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Mar 25, 2015

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  1. AmbulanceRuseMarch 25, 2015 at 3:16 AM

    Awesome episode: action, emotion, lots of pieces moving. Even amidst an AI story, POI keeps the human element strong.

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  2. Rebecca ForestMarch 25, 2015 at 3:18 AM

    lovedi it ! The kiss between Reese and Iris was smoking HOT and I always enjoy any Fusco scenes and of course Finch and Root was awesome !

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  3. Paulo DavidMarch 25, 2015 at 3:22 AM

    Finch + Root >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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  4. ✮Bad_Wobot ツMarch 25, 2015 at 3:25 AM

    Maybe best ep of the season, strong performances by all involved including the Writers. Plus awesome Kathryn from Vikings. A+ and 4 eps left in season, hellz yeah

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  5. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 3:33 AM

    Awesome! Way to pack a ton of stuff in.


    Rather sad about Root reverting back and taking her fear out on Harold (but, boy what an emotional scene between them at the hotel). Great to see Harper and Beth again too and I LOVE Frankie (Please bring her back sometime!!). As much as I don't see Iris and John working out, and the whole thing with the dramatic, "I can't see you anymore, because I love you' trope feeling like a stunt, I can't deny that was a very powerful kiss she gave him!


    Anyways really love how they are juggling all the recurring characters! Every episode has something special in it to look forward too!


    Some Bad Robot stuff: Perhaps Frankie is a wink to Kurtzman's and Orci's character played by Elizabeth Banks in People Like Us and maybe, in combination with, a wink to Horowitz's and Kitsis' Once Upon A Time character Emma Swan, who has lived in Florida and was a Bails Bonds Woman prior to season 1.

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  6. TheDarkShawMarch 25, 2015 at 3:35 AM

    im smiling right now, ok lets get started because i know lol that alot of us are going to be split on this episode like never before. lets get out of the way first though the finch and root samaritan related scenes were amazingly acted, awesome and chilling scenes from Amy and Michael ( Emmy Awrds for them ? hello ? ) and winnick as frankie was pretty fun to watch and the writers i thought actually used the harper character alot better this time around then blunt... but something happened in this episode near the tail end and people who watched know what im talking about. So let me say this... loved every second of it! i thought that was a really fun and intense episode much more so then it might have had any right to be in terms of archs and case of the week. like i said i know some people don't like what happened in that scene... i don't care lol!

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  7. crazyforsushiMarch 25, 2015 at 3:37 AM

    Finch and Root scenes gives me life. Definitely the king and queen of this chess game. Also, the promo for the next episode had Root and Martine fighting in the snow. Is it april 7th yet?

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  8. TheDarkShawMarch 25, 2015 at 3:41 AM

    well i'd say it was the best since M.I.A but the crown still goes to If-Then-Else

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  9. AmbulanceRuseMarch 25, 2015 at 3:51 AM

    "I can't deny that was a very powerful kiss she gave him!"
    I wonder if three is a record for one episode.

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  10. Dominick GraceMarch 25, 2015 at 3:52 AM

    Mediocre episode. There were some lovely action set pieces and additional powerful moments, but the overall plot was pretty contrived. Root's only solution to the problem is to murder Elizabeth? Howard's solution to that is suicide? The deal Harper brokers makes no sense; if Worthy was willing to go in there with machine guns, despite knowing a cop was there, he'd just pop a bullet in her head and take the flash drive anyway. and much as I liked Frankie and want to see her back, they tried just a bit too hard to make her cutely badass.

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  11. migotka21March 25, 2015 at 3:52 AM

    Poor Harold!

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  12. Dominick GraceMarch 25, 2015 at 3:53 AM

    lol! I found myself thinking by the end of the episode, "Man, Reese is getting a lot of lip action this episode!"

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  13. ragulMarch 25, 2015 at 4:53 AM

    it was a emotional episode, probably will come under the top 5 best in the season.

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  14. JimmyMarch 25, 2015 at 4:59 AM

    An all round fascinating hour. One of the season's best episodes - certainly one of the series' best filler type episodes.


