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* {{Foil}}: Of all people, she's this to Greer and is basically what Greer could have become had he not flipped out in 1973, shot his treasonous superior, and left MI6.
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* {{Foil}}: Of all people, she's this to Greer and is basically what Greer could have become had he not flipped out in 1973, shot his treasonous superior, and left MI6.[=MI6=].
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* SubmissiveBadass: During a NotSoDifferent moment, Hersh acknowledges that people like him and Reese are more comfortable taking orders than giving them.
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* RedHerring: In the first season finale, she is set up to be the one who hired the hit on Turing. In reality it was Turing herself, also known as Root.
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* PetTheDog: When he encounters Shaw in "4C," he seems genuinely concerned about her, and asks if her new boss is treating her okay.
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* PetTheDog: When he encounters After Shaw drugs him with TruthSerum in "4C," "4C" he seems genuinely concerned about her, and asks if her new boss is treating her okay.
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!!!Known Associates and Partners
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!!!Known Associates and Partners
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[[folder:Corwin]]
!!Alicia M. Corwin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[DontAskJustRun Run.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Elizabeth Marvel\\
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]"
-->''"Everything we did was to make the world a safer place, but we strayed from the path. I admit it. I have so many regrets, but it’s grown so big, and we’re so, so small. I don’t know who you are or how you know all this, but maybe you’re right. Maybe Nathan’s death, it is my fault. I saw the signs. I ignored them. Maybe I deserve this."''
A liaison between Ingram and the government while the Machine was being developed and a former member of the National Security Council. Corwin began living in hiding in a small town after Ingram's death.
!!Alicia M. Corwin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[DontAskJustRun Run.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Elizabeth Marvel\\
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]"
-->''"Everything we did was to make the world a safer place, but we strayed from the path. I admit it. I have so many regrets, but it’s grown so big, and we’re so, so small. I don’t know who you are or how you know all this, but maybe you’re right. Maybe Nathan’s death, it is my fault. I saw the signs. I ignored them. Maybe I deserve this."''
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!!Alicia M. Corwin
!!Devon Grice & Brooks
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->'''Played by:''' Nick Tarabay & Theodora Woolley\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 YHWH]]" (Grice only)
* ActionGirl: Brooks is no slouch in the combat department and is equal to her partner.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Grice is not a fan of the new arrangement regarding the introduction of Samaritan, and he even lets Shaw run free when they run into each other. Afterwards, he tries to destroy as much evidence of the meeting as possible.
* AntiHero: Professional counter-terrorism operatives with all that job entails, working to save America from international terrorist threats and keeping the existence of Northern Lights under wraps.
* BadassBeard: Grice has a somewhat modest one.
* BoomHeadshot: How Decima operatives kill Grice.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Control spares Grice's life after he lets Shaw escape, because this act shows he's not in the pay of Decima and she needs someone to help her investigate them.
* CharacterDeath: Grice, by Decima operatives while trying to prevent a non-existent terrorist attack on the Supreme Court.
* ColdSniper: Brooks breaks out a Nemesis Arms Vanquish to support Grice in cornering a suspect during "Control-Alt-Delete".
* TheComicallySerious: Grice says he's happy when he and Brooks get to investigate a terrorist threat themselves like they did under The Machine, but he [[DeadpanSnarker sure doesn't sound like it]].
-->''"Yep, just like the old days. I've never been happier."''
* EliteMook: They happen to be part of Control's personal detail.
* LastNameBasis: Brooks.
* ProfessionalKiller: Their job, as operators for the ISA.
* PunchClockVillain: In contrast to Grice, Brooks shares the late Hersh's principle of not questioning orders and doesn't really mind the recent changes at Northern Lights regarding Samaritan.
* RedOniBlueOni: Grice is Red, Brooks is Blue.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They parallel the relationship between Reese and Shaw.
* WeaponOfChoice: The SIG-Sauer [=P229R=] for both of them, and the Nemesis Arms Vanquish take down sniper rifle for Brooks.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Brooks doesn't appear with Grice in "YHWH", and it's not known if she was killed as part of "The Correction" like Grice was.
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!!Other Assets
[[folder:Weeks]]
!!Denton L. Weeks
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->'''Played by:'''
'''Introduced
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11
-->''"Everything we did was to make
The official who commissioned the
A liaison between Ingram and the government while the Machine was being developed and a former member
* AmoralAttorney: He's one of the reasons why Harold and Nathan had The Machine black boxed. He also legalized the use of Palestinian Hanging, a torture method, on terrorist suspects.
* AssholeVictim: Considering the type of man Denton Weeks was, it's hard to mourn him.
* CharacterDeath: Root executes him.
* TheDragon: With respect to "Pennsylvania Two".
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He has a lover, which is how Root gets to him.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: He soon dies after finding out Finch is the one who actually built The Machine.
* {{Jerkass}}: Harold helps saves him but the guy turns on him and plans to bring him back to Northern Lights.
* [[KarmicDeath Karmic Torture]]: Root tortures him using a method that he authorized U.S. Intelligence officers to use on terrorists - and makes a point of showing him a copy of the document in which he did this during the proceedings.
* UngratefulBastard: He tries to kill Finch after being saved by him.
* YourCheatingHeart: According to Root, he had been cheating on his wife with another woman for several years.
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[[folder:Corwin]]
!!Alicia M. Corwin
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/corwin_alicia_9184.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[DontAskJustRun Run.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Elizabeth Marvel\\
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]"
-->''"Everything we did was to make the world a safer place, but we strayed from the path. I admit it. I have so many regrets, but it’s grown so big, and we’re so, so small. I don’t know who you are or how you know all this, but maybe you’re right. Maybe Nathan’s death, it is my fault. I saw the signs. I ignored them. Maybe I deserve this."''
A liaison between Ingram and the government while the Machine was being developed and a former member of the National Security Council. Corwin began living in hiding in a small town after Ingram's death.
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* AssholeVictim: Considering the type of man Denton Weeks was, it's hard to mourn him.
* CharacterDeath: Root executes him.
* TheDragon: With respect to "Pennsylvania Two".
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He has a lover, which is how Root gets to him.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: He soon dies after finding out Finch is the one who actually built The Machine.
* {{Jerkass}}: Harold helps saves him but the guy turns on him and plans to bring him back to Northern Lights.
* [[KarmicDeath Karmic Torture]]: Root tortures him using a method that he authorized U.S. Intelligence officers to use on terrorists - and makes a point of showing him a copy of the document in which he did this during the proceedings.
* UngratefulBastard: He tries to kill Finch after being saved by him.
* YourCheatingHeart: According to Root, he had been cheating on his wife with another woman for several years.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Corwin]]
!!Alicia M. Corwin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[DontAskJustRun Run.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Elizabeth Marvel\\
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]"
-->''"Everything we did was to make the world a safer place, but we strayed from the path. I admit it. I have so many regrets, but it’s grown so big, and we’re so, so small. I don’t know who you are or how you know all this, but maybe you’re right. Maybe Nathan’s death, it is my fault. I saw the signs. I ignored them. Maybe I deserve this."''
A liaison between Ingram and the government while the Machine was being developed and a former member of the National Security Council. Corwin began living in hiding in a small town after Ingram's death.
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[[folder:Weeks]]
!!Denton L. Weeks
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith You have no idea what you're getting into.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Cotter Smith\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E01 The Contingency]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E02 Bad Code]]"
The official who commissioned the development of the Machine. He is in league with the Special Counsel.
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* AmoralAttorney: He's one of the reasons why Harold and Nathan had The Machine black boxed. He also legalized the use of Palestinian Hanging, a torture method, on terrorist suspects.
* AssholeVictim: Considering the type of man Denton Weeks was, it's hard to mourn him.
* CharacterDeath: Root executes him.
* TheDragon: With respect to "Pennsylvania Two".
