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Team Machine is trying to get our favorite AI back to the subway station lair before it dies with the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). (OK, a computer running Linux does not do the BSOD; that’s a Windows thing, but work with me here.) While Finch and Reese dodge Samaritan goons on their way back, Root does a little catching up with an old employer / hacker / “electronics recycler”. >wink wink< Out of that little reunion comes a supercomputer that could actually hold the decompressed version of what’s left of The Machine. Will it hold?
Meanwhile, Fusco is being hailed as a hero for taking out Elias after the “accident” from last season’s finale. Fusco knows better; that a sniper took him out as part of “The Correction”, but it’s best he lay low and go with it. Otherwise, Samaritan could target him.
And we announced a contest for this last season. You could win any 1 season (your choice) of “Person of Interest” on DVD or Blu-Ray (your choice) by predicting who will die, and in which episode.
The POI Podcast “Live Another Day” Rules:
- Listeners predict who will die and in what episode. Deadline for votes is after episode 5 airs.
Winner is who predicts correctly who dies. (If the show leaves the final disposition of a character unclear, we assume Alive.) - If more than one listener predicts the winning combination, the tie is broken by adding up the differences between the episode they died in vs listener’s prediction. Lowest score wins.
Example: If the prediction is Shaw dies in episode 12, and she dies in episode 13, that’s 1. And if Fusco is predicted to die in episode 13 and he dies in episode 10, that’s 3. Added up, the listener’s total is 4. - If there’s still a tie, we’ll figure something out.
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This is what I said before this episode…
The recap podcast was spot-on with only one small critique – You ‘Harshed My Mellow’ when you started Death-Watches on who might perish in the final stretch. NOT COOL! The show coming back is a time of peace, and joy and exuberance – you guys were like drunk uncles at a Fourth Of July family reunion… you could have saved it for later, but still pointed-out the nastiness and vulnerable flanks of Team Machine. Let’s hope for zero mortalities for the good guys.
Cheers – DocH
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I will now add that you both sound like Beavis and Butthead on a roller coaster ride – you are sitting here betting who on the ride will throw-up (death-watch) and, in the meantime, you are missing the pleasure of the ride itself. Are you going to complain when it is over because you missed it while it was happening? Enjoy.
PS: There is only one core character death – Root. Reese catches her talking to Finch on her earwig and she refers to Reese (again) as Finch’s “Helper Monkey”. He snaps. Pops a cap in her other ear then grunts twice, stands over her and ughs — “Tarzan know where Tarzan go”.
;^)
Root definitely had the best fight scenes in this episode. I agree, I thought the opening would be more mid scene than minutes later but it was okay. The voice over opening was perfect; I will say while it was Root’s voice pattern we heard I’m not convinced it was Root talking in that scene, it could have been Machine who’s merged Root’s consciousness and embraced her voice delivering the monologue. I still hope Root lives, but if she doesn’t this would be a fitting situation for her character. I don’t think the opening really solidifies anything.
Given the amount of cameras everywhere else I too thought there’d be at least one on the ferry, but again it worked because it’s older transportation and maybe they haven’t gotten to upgrades for them yet. Great point about the missing “flashback” graphic, again it’s the little details that made this series so amazing! “How will I learn? How will I remember you?” – definitely an emotional beat; I love you included the commentary in this recap, as someone who didn’t get to hear it it’s great hearing the recap of it.
I enjoyed Doug’s computer nerd out moment. I think Elias is dead. Good point about the opening possibly being Root talking to Machine.
The closed captioning said ROOT was speaking. They list the name when the character is off-screen. This from the show transcript…
ROOT: “If you can hear this, you are alone. The only thing left of us is the sound of my voice. I don’t know if any of us made it. Did we win? Did we lose? I don’t know. I’m not even sure I know what victory would mean anymore. But either way, it’s over. So let me tell you who we were. Let me tell you who you are… and how we fought back.”