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post #571 of 1237
5/7/12 at 7:20am
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Person of Interest: Los Angeles

Just shoot me now Oh, wait. I think I just popped up on the machine.
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post #572 of 1237
5/7/12 at 7:29am
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The show has gotten more complex and backstory centric as the season progressed. The procedural aspect will always be the framework. It has to be, but the numbers and how they relate to the main characters are getting richer. I'm not saying you won't get bored, but for now, the show's quality is rising.

The Machine, which is a character unto itself, has certainly taken a backseat in recent episodes now that most of the back story of how The Machine came to be and who was behind it and creating a storyline that can be picked up later, if needed.

In this weeks episode, The Machine or technology for that matter played a minor role, compared to what is mostly done on this show. Couldn't track the target after she destroyed the phone, Reese dumped his phone so that left just the hack into the Marshall's service for tracking of the agent's car. Everything else you could get from Google. And that isn't a bad thing, because for the general viewers, they get lost in the nerdisms. My wife asks just about every episode, "Can they really do that?" See didn't ask it this episode. That is proof that the show is starting to stand on its own merits of concept, not having to rely on "computer tricks" to carry the stories week to week. The technology becomes a tool not the reason.
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post #573 of 1237
5/7/12 at 7:38am
Answer to that: It's a TV SHOW.. /end

Season finale next week or another 2?
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post #574 of 1237
5/7/12 at 8:59am
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Person of Interest: Los Angeles

It'll have jumped the shark if they ever do, Person of Interest: Boise or Person of Interest: Lubbock.
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post #575 of 1237
5/7/12 at 10:01am
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Originally Posted by humdinger70 View Post

It'll have jumped the shark if they ever do, Person of Interest: Boise or Person of Interest: Lubbock.

If Harold is smart, he can franchise it out and get EVEN richer! He could build machines for each franchisee!

Genus!
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post #576 of 1237
5/7/12 at 10:03am
I never caught the fact that TM was a NYC solution only. I just assumed that Finch and Reese could only handle the one location (without a franchise operation ) Heck, I don't see how the 2 of them, et al, can cover NYC.
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post #577 of 1237
5/7/12 at 10:41am
It does seem funny that only one person's number per week comes up. Must be some priority system.
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post #578 of 1237
5/7/12 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by 73shark View Post

It does seem funny that only one person's number per week comes up. Must be some priority system.

It can do multiple numbers. An early episode had 4 numbers come up - for the four people who found a car wreck with a dead driver and a big stash of drugs and cash.
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post #579 of 1237
5/7/12 at 1:04pm
Yeah Finch needs to recruit.. how about Reeses ex-partner.. she's out there, maybe her number will come up soon..
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post #580 of 1237
5/7/12 at 1:17pm
I think Zoe (Paige Turco) would be a great permanent addition to the team.
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post #581 of 1237
5/7/12 at 2:10pm
When I saw Lola Glaudini 2 eps back I had hope.. but she's a nobody in the show.. sadface..
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post #582 of 1237
5/7/12 at 2:43pm
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Originally Posted by 73shark View Post

It does seem funny that only one person's number per week comes up. Must be some priority system.

In the episode that Reese was recovering from the CIA ambush, two numbers came up, one in the building Reese was in and Harold got Carter to another number that came up about a guy who was going to shoot up the mortgage company that had foreclosed on his house.

So yeah, more than one number a week do happen on a somewhat regular basis, but not every week. Depends on the story.
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post #583 of 1237
5/7/12 at 3:19pm
I liked it that Reese made sure we all knew that he not only didn't kill the guy this week, but that he didn't kill Jennifer's husband/killer either.

"Do you have other American's in your prison?" "Yes, one or two others." Reese's garbage dump.

But, where does he get the drugs?

"There has to be a better way than alienating an entire national law enforcement acency." Understatement there Finch.

Harold Finch is the name he uses. The name on the card he gave Reese was Harold Wren, both birds. I wonder if he has a distant relative names Harold Sparrow, who is a pirate? Using bird names, he could have a lot of aliases.
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post #584 of 1237
5/7/12 at 3:39pm
Johnny Carson said the audience had to buy the premise for the joke to work. Same for POI. The machine exits, now enjoy what comes after.
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post #585 of 1237
5/7/12 at 5:15pm
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Originally Posted by DrLar View Post

Answer to that: It's a TV SHOW.. /end

Season finale next week or another 2?

