In the third episode of the fourth season of Person of Interest<\/i>, Fusco follows a pick-up artist, John plays by the rules, and Harold goes on a scavenger hunt with Root. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Person of Interest<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
This isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a showstopper of an episode, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quite a lot of fun. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s probably the only emotional respite I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna get this season, so I accept it.<\/p>\n
Wingman<\/b><\/p>\n
There are a few odd things here, I admit, like Andre\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s choice of profession after being a longshoreman. It feels artificial, like it was created to simply give Fusco his story. Which isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t terrible, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad this episode focused so heavily on him! But I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite accept that a longshoreman would jump to being a well-dressed dock worker, especially since it came across as so deliberately random. Still, it was cool to see that the show could delve into Fusco\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s personal life, even if it was mostly superficial. The case itself wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that complicated or thrilling, especially not once we learned why<\/i> Andre was being targeted. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so used to the layered stories that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been getting that this felt straight-forward, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no necessarily a bad thing! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just that I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite excited about seeing it unfold. Plus, the real antagonists were pretty boring, given that they seemingly turned to murder practically overnight??? There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no explanation for it!<\/p>\n
I hope Fusco gets a longer arc out of this. He deserves it!<\/p>\n
Captain Moreno<\/b><\/p>\n
This was a surprise. The new precinct captain is introduced quite suddenly into Person of Interest, <\/i>and while I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m intrigued by her, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure where the show is going with her. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s strict, but I found her to be kind, too. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s heavily invested in doing a good job, but her relationship with John and Fusco is cordial practically every time we see her. With Fusco\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nudging, John learns to work within the confines of the NYPD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rules and<\/i> help people out along the way. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also neat to see, but\u00e2\u20ac\u201dagain!\u00e2\u20ac\u201dI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure what point there is to this. Are the writers going to push this angle in the future? Will Moreno get a story of her own, or is this merely a way for the writers to talk about the challenges of the cover stories the protagonists are meant to maintain?<\/p>\n
A Gift<\/b><\/p>\n
My favorite plot of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wingman,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d however, involves the Machine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attempt to prove to Harold that it has the best interest of the team in mind. Even if it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spelled out for us, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d count this as another example of the Machine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s growing brilliance. The Machine is able to understand Harold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very<\/i> human emotions, and it adapts its technique to provide persuasion<\/i>. It understands that it needs to convince Harold that it can<\/i> help, and through a complex set of events, it does just that.<\/p>\n
Of course, dealing with the Machine under the eye of Samaritan takes an act of faith, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the main obstacle here between Harold and understanding. He only sees the pieces, and he has to accept that those pieces\u00e2\u20ac\u201deven if they are<\/i> a missile\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwill lead him to a beneficial end. At this point in Harold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story, though, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a deeply difficult thing for him to accept! There have been so many bad endings, and Harold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s helplessness in the face of that is a large part of his characterization at this point.<\/p>\n
But the Machine delivers: supplies, weapons, and lots<\/i> of money. It is still astounding to me that this device can be so complicated, but the Machine must<\/i> be if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to outlast Samaritan and destroy it. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still worried about who else will get recruited, but for the moment, I appreciated the dose of hope.<\/p>\n
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