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As of S 3 X 23, there are >22 mil. deviants in the US alone. You can\'t kill that many people in a manner which is surgical and invisible.
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* ThePurge: Samaritan's ultimate plan, dubbed [[DeadlyEuphemism the Correction]], and targeting all those Samaritan has determined to be deviant or aberrant.
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* ThePurge: Samaritan's ultimate plan, dubbed [[DeadlyEuphemism the Correction]], and targeting all those Samaritan has determined to be deviant or aberrant.Correction]].
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* TheBadGuyWins: Samaritan has the Machine's location.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Samaritan has the Machine's location.
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".
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* GenreSavvy:
** Elias is using the old [[http://untappedcities.com/2013/03/15/nycs-pneumatic-tube-mail-network/ pneumatic tube postal system]] to communicate with his henchmen because it can't be tapped by electronic surveillance. This also [[FridgeLogic explains]] why The Machine is not predicting premeditated attacks on the Brotherhood by the Elias organization--there are no phone calls or e-mails for The Machine to analyze.
** Control realizes that whenever Shelly mentions her children, it's a strategy to emotionally manipulate her.
** Elias is using the old [[http://untappedcities.com/2013/03/15/nycs-pneumatic-tube-mail-network/ pneumatic tube postal system]] to communicate with his henchmen because it can't be tapped by electronic surveillance. This also [[FridgeLogic explains]] why The Machine is not predicting premeditated attacks on the Brotherhood by the Elias organization--there are no phone calls or e-mails for The Machine to analyze.
** Control realizes that whenever Shelly mentions her children, it's a strategy to emotionally manipulate her.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: Martine, who is killed in a single short NeckSnap.
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* IronicEcho: Dominic asks Elias how it feels to be responsible for [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E09 the death of his friend]]. After baiting Dominic into killing his own [[TheDragon Dragon]], Elias asks him the same question.
** [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] by Elias in the earlier exchange: " Do you really want to know? Be careful what you wish for, Dominic."
** [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] by Elias in the earlier exchange: " Do you really want to know? Be careful what you wish for, Dominic."
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* IronicEcho: Dominic asks Elias how it feels to be responsible for [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E09 the death of his friend]]. After baiting Dominic into killing his own [[TheDragon Dragon]], Elias asks him the same question.
**question. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] by Elias in the earlier exchange: " Do you really want to know? Be careful what you wish for, Dominic."
** "It's not enough to hit back. You gotta put your enemy in the ground."
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** "It's not enough to hit back. You gotta put your enemy in the ground."
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* WorkingTitle: The episode was originally entitled "Black Site."
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* Foreshadowing: Samaritan's dialog at the end of the episode is [[spoiler:a map of the U.S. power grid, revealing the fact that that's where the Machine moved itself an episode early, for people who know what they're looking at.]]
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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan's dialog at the end of the episode is [[spoiler:a map of the U.S. power grid, revealing the fact that that's where the Machine moved itself an episode early, for people who know what they're looking at.]]
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* Foreshadowing: Samaritan's dialog at the end of the episode is [[spoiler:a map of the U.S. power grid, revealing the fact that that's where the Machine moved itself an episode early, for people who know what they're looking at.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Root and Harold really don't stand a chance inside the asulym once the trap is sprung, though Greer has to point this out for Root.
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* CurbStompBattle: Root and Harold really don't stand a chance inside the asulym asylum once the trap is sprung, though Greer has to point this out for Root.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Elias left the pneumatic canister at the courthouse deliberately, so the Brotherhood would come for him. However, unlike last time, he doesn't have an escape route planned.
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-->'''Harold''': I go by many names. All derived from species of birds.
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-->'''Harold''': I go by many names. All names, all derived from species of birds.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Root does the most permanent one possible to Martine.
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* SarcasticConfession: Harold, when Root admits him to the asylum under the guise of being a 'homeless dope fiend'.
-->'''Root''': I need to admit this man on a TDO. 72-hour involuntary hold. He's an increasingly dangerous paranoid schizophrenic. ''[looks at Harold]'' Unless he'd care to disagree?
-->'''Harold''': [[[{{Beat}} beat]]] It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.
-->'''Doctor''': Who exactly is after you?
-->'''Harold''': The Brotherhood, the federal government... an artificial superintelligence, obviously.
-->'''Doctor''': What's your name, sir?
-->'''Harold''': I go by many names, all derived from species of birds.
-->'''Root''': I'd mark him as a John Doe. [[[{{Beat}} beat]]] He basically lives in the subway.
