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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: It's Tommy's unwise propensity to repeatedly use "Ashley" as his phone password that allows Finch to track him down.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: It's Tommy's unwise propensity to repeatedly use "Ashley" as his phone password that allows Finch to track him down.
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** The government official that Reese and Stanton extracted in [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E15 "Blue Code"]] was accused of selling "software" to the Chinese.
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** The government official that Reese and Stanton extracted in [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E15 "Blue Code"]] was accused of selling "software" to the Chinese.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Oh boy, where to start.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Oh boy, where to start.
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--> '''Reese:''' The law of the fishes. I should have seen it. [to Tommy] I'm so sorry.
--> '''Tommy:''' ''You're'' sorry? [Ashley shoots him in the back.]
--> '''Tommy:''' ''You're'' sorry? [Ashley shoots him in the back.]
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--> '''Reese:''' [to Tommy] I'm so sorry.
--> '''Tommy:''' ''You're'' sorry?
--> '''Reese:''' The law of the fishes. I should have seenit. [to Tommy] I'm so sorry.
it.
-->'''Tommy:''' ''You're'' sorry? [Ashley shoots him Tommy in the back.]
--> '''Tommy:''' ''You're'' sorry?
--> '''Reese:''' The law of the fishes. I should have seen
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-->'''Finch''': And today's Film/TrainingDay.
-->'''Finch''': And today's Film/TrainingDay.
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* FireForgedFriends: Despite the general theme of betrayal, Fusco doesn't shoot Reese or allow him to be shot, despite admitting that he has every motive to do so.
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* AndThisIsFor: "Murray."
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* AndThisIsFor: "Murray."WallSlump: Done by Reese after [[spoiler:Stanton shoots him]].
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* LeaveNoWitnessesLeaveNoWitnesses: Present day and flashbacks.
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** There's an earlier one, when it's revealed that Reece Reese was ordered to kill his handler on Snow's orders.orders.
** And then again later when it's revealed that Stanton was ordered to kill Reese.
** And then again later when it's revealed that Stanton was ordered to kill Reese.
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The latest number is Tommy Clay, the hopper for an armoured truck service. Reese infiltrates the crew, believing that the truck will be the victim of a heist and that Tommy is a victim, but it transpires that Tommy is the mastermind behind the heist when he shoots Reese in the back and makes off with the cargo, unprocessed platinum. Reese and Finch attempt to track down Tommy and the platinum -- as does Fusco, playing the part of a HR man. Since Elias' arrest, HR has been collecting the payouts that normally went to the Mafia and they want a slice of the armoured truck robbery, so Fusco is dispatched by Captain Lynch, one of his HR bosses, to find Tommy. Reese and Fusco both find Tommy's hideout, but the rest of his crew are dead, murdered by Tommy. Finch locates Tommy's mistress, Ashley, and Reese uses her to find where Tommy is hiding, but Ashley turns on both of them, tying up Reese and killing Tommy. She tries to leave with the money but Fusco and Lynch arrive and kill her. Lynch tries to kill Reese too but Fusco shoots him with Ashley's gun, making it look like the three had a falling-out and preserving his cover with HR. Meanwhile, Carter is visited by Snow and his partner, Evans, who warn her not to cooperate with the FBI's manhunt for Reese.
In flashbacks to 2010, Reese is on assignment when he gets a call from Jessica, who is distraught and wants him to come and see her. Reese promises to be there soon, but Snow arrives, along with [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Alicia Corwin]], who assign Reese and Stanton to retrieve a laptop with stolen software on it from a research centre in Ordos, China. In private, Snow tells Reese that once the mission's over but before they're extracted, he's to kill Stanton. When the pair reach Ordos, they find almost everyone at the research centre dead from bullet wounds. One technician, wounded, tells Stanton in Chinese that their killers came and took "the Machine", but Stanton doesn't tell Reese this and puts the technician out of his misery. They find the laptop, which Stanton secretly slips into her own backpack, before setting out glowsticks to signal for extraction. Reese finds he cannot kill Stanton and is going to tell her about his orders when she shoots him, having been given the exact same instructions by Snow. He realises that their mission wasn't about recovering a laptop, but confirming that everyone in the research centre was dead and no one knew what had really happened. Reese flees as CIA fighter jets fly over and, guided by the glowsticks, bomb the facility into oblivion.
In a present-day coda, Snow and Evans recieve intelligence that links the survivor of the Ordos mission to a hotel room in Manhattan. They go in and find guns and equipment, but Evans is killed and Snow captured by the room's occupant: Stanton.
