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* CoolGuns: To cope with the [[ZergRush ludicrous numerical superiority]] of the Samaritan teams, Reese first breaks out an Armsel Protecta shotgun to disperse [[SmokeOut smoke grenades]] and then unleashes a Heckler and Koch [=G36C=] loaded with an extended drum magazine.
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* ThePurge: The Correction, in which Samaritan eliminated a small handful of individuals it deemed both deviant and influential enough to disrupt its rule.

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* ThePurge: The Correction, in which Samaritan eliminated a small handful of individuals it deemed both deviant and influential enough to disrupt its rule.invisible control of the world.
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* PublicSecretMessage:
-->'''Floyd:''' It's an old fax machine.
-->'''Dominic:''' What does it say?
-->'''Floyd:''' ''(reading)'' Sharp right leg. Left knee, ACL. Tactical blade. Glass jaw.
-->''(Reese [[AttackTheInjury kicks mook's knee, then headbutts him in the jaw]], grabbing the tactical blade off him to cut his zipties)''

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* SummonBiggerFish: Rather than try and take down Dominic's men on his own, once freed Fusco immediately goes and gets a SWAT team to rescue John, Harper, and Elias. [[RedundantRescue Not that they really needed it to survive once John got loose]], but it prevented Dominic from getting away again.



* UndyingLoyalty: Even years later, Caleb has this for Harold.

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* UndyingLoyalty: Even years later, Caleb has this for Harold. Reese does too, judging by his response when Harold apologizes for the mess they're in.
-->'''Reese''': Forget about it, Harold. There's no place I'd rather be.

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Has nothing to do with familiarity with in-universe fiction.


* GenreSavvy: Fusco gets out of handcuffs before Floyd can kill him. Dominic sees immediately that [[WildCard Harper]] let him out.
-->'''Harper''': Why would I help some cop?\\
'''Dominic''': Because that's your game. You play both sides in offense, just like you did with us and the cartel. Think I'd really trust you, did you?



* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Harper, but Dominic is GenreSavvy about it, quickly realizing that she has freed Fusco.

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Harper, but Dominic is GenreSavvy about it, quickly realizing realizes that she has freed Fusco.
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* OffhandBackhand: Justified.
-->'''Machine:''' [[AC:Six O'Clock.]]
-->''[Reese slams the butt of his rifle into someone sneaking up behind him.]''
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** Dominic notes that Detective Riley's phone is using the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 illegal phone network created by the Brotherhood]].
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* ClimacticMusic: Pink Floyd's ''Welcome to the Machine''.
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* ClickHello: Dominic stops Elias from escaping, then Fusco stops Dominic from shooting Elias, only for a sniper to gun down both crime bosses.

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** Floyd goes to put a bullet in Fusco's head, but Harper gets to him first and frees him.

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** There was a suggestion in the previous episode that [[TonightSomeoneDies Fusco would be killed]]. Floyd goes to put a bullet in Fusco's head, but Harper gets to him first and frees him.him. Then a sniper fires on the two crime bosses that Fusco is escorting to prison, [[ConsummateProfessional but leaves Fusco alone]].


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* CarFu: Elias has one of his men ram the vehicle taking him to prison.

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** When the Machine went online, Samaritan was shut down by Congress. The only thing Arthur managed to salvage during the purge was its core to two hard drives. WhosLaughingNow

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** When the Machine went online, Samaritan * ItsQuietTooQuiet: After breaking into Caleb's company server, Root says that was shut down by Congress. The only thing Arthur managed to salvage during the purge was its core to two hard drives. WhosLaughingNowtoo easy. Sure enough Caleb turns up with his security mooks.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Control suffers the same fate she's dished out to so many others.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: LaserGuidedKarma:
** When the Machine went online, Samaritan was shut down by Congress. The only thing Arthur managed to salvage during the purge was its core to two hard drives. WhosLaughingNow
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Control suffers the same fate she's dished out to so many others.

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** The Machine gets locations of the gunmen in the smoke by [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E09 using wifi as a primitive radar]].

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** The Machine gets locations of the gunmen in the smoke by [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E09 using wifi as a primitive radar]].crude radar]].
* CameraSpoofing: Finch tries this with the cameras in Caleb's company, but the electronic security is too good so he just cuts the feeds.
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* NoTimeToExplain: Averted; Harold starts to explain why he and Root are stealing Caleb's compression algorithm, but Caleb willingly hands it over to the man who saved his life, not needing any explanation.
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* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Averted; addressing Finch as 'Father', the Machine offers to FaceDeathWithDignity if Harold wishes. Despite having expressed regret at having invented the Machine, Harold is unwilling to let his creation go.
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* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder the Machine.

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* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder the Machine.Machine, systematically cutting power across the country to drive the Machine into a restricted area so it can be destroyed.
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** The Machine gets locations of the gunmen in the smoke by [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E09 using wifi as a primitive radar]].
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** Floyd goes to put a bullet in Fusco's head, but Harper gets to him first.
** Team Machine are doing to do their usual BallisticDiscount on some black market arms dealers, but Root just takes the battery from the night vision goggles for her ChekhovsArmoury.

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** Floyd goes to put a bullet in Fusco's head, but Harper gets to him first.
first and frees him.
** Team Machine are doing to do their usual BallisticDiscount on some black market arms dealers, but Root just takes the battery from the night vision goggles for her ChekhovsArmoury.

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Harper, but Dominic is GenreSavvy about it, quickly realizing that she has freed Fusco.