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He has a lover, which is how Root gets to him.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: He soon dies after finding out Finch is the one who actually built The Machine.
* {{Jerkass}}: Harold helps saves him but the guy turns on him and plans to bring him back to Northern Lights.
* [[KarmicDeath Karmic Torture]]: Root tortures him using a method that he authorized U.S. Intelligence officers to use on terrorists - and makes a point of showing him a copy of the document in which he did this during the proceedings.
* UngratefulBastard: He tries to kill Finch after being saved by him.
* YourCheatingHeart: According to Root, he had been cheating on his wife with another woman for several years.
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[[folder:Grice & Brooks]]
!!Devon Grice & Brooks
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[[caption-width-right:350:Grice (left) and Brooks (right).]]
->'''Played by:''' Nick Tarabay & Theodora Woolley\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 YHWH]]" (Grice only)
* ActionGirl: Brooks is no slouch in the combat department and is equal to her partner.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Grice is not a fan of the new arrangement regarding the introduction of Samaritan, and he even lets Shaw run free when they run into each other. Afterwards, he tries to destroy as much evidence of the meeting as possible.
* AntiHero: Professional counter-terrorism operatives with all that job entails, working to save America from international terrorist threats and keeping the existence of Northern Lights under wraps.
* BadassBeard: Grice has a somewhat modest one.
* BoomHeadshot: How Decima operatives kill Grice.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Control spares Grice's life after he lets Shaw escape, because this act shows he's not in the pay of Decima and she needs someone to help her investigate them.
* CharacterDeath: Grice, by Decima operatives while trying to prevent a non-existent terrorist attack on the Supreme Court.
* ColdSniper: Brooks breaks out a Nemesis Arms Vanquish to support Grice in cornering a suspect during "Control-Alt-Delete".
* TheComicallySerious: Grice says he's happy when he and Brooks get to investigate a terrorist threat themselves like they did under The Machine, but he [[DeadpanSnarker sure doesn't sound like it]].
-->''"Yep, just like the old days. I've never been happier."''
* EliteMook: They happen to be part of Control's personal detail.
* LastNameBasis: Brooks.
* ProfessionalKiller: Their job, as operators for the ISA.
* PunchClockVillain: In contrast to Grice, Brooks shares the late Hersh's principle of not questioning orders and doesn't really mind the recent changes at Northern Lights regarding Samaritan.
* RedOniBlueOni: Grice is Red, Brooks is Blue.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They parallel the relationship between Reese and Shaw.
* WeaponOfChoice: The SIG-Sauer [=P229R=] for both of them, and the Nemesis Arms Vanquish take down sniper rifle for Brooks.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Brooks doesn't appear with Grice in "YHWH", and it's not known if she was killed as part of "The Correction" like Grice was.
[[folder:Weeks]]
!!Denton L. Weeks
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith You have no idea what you're getting into.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Cotter Smith\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E01 The Contingency]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E02 Bad Code]]"
The official who commissioned the development of the Machine. He is in league with the Special Counsel.
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* AmoralAttorney: He's one of the reasons why Harold and Nathan had The Machine black boxed. He also legalized the use of Palestinian Hanging, a torture method, on terrorist suspects.
* AssholeVictim: Considering the type of man Denton Weeks was, it's hard to mourn him.
* CharacterDeath: Root executes him.
* TheDragon: With respect to "Pennsylvania Two".
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He has a lover, which is how Root gets to him.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: He soon dies after finding out Finch is the one who actually built The Machine.
* {{Jerkass}}: Harold helps saves him but the guy turns on him and plans to bring him back to Northern Lights.
* [[KarmicDeath Karmic Torture]]: Root tortures him using a method that he authorized U.S. Intelligence officers to use on terrorists - and makes a point of showing him a copy of the document in which he did this during the proceedings.
* UngratefulBastard: He tries to kill Finch after being saved by him.
* YourCheatingHeart: According to Root, he had been cheating on his wife with another woman for several years.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Grice & Brooks]]
!!Devon Grice & Brooks
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[[caption-width-right:350:Grice (left) and Brooks (right).]]
->'''Played by:''' Nick Tarabay & Theodora Woolley\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 YHWH]]" (Grice only)
* ActionGirl: Brooks is no slouch in the combat department and is equal to her partner.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Grice is not a fan of the new arrangement regarding the introduction of Samaritan, and he even lets Shaw run free when they run into each other. Afterwards, he tries to destroy as much evidence of the meeting as possible.
* AntiHero: Professional counter-terrorism operatives with all that job entails, working to save America from international terrorist threats and keeping the existence of Northern Lights under wraps.
* BadassBeard: Grice has a somewhat modest one.
* BoomHeadshot: How Decima operatives kill Grice.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Control spares Grice's life after he lets Shaw escape, because this act shows he's not in the pay of Decima and she needs someone to help her investigate them.
* CharacterDeath: Grice, by Decima operatives while trying to prevent a non-existent terrorist attack on the Supreme Court.
* ColdSniper: Brooks breaks out a Nemesis Arms Vanquish to support Grice in cornering a suspect during "Control-Alt-Delete".
* TheComicallySerious: Grice says he's happy when he and Brooks get to investigate a terrorist threat themselves like they did under The Machine, but he [[DeadpanSnarker sure doesn't sound like it]].
-->''"Yep, just like the old days. I've never been happier."''
* EliteMook: They happen to be part of Control's personal detail.
* LastNameBasis: Brooks.
* ProfessionalKiller: Their job, as operators for the ISA.
* PunchClockVillain: In contrast to Grice, Brooks shares the late Hersh's principle of not questioning orders and doesn't really mind the recent changes at Northern Lights regarding Samaritan.
* RedOniBlueOni: Grice is Red, Brooks is Blue.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They parallel the relationship between Reese and Shaw.
* WeaponOfChoice: The SIG-Sauer [=P229R=] for both of them, and the Nemesis Arms Vanquish take down sniper rifle for Brooks.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Brooks doesn't appear with Grice in "YHWH", and it's not known if she was killed as part of "The Correction" like Grice was.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: The audience only sees them when they're working against Team Machine, but Control mentions that they successfully thwarted over eight-hundred terrorist attacks on American soil. There's a reason they feel justified in their actions.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Greer offers her a position in Samaritan's new world. She tells him to Hell. This culminates in Samaritan eliminating her.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Greer offers her a position in Samaritan's new world. She tells him to go to Hell. This culminates in Samaritan eliminating her.
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* {{Expy}}: She is essentially a Caucasian [[SuicideSquad Amanda Waller]]. But with all of the Batman Mythos in this series it probably was intentional.
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* {{Expy}}: She is essentially a Caucasian [[SuicideSquad [[Comicbook/SuicideSquad Amanda Waller]]. But with all of the Batman Mythos in this series it probably was intentional.
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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Alicia is the only member of Northern Lights to express genuine regret for their actions, as opposed to regarding it as a NecessaryEvil.
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* CorruptPolitician: Samaritan notes he constantly tries to push agendas through Congress that go against the Constitution.
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* CorruptPolitician: Samaritan notes he constantly tries to push agendas through Congress that go against the Constitution.Constitution, and while scanning him lists multiple cases of bribery, misconduct and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking alcohol abuse]].
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** When meeting Finch, he calls him the "mysterious and powerful" man behind the scenes, basically the same role Special Counsel has played.
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** When On meeting Finch, he calls Special Counsel describes him the "mysterious and as an "invisible but powerful" man figure [[TheManBehindTheMan operating behind the scenes, scenes]], basically the same role that Special Counsel has played.plays (not to mention his own boss, Control).
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* CorruptPolitician: Samaritan notes he constantly tries to push agendas through congress that go against the Constitution.
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* CorruptPolitician: Samaritan notes he constantly tries to push agendas through congress Congress that go against the Constitution.
