Eli Stone

Though I know it's hard to believe, Eli did not finally admit to himself, her, or us that he cares for Maggie. The writers have made it perfectly clear it's the fear of the aneurism that pushes him each week to make both smart and especially dumb decisions. I wish though he would finally fill in the gap of his brain that says don't make good choices for yourself, and save everyone else's life. There comes a time in every season, the moment where you feel the season has so much possibility and yet inevitable one of two things will happen, either the actors will attempt to make themselves into different people or the characters change, or the writer attempt to make the characters different people and the show changes. This happens so often that I lose faith in television. This episode did the exact opposite. This episode reminded me that television has a point of view that characters can change for the better and that shows don't have to lose their emotion simply because they aren't going to be cancelled.

Eli is full partner, Posner/Klein are looking to poach not only Jordan's clients but also his employees, just to hurt him. Matt continues to evolve as he gets involved in a case with Eli, and decides that he can't get as emotionally involved in his cases.



Eli's visions this week are centered around Maggie, not a case of the week. Why he cares for that little chipmunk is beyond me, but regardless, his visions cause Maggie to leave, maybe all of Eli's visions aren't meant to come true – or it's possible that when he changes something because of his visions, he may alter something else in his own reality. It's implausible to believe that Posner would go to that much trouble to hurt Eli and Jordan (like he cares) to bump up incompetent and fairly new junior associate Maggie. Meanwhile, Taylor tells Jordan that she's pregnant, but she's just not ready to tell Matt.



Bottom line: I like the changes, it really shakes up the show, and takes it in a different direction, gives Jordan and Eli some rivals in Posner and Klein. Puts both Taylor and Eli's love interests on the opposite side of the courtroom as well. All these changes I think will add a good dynamic to the show, and actually utilize the characters more effectively.



On the next episode… Matt and Maggie team up?



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