* HiddenInPlainSight

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* HiddenInPlainSightHiddenInPlainSight: The Machine didn't change to another hidden location, but is everywhere among the electricity grid.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: Control suffers the same fate she's dished out to so many others.

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** Floyd goes to put a bullet in Fusco's head, but Harper gets to him first.



* CutApart: Floyd goes to put a bullet in Fusco's head, but Harper gets to him first.
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** Team Machine are apparently doing to do their usual BallisticDiscount on some black market arms dealers, but Root just takes the battery from the night vision goggles for her ChekhovsArmoury.
** Greer's EvilPlan apparently involves setting off a bomb in the Supreme Court, stopping an impending judgment on the use of surveillance and leaving the field clear to put in their own judges. Turns out it's all a bluff to make Control and her supporters show her hand.

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** Team Machine are apparently doing to do their usual BallisticDiscount on some black market arms dealers, but Root just takes the battery from the night vision goggles for her ChekhovsArmoury.
** Greer's EvilPlan apparently involves setting off a bomb in the Supreme Court, stopping an impending judgment on the use of government surveillance and leaving the field clear to put in their own judges. Turns out it's all a bluff to make Control and her supporters show her hand.



* BolivianArmyEnding: The episode ends with Reese, Harold, and Root fighting their way through waves of Samaritan's followers while holding The Machine in a storage.

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* BolivianArmyEnding: The episode ends with Reese, Harold, and Root fighting their way through waves of Samaritan's followers while holding The Machine in a storage.suitcase.



* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B Greer and Iris as well as Dominic, Floyd, Harper, and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear:

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* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B 4, Greer and Iris as well as Dominic, Floyd, Harper, and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear:

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* BaitAndSwitch: Team Machine are apparently doing to do their usual BallisticDiscount on some black market arms dealers, but Root just takes the battery from the night vision goggles for her ChekhovsArmoury.

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
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Team Machine are apparently doing to do their usual BallisticDiscount on some black market arms dealers, but Root just takes the battery from the night vision goggles for her ChekhovsArmoury.ChekhovsArmoury.
** Greer's EvilPlan apparently involves setting off a bomb in the Supreme Court, stopping an impending judgment on the use of surveillance and leaving the field clear to put in their own judges. Turns out it's all a bluff to make Control and her supporters show her hand.
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* HideInPlainSight

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* HideInPlainSightHiddenInPlainSight



* ShellShockSilence: When a grenade goes off near Finch, segueing into the ClimaticMusic.

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* ShellShockSilence: When a grenade goes off near Finch, segueing into the ClimaticMusic.ClimacticMusic.
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* RogueAgent: InvokedTrope with Grice -- Control uses him because he's unlikely to be working for Samaritan. Unfortunately this also gets him targeted for death with the other 'outliers'.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Team Machine are apparently doing to do their usual BallisticDiscount on some black market arms dealers, but Root just takes the battery from the night vision goggles for her ChekhovsArmoury.
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* ChekhovsArmoury: The [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 kevlar-armoured briefcase]], the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 compression algorithm developed by Caleb]], the circuit Root smuggled from China, the bags of ice, and the battery from the NightVisionGoggles -- are all used to download the Machine.

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* ChekhovsArmoury: The [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 kevlar-armoured briefcase]], the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 compression algorithm algorithm]] developed by Caleb]], Caleb, the circuit [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E21 circuit]] Root smuggled from China, the bags of ice, and the motion-powered battery from the NightVisionGoggles -- are all used to download and store the Machine.
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* ChekhovsArmoury: The [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 armoured briefcase]], the compression algorithm, the circuit from China, the bags of ice, the battery from the NightVisionGoggles.

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* ChekhovsArmoury: The [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 armoured kevlar-armoured briefcase]], the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 compression algorithm, algorithm developed by Caleb]], the circuit Root smuggled from China, the bags of ice, and the battery from the NightVisionGoggles.NightVisionGoggles -- are all used to download the Machine.
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* ChekhovsArmoury: The briefcase, the compression algorithm, the circuit from China, the battery from the NightVisionGoggles.
* CoolGuns: To cope with the [[ZergRush ludicrous numerical superiority]] of the Samaritan teams, Reese first breaks out an Armsel Protecta shotgun to disperse smoke grenades and then unleashes a Heckler and Koch [=G36C=] loaded with an extended drum magazine.

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* ChekhovsArmoury: The briefcase, [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 armoured briefcase]], the compression algorithm, the circuit from China, the bags of ice, the battery from the NightVisionGoggles.
* CoolGuns: To cope with the [[ZergRush ludicrous numerical superiority]] of the Samaritan teams, Reese first breaks out an Armsel Protecta shotgun to disperse [[SmokeOut smoke grenades grenades]] and then unleashes a Heckler and Koch [=G36C=] loaded with an extended drum magazine.
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* ChekhovsArmoury: The briefcase, the compression algorithm, the battery from the NightVisionGoggles.

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* ChekhovsArmoury: The briefcase, the compression algorithm, the circuit from China, the battery from the NightVisionGoggles.
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* ChekhovsArmoury: The briefcase, the compression algorithm, the battery from the NightVisionGoggles.
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* ExplosiveInstrumentation


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* HideInPlainSight


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* MundaneUtility: The Machine intervenes directly to override elevator controls and traffic lights.


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* ShellShockSilence: When a grenade goes off near Finch, segueing into the ClimaticMusic.

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