Person of Interest Season 4

[Locutus of Bored]

Actually I have a question about that episode: what was with the egg and the briefcase? Did I miss something?

I think the implication was that they needed the nigh indestructible briefcase for a later purpose (possibly transporting a sensitive piece of The Machine's hardware), and that the original contents were inconsequential.

I was thrown off by the Fabergé egg too, because it made me think of Octopussy and the whole fake Fabergé egg and Romanov crown jewels plot, or when Bond hid the tracking device inside the egg. I kept waiting for Root to walk over and pick something up out of the broken shards, before I realized that acquiring the briefcase was the real goal.

Also, the bad guy in Octopussy: Kamal Khan. Bringing the discussion full circle.

 

[1001001]

Actually I have a question about that episode: what was with the egg and the briefcase? Did I miss something?

I think the implication was that they needed the nigh indestructible briefcase for a later purpose (possibly transporting a sensitive piece of The Machine's hardware), and that the original contents were inconsequential.

I was thrown off by the Fabergé egg too, because it made me think of Octopussy and the whole fake Fabergé egg and Romanov crown jewels plot, or when Bond hid the tracking device inside the egg. I kept waiting for Root to walk over and pick something up out of the broken shards, before I realized that acquiring the briefcase was the real goal.

Okay, that's what I thought, but I just wanted to make sure there wasn't something I missed. Thanks!

 

[JD]

I don't think last night's had as big of an impact on me as people more familiar with Carter, but I still thought it was still a nice character piece for Reese.

 

[Guy Gardener]

She's made it with Empire.

Must be nice to come back riding high.

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[Aragorn]

Next new episode isn't until April 28, but it'll certainly be a recurring character fest:

Spoiler: Characters in the next episode

Elias, Greer, Control, Harper, Dominic, Link, Martine

 

[Christopher]

Did I miss a scene? This episode didn't end so much as fizzle out. The last we saw of Harold, Root, or Fusco, as far as I noticed, was when they said they had no idea where to find Reese. Then we got all that Reese hallucination stuff, then he saw a car coming, and the episode just ended. It was never explained who was in the car. I couldn't tell whether his friends had saved him or not. Really weird ending.

Also, I don't care for "hallucinated conversation" stuff like this, where the hallucinated person miraculously acts just like the real person would and is able to think and react in ways the hallucinator can't. Okay, the idea is presumably that it's Reese's subconscious taking the persona of Carter, but it didn't feel that way. It felt more like they were implying that it was the actual ghost of Carter or something, coming to him during a near-death experience, and that's not a direction I want this show to go in.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Fusco figured out where John was from the evidence box.

 

[auntiehill]

I really liked that episode. It was a little side-step from the usual action and we got to see more of who John actually is--as a person, not a super-spy. I thought it was actually quite sad.

 

[JoeZhang]

So are we wrapping up in 3 (4?) more episodes or this is coming back next year?

 

[Christopher]

Apparently signs are very good for renewal, though nothing's confirmed yet. The season will end with a cliffhanger.

 

[Aragorn]

I heard CBS has already decided what's been canceled and what's coming back, but it's just not public yet.

 

[JD]

I was kind of surprised that the Taraji P. Henson was just listed as a guest star. Usually when a former cast member returns to a show like this they are either credited with a Special Guest Star title, added back to the main cast or given a Special Appearance By credit. I think this is one of the only times I've ever seen a former regular not given some kind of special recognition.

 

[DWF]

This week's ep. was a pretty amazing one, the answer though appears to be simple allow the Brotherhood to take on the ISA. I've always thought that Dominic wa a smart guy but Elias can still play him. And I do think this was the first time the Machine has directed communicated with Harold and Root.

 

[auntiehill]

That was a GREAT episode. Can't wait for the conclusion. So---they've brainwashed Shaw into being a "Samaritan?" Interesting turn of events, seeing Control as a "good guy," so to speak.

 

[Aeon]

I was surprised that Control called Team Machine friends - although with her it's a pretty thin word. The friend moment between Reese and Fusco was a much nicer touch though. That was propably the first time Reese acknowledged that the guy wasn't the original scumbag anymore. At least directly. Nice job, Ghost Carter!

 

[SAndrews10]

My pure speculative guess is our machine absorbs Samaritan and we get a better/more stealth system under our control for season 5.

 

[JD]

That was pretty great. I did not expect them to end up at Samaritan's headquarters.
I'm curious if we're going to be seeing a team up between Control and Team Machine, that definitely seems to be where they're headed.
I was not expecting them to have actually turned Shaw.
That scene with the Machine actually speaking to everyone at the end was pretty cool.
Looks like next week's episode should be pretty exciting.

 

[Christopher]

That scene with the Machine actually speaking to everyone at the end was pretty cool.

Actually that was my least favorite part, because it demystified it. And its "lines" were kind of prosaic and bordered on the sappy. I would've expected something more Delphic and alien. I mean, sure, a superintelligence would have no trouble calculating how to communicate meaningfully to simple human minds, but dramatically speaking, in terms of the impression it conveys, it takes some of the grandeur away.

 

[Aeon]

I'm somewhere in between of this. Something more alien would have been cool I suppose, but I also liked what we got. It had the feeling of a child standing up to a always suspecting father that "Hey, you are wrong about me and about my intentions. And you know what? I'm finally going to prove it."

 

[propita]

That scene with the Machine actually speaking to everyone at the end was pretty cool.

Actually that was my least favorite part, because it demystified it. And its "lines" were kind of prosaic and bordered on the sappy. I would've expected something more Delphic and alien. I mean, sure, a superintelligence would have no trouble calculating how to communicate meaningfully to simple human minds, but dramatically speaking, in terms of the impression it conveys, it takes some of the grandeur away.

Binge-watched the last 5 episodes.

I thought it went to show the difference at the heart of The Machine and Samaritan. Greer knows that he's irrelevant; The Machine is telling Harold and Root that they are not.