The season finale is on Thursday May 17, so there are only 2 new episodes left.
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post #586 of 1237
5/7/12 at 5:21pm
That will be a doubly depressing day. Show ending and I go back to work...

(Sports injury, been out of work since the end of March)
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post #587 of 1237
5/7/12 at 5:48pm
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Originally Posted by foxeng View Post

The Machine, which is a character unto itself, has certainly taken a backseat in recent episodes now that most of the back story of how The Machine came to be and who was behind it and creating a storyline that can be picked up later, if needed.

In this weeks episode, The Machine or technology for that matter played a minor role, compared to what is mostly done on this show. Couldn't track the target after she destroyed the phone, Reese dumped his phone so that left just the hack into the Marshall's service for tracking of the agent's car. Everything else you could get from Google. And that isn't a bad thing, because for the general viewers, they get lost in the nerdisms. My wife asks just about every episode, "Can they really do that?" See didn't ask it this episode. That is proof that the show is starting to stand on its own merits of concept, not having to rely on "computer tricks" to carry the stories week to week. The technology becomes a tool not the reason.

The Machine only provides the number(s).

The computer(s) that Finch was using for investigation is not part of the Machine and his computer(s) was hacked several episodes ago. The hacker has not been identified yet. That is probably another episode. This could be why Finch has reduced his use of computer technology for the last few episodes.
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post #588 of 1237
5/7/12 at 6:35pm
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The Machine only provides the number(s).

The computer(s) that Finch was using for investigation is not part of the Machine and his computer(s) was hacked several episodes ago. The hacker has not been identified yet. That is probably another episode. This could be why Finch has reduced his use of computer technology for the last few episodes.

According to Finch, The Machine emails him the numbers once a day. That is his only contact with The Machine.
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post #589 of 1237
5/10/12 at 5:35pm
Bump it up just 25 minutes till the machine episode starts.
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post #590 of 1237
5/10/12 at 7:41pm
Interesting episode. I always like seeing Goodwin. To bad he doesn't have a bigger role.
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post #591 of 1237
5/10/12 at 9:58pm
What will happen next?

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Was that Carrie Preston from True Blood?
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post #592 of 1237
5/11/12 at 5:00am
Didn't see that one coming.
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post #593 of 1237
5/11/12 at 5:23am
Who was the girl at the very end? Where did she come from?
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post #594 of 1237
5/11/12 at 5:24am
Very interesting episode. This show just keeps getting better.
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post #595 of 1237
5/11/12 at 6:18am
Every episode seems to be predictable when it comes to Reese beating someone up. He doesn't look that tough, but he sure acts it. Walks right in like a robot and goes to work.
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post #596 of 1237
5/11/12 at 7:24am
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Who was the girl at the very end? Where did she come from?

She was the one Harold's partner turned over details of the machine to. She was also the white house person who retired to a place in WV without any monitoring.
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post #597 of 1237
5/11/12 at 7:37am
Great episode, and you gotta love Reese, he doesn't win every fight , but always the last one.. Well written, maybe the best if not top 3 of the year, imo.
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post #598 of 1237
5/11/12 at 9:03am
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Who was the girl at the very end? Where did she come from?

She was also the person that the "POI" called when he was at the park, right before he dumped his phone.
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post #599 of 1237
5/11/12 at 10:18am
It's hard to see where this is going and that's a good thing. Every agency under the sun is after Reese already. Those that control the machine eliminate anyone with any knowledge of it. Harold may have just let the cat out of the bag and could now be a target. Mystery woman, was the main gov't contact with Nathan. In backstory, she also ran Reese's team on the China mission. She may be off the grid or still connected...I'm thinking off the grid. Nathan did build a backdoor into TM. Was that the one Harold uses? So many possibilities and Root/Parisse is still out there (or is that both). The tension is really racheted up...not sure how our boys can keep operating without a major deal being cut with someone. I'll bet Harold's got the goods on some heavy hitters or Reese will get some in order to take off some of the pressure. Next week will be tense and I have no idea what's in store for next season.
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post #600 of 1237
5/12/12 at 7:36am
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It does seem funny that only one person's number per week comes up. Must be some priority system.

I could be losing my mind, but I swear there was dialogue at some point from Finch that in order to keep from being detected for retrieving these numbers, he only can get one ever so often. Yes/No?
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