In the eleventh episode of the third season of Person of Interest<\/i>, what have y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all done to me. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Person of Interest<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well, I sure did fall for that really, really hard.<\/p>\n
Origins<\/b><\/p>\n
WHAT A FLASHBACK, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. I do love this specific storytelling device when it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s done well, and this was a fantastic chance to get a peak at the motivations for Harold, who long ago had a knack for taking things apart and putting them back together. It was heartbreaking to watch Harold interact with his father, though, for a very specific reason. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve written about it before, but my own father had Alzheimer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, and his memory started going in the last few months of his life. It felt very familiar to what I saw in this episode, from the desire of wanting to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fix\u00e2\u20ac\u009d someone whose mind has turned against them, to the frustrations on both sides. My dad didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enjoy forgetting things, either, but he resolved early on to just accept it – much like Harold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dad did here.<\/p>\n
But this flashback serves another purpose: to explain bias. Much like I did, I believed Arthur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wife because I recognized this experience. Harold empathized with her! Yes, he also had his own motive here, since he suspected that Arthur knew something of vital importance. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why Arthur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wife escaped suspicion for so long: she blended in so perfectly.<\/p>\n
Samaritan<\/b><\/p>\n
I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even know what to SAY, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. TWO MACHINES. THERE ARE TWO MACHINES, AND ARTHUR NEARLY SUCCEEDED IN CONSTRUCTING SAMARITAN BEFORE HAROLD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S MACHINE WAS COMPLETED.\u00c2\u00a0 It makes absolute sense to me that Control would seek out Samaritan after losing control of Harold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Machine. I just never expected them to use someone DYING OF CANCER in order to get to it. Just???? Oh my god, Control. WE MET CONTROL. SHE WAS THERE IN PLAIN SIGHT THE WHOLE TIME!!!!<\/p>\n
How does Vigilance fit into this? I mean, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obvious that Control had them followed, hoping that they would go to the right people, but Vigilance is brutal and dedicated to stopping entities from violating privacy. Are they going to turn against BOTH the Machine and Samaritan? THERE ARE STILL SO MANY THREADS AND VARIABLES! That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s astounding to me, though, because even with the dissolution of HR, this show still manages to keep multiple plot lines going at once. I just????<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m overwhelmed. This episode was \u00e2\u20ac\u201c shocker! \u00e2\u20ac\u201c super intense, especially once Arthur revealed what it was that he knew. But the fact that John was missing from the action contributed to that suspense, especially since Shaw had to compensate for his absence. She had to work double time here! And she did a fine job, for the record, so this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a commentary on her abilities. But John is an important part of this team, and both Harold and Shaw were at a disadvantage because John and<\/i> Lionel weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t around.<\/p>\n
BECAUSE THEY WERE BUSY BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF ONE ANOTHER!!! Because men<\/i>???? Oh my god, you two should be helping your friends but ANGST! JOHN! ANGST IS FINE, BUT MAYBE NOT IN THIS SPECIFIC MANNER! Shit, if they got arrested, that means\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 shit. SHIT. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s terrible, right? A bad thing?<\/p>\n
WHAT IS THIS EPISODE, TOO MUCH HAPPENED, I WAS LEFT HANGING!<\/p>\n
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