{"id":6676,"date":"2017-12-08T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2017-11-27T14:50:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T22:50:43","slug":"mark-watches-person-of-interest-s04e16-blunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2017\/12\/mark-watches-person-of-interest-s04e16-blunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches ‘Person of Interest’: S04E16 – Blunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the sixteenth episode of the fourth season of Person of Interest<\/i>, the team meets someone just as (and perhaps more) qualified and talented as they are. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Person of Interest<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recruiting<\/b><\/p>\n

Oh, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get what Root is doing at all<\/i>.<\/p>\n

It took me until the credits were rolling to remember Caleb from \u00e2\u20ac\u01532\u00cf\u20acR\u00e2\u20ac\u009d back in season 2, the brilliant coder who now has success and a company of his own. Which is a pretty fantastic fucking update, I might say, especially since we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t often see the positive effect of the team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work to save people. LOOK AT HIM NOW. So, I assume that Caleb is a recruit for\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 what? What exactly can he provide that the Machine can use to fight against Samaritan? Is it the app that Root developed, or was that just a means to an end? I suspect the latter, but that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really help me.<\/p>\n

I am fascinated that Root and the Machine are basically doing the same thing that Samaritan has been doing, too: Recruiting people to their side without really telling them what they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my assumption here. Whatever Root is going to do will help the Machine, and Caleb and his employees won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ever be made the wiser about their involvement in this\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 right?<\/p>\n

Right<\/i>?<\/p>\n

Harper<\/b><\/p>\n

But then there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Harper, and you know what? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entirely possible that, by the end of this episode, Harper had made up her mind to maybe<\/i> work with the team at some future point. Indeed, it feels like she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crafted specifically to return to this show because SHE IS INCREDIBLE. I do love it when the writers make us question whether or not a number is a victim or a perpetrator, and it seemed pretty likely that Harper was far more in control of this situation than she initially let on. She set the Mexican cartel against Dominic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s men, and then stole thousands upon thousands of dollars while no one was looking. I mean, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a genius<\/i> in that regard! She stole from criminals to make a living, grifting expertly as she moved from one city to the next.<\/p>\n

And then Trey happened. Once again, Person of Interest<\/i> finds a way to address the idea of complicity. Even if Harper intended for this to be a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153victimless\u00e2\u20ac\u009d crime, she inadvertently got her boyfriend, Trey, involved in Dominic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s revenge scheme. And even if she tried her best to keep him out of this, John helped her to realize that she was getting someone else hurt in the process.<\/p>\n

Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that exactly<\/i> the sort of thing that would help a person feel like they should work for John and Harold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s team??? IT IS THE PERFECT SEGUE, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL. Which makes me have a little hope that Harper might return for her ring some day. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.<\/p>\n

Dominic<\/b><\/p>\n

I still feel like Dominic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arc isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite up to the standard I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve held for most of this show, and I really want it to be about more than just him wanting to control most of the area around I-95. With everything else going on in the show, it just feels so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 simplistic? For a moment, though, it seemed like John had made enough progress to build a relationship with Dominic similar to the one he had fostered with Elias. What if they could stay out of one another\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s way? Would that<\/i> be possible?<\/p>\n

But it seems Dominic can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give up his desire to hurt innocent people. That was the breaking point! Because in the end, he wants what he wants, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do anything to take it. And in that instance, John was still<\/i> standing in his way.<\/p>\n

Well, at least he tried, right???<\/p>\n

The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blunt\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n

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