Patterson wins. Fatality.
For @blindspothiatusproject ‘s International Women’s Month
Every Wednesday: Patterson Appreciation Day.
This is clearly not the only time Patterson has been the MVP of the team, but this scene is so, so good. Not only she has an absurd amount of knowledge from books to hacking to all things science, but her eloquence and passion here left me speechless. She’s not making the most logical argument, this is a judgement call because she’s so confident in her skills and her team. She wants to both save her family AND have no casualties.
She doesn’t hesitate, she just goes for what she thinks it’s the right call, even if that means standing up to the FBI Director in front of a bunch of interns and with a lot on the line. She knows when to go on the offensive and when to relent a little, because just telling Weitz he doesn’t know what he’s doing/he’ll get blamed won’t be enough to convince him, and she knows it.
TL;DR: Patterson is hella smart, awesome and damn that woman has persuasion skills.