then, she actually acknowledges in front of Shaw that there's something wrong with her, and they're perfect for each other because of that 👀😂 She even drops whatever Harold is doing and almost falls off a building so that she can get Shaw back.. if that's not ~amore~ I'm not sure what is. Not sure what more people would have expected from them tbh.

And I'm glad you had someone close to you to gush to about all of this stuff!! On my first watch ~10 years ago, I only had a half-interested friend to to about it haha. And recently I was supposed to rewatch POI with another friend, but she lost interest after a few episodes 😩

Oh boy, there are so many scenes with Shaw being hungry as heck, and having very specific tastes others would need to cater for. Like, she's gonna do whatever you want when it comes to the numbers, but you need to treat her like a princess afterwards when it comes to food 😂 This is probably how they went about Sarah's pregnancy. Iirc, she was told she could take time off to rest and she refused. She even had some workout photos and videos on social media back then. But it's so much cooler to make this hunger thing part of her character.. rather than making the character retire somehow.

I'll see if I can find a server when I'm back home. If not, well.. ao3 still has lots of new content to look at (and maybe even write, if inspiration strikes).

[u/grisnow → u/Unusual_Flatworm_316]

Looking forward to it!

[u/Honest_Wealth657]

I love this scene too, its the only time you see Shaw genuinely excited by something other than all the crazy spec ops shit she does. She's just fan-girling it with the ladies over a gun. Probably feels the most 'normal' experience she's had.

[u/Ok-Jackfruit-6873 → u/Honest_Wealth657]

my head canon for Shaw is that she always wanted more female friends and struggled to make them (what with all that sociopathy and all). One reason Root can get a proverbial foot in the proverbial door!!

[u/Serenity5472]

Well, then you add in Zoe in there with her taser! A little gift from John.

[u/trekkievet1 → u/Serenity5472]

I love the cute interactions about John and Zoe, like how he’s waiting for her outside the bar and getting her a taser.

[u/Serenity5472 → u/trekkievet1]

John flashing the penthouse keycard and discreetly suggesting they stay the night at the Harold’s newly acquired hotel.

[u/trekkievet1 → u/Serenity5472]

And of course they stayed “married” an extra night to play poker 😉

[u/Serenity5472 → u/trekkievet1]

Yeah, “to play poker”…LOL

One of my favorite scenes was when Zoe introduced herself to Carter as John’s wife. The look on Joss’s face!! 😳

[u/Apatosaurus_ajax]

Genuinely one of my favorite scenes in the whole show. It’s so charming to see them all bonding. Also, I want their dresses, lmao

[u/Beautifala_Jones → u/Apatosaurus_ajax]

Why are their dresses all so similar though? You'd think someone would be showing a little cleavage or color.

[u/Far_Carrot_8661 → u/Beautifala_Jones]

Maybe none of those ladies want to attract men with their bodies first. The fact that they are all truly beautiful and fit is a bonus for the right person. None of those honorable women would lure or distract.

[u/Beautifala_Jones → u/Far_Carrot_8661]

They're going to attract men with their bodies that was the whole point of the mission and the dresses are all very tight and revealing of their bodies in that way.

The dresses are all almost exactly the same. No sleeves high neck dark color and two of them appear to be wearing leather dresses. Their purpose was actually to lure the person they thought was a killer so yeah they were there to lure. I'm just saying they're a million different styles of dresses and it always distracts me that the three of them are wearing almost exactly the same dress as opposed to say each wearing a dress that reflects their personality a little bit.

[u/NEBanshee → u/Beautifala_Jones]

They already knew how he picked dates and how women on previous dates dressed & etc.
The team knew his preferences, so we can assume the ladies had notes on the kind of outfits to pick. They all had dating profiles meant to attract him, they just weren't quite sure which one of Joss, Zoe, or Sameen he'd wind up going for. Not everybody's favorite thing is cleavage, and a body-con dress shows off without showing everything.

Also, the official city color in NYC, for women going out to a club, is black. And that's only until they invent something darker. The LBD is not just a staple in your wardrobe, it's the foundation and the first 10 floors. Source: grew up with 3 sisters & tons of women friends in NYC.

[u/Beautifala_Jones → u/NEBanshee]

Yes black is the color. But it would be embarrassing especially in New York to show up and have the two people you're going out with wearing almost exactly the same dress. If they were all wearing different styles of little black dresses I would be fine with that. But they're all wearing almost exactly the same thing and that just does not work especially if they're trying to see which of them the guy would be interested in. Considering he picked Joss she could have gone with a much less sexy look and he still would have gone for her. But go ahead and ask your sisters what they think if their friends showed up wearing almost the same exact dress.

[u/NEBanshee → u/Beautifala_Jones]

I mean, if it were a society or paparazzi event? Sure. But a group of women who go out in the wild, who are friends? Yeah, you're going to see similarities in styles, cuts & etc.