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* HeroicBSOD: When Alicia confronts Finch she's clearly at the end of her tether, exhausted after years of constant fear and paranoia.
* KillTheGod: She's the first to describe the Machine as a god, but she wants to destroy it.
* KillTheGod: She's the first to describe the Machine as a god, but she wants to destroy it.
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* AntiHero: Type V.
* {{Badass}}: She can hold her own in a gunfight. During the Season 3 finale, she refuses to be cowered by a shotgun-wielding Peter Collier, and repeatedly calls him out on his methods while he is attempting to portray her counter-terrorist efforts as wrong.
** Returns to do some field work in Season 4, and apart from getting abducted by Reese and Root, performs as well as expected.
** Notable in that whenever the Machine calculates death percentages, Control ''always'' has the single lowest chance of dying.
** Even ''Grice'', himself an ISA hitman, admits this.
-->'''Grice:''' It takes some balls to run an off-the-books op at a quarantined address.
* {{Badass}}: She can hold her own in a gunfight. During the Season 3 finale, she refuses to be cowered by a shotgun-wielding Peter Collier, and repeatedly calls him out on his methods while he is attempting to portray her counter-terrorist efforts as wrong.
** Returns to do some field work in Season 4, and apart from getting abducted by Reese and Root, performs as well as expected.
** Notable in that whenever the Machine calculates death percentages, Control ''always'' has the single lowest chance of dying.
** Even ''Grice'', himself an ISA hitman, admits this.
-->'''Grice:''' It takes some balls to run an off-the-books op at a quarantined address.
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* {{Badass}}: She can hold her own in a gunfight. During the Season 3 finale, she refuses to be cowered by a shotgun-wielding Peter Collier, and repeatedly calls him out on his methods while he is attempting to portray her counter-terrorist efforts as wrong.
** Returns to do some field work in Season 4, and apart from getting abducted by Reese and Root, performs as well as expected.
** Notable in that whenever the Machine calculates death percentages, Control ''always'' has the single lowest chance of dying.
** Even ''Grice'', himself an ISA hitman, admits this.
-->'''Grice:''' It takes some balls to run an off-the-books op at a quarantined address.
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* {{Badass}}: Since he's Reese's EvilCounterpart, Hersh is a OneManArmy capable of taking down numerous foes while sustaining wounds that would incapacitate most people.
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* {{Badass}}: Both of them are well-trained counter-terrorist operatives. Grice can give the formidable John Reese a hard time in a fist-fight, and Brooks is also a dab hand with a sniper rifle.
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* FatalFlaw: Her pride, and her inability to wrap her head around the idea that [[WrongGenreSavvy The Machine and Samaritan are sentient]].
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* FatalFlaw: Her pride, and her inability to wrap her head around the idea that [[WrongGenreSavvy [[InstantAIJustAddWater The Machine and Samaritan are sentient]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet.Internet."'']]
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* DefiantToTheEnd: She repeatedly calls out Collier in the Season 3 finale on his actions as a terrorist and isn't particularly scared when he levels a shotgun at her.
-->''"As a sworn officer of the US government, I can neither confirm nor deny anything pertaining to this matter. And I will say the ''same damn thing'' to every other question, until the moment you put that gun to my head and pull the trigger."''
-->''"As a sworn officer of the US government, I can neither confirm nor deny anything pertaining to this matter. And I will say the ''same damn thing'' to every other question, until the moment you put that gun to my head and pull the trigger."''
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* DefiantToTheEnd: DefiantToTheEnd:
** She repeatedly calls out Collier in the Season 3 finale on his actions as a terrorist and isn't particularly scared when he levels a shotgun at her.
-->''"As --->''"As a sworn officer of the US government, I can neither confirm nor deny anything pertaining to this matter. And I will say the ''same damn thing'' to every other question, until the moment you put that gun to my head and pull the trigger."''
** She repeatedly calls out Collier in the Season 3 finale on his actions as a terrorist and isn't particularly scared when he levels a shotgun at her.
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* {{Foil}}: Of all people, she's this to Greer and is basically what Greer could have become had he not flipped out in 1973, shot his treasonous superior and left MI6.
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* {{Foil}}: Of all people, she's this to Greer and is basically what Greer could have become had he not flipped out in 1973, shot his treasonous superior superior, and left MI6.
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** Greer is a NonActionBigBad due to his age and prefers to use his RedShirtArmy and a cerebral approach in destroying his enemies. Control however is a BadAssBureaucrat who has had weapons/tradecraft training and is willing to get her hands bloody alongside her EliteMook subordinates.
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** Greer is a NonActionBigBad due to his age and prefers to use his RedShirtArmy and a cerebral approach in destroying his enemies. Control however is a BadAssBureaucrat BadassBureaucrat who has had weapons/tradecraft training and is willing to get her hands bloody alongside her EliteMook subordinates.
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** Finch calls her out, too:
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* LargeAndInCharge: A tall, heavyset woman who is in charge of northern lights.
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* LargeAndInCharge: A tall, heavyset woman who is in charge of northern lights.Northern Lights.
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* NervesOfSteel: Demonstrates these during the Season 3 finale. In the face of a shotgun wielding Peter Collier, she refuses to be cowered by the terrorist - unlike her colleagues, who panic and throw her to the wolves.
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* NervesOfSteel: Demonstrates these during the Season 3 finale. In the face of a shotgun wielding shotgun-wielding Peter Collier, she refuses to be cowered by the terrorist - terrorist, unlike her colleagues, who panic and throw her to the wolves.
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* ShoutOut: To the works on JohnLeCarre, where a man known as "Control" kept his identity secret while serving as the head of an intelligence organization.
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* ShoutOut: To the works on JohnLeCarre, Creator/JohnLeCarre, where a man known as "Control" kept his identity secret while serving as the head of an intelligence organization.
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* VillainousValor: Captured by Vigilance and placed before a KangarooCourt, she gives a defiant TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and refuses to implicate Harold Finch, in order to protect the Machine.
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* VillainousValor: Captured by Vigilance and placed before a KangarooCourt, she gives a defiant TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and refuses to implicate Harold Finch, Finch in order to protect the The Machine.
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* [[NonActionBigBad Non Action]] [[TheManBehindTheMan Man Behind The Man]]: He never picks up a gun or even gets into a physical fight. That said, he isn't adverse to tense situations and remains ice cool.
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* [[NonActionBigBad Non Action]] {{Non Action|BigBad}} [[TheManBehindTheMan Man Behind The Man]]: He never picks up a gun or even gets into a physical fight. That said, he isn't adverse to tense situations and remains ice cool.
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!!Ross H. Garrison
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Defied. Greer thinks he's no longer needed, and wants to kill him, but Samaritan has further plans that include Garrison remaining alive. [[spoiler:He becomes one of the few recurring characters appearing in Season 5 to survive all the way to series' end.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Defied. {{Defied|Trope}}. Greer thinks he's no longer needed, needed and wants to kill him, but Samaritan has further plans that include Garrison remaining alive. [[spoiler:He becomes one of the few recurring characters appearing in Season 5 to survive all the way to series' end.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[DontAskJustRun Run]]."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[DontAskJustRun Run]]."'']]Run.]]"'']]
-->''"Everything we did was to make the world a safer place, but we strayed from the path. I admit it. I have so many regrets, but it’s grown so big, and we’re so, so small. I don’t know who you are or how you know all this, but maybe you’re right. Maybe Nathan’s death, it is my fault. I saw the signs. I ignored them. Maybe I deserve this."''
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Certain aspects of Corwin's role in the plot prior to her death have never been explained, due to the fact that she was mostly just there to set up Root and Decima. Why did she think that the Machine killed Nathan? What was her connection to Decima?