    I'm all for John finding someone to care about. It's been 9 years since he lost Jessica Arndt so that's a bloody long spell for anyone. I don't expect this relationship to last forever but it's going to be a good wee ride


    But how about Amy Acker. She was sublime tonight. Michael Emerson stood up too but Acker still owned each scene the pair had. What's critical here is where Root's head and heart are. Her single purpose in life now is to ensure Harold stays alive. She absolutely supports his endeavor to kill Samaritan but the dealbreaker for Root is whether that ultimately results in Harold's death. So Root has assumed this guardian angel role that she's sort of had all along, but was made abundantly clear in this hour.


    I enjoyed the Frankie character too. A bit of Shaw and a bit of Root but with a more reasoned outlook on life. She'll be back at some point - Katheryn Winnick is too hot to not be brought back quite frankly.

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  15. Daniel WalshMarch 25, 2015 at 6:01 AM

    A really good episode with a lot of moving parts.

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  16. BluebombMarch 25, 2015 at 6:21 AM

    Awesome episode. Best episode of the season behind If-Then-Else as far as I'm concerned.

    The Reese-Frankie tandem was great. They make a wonderful duo together. I hope the actress comes back.

    They managed to make Harper even more interesting with her receiving texts from The Machine. It also helps that I really enjoy the character.

    Root/Finch was fantastic and heartbreaking. I cannot believe Harold almost died to save Elizabeth. Root was the threat all along? Holy moly. She saved Finch in spite of The Machine not telling her to do so. Hmm. So The Machine is willing to sacrifice Finch to destroy Samaritan?

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  17. ElharMarch 25, 2015 at 7:28 AM

    Whoa, that was excellent. I wish they don't screw up the John-Iris part. Not because I'm a shipper (the show works for me pretty well without an obligatory romance plot), but this can be a new side and new conflict to John, even if Iris isn't with the Samaritan. (Which I hope very much.)


    The Frankie and Johnny duo was great, pity that Katheryn Winnick is occupied with conquering the world with the vikings I don't think that she could come back very often.


    The Machine is contacting with Harper? Now that was unexpected.


    I can't add anything to the comments about the Root-Finch scenes, Amy Acker has really hit this out of the ballpark. Switching between the scenes and leaving us on a cliffhanger at every 2-3 minutes was cruel in the best sense. :)

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  18. magnutudeMarch 25, 2015 at 8:05 AM

    ejoyed the ep alot and the intro of badass Frankie, who does remind me of a rougher around the edges version of Zoey, but I liked the chemistry between Reese/Frankie about as much as I liked Reese/zoey, and I do like Iris as well as she definitely does bring out a side of Reese that is rarely seen, but one can only wonder if that doesn't bode well for Iris in the future...... but the cream of this episode was all the Root/Harold bits for me.....

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  19. ✮Bad_Wobot ツMarch 25, 2015 at 8:10 AM

    Yes that was an amazing 3-parts those weeks. Cannot wait for the blurays

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  20. SavhFanMarch 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM

    I LOVED the eppy....start to finish. I'm still fangirling over the Kiss Seen 'Round the World. Frankie Badass and played well off/against Reese. Root's original solution was typical Root when she takes things into her own hands....go for the throat, no prisoners. Finch's rash reaction of 'suicide' was also in character for him. If something bad is going to happen because of him, he takes himself out of the equation. And the action scenes in this eppy were exceptional. Especially the one in the deli while Reese & Frankie were still handcuffed together & had to fight one handed.

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  21. janeMarch 25, 2015 at 12:12 PM

    Only OK for me. Didn't like Harper the first time. Still don't like her. Really hope she doesn't come back. The whole Root/Harold scenario was silly. They are both smart enough to figure something else out without all of that melodrama. Had been expecting the Iris/John scene for a while so nothing surprising there. Fusco was great as always. Lately I look forward to his scenes more than any.

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  22. MTMarch 25, 2015 at 12:30 PM

    That episode did make it up for the past few ones.

    I knew something was wrong with Root. She was acting weirdly sentimental from the beginning.
    Root/Finch scenes were just incredible. She really can't take another loss right now. Especially not Harold. Destroying a good chance to fight Samaritan to save him was a strong move.

    I do think though, that she has somethng up her sleeve. I don't really think she destroyed the trojan horse. She will use it herself.

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  23. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 1:43 PM

    " Root's only solution to the problem is to murder Elizabeth?"

    I think they made this great point, that without faith (really her faith in the machine), she really is nothing but a bitter deadly assassin. If she really believed in Harold, she would believe in the machine (she chose not to listen to it), but the possibility of loosing Shaw, just completely shattered that belief system and that makes her exactly like she was before she joined team machine.