In flashbacks to 2010, Reese is on assignment when he gets a call from Jessica, who is distraught and wants him to come and see her. Reese promises to be there soon, but Snow arrives, along with [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Alicia Corwin]], who assign Reese and Stanton to retrieve a laptop with stolen software on it from a research centre in Ordos, China. In private, Snow tells Reese that once the mission's over but before they're extracted, he's to kill Stanton. When the pair reach Ordos, they find almost everyone at the research centre dead from bullet wounds. One technician, wounded, tells Stanton in Chinese that their killers came and took "the Machine", but Stanton doesn't tell Reese this and puts the technician out of his misery. They find the laptop, which Stanton secretly slips into her own backpack, before setting out glowsticks to signal for extraction. Reese finds he cannot kill Stanton and is going to tell her about his orders when she shoots him, having been given the exact same instructions by Snow. He realises that their mission wasn't about recovering a laptop, but confirming that everyone in the research centre was dead and no one knew what had really happened. Reese flees as CIA fighter jets fly over and, guided by the glowsticks, bomb the facility into oblivion.
In a present-day coda, Snow and Evans recieve intelligence that links the survivor of the Ordos mission to a hotel room in Manhattan. They go in and find guns and equipment, but Evans is killed and Snow captured by the room's occupant: Stanton.
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The latest number is Tommy Clay, the hopper for an armoured armored truck service. Reese infiltrates the crew, believing that the truck will be the victim of a heist and that Tommy is a victim, but it transpires that Tommy is the mastermind behind the heist when he shoots Reese in the back and makes off with the cargo, unprocessed platinum. Reese and Finch attempt to track down Tommy and the platinum -- as does Fusco, playing the part of a HR man. Since Elias' arrest, HR has been collecting the payouts that normally went to the Mafia and they want a slice of the armoured armored truck robbery, so Fusco is dispatched by Captain Lynch, one of his HR bosses, to find Tommy. Reese and Fusco both find Tommy's hideout, but the rest of his crew are dead, murdered by Tommy. Finch locates Tommy's mistress, Ashley, and Reese uses her to find where Tommy is hiding, but Ashley turns on both of them, tying up Reese and killing Tommy. She tries to leave with the money but Fusco and Lynch arrive and kill her. Lynch tries to kill Reese too but Fusco shoots him with Ashley's gun, making it look like the three had a falling-out and preserving his cover with HR. Meanwhile, Carter is visited by Snow and his partner, Evans, who warn her not to cooperate with the FBI's manhunt for Reese.
In flashbacks to 2010, Reese is on assignment when he gets a call from Jessica, who is distraught and wants him to come and see her. Reese promises to be there soon, but Snow arrives, along with [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Alicia Corwin]], who assign Reese and Stanton to retrieve a laptop with stolen software on it from a researchcentre center in Ordos, China. In private, Snow tells Reese that once the mission's over but before they're extracted, he's to kill Stanton. When the pair reach Ordos, they find almost everyone at the research centre center dead from bullet wounds. One technician, wounded, tells Stanton in Chinese that their killers came and took "the Machine", but Stanton doesn't tell Reese this and puts the technician out of his misery. They find the laptop, which Stanton secretly slips into her own backpack, before setting out glowsticks glow-sticks to signal for extraction. Reese finds he cannot kill Stanton and is going to tell her about his orders when she shoots him, having been given the exact same instructions by Snow. He realises realizes that their mission wasn't about recovering a laptop, but confirming that everyone in the research centre center was dead and no one knew what had really happened. Reese flees as CIA fighter jets fly over and, guided by the glowsticks, bomb the facility into oblivion.
In a present-day coda, Snow and Evansrecieve receive intelligence that links the survivor of the Ordos mission to a hotel room in Manhattan. They go in and find guns and equipment, but Evans is killed and Snow captured by the room's occupant: Stanton.
In flashbacks to 2010, Reese is on assignment when he gets a call from Jessica, who is distraught and wants him to come and see her. Reese promises to be there soon, but Snow arrives, along with [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Alicia Corwin]], who assign Reese and Stanton to retrieve a laptop with stolen software on it from a research
In a present-day coda, Snow and Evans
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* FreezeFrameBonus / ColourCodedForYourConvenience: When we see Reese and Stanton in Ordos from the Machine's POV, they're in red brackets, indicating that they've been flagged as perpetrators by the Machine as threats to the system.Machine.
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* MeaningfulEcho: ''"Wait for me."''
* NotQuiteDead:StantonStanton.
* NotQuiteDead:
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* IllPretendIDidntHearThat: Carter utters this trope by name.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Lonely Souls." Someone in the show music department apparently really likes Unkle.
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* ItGetsEasier: Averted; Ashley kills Tommy, then goes to shoot Reese who's tied up and no threat to her. He points out that the first time was easy because she's had a long time to think about it and could psych herself up to do the deed. Ashley flees instead of pulling the trigger, only to be ruthlessly gunned down by Lynch.
