Person Of Interest - Part 2

[slimshady247]

This shows writing is just great, its something that you would expect from a full length film and not a series.

There are stand alone episodes with a case of the week format, particularly in season 1, but then lots of over arching arcs and seasons 2 (particularly the second half) and 3 move more in a serial direction with almost every episode adding to the overall plot in some way, I'd say.

Huh, interesting. Does it start off as great in terms of its writing and such though? I mean. Is/are the pilot and the whole first season great or....?

The critical reception based on the pilot doesn't really give me much of an idea as to how good it is, really. It seems fairly good for a pilot (the reception), but I'm not sure. I don't really want to devote my time to watching what may be a typical procedural/average/potentially C-grade show, which I don't think it is, but yeah. Just a concern of mine, I guess.

 

[Kaleb]

Huh, interesting. Does it start off as great in terms of its writing and such though? I mean. Is/are the pilot and the whole first season great or....?

The critical reception based on the pilot doesn't really give me much of an idea as to how good it is, really. It seems fairly good for a pilot (the reception), but I'm not sure. I don't really want to devote my time to watching what may be a typical procedural/average/potentially C-grade show, which I don't think it is, but yeah. Just a concern of mine, I guess.

this might help

How to get into Person of Interest,the best science fiction show on tv

 

[Snow Queen]

Huh, interesting. Does it start off as great in terms of its writing and such though? I mean. Is/are the pilot and the whole first season great or....?

The critical reception based on the pilot doesn't really give me much of an idea as to how good it is, really. It seems fairly good for a pilot (the reception), but I'm not sure.

The stand alone episodes are usually still good. There'd probably be some difference if I were to sit down and watch them all, but just going off the top of what I remember here (spoiler tagged for length, not spoilers)

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On a 1-10 scale, just using whole numbers and .5's. 7 would be what I would call a good episode.
Episode 1 "Pilot" - 8/10
Episode 2 "Ghosts" - 7/10
Episode 3 "Mission Creep" - 8/10
Episode 4 "Cura Te Ipsum" - 7.5/10
Episode 5 "Judgement" - 7.5/10
Episode 6 "The Fix" - 8.5/10
Episode 7 "Witness" - 9.5/10
Episode 8 "Foe" - 7/10
Episode 9 "Get Carter" - 8.5/10
Episode 10 "Number Crunch" - 8.5/10
Episode 11 "Super" - 8/10
Episode 12 "Legacy" - 7.5/10
Episode 13 "Root Cause" - 7.5/10
Episode 14 "Wolf and Cub" - 7/10
Episode 15 "Blue Code" - 7.5/10
Episode 16 "Risk" - 8/10
Episode 17 "Baby Blue" - 8/10
Episode 18 "Identity Crisis" - 7.5/10
Episode 19 "Flesh and Blood" - 10/10
Episode 20 "Matsya Nyaya" - 8/10
Episode 21 "Many Happy Returns" - 10/10
Episode 22 "No Good Deed" - 9.5/10
Episode 23 "Firewall" - 10/10

And then, for comparison, the rest of the series:

Season 2:
Episode 1 "The Contingency" - 10/10
Episode 2 "Bad Code" - 8.5/10
Episode 3 "Masquerade" - 7/10
Episode 4 "Triggerman" - 7/10
Episode 5 "Bury the Lede" - 8/10
Episode 6 "The High Road" - 8/10
Episode 7 "Critical" - 8/10
Episode 8 "Till Death" - 7/10
Episode 9 "C.O.D." - 7/10
Episode 10 "Shadow Box" - 9/10
Episode 11 "2πR" - 9/10
Episode 12 "Prisoner's Dilemma" - 10/10
Episode 13 "Dead Reckoning" - 10/10
Episode 14 "One Percent" - 7.5/10
Episode 15 "Booked Solid" - 8/10
Episode 16 "Relevance" - 10/10
Episode 17 "Proteus" - 9.5/10
Episode 18 "All In" - 9.5/10
Episode 19 "Trojan Horse" - 9.5/10
Episode 20 "In Extremis" - 9.5/10
Episode 21 "Zero Day" - 10/10
Episode 22 "God Mode" - 10/10

Season 3:
Episode 1 "Liberty" - 8.5/10
Episode 2 "Nothing to Hide" - 7.5/10
Episode 3 "Lady Killer" - 8.5/10
Episode 4 "Reasonable Doubt" - 7.5/10
Episode 5 "Razgavor" - 8.5/10
Episode 6 "Mors Praematura" - 10/10
Episode 7 "The Perfect Mark" - 9/10
Episode 8 "Endgame" - 10/10
Episode 9 "The Crossing" - 10/10
Episode 10 "The Devil's Share" - 10/10
Episode 11 "Lethe" - 10/10
Episode 12 "Alethia" - 10/10
Episode 13 "4C" - 9.5/10
Episode 14 "Provenance" - 8/10
Episode 15 "Last Call" - 8.5/10
Episode 16 "RAM" - 10/10
Episode 17 "Root Path" - 10/10
Episode 18 "Allegiance" - 9.5/10
Episode 19 "Most Likely To..." - 9.5/10

Averaged out ratings are:
Season 1: 8.1/10
Season 2: 8.7/10
Season 3 (so far): 9.2/10

 

[slimshady247]

Huh. So it starts off good and gets better as it goes along, essentially?