    I don't think it will be long-lived. I suspect that they will get wind of Shaw's existence and Root's faith will return, but this definite was an unfriendly reminder about who Root can be...

    "and much as I liked Frankie and want to see her back, they tried just a bit too hard to make her cutely badass..."



    IMO she was meant to invoke something between Shaw and Martine and is also similar to Brooks, which is Devon Grice's partner (and Devon is very similar name to Deacon)

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  24. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 2:04 PM

    Except that Root should no better than to take matters into her own hands. Her reasoning here is a bad excuse to punish Harold for her loss, as The Machine is working hard to protect them,as well as everyone else. So by not following it, she is actually adding unnecessary risks/elements/variables/consequences that the machine may not be able to make up for! The machine really is Harold and she is just so hurt and feels so betrayed by them that she felt like taking things away from them too...and that makes her [temporally] dangerous again...

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  25. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 2:09 PM

    When people are hurt, they don't always care about being smart, they care about getting justice or revenge! Root has reverted back to whom she was before, because her faith is shattered, and she is taking it out on those who gave her great things to begin with, Harold and the Machine...


    Seriously, Look out Martine!!!

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  26. MTMarch 25, 2015 at 2:32 PM

    Well, she doesn't feel betrayed by Harold. Machine? Yes. Harold? No. Why would she? He has done nothing wrong. They both took the blame for Shaw but they are both wrong. No one asked Shaw to go to the stock exchange. She did it herself. Not even the machine was expecting that.

    And she's not punishing him. She was trying to save him for her own reasons. She's obviously still not thinking clearly so she would rather have Samaritan rule the world than losing Harold.

    Not following the machine could come back back and bite Root in the ass but it's too early to tell. We have to wait for the next episode to see ifshe has a plan and what that plan is.

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  27. janeMarch 25, 2015 at 2:42 PM

    And I really disliked Root back when she was first on the show and wanted her gone. It has only been recently that I found her tolerable. If she is, as you say reverting, then I know doubt will be reverting to my previous opinion of her.

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  28. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    Because Harold designed/created/taught the machine, so it is an extension of himself both physically and philosophically/ethically/morally...Root was not only going to take away a good plan to disable Samaritan, but a potential love interest of Harold's,-- because if she can't have one/be happy, why should he?!


    I'm not saying that "I" believe it's the machine's fault, but rather Root's expectations and faith in it were so high, that she needs to blame someone for it's imperfections (remember, a good God is sometimes perceived to be "perfect" and "just"). The truth is ever since we met Root, she has wanted someone to blame for all of the atrocities of her life and the world's, but the machine gave her a more moral road to exercise that need/those talents, and curved back her extremest views for both her friendship with Harold and the love of her life, Shaw...now that is taken away, so she thinks...


    An upcoming episode title is "Search and Destroy", that seems very thematic in relation to what just happened with her in this episode.

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  29. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 3:15 PM

    I don't think it will last, but I do think we could have a rocky road with her leading into the final episodes of the season. If anything, she probably will just go take it out on someone else now, but if she continues to not listen to the machine, she is adding more and more unpredictability onto the situation. All we can hope for then, is either she gets inspired and comes back to her senses, or the machine is smarter than she is and will manipulate her onto the path it wants by lying to her about what it wants....

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  30. polarbeersMarch 25, 2015 at 3:20 PM

    Liked this episode a lot. Katheryn Winnick's performance was very entertaining, and I loved the Finch-Root storyline. The final scene in particular was phenomenal, and it acknowledged both the connection they share and the distance that now exists between them.

    A review: http://polarbearstv.com/2015/03/25/person-of-interest-skip-review-4x18/

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  31. MTMarch 25, 2015 at 4:35 PM

    With all due respect, you thoughts about Root in this episode are your own personal interpretation and do not go along with anything that happened in the episode.

    "Root was not only going to take away a good plan to disable Samaritan, but a potential love interest of Harold's,-- because if she can't have one/be happy, why should he?!"
    Again, your interpretation. Root tried Finch from going into a suicide mission. What we can argue is that this is a plothole-ish since there could be many ways to stop Finch and Beth from seeing each other. Si I think this ties with Root going back to her old "killer for hire" days. But I still think it is a stretch to "The love of my life is dead so he should not have one either".

