History WMG / PersonofInterest

[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Search and Destroy]] begins with a conversation between Reese and Finch which oozes foreshadowing. He says when it is time for him to grab a firearm, all will truly be lost. The odds of [[TheBadGuyWins Samaritan winning yet again]] do not seem to be too shabby.

[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Search and Destroy]] begins with a conversation between Reese and Finch which oozes [[Foreshadowing foreshadowing]]. He says when it is time for him to grab a firearm, all will truly be lost. The odds of [[TheBadGuyWins Samaritan winning yet again]] do not seem to be too shabby.

[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Search and Destroy]] begins with a conversation between Reese and Finch which oozes [[Foreshadowing]]. He says when it is time for him to grab a firearm, all will truly be lost. The odds of [[TheBadGuyWins Samaritan winning yet again]] do not seem to be too shabby.

[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Search and Destroy]] begins with a conversation between Reese and Finch which oozes Foreshadowing. He says when it is time for him to grab a firearm, all will truly be lost. The odds of [[TheBadGuyWins Samaritan winning yet again]], IMO, aren't too shabby.

The briefcase and chip Root stole, and the compression algorithm she began to work on, will be used to hide a compressed form of the Machine to keep it safe until our heroes can knock out Samaritan.

Not quite TheDogWasTheMastermind, but he is, well, a ''dog''. He should easily be able to hear the Machine on the frequency Root does.

The Machine will come to think of Finch as its father, and start feeling like a WellDoneSonGuy (even though Finch never even gives the "well done" part).

Either the additional attempts alluded to in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Lethe]]", or the Machine or Samaritan will create their own "offspring" [=AIs=], in an attempt to outdo the other with sheer [[{{Pun}} numbers]].

* Hopefully this will not result in the Machine ending up like Univac did after watching over everyone for year after year - suicidally depressed.

Either the additional attempts alluded to in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Lethe]]", or the Machine or Samaritan will create their own "offspring" AIs, in an attempt to outdo the other with sheer [[Pun numbers]].

* Jossed, as of [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E15 Q&A]]. [[spoiler:The Nautilus puzzles were set up by Samaritan, and Claire is its agent.]]

Either Said in [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]], or Claire in Nautilus, was the programmer who built the device that rebooted the stock market. The Machine set up the Nautilus puzzles as safeguards to get new agents in case something happened to Team Machine. Samaritan is aware of the puzzles and figured out that the Machine was behind them, and sent the ISA after Said and his friends (and Silverpool after Claire) in self-defense.

Said in [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]], or Claire in Nautilus, was the programmer who built the device that rebooted the stock market. The Machine set up the Nautilus puzzles as safeguards to get new agents in case something happened to Team Machine. Samaritan is aware of the puzzles and figured out that the Machine was behind them, and sent the ISA after Said and his friends (and Silverpool after Claire) in self-defense.

** Jossed. Finch thinks she's dead, but Reese and Root believe there's a chance she's alive. All three are GenreSavvy enough to know that since [[UncertainDoom they never actually saw her die]], they need concrete evidence one way or another.

Explaining why they think she's alive, despite her situation looking hopeless at the end of "If-Then-Else." It's either the Machine letting them know Shaw made it, or manipulating them into acting like there's a chance if she's really dead.

* They're in the warehouse because it's on [[spoiler:Wall Street, right next to the New York Stock Exchange, apparently in order to ease the stock crushing.]]

Samaritan's already been infected, similar to [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E20 the Machine by Stanton's virus]], and it's desperate for a way out.

Control isn't a very nice person - she'd likely even admit it herself - but all of her more ruthless actions were done to either protect her country, or ensure that she kept a hold of the tools she needs to do so. Sooner or later she will realize that Samaritan is seeking to take over America (That stunt where it deliberately leaked the identities of everyone in witness protection might be the starting point of this realization) and decide that Samaritan itself is a threat to her country, aligning herself to the people whose ASI doesn't seek lordship and dominion to stop it.

In "Point of Origin", [[spoiler:Scarface planted a seed of doubt in Link's mind with respect to Dominic's care for his men. It shows in the last scene with the two in this episode.]] Link will realise the error of his ways and betray his boss.

This is mostly playing off Rule of Cool but I do have some/a tiny bit of evidence. Both shows makes it very clear that preying on war veterans is not cool. If Leverage does take place in Person of Interest's 'verse, it would explain a lot of the crime happening. Also, how cool would it be if the Leverage Team were repeat numbers or preventing new numbers but on a larger scale. (I've only seen up to S2 finale of POI so bear with me if I get stoopid from here on out). If Finch and Reese only have access to NYC numbers, then it makes sense that there would be more numbers but across America, in which the Leverage Team deals with. But due to the lack of AI tech Finch and Reese have it makes sense Leverage would have trouble. But just think about it: the crime, gambits and overall feel of both series are remarkably similar so it makes sense. I also think this would make good fanfic fuel. A previous mark from Leverage wants revenge so Nate (or someone else on the team) might become one of the numbers and a collision between worlds happens and they become allies/mutuals in not dobbing each other in.

The flashback to [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E22 God Mode]] where Ingram apparently flatlines was a setup to [[FakingTheDead fake his death]]. The President or CEO of a company is not usually called "Director of Operations," which is Greer's title at Decima. Ingram faked his death and is running Decima/Samaritan, to complete his dream of an AI who can help people.

... is Bird or Byrd.

At the end of episode, [[spoiler: it is revealed that the gang member Shaw captured and interrogated, Mini, was Dominic the elusive leader the entire time. If you remove "mini" from "Dominic", you are left with "Doc", something Shaw used to be before enlisting with the Marines. So somebody decided to make a cute joke, and basically put in a way to say that Dominic appears in the scenes with Shaw (the doc) and Mini.]]

[[spoiler: At the end of episode, it is revealed that the gang member Shaw captured and interrogated, Mini, was Dominic the elusive leader the entire time. If you remove "mini" from "Dominic", you are left with "Doc", something Shaw used to be before enlisting with the Marines. So somebody decided to make a cute joke, and basically put in a way to say that Dominic appears in the scenes with Shaw (the doc) and Mini.]]

* [[spoiler:Nevertheless, confirmed as of "Deus Ex Machina". Vigilance was created by Decima as a means to push the government into acquiescing to Decima's wishes.]]