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However, in the end, Finch instead decides to leave that cover position. Reese asks but no one knows whether Finch as laid off, fired or what.
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However, in the end, Finch instead decides to leave that cover position. Reese asks but no one knows whether Finch as was laid off, fired or what.
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* StockEpisodeTitles: At least 67 other episodes share this title.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Teresa Whitaker's final resting place?]]
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In a flashback to June 10, 2002, Finch works on building the Machine in absolute secrecy while his business partner, Nathan Ingram (Creator/BrettCullen), acts as the public face of the company and deals with the government, who believe Nathan built the Machine and don't know that Finch exists.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Teresa Whitaker's final resting place?]]
In a flashback to June 10, 2002, Finchworks continues to work on building the Machine in absolute secrecy while his business partner, Nathan Ingram (Creator/BrettCullen), receives yet another award for Finch's work. Ingram acts as the public face of the company and deals with the government, who and lets them believe Nathan he built the Machine and Machine; they don't know that Finch exists.
exists. Finch is satisfied with this arrangement.
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In the present, Reese still wants to know more about Finch than Finch is ready to tell. Reese tracks Finch down to some office where Finch has worked as a low-level database developer for roughly seventeen years. "What happens if I say the wrong thing here?" Reese asks. Finch replies that the department would be disbanded: everyone would be reassigned to other departments.
However, in the end, Finch instead decides to leave that cover position. Reese asks but no one knows whether Finch as laid off, fired or what.
However, in the end, Finch instead decides to leave that cover position. Reese asks but no one knows whether Finch as laid off, fired or what.
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* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Although appearing in only eleven episodes, Nathan Ingram is a very important character who did not appear in the pilot.
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* FiveFiveFive: There are at least three 555 phone numbers in this episode.
** Teresa's aunt's phone number, (718) 555-121, is wiretapped by the new hitman.
** Teresa calls her aunt from (212) 555-0199.
** The new hitman's phone number is (917) 555-0161, he sends a text message to one of the Landale crooks.
** Teresa's aunt's phone number, (718) 555-121, is wiretapped by the new hitman.
** Teresa calls her aunt from (212) 555-0199.
** The new hitman's phone number is (917) 555-0161, he sends a text message to one of the Landale crooks.
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The newest number corresponds to Teresa Whitaker, a teenage girl who has supposedly been dead for two years, the victim of a massacre when her father went crazy on a houseboat and killed the entire family. Digging deeper reveals that the murders were carried out by a hitman who refused to kill a child, and now the people who hired him are determined to finish the job. Meanwhile, Detective Carter keeps tracking the appearances of the BadassInANiceSuit, determined to arrest him.
In a flashback to 2002, Finch works on building the Machine in absolute secrecy while his business partner, Nathan Ingram, acts as the public face of the company and deals with the government, who believe Nathan built the Machine and don't know that Finch exists. Later, in 2007, after the Machine has been taught to track people and spot terrorists, Nathan discovers the existence of the "irrelevant" list and is horrified that so many people in danger have been ignored; Finch defends his decision to delete the irrelevant list because the Machine wasn't built to save "somebody", [[TheNeedsOfTheMany but rather to save "everybody"]].
In a flashback to 2002, Finch works on building the Machine in absolute secrecy while his business partner, Nathan Ingram, acts as the public face of the company and deals with the government, who believe Nathan built the Machine and don't know that Finch exists. Later, in 2007, after the Machine has been taught to track people and spot terrorists, Nathan discovers the existence of the "irrelevant" list and is horrified that so many people in danger have been ignored; Finch defends his decision to delete the irrelevant list because the Machine wasn't built to save "somebody", [[TheNeedsOfTheMany but rather to save "everybody"]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Teresa Whitaker's final resting place?]]
The newest number corresponds to TeresaWhitaker, Whitaker (Creator/ValentinaDeAngelis), a teenage girl who has supposedly been dead for two years, the victim of a massacre when her father went crazy on a houseboat and killed the entire family. family.
Digging deeper reveals that the murders were carried out by Solnick (Michael Medeiros), a hitman who refused to kill a child, and now the people who hired him are determined to finish the job. Meanwhile, Detective Carter keeps tracking the appearances of the BadassInANiceSuit, determined to arrest him.
In a flashback to June 10, 2002, Finch works on building the Machine in absolute secrecy while his business partner, NathanIngram, Ingram (Creator/BrettCullen), acts as the public face of the company and deals with the government, who believe Nathan built the Machine and don't know that Finch exists. exists.
Later, in 2007, after the Machine has been taught to track people and spot terrorists, Nathan discovers the existence of the "irrelevant" list and is horrified that so many people in danger have been ignored; Finch defends his decision to delete the irrelevant list because the Machine wasn't built to save "somebody", [[TheNeedsOfTheMany but rather to save "everybody"]].
