Root is one of the most complex and fascinating characters I've ever seen!!! And thank goodness for Amy Acker's acting, which is flawless and mind blowing.
i think amy acker's talent is what made it possible for a character like root to exist. she could have easily been a one dimensional evil villain much like greer is. much like tatiana maslany on orphan black, when you have an actor who can give you that range of emotion to play with, the character can practically write itself. root is easily the best character on tv right now.
So strongly agree - ready to sign under each word of your comment! Amy is just brilliant, her playing is preeminent. She absolutely unique as an actress and she's created an absolutely unique character (of course not downplaying the contribution of the authors). I fully agree, that Amy's interpretation of Root is the most multi-dimensional, mesmerizing, inviting, vibrant, touching, upcoming, feminine, exquisite, marvelous... as you just said - the best character on tv (maybe in cinema too, btw) right now.
Mihail K didn't mean to underscore the writing because this scene is amazing. it's a perfect marriage. i love that root is this enigma not because she's particularly mysterious but because she has the ability to shift in and out of personas based on the fact that she becomes what others perceive her to be. they choose to see her a certain way and she plays that exact thing and so you're not quite really sure who she is. and amy's ability to play that is just an amazing and pleasurable thing to witness.
root is such an enigmatic and complex character and i think by that point they figured out what to do with her and i attribute a great deal of that to how amy plays her. i haven't been this excited about a character on tv in very long time,
amluv2000 Absolutely agree! Amy herself was playing Root so multidimensional, that it was probably impossible for the authors not to take advantage of this chance. :) She's gorgeous!
Binge watched this recently, love this show and Root is such a great charater can't belive Acker has never been nominated for any awards for playing Root. Whenever Amy Acker or Enrico Colantoni are in a episode you know it's gonna be great.
When she says "whether or not I'm gonna kill you" I still get the chills. And that says a lot, considering that out of the ~15000 views this video has 14500 views come from me.. Root rocks!
It worries me I smiled after she said whether or not I’m gonna kill you, but thankfully it’s not because I think she’s great but because I’m amazed by her acting. No 1 else could have played her. Except maybe Jodie Comer since Villanelle reminds me of Root.
i can't stop watching this scene over and over again... Root is the greatest character in this show. The reason i watch poi is mostly because of her!! And Amy Acker really play this role well!!
Same! I watched poi just because root & shaw. Shaw is my favorite character before, then root coming. Shaw become 2nd. Root is my favorite. Missing them so much. 😩
wow. what a scene. one of Root’s best. Amy Acker is a revelation. her performance brought an aspect of fun, quirky, slightly crazy, sociopathic, yet w/ heart and true depth to the character. her character development was so enjoyable, fascinating, and surprising/shocking. And each season she was literally a different version of Root. To watch that evolution from season to season was amazing. _Amy Acker made Root into one of the best tv characters of our generation. (at least in my humble opinion ☺️)_
Couldn't agree more. Each dialogue she had with Finch was in a whole new level. Amy Acker was the mvp along with Michael Emerson. Even at the end her voice was enough to make me cry.
Completely agree. She was just wonderful. A truly moving and special performance. And it will be preserved long into the future. A beautiful legacy to leave, because ultimately she was a character who learned to love, to value life, to atone for her mistakes, who sacrificed everything for others and something greater than herself, and Amy Acker played her with such great skill, flair, sensitivity and emotional depth.
It's funny how a machine began to encourage Root to show more humanity. Or empathy rather. She was devoted the machine. And in the process began to love again before she inevitably died saving Harold.
From this scene onward, I always loved seeing these moments of "the Machine freaking the hell out" as it's the closest we ever really see the Machine talking aside from the God Mode episode, a tiny portion of Root episodes, or Season 5.
1:17 "The truth is, that God is 11 years old. That she was born new years day 2002 in Manhattan. The truth, is that she's chosen me, and I don't know why yet." Absolutely chilling XD
Everytime I watch this scene I'm so scared and terrified like I'm sitting there with that poor doc and at the same time I'm in awe of Amy and her acting. My gwad she is a genius
This scene gave me chills when I first heard it. I've heard Root say some demented s**t, and this still might be the scariest scene Amy Acker's ever done!
Personally i prefer the scene from the third episode of the season named lady killer "Can you hear how quiet it is out there? Must be almost time. Are you as excited about this as i am?". Even though she doesn't say something extremely weird (by her standards) her tone is just terrifying but in a good way.
Root is such a strange character. But that's what makes the show so interesting because when ever she shows up in an episode, you know things are about to get super good!
I see it as the Machine helping Root regain her humanity after she became disillusioned by humanity when her childhood friend was killed and no one believed her. She took revenge on the man who killed her friend by hacking the bank accounts of a drug cartel and making it look like the man stole their money.
An introduction with a dose of reality: a bunch of facts that even if the doctor does not admit, he knows for sure. An apparent delusion: talking about a 13yo god. And a threat. That is recipe for disaster, and thus panic strikes.
and not just that, she apparently knows stuff she should have no way of knowing, especially once she's banned from tech (since she's asking for her phone back)