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* ItGetsEasier: Averted; Ashley kills Tommy, then goes to shoot Reese who's tied up and no threat to her. He points out that the first time was easy because she's had a long time to think about it and could psych herself up to do the deed.deed, but it's actually harder the second time. Ashley flees instead of pulling the trigger, only to be ruthlessly gunned down by Lynch.
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* ItGetsEasier: AvertedAverted; Ashley kills Tommy, then goes to shoot Reese who's tied up and no threat to her. He points out that the first time was easy because she's had a long time to think about it and could psych herself up to do the deed. Ashley flees instead of pulling the trigger, only to be ruthlessly gunned down by Lynch.
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!!Tropes present in this episode includeinclude:
* AlwaysABiggerFish
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* GhostCity: Ordos
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* NotQuiteDeadNotQuiteDead: Stanton
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* RunningGag - Getting shot in the back.InTheBack, no doubt due to RuleOfSymbolism.
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->''Problem with trying to be the bad guy is [[AlwaysABiggerFish there's always something worse]].''
-->--'''Reese'''
-->--'''Reese'''
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* LoveInterestTraitor: Tommy's [[InLoveWithTheMark girlfriend]]Ashley
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* LoveInterestTraitor: Tommy's [[InLoveWithTheMark girlfriend]]Ashleygirlfriend]] Ashley
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* BilingualBonus: the title is a Hindi idiom equivalent to "the law of the jungle." The literal translation is "the law of the fishes."
** TitleDrop: Reese, as he realizes Ashley is about to kill Tommy
--> '''Reese:''' The law of the fishes. I should have seen it. [to Tommy] I'm so sorry.
--> '''Tommy:''' ''You're'' sorry? [Ashley shoots him in the back.]
** TitleDrop: Reese, as he realizes Ashley is about to kill Tommy
--> '''Reese:''' The law of the fishes. I should have seen it. [to Tommy] I'm so sorry.
--> '''Tommy:''' ''You're'' sorry? [Ashley shoots him in the back.]
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** In [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 "Super"]], Snow said he wanted to find out what really happened in Ordos.
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** In [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 "Super"]], Snow said he wanted to find out what "what really happened in Ordos."
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* ProphecyTwist: Tommy is both victim and perpetrator of a premeditated violent crime.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Reese and Stanton.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Reese and Stanton.Stanton.
** And Tommy and Tommy's henchmen.
** And Tommy and Tommy's henchmen.
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'''Technician''': The Machine.
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'''Technician''': The Machine.Machine.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Reese and Stanton.
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* BittersweetEnding:
-->'''Finch''': Did we actually accomplish anything?
-->'''Finch''': Did we actually accomplish anything?
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* ContinuityNod: Elias' arrest is a catalyst for HR's involvement in the plot.
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Elias' arrest is a catalyst for HR's involvement in the plot.
** Elias' arrest is a catalyst for HR's involvement in the plot.
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'''Reese''': The Machine.
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'''Season 1, Episode 20''':
!Matsya Nyaya
The latest number is Tommy Clay, the hopper for an armoured truck service. Reese infiltrates the crew, believing that the truck will be the victim of a heist and that Tommy is a victim, but it transpires that Tommy is the mastermind behind the heist when he shoots Reese in the back and makes off with the cargo, unprocessed platinum. Reese and Finch attempt to track down Tommy and the platinum -- as does Fusco, playing the part of a HR man. Since Elias' arrest, HR has been collecting the payouts that normally went to the Mafia and they want a slice of the armoured truck robbery, so Fusco is dispatched by Captain Lynch, one of his HR bosses, to find Tommy. Reese and Fusco both find Tommy's hideout, but the rest of his crew are dead, murdered by Tommy. Finch locates Tommy's mistress, Ashley, and Reese uses her to find where Tommy is hiding, but Ashley turns on both of them, tying up Reese and killing Tommy. She tries to leave with the money but Fusco and Lynch arrive and kill her. Lynch tries to kill Reese too but Fusco shoots him with Ashley's gun, making it look like the three had a falling-out and preserving his cover with HR. Meanwhile, Carter is visited by Snow and his partner, Evans, who warn her not to cooperate with the FBI's manhunt for Reese.