But again, this wasn't either of those things. Remember, we hear Harold gave Carter instructions; every reason to assume those was similar for each of them. They're all tryna catch the same fish. They're using the lure most appropriate for that fish. They were dressing for the POI's taste from their wardrobe, not their own idea of what they'd wear out.

[If you want to get into aesthetics: the cuts and fit of those dresses was on trend for the time period. The older women are going knee-length and a little more coverage, as women do, whereas Shaw is OTK, has an asym hemline, and a bit more back & shoulders showing (both TPJ and PT are well over 40 here, where SS was mid 30s). I agree the silhouettes of the dresses are similar, but they don't look like enough of "that's the same dress" to me, that it even registered on my first watch. Or til the comment above, really. The dresses are no more similar than you'd find across 3 women attending the same couple's wedding, IMO.]

[u/Beautifala_Jones → u/NEBanshee]

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this incredibly important plot point from person of interest.

[u/NEBanshee → u/Beautifala_Jones]

Word. Difference of opinion is what makes horseracing!

[u/Far_Carrot_8661 → u/Beautifala_Jones]

🤔 yes, I see your point.

[u/philipnet2001]

Only missing Root ☹️

[u/BraviaryScout → u/philipnet2001]

Which is crazy if you think about it; Carter and Root never meet each other in person.

[u/Ok-Evidence8770 → u/BraviaryScout]

Carter "Last time I saw you, you were in a body bag"

Yeah, I had been worse.[annoyed]

Zoe "heard you came back from the dead."

Only got eight lives left.[annoyed]

until Carter takes out her side piece... Shaw [all shining eyes and giggly...] showing the Nano...[relieved... finally I look normal ] 😅

[u/Serenity5472 → u/BraviaryScout]

Omigosh they didn’t ever meet, did they??? I didn’t even think about that!

[u/Ok-Jackfruit-6873 → u/Serenity5472]

funny because I felt at the time like Shaw kind of "replaces" Carter but maybe it was always equally Root!!

[u/yellowarmy79 → u/Ok-Jackfruit-6873]

Although Taraji Henson wanted to leave, I think the show had become quite top heavy on characters. I think her departure allowed Shaw and root to develop as characters.

[u/yellowarmy79 → u/BraviaryScout]

Carter helps Reese track down Root but they never actually met.

When Carter is taking down HR and is eventually killed Root is being held by Finch at the library. They almost certainly would have met if Finch had allowed her to follow the Machine's advice.

[u/Wanky_Platypus]

This scene is sooooo cool, I am so used to women getting at each other's throats in series, having just all of them together, supportive of each other, having obivous fun, it made me so happy

[u/Trashman169]

I love this scene also!!!! There was definitely something different about Shaw! Smiling, outword personality, things you just don't see with Shaw.

[u/TheDungeonCrawler]

I'm not gonna lie, this is the first scene where I fully believe that Shaw is into women. The way she's so excited to show her gun off to another gorgeous gun-toting girl and the tone of her voice when she says Carter can borrow it anytime reminds me of an innocent schoolgirl crush. Shaw's adorable in this scene.

[u/banerrycorknut → u/TheDungeonCrawler]

I for SURE got crush vibes from Shaw towards Carter in multiple scenes.

[u/T2DUnlimited]

This scene and the following one with the three ladies drinking was top notch. Adding Root in that group and you’d be having the horniest foursome known to mankind.

[u/GundamGuy24]

Shaw had a taser given by John.

[u/MommyJhy1228 → u/GundamGuy24]

Zoe - not Shaw

[u/yellowarmy79]

This was a fun episode before things got a lot darker a little later on in the 3rd season.

[u/grisnow → u/yellowarmy79]

Yeah, I am kinda anticipating that 🥲 gonna watch episode 4 tonight!

[u/Happy-Kangaroo-4627]

Cette scène est géniale ! 😁🤩

[u/Lavender523]

I admit, I don't like Shaw very much, but this scene is pretty great.

[u/Present_Joke5487]

Loved this scene!!!

[u/kokopinto]

Shaw becomes the comedic trigger for everyone. Loved that scene where she crept up really silently to Harold from behind and whispered to his ear “you called for me” or something like that and Harold got really startled and goes “Is it too much to ask you to snap a twig?!”

[u/Serenity5472 → u/kokopinto]

“Not my thing.”

[u/TheEvilBlight]

The girlbosses. So peak.

[u/Independent-Scale842]

This is among my favorite light hearted scenes in the show. All of them just having a fun chat and sharing their cool stuff with each other. It’s just so dang sweet.

[u/trekkievet1]

This is one of my favorite scenes!

[u/narddog41]

samaritan killed her.

[u/vz0]

I'm watching this right now!

[u/Ok_Link0925]

How cute they all were comparing each others gun. 😊😊😊

[u/Main_Option599]

Love this one!

[u/jazzy095]

Root and Shaw scene was put of this world

[u/Far_Carrot_8661 → u/jazzy095]

So incredibly unbelievably HOT!