* ShutUpHannibal: Root does the most permanent one possible to Martine.
-->'''Root''': I need to admit this man on a TDO. 72-hour involuntary hold. He's an increasingly dangerous paranoid schizophrenic. ''[looks at Harold]'' Unless he'd care to disagree?
-->'''Harold''': [[[{{Beat}} beat]]] It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.
-->'''Doctor''': Who exactly is after you?
-->'''Harold''': The Brotherhood, the federal government... an artificial superintelligence, obviously.
-->'''Doctor''': What's your name, sir?
-->'''Harold''': I go by many names, all derived from species of birds.
-->'''Root''': I'd mark him as a John Doe. [[[{{Beat}} beat]]] He basically lives in the subway.
* ShutUpHannibal: Root does the most permanent one possible to Martine.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Harold [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on his own during his SarcasticConfession.
-->'''Harold''': I go by many names. All derived from species of birds.
-->'''Harold''': I go by many names. All derived from species of birds.
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** Root's [[LoveMakesYouCrazy crazy love]] over Shaw causes her and Harold to run into what both he and the Machine suspected of a trap, causing, Samaritan, whose own search yielded no results at all, getting the Machine's location.
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** Root's [[LoveMakesYouCrazy crazy love]] over for Shaw causes her and Harold to run headlong into what both he and the Machine suspected of was a trap, causing, resulting in Samaritan, whose own search yielded no results at all, finally getting the Machine's location.
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* InternalReveal: Finch and Root learn Shaw is alive and held by Decima, which the audience has known since [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E13 "MIA."]]
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* CosmicPlaything: Suddenly everything goes to hell for the Machine: first it had to give in to Root's GameOfChicken and reveal Shaw's location it knew very well was too dangerous to go to and Root refuses to listen to reason. Then it has to give up its location to save Root and Harold once they get captured.
* CurbStompBattle: Root and Harold really don't stand a chance inside the asulym once the trap is sprung, though Greer has to point this out for Root.
* CurbStompBattle: Root and Harold really don't stand a chance inside the asulym once the trap is sprung, though Greer has to point this out for Root.
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** [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] by Elias in the earlier exchange: " Do you really want to know? Be careful what you wish for, Dominic."
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Enough for Root to play chicken on a skyscraper ledge, to convince the Machine to help find Shaw.
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Enough for Root to play chicken on a skyscraper ledge, to convince the Machine to help her find Shaw.
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* RedHerring: The talk between Anthony and Link was revealed to be one. For the genre-savvy viewer, it hinted that Link might betray Dominic at some point, which is aided by the new knowledge there's a mole in Dominic's operation. It turns out that no, there isn't - Elias just fooled Dominic into shooting his own number 2 by setting him up to look like a traitor.
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* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Dominic's attempts to get information on the mysterious Harold are... ineffective at best.
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* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Dominic's attempts to get information on the mysterious Harold are... ineffective at best. Elias mockingly lampshades this.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Root hits this when Martine gloats about what happened with Shaw while she disappeared. Root kills her in response.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Root hits this when Martine gloats about what happened with Shaw while she disappeared.disappeared and threatens Finch. Root kills her in response.
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* NoodleIncident: Root went to a "[[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny People's Republic]]" (presumably UsefulNotes/{{China}}) to get a key, using a fake cast to smuggle it out.
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* NoodleIncident: Root went to a "[[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny People's Republic]]" (presumably UsefulNotes/{{China}}) to get a key, circuit, using a fake cast to smuggle it out.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The Machine appears to be creating backups during the recap.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The Machine appears to be creating backups during the recap.
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** When it first went online, [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E23 Samaritan started cataloging "deviants"]]. [[ChekhovsGun Now it's ready to start acting on that information]].
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* BeardOfSorrow: 12 episodes after [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E09 Scarface's death]], Elias looks ''rough''.
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* HeroicSacrifice: The Machine gives up its location (thus giving Samaritan all it needs to end it) in order to save Harold and Root.
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* HeroicSacrifice: The Machine gives up its location (thus giving Samaritan all it needs to end it) in order to save Harold and Root.
* HopeSpot: However, Finch and Root are still alive to protect it. If the Machine had let them die, Samaritan would still have been able to get the location from Root's implant.
* HopeSpot: However, Finch and Root are still alive to protect it. If the Machine had let them die, Samaritan would still have been able to get the location from Root's implant.
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Reese and Fusco get caught in the war between the two newest numbers, Elias and Dominic. Also, a tantalizing clue to Shaw’s whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a possible trap, and Control goes rogue to uncover the true intentions of Samaritan.
