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That was perhaps a bit of a mediocre episode, but far from horrible...
So Root's been off doing...what exactly? What has the machine given her that makes her want to do things for it again? I guess the threat to Harold was enough to bring out back out in the open.
Creepy that Samaritan has revamped an entire education system, but not surprising.
I guess Claire tugged enough at Harold's heartstrings to fool him, that he went against what his instincts were telling him. That feeling in your gut, Finch? Trust it.
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The funniest scenes ever have to be of Finch when he was all drugged up ("juuuust in time for DINEEEER") It never fails to amuse me...:) Especially the part where Finch is playing with the controls in Fusco's car.
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Just thought I'd make a thread about listing the best moments in Person Of Interest's history. Best scenes, best episodes, best BEST...:)
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The track played at the end of the episode was The Violent Bear It Away, by Moby.
This. I haven't been able to stop listening to it.....
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I have to say, the way they followed up last week's stunner was not quite what I expected, focusing the first half-hour entirely on Control. (Of course, Shaw's introduction featured a similar storytelling detour, and the fact it happened the first episode without her is probably no coincidence). Control is losing, well, control of the whole operation and being kept in the dark about things, and it's not getting much better in there. The seeds of potential turning on her part have definitely been sown-she might have killed the "terrorist" at the end, but she sure let him talk for a long time about what he was really up to. I agree she did so mainly to keep up the appearance of being on-board, because anything less than that would have been a huge red flag. Her visit to the basement, and finding the fresh coat of paint on the wall is only confirming her suspicions.
Root's confrontation with Control was, for me, remarkably restrained-of course Reese, and then Harold, pulled her back from doing something really nasty.
I really liked the last scene. This show knows how to use music to it's advantage, and it worked to perfection. Root struggling to maintain her composure, and Reese noticing, but saying nothing. This Reese-Root road trip should be interesting, as they've never really been paired up much.
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I think after tonight's show, that's it until February....:(
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johntfs, I wasn't meaning that I wanted Root to get gone. I just thought that perhaps Root would go out in a blaze of glory for the sake of the Machine. Maybe that happens this season, maybe not. I certainly hope she does stick around.
If there's an event that could potentially shake her belief in the machine, Shaw's perceived death would probably be it. Of course, that would be tempered somewhat knowing Shaw's still alive.
There's a couple of things about the episode I didn't notice the first time around. When the machine "rewinds" back to real time, everything goes backwards-including the soundtrack. I also didn't notice at the end credits, where Emerson usually says "stay tuned for scenes from next week", it's sllent-but Samaritan is displaying that on its screen.
I probably didn't notice these things, because I had a lot on my miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd....
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I've never quite seen a show so willing to fuck with its' status quo, time after time. It's become known to everyone that Shahi's exit was forced by her pregnancy, not her wanting to go, which makes her going-off-the-reservation and doing all kinds of things to get herself noticed, a little more understandable, in hindsight.
Real-life factors aside, it would been unrealistic at this point for Team Machine to emerge from this battle unscathed. The challenge of how to make Sameen's exit count and have an impact on the other characters has been met very well. Root will be more motivated than ever to bring down this entity that dared fuck with her family. The next domino to fall will probably be Root-she has to stick around and make sure Team Machine wins. After that, I'm not sure what purpose her character would have...
It would be somewhat fitting if at the end of this season, we're down to the core trio-(Fusco, Reese, Finch-I don't think I'd count Carter as coming aboard until later).
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I definitely agree with this, and it's one of those emerging patterns that PoI creates really well. I get the feeling that Finch is weaving a tapestry -- from allies, to planted viruses, etc., and that we're not seeing everything he's up to right now. Yet.
Me too. There's probably a very good reason why we didn't hear what the Machine and Harold had to "discuss".
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I hate people that feel the need to mention the year the song came out in the song-like "Hey, this is 1994!", like they were singing to someone who had come out of a time machine and weren't sure what year it was...
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Re-the gag reel
"Doggie's go bow wow....in Italy...doggies go bow wow...."
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It took me a second to realize what the super-slo-mo was about, then Harold "died", and I got it. Interesting plot device, but every scenario (including the real one) featured someone giving up their life, although I don't think the Machine anticipated the last one. Or maybe it did. The scenarios were interesting in that they were all considered by the Machine in a matter of seconds.
I liked that in the scenerio where Root dies, and the real one where Shaw sacrifices herself, both their reactions were to address their feelings for the other before committing their last act. I completely buy these two being into one another. They are both people who have spent most of their lives not having a conscience or caring that much for people, and now are experiencing feelings they don't know how to deal with.
I wonder if Root's unquestioning belief in the Machine will waver after this. Unless it lets her know right away that Shaw might still be alive. I wouldn't believe the writers are done with Shaw just yet.
And if they wanted me to think Shaw was a goner, they had me very convinced with the long drawn-out slow-mo, the music, the horrified look on Root's face, the door slowing closing as Shaw looks on...and then...silence. It was rather unsettling. Bravo, show.
Much more things to talk about, but more on them later...
