Sentinel 1x2 The Seige

[zelempa]

1x2 The Seige "Jim leads him by the elbow toward the men's room. 'Uh, I think you can trust me to handle this mission on my own, Jim,' Blair laughs. 'You sure?' asks Jim, seemingly genuine. 'Yeah. Thanks for the offer, man.' 'It's a tough one,' mutters Jim in a tone of voice which clearly says: Damn, I better pretend I'm continuing a really deadpan joke, because what the fuck, did I just offer to help him pee? Jim, your shame is deserved."

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[zelempa.livejournal.com]

That was one of my competing interpretations of that scene. The other was that Jim was annoyed at Vera for being pissy about Blair and was standing up for him by giving her a catty backhanded compliment. But I guess don't really think he has enough interpersonal finesse to pull that off.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

That's a nice idea, but he does it before she gets into the whole, you look like a druggie bit:

~Cut to Personnel room with Jim, Blair, and Vera (a clerk).~

Vera: You're required to read the manual, fill out the application materials, and sign the consent form.

Blair: Great, great. When I'm done with all this, I should qualify for a license to kill, huh?

Jim: We've got a couple of hours here, Chief. So I'm going to be leaving you in Vera's capable hands. All right?

Blair: Huh-uh.

Jim: (starts to leave, then pauses) Vera, is that White Shoulders that you're wearing?

Vera: It's not too much, is it?

Jim: No, not at all. It's just that whenever I smell White Shoulders, it reminds me of my grandmother.

Vera: Your grandmother?

Jim: Right.

Vera: Don't you have someplace to go, Detective?

Blair is shaking his head and trying not to laugh.

Jim: Right. Um, good luck.

I think it's more Jim trying to ingratiate himself so she's nice to Blair, which is pretty sweet. And he's so pleased with himself when she flutters happily and two seconds later BLOWS IT COMPLETELY BY TRYING TOO HARD. Sheesh, Jim.

[zelempa.livejournal.com]

Well, it was pretty clear even before Jim left that she had no patience for Blair--she gave him at least one death glare. But I agree that your interpretation is correct.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I think Blair's license to kill comment went down about as well as the thin blue line schtick did with Simon. I've never understood these fics where everyone at the police station loves Blair; maybe he grew on them later ;-)

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

And also, I wonder if Jim's sort of playing with his senses here, kind of getting a kick out of what he can do, as I imagine most men would've smelled the perfume but not been able to ID it. He just looks so super proud of himself when he says it; it's on the adorable side.

[zelempa.livejournal.com]

oh, totally. I think he may just have burst out with the White Shoulders line without any real idea of where he was going with that. just, "Hey, I did it!"

Jim identifies several specific perfumes/aftershaves by name. He seems to be something of an aficionado.

[zelempa.livejournal.com]

well, I think he does. He certainly grows on Simon. But it's true that anyone who doesn't work with him that closely would have no reason to have that much affection for him; he's apparently useless and, let's face it, slightly annoying. The bravery and resourcefulness and loyalty are mainly apparent in near-death situations.

But I suppose most people in the station have had plenty of those with him (cf. this episode).

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

That's true. And there is one episode where he comes in all happy and exchanging banter with people on the way to Jim's desk.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Major Crimes all like him.

The rest of the PD are not so stupid as to argue with Major Crimes on this point (well, would you?)