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caatws · 5 years

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ok, now that i’ve had a few hours to process that ep (and also have conceptualized it in conversation to ppl irl) these are my Opinions on it:

(tl;dr bc it’s long under the cut - fuck the did/”mpd” scene, just cut that shit entirely and switch the a-plot and b-plot, how did jake regress to his s1 self in 1 ep, i don’t like the implications jake’s anti-therapy sentiments have re: amy and her own mental health journey, read my old amy fic to see how deep into her character i got last year which is part of why i’m so upset now)

the most problematic scene for me was the did/”mpd” scene, 10000%. outdated terminology, pretending to be mentally ill for a gag, etc. also, the scene itself literally didn’t advance the plot at all. jake could’ve easily gotten the psychiatrist’s notebook and then left.

“then there’d be a scene missing!” you cry. which is why i propose to you that then we could’ve had an additional scene at the end, after the psychiatrist is arrested, to more properly resolve jake’s angst (as well as address the kinda mean and belittling shit he said to terry and charles for going to therapy at the beginning of the ep ummm????).

why, why was the jocelyn revelation plot part of this episode? y’all know i’m sick and tired of rosa’s bi-ness and love life being put constantly on the back burner since she came out, and i was hoping the jocelyn revelation would get to be the a-plot, but nooooo, it had to be jake and charles. again. for the 120947092375072th time. literally right after they were the a-plot last week too. basically, i wanted rosa/jocelyn to be the a-plot.

this goes nicely with my previous point as well, bc a simple restructuring of the episode could’ve solved both of these problems i had. all the show had to do was cut the did/”mpd” scene (and the lead-in to it in the prior scene) entirely, add in 1-2 more scenes for rosa/jocelyn, and boom, the plots would’ve been reorganized and the jake therapy plot wouldn’t have been as...off.

hello b99 writers room have y’all been watching your own show since, idk, 2013? jake literally lost 5 years of character development in this ep i swear to god...esp considering they’ve had an ep abt jake breaking charles’ trust and going behind his back in an investigation before, not to mention the fact the character arc literally last week was charles learning to say no more strongly and stand up to jake. considering there was no consequences to jake’s insubordination this week - legit charles didn’t say anything abt it - i’d argue that character development has already been undone lmao...just after one (1) week.

i thought jake’s conversation with the psychiatrist at gunpoint was interesting and more b99-esque than literally anything else in jake’s plot. it’s cool that jake wants to go to therapy now. but.....how has he never been before, aside from his childhood experience???

i’m not even kidding with how much this confused me???? have y’all not watched other cop/law enforcement shows before???? i swear if i had a dollar for every time a character on those other shows goes through some shit on the job and then has to complete departmentally mandated therapy sessions to keep their job/return to full active duty.....sis.......how did this never happen to jake between all the shit he’s done on this show (going undercover, going into witness protection program, being in fucking prison???)

not to do a #shamelessplug but remember when i wrote an amy-centric peraltiago fic last year that dealt with this exact thing bc this is literally a way b99 could’ve done mental illness rep easily with all the shit jake has gone through

fr tho how did holt or amy not make jake go to therapy....bro

i know amy’s own mental health is often discussed in fanon and we’ve all kinda collectively accepted her as an awesome character who suffers from poor mental health at times (extreme anxiety/stress, her actually ocd tendencies), so maybe this isn’t as much a canon point, but...the show, through jake’s supposed anti-therapy opinions until literally just now, has confirmed that amy doesn’t go to or has never used therapy? i mean, think abt it - would jake be that cold abt a medical practice that his wife, who he loves dearly, has utilized in the past?

so, basically, this means amy’s high anxiety and stress are just part the “quirky, over-the-top type-A girl LOL XD” joke of her character, rather than any indications of genuine distress that may suggest she needs help or actual therapy....cool love that

ok also i can’t stop thinking back to the b99 sdcc panel last year when a fan asked the cast + dan goor abt this exact thing! if i recall correctly, she mentioned feeling represented in her mental illness through amy and her constant anxiety, and then asked if the show would consider doing more explicit mental health rep in the future. tho dan goor was into it, he said the show wouldn’t do it unless he felt they had the right plot or whatever....basically unless he was confident that they would treat mental health/illness w respect. i can’t imagine being in the writer’s room and reading jake’s plot in this ep and thinking this is the proper representation promised to that fan

#b99 spoilers #b99 wank #anyway imma go sleep now cuz its 3 am bye #madison.txt

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