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Numb3rs: Don in Manhunt
Of course I did not just watch Manhunt, because, seeing how I rewatched the entire Season 2 in the last few days, watching yet another Numb3rs episode would be insane. But if I had watched it, I would have noticed once again how much I love Don in this episode. It's seeing how much he loved manhunting, the chase, the work without boundaries, and knowing that he chose a different kind of life because of his family that attracts me so much to him in this ep.
I love many things about Don, one of these is his temper. Don is a good team leader. He is calm, he knows what to do, he's got his people under control while still giving them enough freedom. I fall in love with him a bit more every time he does team things, like the conversation between him and David in the season 2 premiere, or how he handles Colby in Rampage. Don never makes a big deal out of things, he lets the others work things out themselves, but you can always tell that he cares and that he is informed about what's going on, and that if necessary, he is ready to intervene as the team leader.
But he also has a temper and I'm sure that as a young agent, he was a bit of a loose canon. It's obvious in Manhunt, but there are also a couple of other eps in which he really loses it when he is interogating suspects. It's always a sbit unexpetected and it always makes me wonder: how much does he keep bottled up inside every day? How much control must he have of himself? ( I'm a control freak, so this is quite a turn-on for me.)
And then there is the question of how he comes down from that, to which the show conveniently gives us an answer: his family. Don hangs out with his father and Charlie after almost every case. Sipping a beer, watching them, having dinner with them, seems to keep him sane, and I envy him for his wonderful family. Which then makes me wonder how the others do it, Megan, David and Colby.
It's funny, I didn't miss Numb3rs at all during the break, but now that it is back, I am (again) totally obsessed by it. I even have story ideas in my head, but I cannot get Charlie's voice right, so I doubt they will ever be written down (I have been completely unable to write these last few weeks). Maybe I just need to read more fic. Or watch some more episodes...
I love many things about Don, one of these is his temper. Don is a good team leader. He is calm, he knows what to do, he's got his people under control while still giving them enough freedom. I fall in love with him a bit more every time he does team things, like the conversation between him and David in the season 2 premiere, or how he handles Colby in Rampage. Don never makes a big deal out of things, he lets the others work things out themselves, but you can always tell that he cares and that he is informed about what's going on, and that if necessary, he is ready to intervene as the team leader.
But he also has a temper and I'm sure that as a young agent, he was a bit of a loose canon. It's obvious in Manhunt, but there are also a couple of other eps in which he really loses it when he is interogating suspects. It's always a sbit unexpetected and it always makes me wonder: how much does he keep bottled up inside every day? How much control must he have of himself? ( I'm a control freak, so this is quite a turn-on for me.)
And then there is the question of how he comes down from that, to which the show conveniently gives us an answer: his family. Don hangs out with his father and Charlie after almost every case. Sipping a beer, watching them, having dinner with them, seems to keep him sane, and I envy him for his wonderful family. Which then makes me wonder how the others do it, Megan, David and Colby.
It's funny, I didn't miss Numb3rs at all during the break, but now that it is back, I am (again) totally obsessed by it. I even have story ideas in my head, but I cannot get Charlie's voice right, so I doubt they will ever be written down (I have been completely unable to write these last few weeks). Maybe I just need to read more fic. Or watch some more episodes...