    And Harold knows more about loss than Root ever will. And I think she is very well aware of that. He doesn't need to be teached a lesson about loss. He could hold a whole lecture about it.

    "An upcoming episode title is "Search and Destroy", that seems very
    thematic in relation to what just happened with her in this episode."

    That's what I meant by waiting for the next episode to judge if Root made the mistake of her life by going against the machine of if she has something up her sleeve. They do wake up Samaritan in the next one so maybe Root knows what she's doing after all.

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  32. ElharMarch 25, 2015 at 5:28 PM

    I see Root's actions in a completely different light. I didn't sense any envy behind her actions and I didn't see her going back to her former assassin self either, at least not completely.


    In fact it was a huge step from her to deny what the Machine wanted in order to save Harold. The Machine's moral compass (which is the mirror of Harold's one) choses self sacrifice over killing someone if those are the only options. I'm not sure whether Root would take this road yet (she would sacrifice herself for the Machine if that's the only option, that's for sure), but if she needed to choose who would be sacrificed, than she picked the one who isn't relevant to her. But it wasn't about punishing Harold, it was saving him. In the last episode Harold told that he doesn't want to lose another friend - I don't see it a negative thing if Root feels the same way.

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  33. AmbulanceRuseMarch 25, 2015 at 5:36 PM

    I agree Root probably wasn't intending any punishment for Harold. But I also think the MO isn't a plot hole, it's just Root's decision. In a way, I think she might not have wanted Harold to be close with someone else. More likely, though, she saw Beth as an asset for Samaritan, since her algorithms would be used to its benefit. And she (Root) definitely wants to get back at Samaritan. She could be trying to go after anyone tied to it, like Harold did after Nathan's death.

    The other factor is that Root's still a bit of a mystery, hard to figure out. So what she does always has to be interpreted to some degree.

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  34. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 6:23 PM

    But the Machine didn't want Harold to die either....Harold just course corrected Roots actions, because he wanted to make a point to her that he is TRULY willing to sacrifice himself for his cause, which points out that she is not, because she cares more about her pain and love for a few over the many...


    I never said that Root wanted to "kill" Harold or the Machine, but that she wants to hurt him, "forcing" him to feel her loss...it just backfired on her. If she wanted to save Harold, she would of followed the instructions of the machine, which she admitted she did not.

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  35. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 8:24 PM

    I don't recall the machine showing us that Harold's life was in danger, only Root making an assumption and acting on it "prematurely", which is why I think there much more going on here emotionally, than meets the eye.


    The Machine told her NOT to kill Beth, so it must of had another plan in mind, but Root decided for the first time ever, not to follow it's instructions, which means she no longer trusts/respects it, which is like not respecting Harold and ultimately making everything harder on them, because the truth is, she didn't know for sure if Finch's life would of been in danger, only a possible risk, a risk that could happen to any of them at any time, which was also again Finch's point by down the poison himself. He basically was telling her to grow up and get with the program that they signed up for!


    If the episode wouldn't have also made it about Root targeting his love interest and/or The Machine wanted her to kill Beth, because it saw no other way, then I would be more inclined to think the better of her motives, but that's not what happened. And the thing is, I trust the machine's judgement and Harold's over hers, because he tries so hard not to be selfish.

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  36. DarthLocke4March 25, 2015 at 8:38 PM

    I guess it just depends if one thinks Root is smarter and can see farther than the machine?!

    You could be right and she could have something up her sleeve, but considering the following is her quote,

    "One day, I realized all the dumb, selfish things people do... it's not our fault. No one designed us. We're just an accident, Harold. We're just bad code. But the thing you built... It's perfect. Rational. Beautiful. By design."



    I find what she did here more of a disservice for "The Greater Good" and more out for personal gain (REVENGE against Samaritan, rather than helping those that need helped by continuing to trust in the machine)...Every day all the characters do things that could get them instantly killed, and Root should know that and hope that the Machine still has a plan, despite whatever she thinks "could" or "could not" happen. She's making this all too personal to the point where she might put their lives in more in danger, which is why I am pretty sure Harold downed the poison--just to make that point, life is a risk no matter what.

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  37. DebraFanMarch 25, 2015 at 10:11 PM

    OMG!!!! I AM SPEECHLESS. WHAT A FREAKING, AMAZING AND FANTASTIC EPISODE.