In flashbacks to 2010, Reese is on assignment when he gets a call from Jessica, who is distraught and wants him to come and see her. Reese promises to be there soon, but Snow arrives, along with [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Alicia Corwin]], who assign Reese and Stanton to retrieve a laptop with stolen software on it from a research centre in Ordos, China. In private, Snow tells Reese that once the mission's over but before they're extracted, he's to kill Stanton. When the pair reach Ordos, they find almost everyone at the research centre dead from bullet wounds. One technician, wounded, tells Stanton in Chinese that their killers came and took "the Machine", but Stanton doesn't tell Reese this and puts the technician out of his misery. They find the laptop, which Stanton secretly slips into her own backpack, before setting out glowsticks to signal for extraction. Reese finds he cannot kill Stanton and is going to tell her about his orders when she shoots him, having been given the exact same instructions by Snow. He realises that their mission wasn't about recovering a laptop, but confirming that everyone in the research centre was dead and no one knew what had really happened. Reese flees as CIA fighter jets fly over and, guided by the glowsticks, bomb the facility into oblivion.
In a present-day coda, Snow and Evans recieve intelligence that links the survivor of the Ordos mission to a hotel room in Manhattan. They go in and find guns and equipment, but Evans is killed and Snow captured by the room's occupant: Stanton.
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!!Tropes present in this episode include
* ContinuityNod: Elias' arrest is a catalyst for HR's involvement in the plot.
** Jessica quotes something Reese said in the flashbacks from [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E03 "Mission Creep"]].
** In [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 "Super"]], Snow said he wanted to find out what really happened in Ordos.
* FreezeFrameBonus / ColourCodedForYourConvenience: When we see Reese and Stanton in Ordos from the Machine's POV, they're in red brackets, indicating that they've been flagged by the Machine as threats to the system.
* LeftHandVersusRightHand: Reese and Stanton.
* NotQuiteDead
* WhamLine:
-->'''Technician''': They came and took it away.\\
'''Stanton''': Took what away?\\
'''Reese''': The Machine.
!Matsya Nyaya
The latest number is Tommy Clay, the hopper for an armoured truck service. Reese infiltrates the crew, believing that the truck will be the victim of a heist and that Tommy is a victim, but it transpires that Tommy is the mastermind behind the heist when he shoots Reese in the back and makes off with the cargo, unprocessed platinum. Reese and Finch attempt to track down Tommy and the platinum -- as does Fusco, playing the part of a HR man. Since Elias' arrest, HR has been collecting the payouts that normally went to the Mafia and they want a slice of the armoured truck robbery, so Fusco is dispatched by Captain Lynch, one of his HR bosses, to find Tommy. Reese and Fusco both find Tommy's hideout, but the rest of his crew are dead, murdered by Tommy. Finch locates Tommy's mistress, Ashley, and Reese uses her to find where Tommy is hiding, but Ashley turns on both of them, tying up Reese and killing Tommy. She tries to leave with the money but Fusco and Lynch arrive and kill her. Lynch tries to kill Reese too but Fusco shoots him with Ashley's gun, making it look like the three had a falling-out and preserving his cover with HR. Meanwhile, Carter is visited by Snow and his partner, Evans, who warn her not to cooperate with the FBI's manhunt for Reese.
In flashbacks to 2010, Reese is on assignment when he gets a call from Jessica, who is distraught and wants him to come and see her. Reese promises to be there soon, but Snow arrives, along with [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 Alicia Corwin]], who assign Reese and Stanton to retrieve a laptop with stolen software on it from a research centre in Ordos, China. In private, Snow tells Reese that once the mission's over but before they're extracted, he's to kill Stanton. When the pair reach Ordos, they find almost everyone at the research centre dead from bullet wounds. One technician, wounded, tells Stanton in Chinese that their killers came and took "the Machine", but Stanton doesn't tell Reese this and puts the technician out of his misery. They find the laptop, which Stanton secretly slips into her own backpack, before setting out glowsticks to signal for extraction. Reese finds he cannot kill Stanton and is going to tell her about his orders when she shoots him, having been given the exact same instructions by Snow. He realises that their mission wasn't about recovering a laptop, but confirming that everyone in the research centre was dead and no one knew what had really happened. Reese flees as CIA fighter jets fly over and, guided by the glowsticks, bomb the facility into oblivion.
In a present-day coda, Snow and Evans recieve intelligence that links the survivor of the Ordos mission to a hotel room in Manhattan. They go in and find guns and equipment, but Evans is killed and Snow captured by the room's occupant: Stanton.
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* ContinuityNod: Elias' arrest is a catalyst for HR's involvement in the plot.
** Jessica quotes something Reese said in the flashbacks from [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E03 "Mission Creep"]].
** In [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E11 "Super"]], Snow said he wanted to find out what really happened in Ordos.
* FreezeFrameBonus / ColourCodedForYourConvenience: When we see Reese and Stanton in Ordos from the Machine's POV, they're in red brackets, indicating that they've been flagged by the Machine as threats to the system.
* LeftHandVersusRightHand: Reese and Stanton.
* NotQuiteDead
* WhamLine:
-->'''Technician''': They came and took it away.\\
'''Stanton''': Took what away?\\
'''Reese''': The Machine.