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Certain aspects of Corwin's role in the plot prior to her death have are never been explained, explained due to the fact that she was mostly just there to set up Root and Decima. Why did she think that the The Machine killed Nathan? What And what was her connection to Decima?
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith You have no idea what you're getting into."'']]]]"'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith You have no idea what you're getting into.
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* AmoralAttorney: He's one of the reasons why Harold and Nathan had the machine black boxed. He also legalised the use of Palestinian Hanging, a torture method, on terrorist suspects.
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* AmoralAttorney: He's one of the reasons why Harold and Nathan had the machine The Machine black boxed. He also legalised legalized the use of Palestinian Hanging, a torture method, on terrorist suspects.
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* [[KarmicDeath Karmic Torture]]: Root tortures him using a method that he authorized US Intelligence officers to use on terrorists - and makes a point of showing him a copy of the document in which he did this during the proceedings.
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* [[KarmicDeath Karmic Torture]]: Root tortures him using a method that he authorized US U.S. Intelligence officers to use on terrorists - and makes a point of showing him a copy of the document in which he did this during the proceedings.
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[[folder:Grice]]
!!Devon Grice
->'''Played by:''' Nick Tarabay\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 YHWH]]"
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Not a fan of the new arrangement regarding the introduction of Samaritan, and he even lets Shaw run free when they run into each other. Afterwards, he tries to destroy as much evidence of the meeting as possible.
* AntiHero: A professional counter-terrorist operative with all that job entails but he works to save America from international terrorist threats.
* {{Badass}}: Like his comrades, he's a well trained counter-terrorist operative who can give the formidable John Reese a hard time in a fist-fight.
* BadassBeard: A somewhat modest one.
* BoomHeadshot: How Decima operatives killed him.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Control spares his life after he lets Shaw escape, because this act shows he's not in the pay of Decima and she needs someone to help her investigate them.
* CharacterDeath: By Decima operatives while trying to prevent a non-existent terrorist attack on the Supreme Court.
* TheComicallySerious: He says he's happy when he and Brooks get to investigate a terrorist threat themselves like they did under The Machine, but he [[DeadpanSnarker sure doesn't sound like it]].
!!Devon Grice
->'''Played by:''' Nick Tarabay\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 YHWH]]"
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Not a fan of the new arrangement regarding the introduction of Samaritan, and he even lets Shaw run free when they run into each other. Afterwards, he tries to destroy as much evidence of the meeting as possible.
* AntiHero: A professional counter-terrorist operative with all that job entails but he works to save America from international terrorist threats.
* {{Badass}}: Like his comrades, he's a well trained counter-terrorist operative who can give the formidable John Reese a hard time in a fist-fight.
* BadassBeard: A somewhat modest one.
* BoomHeadshot: How Decima operatives killed him.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Control spares his life after he lets Shaw escape, because this act shows he's not in the pay of Decima and she needs someone to help her investigate them.
* CharacterDeath: By Decima operatives while trying to prevent a non-existent terrorist attack on the Supreme Court.
* TheComicallySerious: He says he's happy when he and Brooks get to investigate a terrorist threat themselves like they did under The Machine, but he [[DeadpanSnarker sure doesn't sound like it]].
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!!Devon
->'''Played by:''' Nick
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22
* ActionGirl: Brooks is no slouch in the combat department and is equal to her partner.
* AmbiguouslyEvil:
* AntiHero:
* {{Badass}}:
* BadassBeard:
* BoomHeadshot: How Decima operatives
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Control spares
* CharacterDeath:
* ColdSniper: Brooks breaks out a Nemesis Arms Vanquish to support Grice in cornering a suspect during "Control-Alt-Delete".
* TheComicallySerious:
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* ProfessionalKiller: His job.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Brooks' Blue.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He and Brooks parallel the relationship between John and Sameen.
* WeaponOfChoice: SIG-Sauer [=P229R=]
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[[folder:Brooks]]
!!Brooks
->'''Played by:''' Theodora Woolley\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]"
* ActionGirl: She's no slouch in the combat department and is equal to her partner.
* AntiHero: Like her partner. However, she doesn't really mind the recent changes at Northern Lights regarding Samaritan.
* {{Badass}}: Just like her partner, Brooks is a well trained counter-terrorist operative who is also a dab hand with a sniper rifle.
* ColdSniper: Breaks out a Nemesis Arms Vanquish to support Grice in cornering a suspect during "Control-Alt-Delete".
* EliteMook: Like most of the ISA operators but she's now part of Control's personal detail
* ProfessionalKiller: As a operator for the ISA, this is her job.
* PunchClockVillain: She shares the late Hersh's principle of not questioning orders.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Grice's Red.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Brooks and her partner reflect the relationship between Reese and Shaw.
* TheStoic: Compared to her partner.
* WeaponOfChoice: SIG-Sauer [=P229R=] and the Nemesis Arms Vanquish take down sniper rifle.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She doesn't appear with Grice in "YHWH", and it's not known if she was killed as part of "The Correction" like Grice was.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Brooks' Blue.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He and Brooks parallel the relationship between John and Sameen.
* WeaponOfChoice: SIG-Sauer [=P229R=]
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[[folder:Brooks]]
!!Brooks
->'''Played by:''' Theodora Woolley\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]"
* ActionGirl: She's no slouch in the combat department and is equal to her partner.
* AntiHero: Like her partner. However, she doesn't really mind the recent changes at Northern Lights regarding Samaritan.
* {{Badass}}: Just like her partner, Brooks is a well trained counter-terrorist operative who is also a dab hand with a sniper rifle.
* ColdSniper: Breaks out a Nemesis Arms Vanquish to support Grice in cornering a suspect during "Control-Alt-Delete".
* EliteMook: Like most of the ISA operators but she's now part of Control's personal detail
* ProfessionalKiller: As a operator for the ISA, this is her job.
* PunchClockVillain: She shares the late Hersh's principle of not questioning orders.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Grice's Red.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Brooks and her partner reflect the relationship between Reese and Shaw.
* TheStoic: Compared to her partner.
* WeaponOfChoice: SIG-Sauer [=P229R=] and the Nemesis Arms Vanquish take down sniper rifle.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She doesn't appear with Grice in "YHWH", and it's not known if she was killed as part of "The Correction" like Grice was.
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* LastNameBasis: Brooks.
* ProfessionalKiller:His job.
Their job, as operators for the ISA.
*RedOniBlueOni: The Red PunchClockVillain: In contrast to Brooks' Blue.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He andGrice, Brooks parallel shares the relationship between John late Hersh's principle of not questioning orders and Sameen.
* WeaponOfChoice: SIG-Sauer [=P229R=]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Brooks]]
!!Brooks
->'''Played by:''' Theodora Woolley\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]"
* ActionGirl: She's no slouch in the combat department and is equal to her partner.
* AntiHero: Like her partner. However, shedoesn't really mind the recent changes at Northern Lights regarding Samaritan.
* {{Badass}}: Just like her partner, Brooks is a well trained counter-terrorist operative who is also a dab hand with a sniper rifle.
* ColdSniper: Breaks out a Nemesis Arms Vanquish to support Grice in cornering a suspect during "Control-Alt-Delete".
* EliteMook: Like most of the ISA operators but she's now part of Control's personal detail
* ProfessionalKiller: As a operator for the ISA, this is her job.
* PunchClockVillain: She shares the late Hersh's principle of not questioning orders.
Samaritan.
* RedOniBlueOni:The Blue to Grice's Red.
Grice is Red, Brooks is Blue.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:Brooks and her partner reflect They parallel the relationship between Reese and Shaw.
* TheStoic: Compared to her partner.
Shaw.
* WeaponOfChoice: The SIG-Sauer [=P229R=] for both of them, and the Nemesis Arms Vanquish take down sniperrifle.
rifle for Brooks.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:She Brooks doesn't appear with Grice in "YHWH", and it's not known if she was killed as part of "The Correction" like Grice was.