    First off the little things:

    The Machine considers Harper as an asset. I did not see that coming. Hearing the name Underhill made me cheer loudly. I was on the fence regarding Harper as a future recurring character but this latest twist of the Machine actively taking part in her life by giving her leads has made me fully confident that she could be a great asset in the future. There's also the chance that Harper may cross paths with Dominic in the furure. Some great opportunities for good story telling there.

    Secondly - absolutely loved Kathryn Winnick's character Frankie Wells. And boy,o boy!! she looked smoking hot in that dress at that poker game. I wish she can return for an episode again next season. Great chemistry, banter and working relationship with Reese. Loved everything about her character, her gumption and her tragic story.

    Thirdly - Reese and Iris. I like them. The relationship has potential. And they take the next step right before the episode that Zoe is set to return in. Perfect. :)

    On to Finch and Root - the crux of this episode. Amy Acker and Michael Emerson made me cry. They made me cry like a little child. Oh, what amazing scenes between the two of them!!. Oh, what poignancy!! Oh what heartbreak!! Oh what sacrifices from both of them!! Finch ready to sacrifice his life to get a line on Samaritan. Root willing to sacrifice that line to Samaritan for Finch. Simply amazing. Simply fantabulous.

    I initially didn't catch on that Root could be the threat to Beth Bridge's life but the moment the 'husband' hailed a cab to the airport, I knew. And from that moment onwards, Root and Finch lept me enthralled like anything. Root burned Finch. She turned Beth against him. She broke his heart. She destroyed the standing of a good woman - she thought it was the second best plan after Finch almost killed himself to stop root from killing Beth. She damaged her friendhsip with HArold but I hope that, in time, Harold forgives her. It's surely possible. Why not? Sometimes the best way to forgive people is to keep a distance from them.

    Guys, I know I am late to the discussing party but I would love to hear your thoughts/

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  38. DebraFanMarch 25, 2015 at 10:15 PM

    I hope they bring back Frankie next season. I loved her character to bits.

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  39. DebraFanMarch 25, 2015 at 10:17 PM

    Finch's plan was perfect but it involved in him being discovered at the end of it therefore putting him in mortal danger from Samaritan.That is why Root was so hell bent on him not using that Trojan Horse. It would transmit data but it would eventually lead back to Whistler.

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  40. TheDarkShawMarch 25, 2015 at 10:23 PM

    Really nailed everything. I thought it was the best episode since M.I.A. In any normal case, Amy and Michael are having an Emmy Award worthy season this year but sadly its the world of politics so they won't get any ( bastards ).

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  41. DebraFanMarch 25, 2015 at 10:26 PM

    So The Machine is willing to sacrifice Finch to destroy Samaritan?


    ^^^ This intrigued me the most. The Machine knows that by activating the Trojan Horse, Finch would put a laser beam on his back. But she did nothing to stop it. In fact, she told Root not to kill Beth. On the surface, it seems like she wanted the plan to go through.

    Or wait a second!! This just occurred to me. What about this theory? - The Machine told Root everything about what Harold was planning. I think she meant for Root to save Harold - I believe the Machine is molded after Harold's morality. She would sacrifice the chance to infiltrate Samaritan if it meant saving Harold - that is why she told Root all about Harold's plan. What the Machine didn't envision was that Root would end up trying to kill Beth. As far as plans go, it's cold, cynical and logical. But it involved killing an innocent person. So, the Machine takes preventive steps and sends Beth's number to Finch trusting that he will stop Root. In the end, although Beth's life is spared, the standing professional reputaion of a good woman is destroyed. As also is Finch's chance for a relationship with her. It hurts, it breaks the heart but in the end Root made the correct choice.

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  42. MTMarch 25, 2015 at 10:56 PM

    Ha that is the only part that I agree with you (also in all of you other posts).
    Root went through all of those stages of grief. You know. denial, anger and what not, and now she reached the acceptance stage. And I think the show displayed that really well. So I thought we're done with this because I thought the immedeate danger she could cause was right after Shaw disappeared.

    But she's more damaged by that experience than I thought. It may very well be true that revenge is more important to her than anything else. She did follow the machine's orders though in previous episodes. She saved Harold (duh) even though she was gone and she wrote that app to get in touch with Caleb. So I think it was the fear of losing Harold that triggered something.

    It remains to be seen if she's just over confident and delusiional to all the damage she could cause with her actions or she knows exactly what she's doing.

