Person Of Interest - Part 2

[Hunter Rider]

I imagine the shows complete lack of any romantic angle also gets it some complaints and I can see what those who miss Carter mean in regards to how she was a person with great empathy who felt relatable, where as Root is nuts and Shaw almost always has an emotion free wall up.

The other thing is the show has skewed further and further into scf fi territory. Personally I really enjoy the show but I don't think it's hard to understand why it divides opinion.

I saw the DEA agent being the mole a mile away so no brownies for that but I loved the Dominic reveal so it's all good!

I thought the DEA agent swerve was very predictable but I wonder if that was the point, to divert us from thinking anything out of the ordinary about Mini.

The only bit that didn't jive with me though was that if Dominic is so smart and cautious, why is he doing a dangerous deal in person and how did he get caught out with a double cross shootout.

Loved the scenes with Finch and Elias.

from an upcoming episode (4.06 ''Pretenders'')

Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, it's off to work Reese goes!

 

[Lilbaz]

I for one like the lack of the romantic (teenage angst) angle. The will they/won't they angle that overarchs the likes of Arrow and that is annoying for me. Arnie never had that crap neither did Rambo. Let the heroes do the job without having to worry about what her in doors is thinking. (Lara Croft was the same for all you, that's sexist brigade).

 

[Kaleb]

have a feeling POI wont be on next week due to game 1 of the world series, which starts on Tues.

 

[Lilbaz]

have a feeling POI wont be on next week due to game 1 of the world series, which starts on Tues.

What countries are playing?

 

[Kaleb]

What countries are playing?

The countries of San Fransisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

The countries of San Fransisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals

GO KC... grrrr...

 

[#root]

Been little busy lately so I missed the last two episodes. Just got done watching them. Finch being flabbergasted one second and being a total badass the next when buying the missile launcher was awesome

As for the Dominic reveal, I totally thought it was going to be the DEA agent. This show has done it a couple of times before with Elias and Control where it seemed like they were just more numbers, but turned out to be super-important characters. But the actual reveal surprised me.

Spoiler

I mean it WAS right in his name. DoMINIc . But for a supposedly smart guy who always has his thugs do all his work for him, it was pretty stupid to go the deal himself and then get shot. He was the only one who survived. What if he hadn't made it?

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

Spoiler

I mean it WAS right in his name. DoMINIc .

nice catch there...

 

[Lilbaz]

Been little busy lately so I missed the last two episodes. Just got done watching them. Finch being flabbergasted one second and being a total badass the next when buying the missile launcher was awesome

As for the Dominic reveal, I totally thought it was going to be the DEA agent. This show has done it a couple of times before with Elias and Control where it seemed like they were just more numbers, but turned out to be super-important characters. But the actual reveal surprised me.

Spoiler

I mean it WAS right in his name. DoMINIc . But for a supposedly smart guy who always has his thugs do all his work for him, it was pretty stupid to go the deal himself and then get shot. He was the only one who survived. What if he hadn't made it?

Wow missed that.

 

[rashad]

I thought the DEA agent swerve was very predictable but I wonder if that was the point, to divert us from thinking anything out of the ordinary about Mini.

That's the feeling I got too. I think it was purposeful.

 

[Kaleb]

Fantastic episode, probably best of the season, I loved that we got a back story on the machine and why it was important for Harold to stop it from growing and becoming dangerous (ie Samaritan),loved the scene between Root and Finch

Spoiler

you could see how lost Root looked now that the machine stopped communicating with her, was a very powerful scene. This episode convinced me more that Roots gonna get killed off at some point

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

Fantastic episode, probably best of the season, I loved that we got a back story on the machine and why it was important for Harold to stop it from growing and becoming dangerous (ie Samaritan),loved the scene between Root and Finch

Spoiler

you could see how lost Root looked now that the machine stopped communicating with her, was a very powerful scene. This episode convinced me more that Roots gonna get killed off at some point

agreed...

 

[rashad]

Fantastic episode, probably best of the season

POI has a knack for raising their own bar multiple times during a season.

 

[Snow Queen]

I wouldn't just call this the best of the season so far, I thought it was one of the best of the series.

Spoiler

That Root scene in the new hideout was fantastic.

And then there was this:

If the worst comes to pass, if you could give Shaw a message...

