Finally got to finish PoI after I had stopped watching it at the start of S4, kind of felt burned out on it by that point. Glad I came back to finish it.
Gutted to see John go in the finale, which was great, but it was coming...still reeling from it, manly tears were shed. The Reese-Finch dynamic made this show for me, it was a fitting end to it. I'll never forget Harold's line when John returned to help them out of a tough spot in S3 - "Mr Reese, I am inordinately happy to see you!".
Having said that, I'm not trying to downplay the rest of the characters on the show, or indeed all of the themes explored. Root was a grower, I was pretty annoyed by her at the beginning so much so that her sacrifice kind of hit surprisingly hard - oh, and don't mention that scene of her as the Machine in the finale, putting her hand on John's shoulder.
Speaking of which, I was anticipating her becoming a sort of conduit for the Machine at various points, I mean it was sort of obvious and made sense, but nice to see it coming to pass in the manner it did.
As for Fusco, well...you can't really not love Fusco. For me, Shaw was pretty much the only member of team Machine I didn't really connect with, felt her character was just a tad bit uninspired, although that's not to say Sarah didn't do a good job. But goddamn, I thought I was going to punch my screen when she killed John in that simulation.
I'll miss this show, but I'm glad Nolan and Plageman managed to finish their story in such a fitting and satisfying manner despite the less than ideal situation with the final season. I thought the last season was very good, felt the shorter amount of ep's and their focus on finishing the story led to a better-paced and tighter narrative.
Oh, and it would be amiss of me not to mention Djawadi's
excellent soundtrack.