 

[Snow Queen]

Huh. So it starts off good and gets better as it goes along, essentially?

I'd say so. Though I probably would have rated some episodes higher prior to this season, which has been pretty consistently top notch, in my opinion.

 

[rashad]

Bottom line, just watch the show.

 

[slimshady247]

Haha, I just downloaded the pilot, so I should be watching it today.

It's amazing seeing the contrast between the reactions on Nolan Fans and the reactions on here. It's (the reception, that is) so much more positive here (and elsewhere outside NF), haha.

 

[Kaleb]

Person of Interest Is Making Political Science Fiction Relevant Again

 

[Man in the Suit]

Huh, interesting. Does it start off as great in terms of its writing and such though? I mean. Is/are the pilot and the whole first season great or....?

The critical reception based on the pilot doesn't really give me much of an idea as to how good it is, really. It seems fairly good for a pilot (the reception), but I'm not sure. I don't really want to devote my time to watching what may be a typical procedural/average/potentially C-grade show, which I don't think it is, but yeah. Just a concern of mine, I guess.

I liked the pilot, but the show starts morphing into what it is about halfway through the first season. It has a huge mythology now. It's funny/awesome how Jonathan Nolan kinda pulled a fast one on CBS by moving away from the procedural aspects (still there, but moves the story forward) and going a little more sci-fi.

It's the best superhero show on TV!

 

[Paradox1]

I liked the pilot, but the show starts morphing into what it is about halfway through the first season. It has a huge mythology now. It's funny/awesome how Jonathan Nolan kinda pulled a fast one on CBS by moving away from the procedural aspects (still there, but moves the story forward) and going a little more sci-fi.

It's the best superhero show on TV!

I disagree with one statement here it's not a superhero show. I would call it a serialized scifi procedural

 

[slimshady247]

I liked the pilot, but the show starts morphing into what it is about halfway through the first season. It has a huge mythology now. It's funny/awesome how Jonathan Nolan kinda pulled a fast one on CBS by moving away from the procedural aspects (still there, but moves the story forward) and going a little more sci-fi.

It's the best superhero show on TV!

Huh, awesome. Well, having watched the pilot, which was fun/a good time, I'll probably be watching more of this show then.

 

[BatmanBeyond]

Thought that it was rather ironic that Nestor Carbonell played a pseudo-Harvey Dent character in the last episode. t:

 

[Man in the Suit]

I disagree with one statement here it's not a superhero show. I would call it a serialized scifi procedural

Two episodes ago Reese jumped out of that window and shrugged it off. Doesn't get more super than that.

 

[Paradox1]

Two episodes ago Reese jumped out of that window and shrugged it off. Doesn't get more super than that.

He's not doing anything more super than Jack Bauer

 

[kvz5]

Shaw totally wanted a piece of Richard Alpert.

 

[Kaleb]

last night they wrapped up season 3 and had a wrap party.

look who showed up

 

[Wolfwood]

Without getting into too many spoilers, did anyone get a "Person of Interest" vibe during certain scenes in "Captain America: Winter Soldier"?

Particularly (Winter Soldier Spoilers ahead):

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Zola being an evil version of Finch's Machine and the whole Project Insight conspiracy. I'm calling it, the mass casualty event is going to be the aliens attacking New York and it'll be revealed that POI is actually a Marvel project.

 

[Snow Queen]

Without getting into too many spoilers, did anyone get a "Person of Interest" vibe during certain scenes in "Captain America: Winter Soldier"?

Particularly (Winter Soldier Spoilers ahead):

Spoiler

Zola being an evil version of Finch's Machine and the whole Project Insight conspiracy. I'm calling it, the mass casualty event is going to be the aliens attacking New York and it'll be revealed that POI is actually a Marvel project.

Well...

Spoiler

Shaw did call Reese "Captain America". XD

 

[charl_huntress]

Finally caught up on the latest episodes. I like how they are combining case of the week elements with the larger myth of the show. It's really good and it interesting that my mom watches this when this is not her type of show at all, but she loves it.

 

[Mars452]

Well...

Spoiler

Shaw did call Reese "Captain America". XD

And like Cap, Reese does throw himself out of a window and fall multiple stories.

 

[Kaleb]

 

[Kaleb]

Wow I really hope that promo is misleading

 

[Hunter Rider]

Finally caught up on the latest episodes. I like how they are combining case of the week elements with the larger myth of the show. It's really good and it interesting that my mom watches this when this is not her type of show at all, but she loves it.

I agree, they are balancing things really well in each episode. I enjoyed seeing the different pairing in the last episode, Finch and Fusco was fun and Frank and Betty at the reunion was gold.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Wow I really hope that promo is misleading

I think it will be as the show wouldn't give something like that away in a promo and I doubt they'd [BLACKOUT]kill off two main characters in one season, my guess is Shaw is shot with a tranq. [/BLACKOUT]

 

[Snow Queen]

Wow I really hope that promo is misleading

[BLACKOUT]I doubt it. Two main characters in one season, one who just got added to the main cast this season. I think it's most likely, as Hunter Rider said, a tranq.[/BLACKOUT]