The plane thing didn't bother me *too* much, though now I want to rewatch it -- I had very much read the "you're the only one who ever believed in me" as all or mostly just saying what she thought would snap Stark out of the hypnotism.
I was completely boggled by the whole "oh, I don't need their recognition" thing, though. No, she doesn't need shiny medals and handshakes from the mayor, but she does need their *respect*, which she clearly doesn't have yet even when the higher-ups aren't in the office. That's been a huge theme for the entire show, and then it just gets dismissed with an "oh, but SHE knows her own worth!" platitude. It wouldn't have bothered me nearly so much if it had come in the middle of an episode, in the middle of the season, since she certainly takes advantage of being able to fly under the radar to get stuff done, but as wrapup to the whole season, in an episode that was all about Howard Stark and Captain America, it left a really bad taste for me.
The rest of the show has been so consistently excellent that I really hope the second season happens and will redeem the finale.
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Date: 2015-03-05 11:50 am (UTC)I was completely boggled by the whole "oh, I don't need their recognition" thing, though. No, she doesn't need shiny medals and handshakes from the mayor, but she does need their *respect*, which she clearly doesn't have yet even when the higher-ups aren't in the office. That's been a huge theme for the entire show, and then it just gets dismissed with an "oh, but SHE knows her own worth!" platitude. It wouldn't have bothered me nearly so much if it had come in the middle of an episode, in the middle of the season, since she certainly takes advantage of being able to fly under the radar to get stuff done, but as wrapup to the whole season, in an episode that was all about Howard Stark and Captain America, it left a really bad taste for me.
The rest of the show has been so consistently excellent that I really hope the second season happens and will redeem the finale.