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The family in this ep was very pathetic and sad. The way the two boys would hum the mockingbird song, and then how the Mom sung it to one of them, as if they were 5 years old. Yeah, it was a bit Criminal Minds weird...
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I liked this one. Especially after all the depressing family stuff from last ep. It was most definitely a more feel-good ep.
That Mustang made the most pathetic siren noise ever.
I wasn't expecting the Kensi and Deeks scene at all, or for it to turn out the way it did. I liked that Deeks kissed Kensi in mid-sentence.And that Kensi was the one to push things forward. I like it when the two actually have REAL conversation.
I think it's been pretty obvious ever since the beginning of last season, these two have been a "thing"-intimate, but unclear about exactly how much. Certainly more than friends. That conversation and that kiss was all about them deciding to dive into the deep end saying "fuck it." And yes, how appropriate for it to happen on a "frozen lake".
I loved the first time Deeks kissed her, in the S4 finale, how utterly stunned she was...
I liked Eric's reactions to "coming home" with Nell, and using being her "boyfriend" as being their cover. Interesting also that Erik accepted the invitation as well.
I didn't clue in at all that the woman being taken hostage was Calen's girlfriend. Hetty had to point that out. It's nice that she decided to still be involved with him. So, she wants to know what his first name is huh? So would we, because I don't believe we've ever known what it is...
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The guy who saw how you were going to die when he touched you seems to have missed the mark. He told Audrey she and her "twin sister" would die at the same time.
I think I said something about this before. I had thought of a scenario would Mara would "die", and be replaced/overlaid with Audrey, while the split off "real and normal" Audrey would "die" as well. So technically speaking, they both "died" Now Audrey is the dominant entity personality, complete with her trouble immunity...
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Just thought of something, regarding the prediction of both Audrey and Mara expiring at the same time.
Perhaps this is leading to a situation where Mara has to "die"-not get buried beneath the Audrey persona, but gone, dead-or at least, her entity sent back from whence she came, while at the same time Audrey moves back in and takes over the body-the one with the trouble immunity. So the prediction would be right-Mara would "die", and Audrey would take over Mara's body again, with her split self disappearing, i.e. "dying"
I didn't think at first that Duke had used a resurrection trouble to get Audrey back-there seems to be hints aplenty that suggest just that-Audrey questioning whether she's "real", her getting sick in the first place, which was supposedly only to affect troubled people. Audrey is not immune to the troubles, but her trouble is what's keeping her alive-Duke's trouble. Her still being sick seems to indicate that as she exists now, she has a short shelf life. This then forces everybody's hand on dealing with Mara once and for all.
Of course, I could just be talking out of my ass...
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So what's the deal with Audrey being sick?
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So Courtney Love is playing someone who calls child services on someone.
No irony here AT ALL.
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CCR's "Bad Moon Rising"
Actual-There's a bad moon on the rise
Thought it was-There's a bathroom on the right. I've heard John Fogerty sometimes purposely sings that at concerts.
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Jeff Bridges kissing and and slowly undoing Michelle Pfieffer's dress on the piano in "The Fabulous Baker Boys"
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I thiiiiiink this is from "The Way Of The Gun"-"Someone shut that bitch up before I fuckstart her head!"
Pretty much everything the drill argent says in "Full Metal Jacket", but this is one of my favourites-"You are pukes. You are not even human fucking beings. You are nothing but disorganized, grabastic pieces of amphibian shit!"
There's a scene from the original Lethal Weapon where Murtagh and Riggs are talking to their boss, and his boss just says "I don't give a fuck Rodge. That's why I don't have an ulcer, because I know when to say, 'I don't give a fuck'"
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Videodrome-the scene where James Woods' pulls a gun out of his stomach (?), and shoots the guy on the podium three times, guy sprouting growing tumers out of his body. Saw that accidently when I was a kid. Kept me up at night for days.
That, and the ending....."long live the new flesh" BANG!
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One of the best (and funniest) endings was a lesser-known James Woods flick from 1987 called, Cop. Anyone who's seen that knows what I speak of.
To wit.
Bad Guy-What do you care? You're a cop. You have to bring me in.
Woods-Well, there's some good news and some bad news. The good news is, yes, I'm a cop, and I have to bring you in.
The bad news is I've been suspended and I just don't give a fuck.
BANG!!!The Field Of Dreams ending....well, if one hasn't brought out the tissues by that point, you're stone cold. Somewhat related, I like the ending of the Shawshank Redemption. It's just a strong emotional payoff.
The last scenes of Runaway Train. with
Jon Voight riding atop the train, hands in the air, hurtling to almost certain doom.
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I liked that.
So, the big question is how/why did Duke do the whole Mara/Audrey split thing. I think perhaps he wants her around for the same reason as he was chummy once with the Rev-answers about his family history.
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S04.E14: Guilty
in Person Of Interest [V]
One thing that struck at the start of this episode-aside from the season1-2 ish sight of Reese and Finch discussing state of affairs at a coffee shop-was how utterly defeated Finch sounded. Discussing numbers that died because they were so preoccupied with Samaritan. "I guess it's just you and me now." Finch sounded like he could barely summon the energy to keep doing this.