    "Every day all the characters do things that could get them instantly killed, and Root should know that"

    This is the other plothole-ish thing for me. They are always in danger.from Samaritan so why freak out now.

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  43. DebraFanMarch 25, 2015 at 11:01 PM

    This is the other plothole-ish thing for me. They are always in danger.from Samaritan so why freak out now.

    Because Harold's cover would be blown once the Trojan is activated and Samaritan traces it back to Professor Whistler. And he would have to go under ground or risk death at the hands of Samaritan. The new identities that the Machine gave them are precious and are keeping them alive and above ground. Look at what happened to Shaw once her identity was compromised and she refused to stay underground. Finch and the others are the same too. Even if their identities are compromised they would still risk death to save others.

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  44. Mihail KMarch 25, 2015 at 11:18 PM

    Root's part in this episode is... just stunning. Words seem to be not enough to describe it. Ms. Acker ascends every time higher and higher in terms of the emotional and dramatic dimensions... She is just reshaping all this show, pushing it to an absolutely different level. She dares to touch us at a completely unattainable level of depth. Preeminent actress, phenomenal woman, breathtaking character. Thank you so much.

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  45. MTMarch 25, 2015 at 11:23 PM

    "The other factor is that Root's still a bit of a mystery, hard to figure
    out. So what she does always has to be interpreted to some degree."


    I don't know if I would use mystery. That would imlpy that someone doesn't reveal things about themselves. Frankly, Root has only started to be a human being alongside season 3, which is about a year. Before that she did just function. She worked as a assassin/killer for hire and had no friends, no peers, no partner. She has been like that all of her adult life, started to develop into that in her early teens.



    What we saw in season 3 and 4 is Root developing a personality, relationships and getting to know all those social rules and norms. Now this is something kids and young adults learn. Root has to learn all that as a thirty-something woman. She knows now that every life matters, she learned how to work WITH the Team FOR the Team. She is self aware, as we saw in Root/Path. She acknowledged her mistakes from the past and tried to make them right.

    And then there were those clumsy flirting attempts with Shaw. But how would she know? No one ever taught her things like that. Admitted, Shaw isn't the easiest target first time trying but all of this social behaviour is completely new to her.



    So I wouldn't really say she's a mystery, she just hasn't developed into full grown adult (like Finch) yet. Now she has to deal with loss for the first time in her new adult life That's why it's so hard to predict what she would do because she never experienced it before and doesn't now herself.

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  46. João PauloMarch 25, 2015 at 11:39 PM

    I know that, but would be nice to see some simulation of that plan "If-then-else" style.

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  47. AmbulanceRuseMarch 25, 2015 at 11:40 PM

    Good points, and yeah, the unpredictability is a better way to put it. I think her saying "Kill me if you can" (sort of childlike playfulness) in Prophets helped to show that she's still growing.

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  48. MTMarch 25, 2015 at 11:42 PM

    Yes I though immediately after "If-then-else" why they don't use simulations more often.

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  49. TheLensOfTruthMarch 26, 2015 at 12:18 AM

    I loved this episode SO MUCH, holy crap. All the feels. All the awesome acting. All the badass females, even romance! (Though I don't think it will last long, considering this is POI xD)

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  50. Random GuyMarch 26, 2015 at 1:08 AM

    True, Romance doesn't last long. It's comes in for a bit and leaves.

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  51. AmbulanceRuseMarch 26, 2015 at 1:49 AM

    "And they take the next step right before the episode that Zoe is set to return in."
    Interesting point, since Zoe was dubious about Reese being able to sustain a relationship. This will probably be the biggest episode Zoe's been involved in since Firewall, but the writers are good at mixing moods, so she may have some quips about the Iris development.

    "Hearing the name Underhill made me cheer loudly."
    OCD nitpick: The name was Thornhill. But yeah, that was one of several OMG moments for me. It was out of left field in a good way.

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  52. DebraFanMarch 26, 2015 at 2:12 AM

    Underhill? Whoops. Can't believe a mistake like that. *slinks away in embarrassment*

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  53. AmbulanceRuseMarch 26, 2015 at 2:56 AM

    No worries. :)

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  54. BluebombMarch 26, 2015 at 4:52 AM

    Glad you loved this episode. Where does it rank for you amongst this season?