I think she already knows.

t: t: t: t: t: t: t:

I love the theme for Martine.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Fantastic episode, probably best of the season, I loved that we got a back story on the machine and why it was important for Harold to stop it from growing and becoming dangerous (ie Samaritan),loved the scene between Root and Finch

Spoiler

you could see how lost Root looked now that the machine stopped communicating with her, was a very powerful scene. This episode convinced me more that Roots gonna get killed off at some point

Agreed. Another great episode that gave us more backstory about Finch's attempts at making the Machine and more of Samaritan's scheme to protect itself with elected officials. Root's inability to get direct contact with the Machine also showed how reliant she has become on it but also that she's figuring things out on her own. Her ominous warnings to Finch and his to her were very chilling and you have to wonder if they're going to kill someone this season. Also, have to say that Reese's therapy session at the end gave Reese some actual emotion and an explanation for why he continues going.

 

[ThePhantasm]

I for one like the lack of the romantic (teenage angst) angle. The will they/won't they angle that overarchs the likes of Arrow and that is annoying for me.

Yeah, so do I.

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

I'm also liking that stone-cold b***h, Martine... it'll be nice to see her up against Shaw or even John in a hand-to-hand situation...

 

[Kaleb]

Heres something cool when the elevators arrived during the shootout, the last 5 tones were to the tune of the Terminator theme.

 

[Paradox1]

This was a fantastic episode and the way they have woven bigger plot into the case of the week has been fantastic. The way they've approached the birth of AI into the world is really refreshing. These AI's use humans like chess pieces fighting their war in the dark. It's like when I first watched The Matrix and you wonder how possible is it that I live in that same kind of world and just unaware.

 

[Lilbaz]

Yeah, so do I.

It was lovely that they showed there was a romantic link. 1 sentence did more than Vapire Diaries, Arrow etc,, put together.

Have to admit there is a very strong femininity angle to this show. Which is refreshing. The all powerful one is female so is their version of Nick Fury. Finch is the one playing hard to get. Reese is the one with emotional turmoil.

Think it's brilliant.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Zap2it has an article stating why Acker deserves an Emmy nomination after last night's episode. I have to agree with her. It's been absolutely criminal that this show hasn't gotten any major award nominations.

http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/person_...mmy_voters_need_take_notice_amy_acker-2014-10

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Wow, that was a fantastic episode. I was afraid for Root there. And yes, she was certainly foreboding something for this season. Her and Finch have great moments where we get the philosophical debates over machine and life, and how sometimes devotion and loyalty can seem like a religion. It's really something to see the creator, Finch, keep things in perspective. He's not up his own ass about any of it. Despite the Machine being so impressive, and seemingly being alive and sentient in many ways, he keeps things in perspective by reminding Root that it's a thing, not a person, not a god. Not that she listened, but still. It's always interesting to see how he values life, everyone's and his own. Like, knowing that life is precious and should be thrown away. It felt alot like he was telling Root to not become a sacrificial lamb for the Machine.

The flashbacks were great. Good to see Nathan again, I always like how he and Harold interact. And yeah, seeing how many versions try to trick and/or kill him was...pretty amazing. Really put his action in the past about crippling the machine into context.

I liked how Reese had to deal with things on his end, like having to pay some kind of consequence at his job for the past six (six!) shootings on duty. And I'm convinced that of everyone on the show, Reese has the biggest heart and is the most caring one. He tries to hide it, and comes off as cold, but he isn't. He definitely has the most emotional motivation, and it's all because he really just cares. Maybe even too much, because it bites him at times.

 

[Sawyer]

1 sentence did more than Vapire Diaries, Arrow etc,, put together.

Those shows have done plenty of those kinds of moments too.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Good episode, the stuff with Reese and the shrink was decent and I loved the start with him, Fusco and the embezzling would be jumper.

The meat of the episode though was the extra layer added to the relationship between Finch and Root, their scenes together were a mix of funny and touching, and her lowering her sarcasm armor to expose her feelings and then showing how committed she is by sacrificing herself to save the number was just brilliant stuff. What the writers and Amy Acker have done with the character is phenomenal.

The shootout between Root and Martine was also one of the shows best action sequences to date.

 

[Kaleb]