* ProfessionalKiller:
*
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He and
* WeaponOfChoice: SIG-Sauer [=P229R=]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Brooks]]
!!Brooks
->'''Played by:''' Theodora Woolley\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]"
* ActionGirl: She's no slouch in the combat department and is equal to her partner.
* AntiHero: Like her partner. However, she
* {{Badass}}: Just like her partner, Brooks is a well trained counter-terrorist operative who is also a dab hand with a sniper rifle.
* ColdSniper: Breaks out a Nemesis Arms Vanquish to support Grice in cornering a suspect during "Control-Alt-Delete".
* EliteMook: Like most of the ISA operators but she's now part of Control's personal detail
* ProfessionalKiller: As a operator for the ISA, this is her job.
* PunchClockVillain: She shares the late Hersh's principle of not questioning orders.
* RedOniBlueOni:
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
* TheStoic: Compared to her partner.
* WeaponOfChoice: The SIG-Sauer [=P229R=] for both of them, and the Nemesis Arms Vanquish take down sniper
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of season four she's being shown being taken into custody by Samaritan operatives with a bag on her head, and is never heard from again. Allegedly the writers had plans for the character in Season 5, but Camryn Manheim wasn't available. It can be assumed that she was likely simply killed afterwards.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Not making the same mistake twice, the second time he goes up against Root, he shoots out the cameras before sneaking up on her and successfully gets the drop on her despite her analog interface giving her ImprobableAimingSkills.
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'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 God Mode]]" (face hidden); "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Lethe]]" (in person)
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 God Mode]]" (face hidden); "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Lethe]]" (in person)
* AffablyEvil: Offers Garrison a SpotOfTea when he comes to inquire about the status of Northern Lights' secrecy.
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--> '''Grice''': It takes some balls to run an off-the-books op at a quarantined address.
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--> '''Control''': As a sworn officer of the US government, I can neither confirm nor deny anything pertaining to this matter. And I will say the ''same damn thing'' to every other question, until the moment you put that gun to my head and pull the trigger.
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--> '''Control''': You want me to help Greer, the man who stole Samaritan from me?\\
'''Garrison''': Let's put your ego aside for a moment, shall we?\\
'''Control''': Ross, I know that Samaritan is an excellent Plan B. I just don't like having to pay for something that belongs to me in the first place.
'''Garrison''': Let's put your ego aside for a moment, shall we?\\
'''Control''': Ross, I know that Samaritan is an excellent Plan B. I just don't like having to pay for something that belongs to me in the first place.
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--> '''Control''': '''Control:''' You want me to help Greer, the man who stole Samaritan from me?\\
'''Garrison''': '''Garrison:''' Let's put your ego aside for a moment, shall we?\\
'''Control''': '''Control:''' Ross, I know that Samaritan is an excellent Plan B. I just don't like having to pay for something that belongs to me in the first place.
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--> '''Collier:''' Please, who built the Machine? How does it work? Where is it located?
--> '''Control:''' Honestly? ''[looks at Finch]'' I don't know.
--> '''Control:''' Honestly? ''[looks at Finch]'' I don't know.
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'''Control:''' Honestly? ''[looks at Finch]'' I don't know.
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* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Control is one of the most powerful characters in the series. Or she would be if the artificial super intelligences weren't running the show.
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* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Control is one of the most powerful characters in the series. Or rather, she would be if the artificial super intelligences weren't running the show.
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--> '''Finch:''' Thank you for protecting me, although I'm baffled as to why.
--> '''Control:''' The same reason I've done everything, Harold. For my country.
--> '''Control:''' The same reason I've done everything, Harold. For my country.
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'''Control:''' The same reason I've done everything, Harold. For my country.
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--> '''[[TheMole Shelly]]''': Samaritan will build a new world... a better world.
--> '''Control''': Too bad you won't live to see it. ''[DoubleTap]''
--> '''Control''': Too bad you won't live to see it. ''[DoubleTap]''
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--> '''Control''':
'''Control:''' Too bad you won't live to see it. ''[DoubleTap]''
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--> '''Control:''' You want to shoot me, because I had to tap a few phone calls, read a few emails, then you go right ahead. But you better turn that gun on yourself next, Mr. Collier, because you have broken just as many laws. And the only difference is, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt I didn't wrap myself up in the American flag, and try to convince people that I was a hero]].
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* UnwittingPawn: Unknown to her, all her actions to take down Decima were planned by Greer and ultimately doomed her organization.
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* UnwittingPawn: Unknown to her, all her actions to take down Decima were planned by Greer and ultimately doomed her and her organization.
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* WeaponOfChoice: A SIG-Sauer [=P229R=]. She puts it to very good use in "Aletheia".
** As of Season 4, she's switched to a Smith and Wesson M&P Compact, which she uses to murder an innocent man framed as an Islamist Extremist.
** As of Season 4, she's switched to a Smith and Wesson M&P Compact, which she uses to murder an innocent man framed as an Islamist Extremist.
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* WeaponOfChoice: A SIG-Sauer [=P229R=]. She puts it to very good use in "Aletheia". \n** As of Season 4, she's switched She switches to a Smith and Wesson M&P Compact, Compact in Season 4, which she uses to murder an innocent man framed as an Islamist Extremist.
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'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E22 No Good Deed]]"
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E22 No Good Deed]]"
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: No real name given.
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* YouAreNumberSix: No real name given.
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by:''' Creator/JohnDoman\\
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E19 Most Likely To...]]"
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E19 Most Likely To...]]"
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--> '''Garrison''': I had nothing to do with the development of Northern Lights. Damn thing was up and running when I was read in! I just got stuck with cleaning up the mess.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Defied. Greer thinks he's no longer needed, and wants to kill him, but Samaritan has further plans that include Garrison remaining alive.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Defied. Greer thinks he's no longer needed, and wants to kill him, but Samaritan has further plans that include Garrison remaining alive. [[spoiler:He becomes one of the few recurring characters appearing in Season 5 to survive all the way to series' end.]]
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->'''Played By:''' Boris [=McGiver=]
Special Counsel's (and later Control's) enforcer, a former member of the ISA.
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->'''Played By:''' by:''' Boris [=McGiver=]
[=McGiver=]\\
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E01 The Contingency]]"
Special Counsel's (and later Control's) enforcer, a former member of theISA.ISA, and Sameen Shaw's trainer.
'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E01 The Contingency]]"
Special Counsel's (and later Control's) enforcer, a former member of the
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'''Introduced in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]"
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'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E01 The Contingency]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E02 Bad Code]]"
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Super]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E01 The Contingency]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E02 Bad Code]]"
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Tarabay\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 YHWH]]"
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'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]"
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E07 Honor Among Thieves]]", "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]]"
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* SubmissiveBadass: During a NotSoDifferent moment, Hersh acknowledges that people like him and Reese are more comfortable taking orders than giving them.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Either that or a case of ImprobableAge: She looks more like Julia's grandmother than her mother; and the actress is, in fact, already in her 50s.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Machine belongs to me."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet."'']]
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* CharacterDeath: By Decima operatives while trying to prevent a non-existent terrorist attack on the Supreme Court.
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* ThePurge: Decima Technologies [[spoiler:ends up wiping out a good chunk of their powerbase as part of "The Correction"]].
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** Returns to do some field work in Season 4 - and, [[spoiler:apart from getting abducted by Reese and Root]], performs as well as expected.
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** Returns to do some field work in Season 4 - and, [[spoiler:apart 4, and apart from getting abducted by Reese and Root]], Root, performs as well as expected.
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* BerserkButton: Don't you ''dare'' get between her and stopping a terrorist attack. She will stop at nothing to end you. [[spoiler:Even if you are Samaritan.]]