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  55. ElharMarch 26, 2015 at 5:38 AM

    That's why I told we have different takes on the events.
    - I accept Root's assumption on the outcome of Harold's plan. Even Harold didn't denied that this would happen, he only felt his death an accepteble price.
    - I don't see Elizabeth as a "love interest". Yes, Harold liked her, maybe in the long time she could have been more, but regarding how long had it taken for him to come together with Grace, I think it's unlikely that after two meals what he had was love. Not to mention the small side effect that he betrayed her trust and used her only as a tool for his plan - which could put her life in danger with Samaritan without Root. So even though what happened with Elizabeth might be more personal to Harold than a run-of-the-mill irrelevant, I can't see her significantly more - which takes most of the personal edge of Root's action away.


    Human life in general has less value in Root's eyes than in Harold. To him anybody's life is more important than his - at least he hasn't been in a situation yet when the options were not "somebody or me" but "somebody or HER/HIM". (Though I remember well that in S2 when Grace was the hostage of Decima he told Reese and Shaw to kill everybody if she something happened to her, not really the most philantropic reaction.) To Root killing somebody is not an unacceptable thing - which doesn't make her a good person, but then Harold would need to rely only on flower children.


    If they are in war (and they are) then Root's approach, that "war" includes killing is at least as acceptable (and more realistic) than Harold's don't hurt anybody concept. In other words: Harold acts as a careful general: he tried not to involve anybody, because they can be hurt, but is willing to leave them behind if the startegy makes it necessary. Root thinks more like a soldier or a field officer, to whom leaving your comrade behind might be justified by some big startegy, but it remains the betrayal of their trust anyhow. Also a field officer knows well that you can't sacrifice your own crew, even if they are willing - very soon there will be nobody to fight.

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  56. DebraFanMarch 26, 2015 at 7:39 AM

    In the top three.

    The mythology arc with Beth/Finch/Root was simply epic but the thing about this episode that made me really happy was that the Number the Week case was also absolutely entertaining.

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  57. Amal patelMarch 26, 2015 at 8:21 AM

    Was a great episode. Interesting to see the teams sorta drawn up with Reese/Fusco doing one thing and Harold/Root working something else.

    Anyone else think that when root said "That would get Mr. Whistler killed" she's alluding to her having a similar plan. If I remember correctly, samaritan is programmed with root having a different identity everyday or the ability to receive new identities when one is burned. So if the same plan was enacted with Root as the orchestrator, she would have a new identity to fall back on when the plan is found out. She is already working for a tech company with the genius from season 2, and after seeing how samaritan has been swallowing companies and algorithms left and right to make itself more powerful as we have seen a few times now in the last 5-6 episodes, she might just be waiting for samaritan to reach her job.

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  58. TheDarkShawMarch 26, 2015 at 10:38 AM

    I just know with how loved her character is this season by many and the fact that sarah had to take the maternity leave, cannot lose Root at the end of the season as well lol i won't allow it. I don't think it will happen but even teasing such an idea is just scary.

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  59. Amal patelMarch 26, 2015 at 7:22 PM

    I didn't mean that Root would die, I meant she would have one of her identities burned and another one would pop up for her to use. So she would be just fine.

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  60. TheLensOfTruthMarch 26, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    It comes for a bit and then something goes horribly wrong.

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  61. TheDarkShawMarch 26, 2015 at 10:07 PM

    sorry :)

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  62. Random GuyMarch 27, 2015 at 5:34 PM

    Iris, you better watch out. I mean look what almost happened to Beth.

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  63. TheLensOfTruthMarch 27, 2015 at 6:10 PM

    It might also be that she's been planted by Samaritan, as so many people are suggesting.

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  64. TheLensOfTruthMarch 27, 2015 at 7:51 PM

    That's another fan theory. Personally, I really hope she's just a normal person.

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  65. Rich AbeyMarch 28, 2015 at 5:57 PM

    Me want more Katheryn Winnick on Person of Interest!!! Frankie Wells is hands down the best guest character on the show since Shaw's debut episode 'Relevance' in S2 before she became a regular.

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  66. will298023098290March 29, 2015 at 7:47 PM

    Such a professional therapist.

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  67. indsysMarch 30, 2015 at 12:08 PM

    I think that Iris is preparing for a shocking move for Reese and the whole team .. maybe she's with Samaritan or something else related to dirty cops!! ... I believe that it will not end happily for John ..

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