SHAW: āNow if youāre ever in trouble again, call this number.ā
*hands her a slip of paper*
*holds out her fatherās medallion*
āDonāt sell it, okay? I know it wonāt mean much to you, but it will mean a lot to me that you have it.ā
*holds it out to Shaw further but when realizing that Shaw wonāt take it, puts it into her hand herself*
*she looks at it then looks back at Gen*
āIām just not wired for this kind of stuff, kid.ā
GEN: āI know. Iāve figured you out. Itās not that you donāt have feelings. Itās just like⦠the volumes turned way down. Like the sound of an old tape. The voices are there, you just have to listen. Bye Shaw.ā
*Gen goes to walk off but Shaw stops her and pulls her into an awkward hug thatās a just a little too tight*
āYouāre hurting me.ā
*immediately lets her go and checks to see if sheās fine and then silently hand signals that she can leave*
Episode 5, Season 3 of āPerson Of Interestā and weāre getting Shaw backstory. Yes, baby, tell me who you are and why youāre like you are now. I want to know it all.
Emotionally disconnected from childhood trauma or perhaps even since she was born. Very interesting.
So let me guess. Love is going to be the breakthrough.
Thatās going to be her arc. Learning to feel deeply again or even learning to feel deeply for the first time.
Oooo Iām excited. Characters like this are so psychologically intriguing for me. And it takes a certain kind of level of acting skill to be able to pull off the dichotomy of showing emotions in a character when they have to be emotionless as that character because itās as the kid said - itās not that feelings are not there, theyāre just at a frequency you canāt pick up. And you have to really pay attention to the nuances. Subtle body language like in facial expressions. Itās hard to portray somebody like that if not that yourself. This arc will definitely showcase what Shahi can do and Iām very excited to see her range in acting skills because portraying emotionality is just as difficult as portraying physicality for some actors, if not more so because theyāre not used to it.
As for Shaw herself - I can see sheās a very protective person for her own personal reasons that she may or may not be very aware of at the present time. So sheās likely going to undergo a lot of self-revelation and self-reflection throughout her arc as a main character if this episode is any indication. Sheās going to unravel and itās not going to be an easy process for her at all.
Similar to Root - she doesnāt have connection or attachment with humanity, so she prefers to either focus all her attention on another species/intelligence rather than involve herself in human relationships. And the thing about that is people like that almost always find a connection in somebody that is the very same even if itās not healthy to do so because they have to navigate self-development all the while rejecting it.
And that is such an enemies-to-lovers trope. Oh yes. So, I can already see how Shoot is going to play out.