[[caption-width-right:350:Teresa Whitaker's final resting place?]]
The newest number corresponds to Teresa
Digging deeper reveals that the murders were carried out by Solnick (Michael Medeiros), a hitman who refused to kill a child, and now the people who hired him are determined to finish the job. Meanwhile, Detective Carter keeps tracking the appearances of the BadassInANiceSuit, determined to arrest him.
In a flashback to June 10, 2002, Finch works on building the Machine in absolute secrecy while his business partner, Nathan
Later, in 2007, after the Machine has been taught to track people and spot terrorists, Nathan discovers the existence of the "irrelevant" list and is horrified that so many people in danger have been ignored; Finch defends his decision to delete the irrelevant list because the Machine wasn't built to save "somebody", [[TheNeedsOfTheMany but rather to save "everybody"]].
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* CurbStompBattle: Reese beats up a bar full of thugs to get the name of the hitman who murdered Teresa's family. Sadly, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome we don't get to see exactly how he does it.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Reese beats up a bar full of thugs to get the name of the hitman who murdered Teresa's family. Sadly, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome we don't get to see exactly how he does it.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Solnick, the hitman hired to kill the Whittaker family, refused to harm Teresa because she was a child. He's also on the receiving end because his fellow inmates ''think'' he killed Teresa and he's been defending his honor against them ever since.
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* NotSoDifferent: The hitman in prison quickly realises Reese is a ProfessionalKiller like himself.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Finch hints that while other members of the department he's working in would be transferred if his secret came out, his PointyHairedBoss would be fired instead.
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* YouAreTooLate: Reese tries to scare the Landale CEO into cancelling the contract on Teresa, but [[IrrevocableOrder he tells Reese it's too late as the hitman has already tracked her down.]]
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* YouAreTooLate: Reese tries to scare the Landale CEO into cancelling the contract on Teresa, but [[IrrevocableOrder he tells Reese it's too late as the hitman has already tracked her down.]]]]
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* ActorAllusion: [[Series/{{Lost}} Brett Cullen]] is once again a colleague of Creator/MichaelEmerson, and again is a PosthumousCharacter.
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* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Not much is made of the sacrifice in RedemptionEqualsDeath below... it happens and then everyone seems to forget the character existed for the rest of the episode. Apparently it was the least he could do after his (completely unintentional) betrayal.
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In a flashback to 2002, Finch works on building the Machine in absolute secrecy while his business partner, Nathan Ingram, acts as the public face of the company and deals with the government, who believe Nathan built the Machine and don't know that Finch exists. In Later, in 2007, after the Machine has been taught to track people and spot terrorists, Nathan discovers the existence of the "irrelevant" list and is horrified that so many people in danger have been ignored; Finch defends his decision to delete the irrelevant list because the Machine wasn't built to save "somebody", [[TheNeedsOfTheMany but rather to save "everybody"]].
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!!Tropes present in this episode include
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* FreezeFrameBonus [=/=] {{Foreshadowing}}: While Finch and Nathan are discussing the irrelevant list in the flashback to 2007, one of the names and faces to appear is [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E01 Jessica Ardnt, Reese's ex-girlfriend]].
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* FreezeFrameBonus [=/=] {{Foreshadowing}}: FreezeFrameBonus[=/=]{{Foreshadowing}}: While Finch and Nathan are discussing the irrelevant list in the flashback to 2007, one of the names and faces to appear is [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E01 Jessica Ardnt, Reese's ex-girlfriend]].
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* MeaningfulEcho: Finch tells Theresa, "You have to trust someone" but makes it clear he's not at that stage with Reese yet.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Finch tells Theresa, "You have to trust someone" someone", but makes it clear he's not at that stage with Reese yet.
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* BigBlackout: The hitman works out which room Finch and Teresa are in by shutting down the power on that floor and looking for the light under the door.
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* ProperlyParanoid: The bank robbers.
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* FakingTheDead: Teresa was presumed dead with her family, but the Machine realises she's alive and in danger again.
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* BattleDiscretionShot: A Man in a Suit [[StockSchticks walks into a bar]]...and comes out with a name.
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* BattleDiscretionShot: A So, a Man in a Suit [[StockSchticks [[StockSchtick walks into a bar]]...and comes out with a name.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Reese is using the NYPD badge he stole from Stills in the previous episode.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Reese is using the NYPD badge he stole from Stills in the previous episode.episode, [[RefugeInAudacity to meet Fusco in his own police station]].
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-> ''The police only see what they choose to look for. The Machine sees almost everything.''
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-> ''The ''"The police only see what they choose to look for. The Machine sees almost everything.''"''
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* YouAreTooLate: Reese tries to scare the Landale CEO into cancelling the contract on Teresa, but [[IrrevocableOrder he tells Reese it's too late as the hitman has already tracked her down.]]