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After Root and Finch receive a mysterious phone call, The Machine sends them to a mental hospital where Shaw may be held prisoner--and which turns out to be more than that. This leaves Reese and Fusco get caught in the war between to work the two newest numbers, Elias and Dominic. Also, a tantalizing clue to Shaw’s whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a possible trap, and Dominic. Elsewhere, Control goes rogue to uncover kidnaps a seemingly harmless soccer mom who she suspects of being a Samaritan operative working a mole within the true intentions of Samaritan.
ISA.
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* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Samaritan's plan is revealed: [[DeadlyEuphemism the Correction]], during which Samaritan will eliminate all those it deems deviant, aberrant, or unfit to live in its new world.
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* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Samaritan's plan is revealed: [[DeadlyEuphemism the Correction]], "[[DeadlyEuphemism The Correction]]," during which Samaritan will eliminate all those it deems deviant, aberrant, or unfit to live in its new world.
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'''Dominic''': It's your's, Link.
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'''Dominic''': It's your's, yours, Link.
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** Root calls back to when [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E22 he had Root admitted into a mental hospital]].
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** Root calls back to when [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E22 he Finch had Root her admitted into to a mental hospital]].
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* BondOneLiner: Root when she kills Martine.
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* BondOneLiner: Root BondOneLiner:
**Root when she kills Martine.
**Root when she kills Martine.
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**When Dominic gets to know the name of the account of the "rat" in his Brotherhood:
-->'''Link''': Whose name was on the account?\\
''(Dominic pulls out a gun shoots Link dead four times)''.\\
'''Dominic''': It's your's, Link.
-->'''Link''': Whose name was on the account?\\
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'''Dominic''': It's your's, Link.
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* SmugSnake: Shelley, when her mask comes off.
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* SadisticChoice:
** Samaritan gives the Machine the choice of giving up its location or having its Harold and Root die. Of course it would just get the Machine's code from Root's cochlear implant and locate the Machine using it anyway.
** Dominic gives Elias the options of revealing the rat in his organization or sending his men to their deaths. Though [[BatmanGambit it's exactly what Elias wanted in the first place.]]
** Samaritan gives the Machine the choice of giving up its location or having its Harold and Root die. Of course it would just get the Machine's code from Root's cochlear implant and locate the Machine using it anyway.
** Dominic gives Elias the options of revealing the rat in his organization or sending his men to their deaths. Though [[BatmanGambit it's exactly what Elias wanted in the first place.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Martin invades Finch's personal space, and says that she'll lay "more than just a hand on him" and that "he doesn't look like much of a fighter", which seems almost more like a threat of sexual assault than a death threat.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Martin Martine invades Finch's personal space, and says that she'll lay "more than just a hand on him" and that "he doesn't look like much of a fighter", which seems almost more like a threat of sexual assault than a death threat.
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* BerserkButton: Don't even touch Harold around Root. [[NeckSnap Or she will kill you.]]
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** Don't even touch Harold around Root. [[NeckSnap Or she will kill you.]]
** Don't even touch Harold around Root. [[NeckSnap Or she will kill you.]]
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* PistolWhipping: Shelley is on the receiving end of this from Control after hitting her BerserkButton.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Samaritan has the Machine's location.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: Control responds to Shelley's NewEraSpeech with one:
-->'''Control''': Too bad you won't live to see it. (''[[DoubleTap double tap]]'')
-->'''Control''': Too bad you won't live to see it. (''[[DoubleTap double tap]]'')
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* FakeShemp: Shaw being led into a car. However, we also see her in a reflection in the passenger-side mirror of a car and she is definitely not a Fake Shemp here.
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* FakeShemp: Shaw being led into a car. However, we also see her in a reflection in the passenger-side mirror of a car and she is definitely not a Fake Shemp here.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Greer has finally reached this point, gleefully greeting Harold with the fact his subordinates are about to slice Root's head open.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Greer has finally reached this point, gleefully greeting Harold with the fact his subordinates are about to slice Root's head open.
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** Control realizes that whenever Shelly mentions her children, it's a strategy to emotionally manipulate her.
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** Control realizes that whenever Shelly mentions her children, it's a strategy to emotionally manipulate her.
* GlassCannon: Martine. All the marksmanship in the world was ultimately worthless once Root got close enough to kill her.
* GlassCannon: Martine. All the marksmanship in the world was ultimately worthless once Root got close enough to kill her.
