History Recap / PersonOfInterestS01E03

-> ''"Not every ex-soldier meets a reclusive billionaire."''
-->-- '''Reese'''

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!!Tropes present in this episode include

* StealthHiBye
-->'''Finch:''' Don't you ever ''knock?''
-->'''Reese:''' Not if I can help it.

* BrickJoke: Reese suggests that Finch should get some exercise. Later, Finch is shown doing pushups in the library.
** BlatantLies: And then he denies it when Reese asks what he's doing.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Joey and the gang have a hard time fighting back against Latimer when their guns have no firing pins. [[CrazyPrepared Luckily, Reese brought a second gun with enough fire power to drive Latimer off]]

-->-- ''Reese.''

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Latimer to the gang of robbers, and then Elias to Latimer.

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* PutOnABus: Joey and Pia get out of New York.

* CoolGuns: Latimer's crew pack Heckler and Koch [=MP5K=] PDW submachineguns [[spoiler: which he sabotages]]. Reese also gets in on the act bringing along a fully automatic Glock 18 machine pistol which becomes critical in the climax of the episode.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Latimer to the gang of robbers, and then [[spoiler:Elias to Latimer]].

* [[{{LogicalFallacies}} You Fail Logic Forever]]: A security guard tries to be a hero and draw his weapon during a bank robbery, but Reese stops him from getting himself killed. After seeing the security camera footage of the exchange, Detective Molina suggests that Reese is working as the bank robbers "inside man" without considering the fact that Reese doesn't work at any of the places that have been robbed, so how exactly is he supposed to be an inside man for anyone?

* CoolGuns: Latimer's crew pack Heckler and Koch MP5K PDW submachineguns [[spoiler: which he sabotages]]. Reese also gets in on the act bringing along a fully automatic Glock 18 machine pistol which becomes critical in the climax of the episode.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{Castle}} Captain Montgomery]] as Latimer, the gang's ringleader.

* CoolGuns: Latimer's crew pack Heckler and Koch MP5K PDW submachineguns [[spoilers: which he sabotages]]. Reese also gets in the act bringing along a fully automatic Glock 18 machine pistol which becomes critical in the climax of the episode.

** BlatantLies: And then he denies it when Reese asks what he's doing.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Joey and the gang have a hard time fighting back against Latimer when their guns have no firing pins. [[CrazyPrepared Luckily, Reese brought a spare.]]

* IWillWaitForYou: Jessica's promise to Reese - all he has to do is ask. Sadly, he can't bring himself to say it and she leaves in tears. [[{{Tearjerker}} And then he says it after she's out of earshot]].

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The gang of robbers, and later Elias.

-> "Not every ex-soldier meets a reclusive billionaire."

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: "Mission Creep" isn't the most stellar offering, but the case files of the "Elias, M." murder [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot kick off one of the major arcs of the first season]].

* [[{{LogicalFallacies}} You Fail Logic Forever]]: A security guard tries to be a hero and draw his weapon during a bank robbery, but Reese stops him from getting himself killed. After seeing the security camera footage of the exchange, Detective Molina suggests that Reese is working as the bank robbers "inside man" without ever stopping to consider the fact that Reese doesn't work at any of the places that have been robbed, so how exactly is he supposed to be an inside man for anyone?

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: "Mission Creep" isn't the most stellar offering, but the case files of the "Elias, M." murder kick off one of the major arcs of the first season.