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shallownessPerson of Interest 2.13 Dead Reckoning
Excellent episode – when you think of how the last three or four episodes have run into each other but been their own thing, covering long-running threats, bringing back old faces and putting Team Machine under all kinds of pressure, it’s been impressive. We said goodbye to two characters – I think there’ll be no comeback for Snow or Stanton except in flashbacks this time – and introduced a new player and a threat with a countdown.
I was glad I watched it on Demand 5, because although that meant there were oddly placed ad breaks and that it cut off before the end of the final scene, after pressing play for it to replay and fast-forwarding, I could rewatch the final scene a couple of times and use the ‘pause’ button. It wasn’t exactly a shocking revelation that what looked like ‘Harold Finch’ was the name in Cara’s handwriting, but it was noticeable that the Machine skipped over the bit of footage where his name was said aloud.
The Machine protects Finch and Finch protects Reese and Carter would but she has a son as Fuscoe could remind her and all that was just enough emotional wallop, not to forget Bear tackling John, of course.
Of course, this episode was all about the paths that Stanton and Snow had taken and the person John had become in contrast. While I don’t think he cared about collateral damage, it seems he was lucky that Cara parked where no-one much would be around, it made sense that Snow chose to turn and take her out rather than try to save his life.
I was a bit confused that it appeared as though the Machine had (how? Seconds after Donnelly died?) given Finch Cara’s number anyway – as she was the NOTW in the titles, he was looking through books and typing in her social security number before Carter mentioned her.
Taraji P. Henson’s performance was particularly good, providing a through-line of a slightly shaken and dazed Carter, carrying the shock of the accident and the weight of the past few days around with her. She did what she had to do, held it together and insisted Fuscoe go up those stairs.
Excellent episode – when you think of how the last three or four episodes have run into each other but been their own thing, covering long-running threats, bringing back old faces and putting Team Machine under all kinds of pressure, it’s been impressive. We said goodbye to two characters – I think there’ll be no comeback for Snow or Stanton except in flashbacks this time – and introduced a new player and a threat with a countdown.
I was glad I watched it on Demand 5, because although that meant there were oddly placed ad breaks and that it cut off before the end of the final scene, after pressing play for it to replay and fast-forwarding, I could rewatch the final scene a couple of times and use the ‘pause’ button. It wasn’t exactly a shocking revelation that what looked like ‘Harold Finch’ was the name in Cara’s handwriting, but it was noticeable that the Machine skipped over the bit of footage where his name was said aloud.
The Machine protects Finch and Finch protects Reese and Carter would but she has a son as Fuscoe could remind her and all that was just enough emotional wallop, not to forget Bear tackling John, of course.
Of course, this episode was all about the paths that Stanton and Snow had taken and the person John had become in contrast. While I don’t think he cared about collateral damage, it seems he was lucky that Cara parked where no-one much would be around, it made sense that Snow chose to turn and take her out rather than try to save his life.
I was a bit confused that it appeared as though the Machine had (how? Seconds after Donnelly died?) given Finch Cara’s number anyway – as she was the NOTW in the titles, he was looking through books and typing in her social security number before Carter mentioned her.
Taraji P. Henson’s performance was particularly good, providing a through-line of a slightly shaken and dazed Carter, carrying the shock of the accident and the weight of the past few days around with her. She did what she had to do, held it together and insisted Fuscoe go up those stairs.