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* BerserkButton: Don't you ''dare'' get between her and stopping a terrorist attack. She will stop at nothing to end you. [[spoiler:Even Even if you are Samaritan.]]
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: A ''very'' dark shade of grey. Yet, despite all of her actions, you can't help but wholeheartedly root for her when [[spoiler:she turns against [[EvilerThanThou Greer and Samaritan]].]]
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: A ''very'' dark shade of grey. Yet, despite all of her actions, you can't help but wholeheartedly root for her when [[spoiler:she she turns against [[EvilerThanThou Greer and Samaritan]].]]
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* ControlFreak: Implied in the closing stages of Season 3, when her partners in running the Northern Lights organization suggest her reluctance in letting the Samaritan system in is because of this. But in Season 4, it's on full display during "Control-Alt-Delete", [[spoiler:where she clashes with a Decima/Samaritan asset who has the on and off switch to the access of Samaritan]].
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* ControlFreak: Implied in the closing stages of Season 3, when her partners in running the Northern Lights organization suggest her reluctance in letting the Samaritan system in is because of this. But in Season 4, it's on full display during "Control-Alt-Delete", [[spoiler:where where she clashes with a Decima/Samaritan asset who has the on and off switch to the access of Samaritan]].Samaritan.
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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:She ends her life black-bagged and tossed in a hole, the same fate she caused to so many]].
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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:She She ends her life black-bagged and tossed in a hole, the same fate she caused to so many]].many.
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** Averted in Season 4. [[spoiler:She's left dumbstruck in horror as Greer reveals that the terrorist attack on the Supreme Court was actually a masquerade to test her loyalty and she's failed. She dragged off to parts unknown without a word.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:The Season 4 final. She's determined to stop Samaritan from carrying out a terrorist attack and finds evidence that Samaritan is planning to attack the Supreme Court. It was all a SecretTestOfCharacter. Samaritan's agents kill Grice and Schiffman. She gets captured.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: How the Machine gets her to back down, telling Control the address of the only thing she's loved, and telling her that the Machine protects both it and her. [[spoiler: Turns out she has a daughter named Julia, whom she loves dearly]].
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:The Season 4 final. She's determined to stop Samaritan from carrying out a terrorist attack and finds evidence that Samaritan is planning to attack the Supreme Court. It was all a SecretTestOfCharacter. Samaritan's agents kill Grice and Schiffman. She gets captured.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: How the Machine gets her to back down, telling Control the address of the only thing she's loved, and telling her that the Machine protects both it and her. [[spoiler: Turns out she has a daughter named Julia, whom she loves dearly]].
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** Averted in Season 4. [[spoiler:She's "YHWH". She's left dumbstruck in horror as Greer reveals that the terrorist attack on the Supreme Court was actually a masquerade to test her loyalty and she's failed. She dragged off to parts unknown without a word.]]
word.
* DidntSeeThatComing:[[spoiler:The Season 4 final."YHWH". She's determined to stop Samaritan from carrying out a terrorist attack and finds evidence that Samaritan is planning to attack the Supreme Court. It was all a SecretTestOfCharacter. Samaritan's agents kill Grice and Schiffman. She gets captured.]]
captured.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: How the Machine gets her to back down, telling Control the address of the only thing she's loved, and telling her that the Machine protects both it and her.[[spoiler: Turns out she has a daughter named Julia, whom she loves dearly]].dearly.
* DidntSeeThatComing:
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: How the Machine gets her to back down, telling Control the address of the only thing she's loved, and telling her that the Machine protects both it and her.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: What Samaritan deals her. [[spoiler:She's to spend her remaining days in a dark, forgotten hole in the ground wasting away from hunger and starvation until she finally dies.]]
* {{Foil}}: Of all people, she's this to Greer and is basically what Greer could have become [[spoiler: had he not flipped out in 1973, shot his treasonous superior and left MI6]] .
** Control is a fanatical arch-patriot who loves her country dearly and is willing to get blood on her hands in keeping it safe from threats foreign and domestic. Greer loathes nation states with a passion and has dedicated the rest of his life to destroying them by [[spoiler: creating a global government under the Samaritan A.I]].
** Control epitomizes GoodIsNotNice but ultimately means well. Greer in contrast is AffablyEvil and barely bats an eyelid when engaging in murder, betrayal and screwing over the opposition in the pursuit of [[spoiler: world domination]].
** Both of them are professional spymasters, who are competent at their jobs and ruthless to anyone who gets in the way of completing their missions. Control however mostly focuses on counter-terrorism while Greer initially does his job in the pursuit of gathering useful intel, money [[spoiler: and later facilitating the activities of Samaritan.]]
* {{Foil}}: Of all people, she's this to Greer and is basically what Greer could have become [[spoiler: had he not flipped out in 1973, shot his treasonous superior and left MI6]] .
** Control is a fanatical arch-patriot who loves her country dearly and is willing to get blood on her hands in keeping it safe from threats foreign and domestic. Greer loathes nation states with a passion and has dedicated the rest of his life to destroying them by [[spoiler: creating a global government under the Samaritan A.I]].
** Control epitomizes GoodIsNotNice but ultimately means well. Greer in contrast is AffablyEvil and barely bats an eyelid when engaging in murder, betrayal and screwing over the opposition in the pursuit of [[spoiler: world domination]].
** Both of them are professional spymasters, who are competent at their jobs and ruthless to anyone who gets in the way of completing their missions. Control however mostly focuses on counter-terrorism while Greer initially does his job in the pursuit of gathering useful intel, money [[spoiler: and later facilitating the activities of Samaritan.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: What Samaritan deals her. [[spoiler:She's She's to spend her remaining days in a dark, forgotten hole in the ground wasting away from hunger and starvation until she finally dies.]]
dies.
* {{Foil}}: Of all people, she's this to Greer and is basically what Greer could have become[[spoiler: had he not flipped out in 1973, shot his treasonous superior and left MI6]] .
MI6.
** Control is a fanatical arch-patriot who loves her country dearly and is willing to get blood on her hands in keeping it safe from threats foreign and domestic. Greer loathes nation states with a passion and has dedicated the rest of his life to destroying them by[[spoiler: creating a global government under the Samaritan A.I]].
I.
** Control epitomizesGoodIsNotNice GoodIsNotNice, but ultimately means well. Greer in contrast is AffablyEvil and barely bats an eyelid when engaging in murder, betrayal and screwing over the opposition in the pursuit of [[spoiler: world domination]].domination.
** Both of them are professional spymasters, who are competent at their jobs and ruthless to anyone who gets in the way of completing their missions. Control however mostly focuses on counter-terrorism while Greer initially does his job in the pursuit of gathering useful intel, money[[spoiler: and later facilitating the activities of Samaritan.]] ]
* {{Foil}}: Of all people, she's this to Greer and is basically what Greer could have become
** Control is a fanatical arch-patriot who loves her country dearly and is willing to get blood on her hands in keeping it safe from threats foreign and domestic. Greer loathes nation states with a passion and has dedicated the rest of his life to destroying them by
** Control epitomizes
** Both of them are professional spymasters, who are competent at their jobs and ruthless to anyone who gets in the way of completing their missions. Control however mostly focuses on counter-terrorism while Greer initially does his job in the pursuit of gathering useful intel, money
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** Control may be a zealot but she's diligent at her job, prefers to verify that the relevant numbers she gets are clear and present dangers to America's national security and encourages this to some degree among her subordinates. Greer in contrast now follows [[spoiler: orders from a megalomaniac A.I without question]].
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** Control may be a zealot but she's diligent at her job, prefers to verify that the relevant numbers she gets are clear and present dangers to America's national security and encourages this to some degree among her subordinates. Greer in contrast now follows [[spoiler: orders from a megalomaniac A.I without question]].question.
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** [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam]]: [[spoiler: Greer and Samaritan thoroughly [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] her as a result.]]
