I realized they were going in that direction after the “two wives” lesbian episode in season 2. I actually hoped that episode would be the end of it and I was shocked at that time that Caveziel didn’t leave then. I completely stopped watching the show in season 3. There was way too much gay and lesbian suggestion in the show. Reese (Caveziel) going as Finch’s plus one to some gala in season 3. The minute they put Root and Shaw together in season 2, and then killed off Carter in season 3, I knew the lesbian angle was coming. So I stopped watching. Now you say they went full lesbian. Well, I’m not surprised at all.
Jim Caveziel (who portrayed Jesus in the Passion of the Christ) has always presented himself as a strong Catholic and he even explained that he did Person of Interest as a way to present a strong male figure on TV. But they have changed and diluted his Reese character over time. I wonder if his contract is the reason he hasn’t left yet. There is no way I could be associated with the show the way it is now. They would just have to sue me.
“There was way too much gay and lesbian suggestion in the show.”
It’s going to be this way for pretty much every show, going forward I think. First, we had the occasion unstated, but obviously gay characters on tv shows in the 70s and 80s. In the 90s and 00s, a few openly gay characters on shows, but still only occasionally. Now, they figure the time is ripe to require every show to have some gay characters and story angles.
It’s already true for most of the big primetime sitcoms, now they are getting around to the other shows, like dramas, thrillers, etc.
The second Reese said he had to save “her wife,” I stopped the show and deleted it. Haven’t seen any of it since then.
I’ve met Jim Caveziel. He gave a talk at a local Protestant church about how he came to be an actor, got the part in Gibson’s film and what it was like on the set. He also talked about his faith and how he and his wife crusade against abortion. He spoke of how wished he could protect his wife and children against billboards that were sexually explicit.
After he signed my DVD set of the reading of the Bible (from which he said, after participating, a few non-Christian actors converted), we spoke about books that he found inspirational about Christ and put the titles on my DVD cover.
I don’t know what is going on with the series. But he impressed me as a man who took decisions about his life inspired by Christ very, very seriously.