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** [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam]]: [[spoiler: HeelFaceDoorSlam: Greer and Samaritan thoroughly [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] her as a result.]]
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* IronicEcho: She tells Greer she'll black-bag him and toss him in a dark pit, and the last thing he'll hear before being forgotten there is her voice saying he belongs there. [[spoiler:She ends up on the receiving end of this exact same sequence of events moments afterwards]].
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* IronicEcho: She tells Greer she'll black-bag him and toss him in a dark pit, and the last thing he'll hear before being forgotten there is her voice saying he belongs there. [[spoiler:She She ends up on the receiving end of this exact same sequence of events moments afterwards]].at the end of the episode.
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* LesserOfTwoEvils: [[spoiler:In "YHWH", she realizes that getting information from The Machine, as slippery and cryptic as it was, is ''infinitely'' better than [[AiIsACrapshoot Samaritan]] is.]]
** [[spoiler: She herself is this when compared to Samaritan and Greer.]]
** [[spoiler: She herself is this when compared to Samaritan and Greer.]]
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* LesserOfTwoEvils: [[spoiler:In In "YHWH", she realizes that getting information from The Machine, as slippery and cryptic as it was, is ''infinitely'' better than [[AiIsACrapshoot Samaritan]] is.]]
** [[spoiler:is. She herself is this when compared to Samaritan and Greer.]]
** [[spoiler:
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* MoralityPet: Her [[spoiler:daughter, Julia]].
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* MoralityPet: Her [[spoiler:daughter, Julia]].daughter, Julia.
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** To Greer. Like him, she doesn't mind killing civilians in her work. But her justifications are different. The first is initially to prevent knowledge of Research from leaking out. The second is if she deems it in the national interest such as in the case of [[spoiler:the Irrelevant framed as a terrorist in Control-Alt-Delete]].
* NotSoStoic: When torturing [[spoiler:Samaritan ISA mole Shelly]], she finds out about Samaritan's imminent [[BerserkButton terrorist attack]]. She proceeds to brutally pistol-whip her, screaming while doing so.
* NotSoStoic: When torturing [[spoiler:Samaritan ISA mole Shelly]], she finds out about Samaritan's imminent [[BerserkButton terrorist attack]]. She proceeds to brutally pistol-whip her, screaming while doing so.
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** To Greer. Like him, she doesn't mind killing civilians in her work. But her justifications are different. The first is initially to prevent knowledge of Research from leaking out. The second is if she deems it in the national interest such as in the case of [[spoiler:the the Irrelevant framed as a terrorist in Control-Alt-Delete]].
"Control-Alt-Delete".
* NotSoStoic: When torturing[[spoiler:Samaritan Samaritan ISA mole Shelly]], Shelly, she finds out about Samaritan's imminent [[BerserkButton terrorist attack]]. She proceeds to brutally pistol-whip her, screaming while doing so.
* NotSoStoic: When torturing
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* OutGambitted: Greer [[spoiler: plays her like a fiddle and not only anticipates her every move, but uses her actions to seal her fate]].
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* OutGambitted: Greer [[spoiler: plays her like a fiddle and not only anticipates her every move, but uses her actions to seal her fate]].fate.
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--> [[spoiler: '''[[TheMole Shelly]]''']]: Samaritan will build a new world... a better world.
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--> [[spoiler: '''[[TheMole Shelly]]''']]: Shelly]]''': Samaritan will build a new world... a better world.
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** She is on high alert in Season 4 after arguing with Samaritan operative Travers, and picks out their attempt at listening in on her satellite phone conversation with [[spoiler: Grice]].
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** She is on high alert in Season 4 after arguing with Samaritan operative Travers, and picks out their attempt at listening in on her satellite phone conversation with [[spoiler: Grice]].Grice.
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** In Season 4, this trope is fully in play. [[spoiler:She has to murder an innocent man to prevent Samaritan from thinking she has caught on to the fact it has been framing irrelevants as threats to US national security.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Unknown to her, all her [[spoiler:actions to take down Decima were planned by Greer and ultimately doomed her organization]].
* UnwittingPawn: Unknown to her, all her [[spoiler:actions to take down Decima were planned by Greer and ultimately doomed her organization]].
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** In Season 4, this trope is fully in play. [[spoiler:She She has to murder an innocent man to prevent Samaritan from thinking she has caught on to the fact it has been framing irrelevants as threats to US national security.]]
security.
* UnwittingPawn: Unknown to her, all her[[spoiler:actions actions to take down Decima were planned by Greer and ultimately doomed her organization]].organization.
* UnwittingPawn: Unknown to her, all her
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** As of Season 4, she's switched to a Smith and Wesson M&P Compact [[spoiler: which she uses to murder an innocent man framed as an Islamist Extremist.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: Greer offers her a position in Samaritan's new world. She tells him to Hell. [[spoiler:This culminates in Samaritan eliminating her]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: Greer offers her a position in Samaritan's new world. She tells him to Hell. [[spoiler:This culminates in Samaritan eliminating her]].
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** As of Season 4, she's switched to a Smith and Wesson M&P Compact [[spoiler: Compact, which she uses to murder an innocent man framed as an Islamist Extremist.]]
Extremist.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Greer offers her a position in Samaritan's new world. She tells him to Hell.[[spoiler:This This culminates in Samaritan eliminating her]].her.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Greer offers her a position in Samaritan's new world. She tells him to Hell.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Despite being in the know about the true nature of Research, she behaves like she lives in a post 9/11 espionage drama rather than a PostCyberPunk ScienceFiction show. However, over time, she begins to catch on. Unfortunately, she doesn't catch on fast enough; in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 YHWH]]", Greer takes full advantage of and misdirects her by planting the idea [[spoiler:that his organization is planning an act of terror targeting the U.S. Supreme Court]]. It's all a lie [[spoiler:to buy time for the assets under his and Samaritan's command to decapitate what is left of her power and take her down]].
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Despite being in the know about the true nature of Research, she behaves like she lives in a post 9/11 espionage drama rather than a PostCyberPunk ScienceFiction show. However, over time, she begins to catch on. Unfortunately, she doesn't catch on fast enough; in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 YHWH]]", Greer takes full advantage of and misdirects her by planting the idea [[spoiler:that that his organization is planning an act of terror targeting the U.S. Supreme Court]]. Court. It's all a lie [[spoiler:to to buy time for the assets under his and Samaritan's command to decapitate what is left of her power and take her down]].down.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Not a fan of the new arrangement regarding [[spoiler:the introduction of Samaritan]] and he even lets [[spoiler:Shaw]] run free when they run into each other. Afterwards, he tries to destroy as much evidence of the meeting as possible.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Not a fan of the new arrangement regarding [[spoiler:the the introduction of Samaritan]] Samaritan, and he even lets [[spoiler:Shaw]] Shaw run free when they run into each other. Afterwards, he tries to destroy as much evidence of the meeting as possible.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How Decima operatives killed him.]]
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How How Decima operatives killed him.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By Decima operatives while trying to prevent a non-existent terrorist attack on the Supreme Court.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By By Decima operatives while trying to prevent a non-existent terrorist attack on the Supreme Court.]]
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* AntiHero: Like her partner. However, she doesn't really mind the recent changes at Northern Lights [[spoiler: regarding Samaritan]].
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* AntiHero: Like her partner. However, she doesn't really mind the recent changes at Northern Lights [[spoiler: regarding Samaritan]].Samaritan.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She doesn't appear with Grice in "YHWH", and it's not known if [[spoiler:she was killed as part of "The Correction" like Grice was]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She doesn't appear with Grice in "YHWH", and it's not known if [[spoiler:she she was killed as part of "The Correction" like Grice was]].was.
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* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The late Special Counsel who oversaw their field operations masqueraded as the head of the RealLife Office Of Special Counsel, the people who conduct their field work are officially from the CIA and ISA and their entity known as "Research" belongs to the NSA.
* EliteMook: They fulfill this role in the ''Person Of Interest'' universe. Only Reese, Shaw and Root have been able to take them on in combat effectively and at times have been bested by them due to superior numbers. Notable instances include:
* EliteMook: They fulfill this role in the ''Person Of Interest'' universe. Only Reese, Shaw and Root have been able to take them on in combat effectively and at times have been bested by them due to superior numbers. Notable instances include:
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* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The late Special Counsel who oversaw their field operations masqueraded as the head of the RealLife Office Of Special Counsel, the people who conduct their field work are officially from the CIA and ISA ISA, and their entity known as "Research" belongs to the NSA.
* EliteMook: They fulfill this role in the ''PersonOf of Interest'' universe. Only Reese, Shaw and Root have been able to take them on in combat effectively and at times have been bested by them due to superior numbers. Notable instances include:
* EliteMook: They fulfill this role in the ''Person
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness / YouKnowTooMuch: Does this to any employees who wish to leave the program. They also performed this on many of the personnel who were involved with initially setting up The Machine.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness / YouKnowTooMuch: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness[=/=]YouKnowTooMuch: Does this to any employees who wish to leave the program. They also performed this on many of the personnel who were involved with initially setting up The Machine.
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* MyCountryRightOrWrong:
--> '''Finch:''' Thank you for protecting me, although I am baffled as to why.
--> '''Control:''' The same reason I've done everything. For my country.
--> '''Finch:''' Thank you for protecting me, although I am baffled as to why.
--> '''Control:''' The same reason I've done everything. For my country.
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* MyCountryRightOrWrong:
MyCountryRightOrWrong: If there's one trope that defines her above all others, it's this one.
--> '''Finch:''' Thank you for protecting me, althoughI am I'm baffled as to why.
--> '''Control:''' The same reason I've doneeverything.everything, Harold. For my country.
--> '''Finch:''' Thank you for protecting me, although
--> '''Control:''' The same reason I've done
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* NotSoStoic: When torturing [[spoiler: Samaritan ISA mole Shelly]], she finds out about Samaritan's imminent [[BerserkButton terrorist attack]]. She proceeds to brutally pistol-whip her, screaming while doing so.
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* NotSoStoic: When torturing [[spoiler: Samaritan [[spoiler:Samaritan ISA mole Shelly]], she finds out about Samaritan's imminent [[BerserkButton terrorist attack]]. She proceeds to brutally pistol-whip her, screaming while doing so.
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-->''"Yep, just like the old days. I've never been happier."''
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* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Brooks' Blue.
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* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Grice's Red.
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* FatalFlaw: Her pride, and her inability to wrap her head around the idea that [[spoiler: The Machine and Samaritan are sentient]].
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* FatalFlaw: Her pride, and her inability to wrap her head around the idea that [[spoiler: [[WrongGenreSavvy The Machine and Samaritan are sentient]].
* VillainousValor: Captured by Vigilance and placed before a KangarooCourt, she gives a defiant TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and refuses to implicate Harold Finch, in order to protect the Machine.
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* NotSoDifferent: Invokes this when meeting Shaw. She agrees entirely.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferent:
** Invokes this when meeting Shaw. She agrees entirely.
** When meeting Finch, he calls him the "mysterious and powerful" man behind the scenes, basically the same role Special Counsel has played.
** Invokes this when meeting Shaw. She agrees entirely.
** When meeting Finch, he calls him the "mysterious and powerful" man behind the scenes, basically the same role Special Counsel has played.
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* CorruptPolitician: Samaritan notes he constantly tries to push agendas through congress that go against the constitution.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wants a surveillance system that can't be held accountable to the American people, then complains when Decima dissolves itself because now it can't be held accountable to the American government.
* CorruptPolitician: Samaritan notes he constantly tries to push agendas through congress that go against theconstitution.Constitution.
* CorruptPolitician: Samaritan notes he constantly tries to push agendas through congress that go against the
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* AssassinOutClassin: Gets subjected to this by Reese when the latter runs him through non-lethally with a carving knife. Later suffers a more severe experience when going up against Root.
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* AssassinOutClassin: Gets subjected to this by Reese when the latter runs him through non-lethally with a carving knife. Later suffers a more severe experience when going up against Root.Root in God Mode.
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* {{Badass}}: Since he's Reese's EvilCounterpart. Hersh is a OneManArmy capable of taking down numerous foes while sustaining wounds that would incapacitate most people.
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* {{Badass}}: Since he's Reese's EvilCounterpart. EvilCounterpart, Hersh is a OneManArmy capable of taking down numerous foes while sustaining wounds that would incapacitate most people.
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* TheComicallySerious: He doesn't have a lot of funny moments, but the few he does have mostly revolve around him doing ridiculous things completely stone-faced. From his plan to get into prison to kill Reese (shoot his gun into the air ten feet away from some cops), his insistence that he and Shaw are even because he killed her but she drugged him non-lethally, and his method of securing transportation for Shaw during a blackout by shooting his gun into the air and scaring a kid off his bike.
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* TheComicallySerious: He doesn't have a lot of funny moments, but the few he does have mostly revolve around him doing ridiculous things completely stone-faced. From his plan to get into prison GetIntoJailFree to kill Reese (shoot his gun into the air ten feet away from some cops), his insistence that he and Shaw are even because he killed her but she drugged him non-lethally, and his method of securing transportation for Shaw during a blackout by shooting his gun into the air and scaring a kid off his bike.
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* ImplacableMan: Like the Terminator, even if he's grievously wounded, it will barely slow him down. For one, he is shot in the back, strangles the Decima agent who did so, and then he takes out another hit squad. He only dies because he's in the same room as Decima's building-busting bomb when it goes off.
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* ImplacableMan: Like the Terminator, Film/TheTerminator, even if he's grievously wounded, wounded it will barely slow him down. For one, he is shot in the back, strangles the Decima agent who did so, and then he takes out another hit squad. He only dies because he's in the same room as Decima's building-busting bomb when it goes off.
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* HeWhoFightsMonster: They regard all their actions as NecessaryEvil to stop terrorism, yet allow the ferry bombing to go ahead just to kill one man who threatened their secret.
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* HeWhoFightsMonster: HeWhoFightsMonsters: They regard all their actions as NecessaryEvil to stop terrorism, yet allow the ferry bombing to go ahead [[NoKillLikeOverkill just to kill one man who threatened their secret.secret]].
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* VillainBall: Their policy of killing anyone who might expose them has a tendency to backfire. Killing Shaw's partner turned their best agent against them. Control ordering Stanton and Reese's death also backfires in the long run. And Special Counsel points out that if they'd kept Nathan Ingram alive, he could have helped them get back the Machine after it went rogue.
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* VillainBall: Their policy of killing anyone who might expose them has a tendency to backfire. Killing Shaw's partner turned their best agent against them. them. Control ordering Stanton and Reese's death also backfires in the long run. run. And Special Counsel points out that if they'd kept Nathan Ingram alive, he could have helped them get back the Machine after it went rogue.
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* HeWhoFightsMonster: They regard all their actions as NecessaryEvil to stop terrorism, yet allow the ferry bombing to go ahead just to kill one man who threatened their secret.
* VillainBall: Their policy of killing anyone who might expose them has a tendency to backfire. Killing Shaw's partner turned their best agent against them. Control ordering Stanton and Reese's death also backfires in the long run. And Special Counsel points out that if they'd kept Nathan Ingram alive, he could have helped them get back the Machine after it went rogue.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Does this to any employees who wish to leave the program. They also performed this on many of the personnel who were involved with initially setting up The Machine.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness / YouKnowTooMuch: Does this to any employees who wish to leave the program. They also performed this on many of the personnel who were involved with initially setting up The Machine.