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* HelloNurse: Fusco can't believe he's being left out of the effort to free Reese, until he sees who the [=PoI=] is.

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* HelloNurse: Fusco can't believe he's being left out of the effort to free Reese, until but stops complaining when he sees who the [=PoI=] is.
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* FeetFirstIntroduction / HandOfDeath: "[[TermsOfEndangerment Hey lover, miss me?]]"
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike
-->'''Fusco:''' Are we gonna bust John out of there or what?
-->'''Finch:''' Oh, it sounds like such a bad idea when ''you'' say it...
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** Fusco's day starts with getting maced in the face by the POI, and ends with her giving him a SmoochOfVictory and asking him to call her.

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** Fusco's day starts with him getting maced in the face by the POI, and ends with her giving him a SmoochOfVictory and asking him to call her.
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* SoundOnlyDeath: Reese shooting his targets in the nightclub after Stanton shoots the security cameras.

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* SoundOnlyDeath: Reese shooting his targets in the nightclub after [[SnowyScreenOfDeath Stanton shoots the security cameras.cameras]].

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* KickTheDog: Stanton has always been a ruthless killer, but shooting Donnelly while he's in no condition to stop her taking Reese firmly establishes her as a villain.



** [[spoiler:Stanton saves Reese and Carter from Donnelly by [[MoralEventHorizon murdering him]].]]

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** [[spoiler:Stanton saves Reese and Carter from Donnelly by [[MoralEventHorizon murdering him]].him.]]
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** Reese doesn't like Elias approaching him, pointing out that Donnelly once assumed they were working together.

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** Reese doesn't like Elias approaching him, pointing out that Donnelly once assumed they were working together. Elias points out that he had in fact made that offer.
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** Reese doesn't like Elias approaching him, pointing out that Donnelly once assumed they were working together.
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* ImplacableMan: Hersh gets himself thrown in prison just to kill Reese. When Elias offers to kill him, Reese quips, "I don't think you can."
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* DisconnectedByDeath: Finch tries to warn Donnelly his number has (literally) come up, but he's too late.

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* ThirdActStupidity: [[spoiler:After successfully fooling the FBI with some help from Carter, what made John think it was a good idea to go meet her in public the night he was released from prison?]]

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* ThirdActStupidity: [[spoiler:After successfully fooling the FBI with some help from Carter, what made John think it was a good idea to go meet her in public the night he was released from prison?]]prison? Likewise Donnelly has become so paranoid he doesn't take any backup when arresting someone as dangerous as Reese, leaving him vulnerable to Stanton's attack.]]

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* YouMonster: Donnelly re Reese.

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* YouMonster: Donnelly re Reese.YouMonster
-->'''Donnelly:''' Your friend is nothing more or less than a highly trained murderer. You don't wind up with that job by accident. He chose that life. He chose to become the monster he is.
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** Donnelly in turn later derides Carter's naivity in helping Reese, saying he's a ProfessionalKiller who's conning her.

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** Donnelly in turn later derides Carter's naivity naivety in helping Reese, saying he's a ProfessionalKiller who's conning her.
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* KindaBusyHere: Finch calls Fusco, but he's busy being tear-gassed in the face by the POI. He decides to call back later.

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* KindaBusyHere: Finch calls Fusco, but he's busy being tear-gassed in the face by the POI. He decides to call back later. Later he calls as the two are dodging Armenian gangsters on the street, but when Fusco asks for help, Finch hangs up as he's busy helping Reese. PlayedForDrama when Finch is rushing to rescue Reese and Carter, only for the Machine to ring with another number.
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* CarFu: Stanton rams Donnelly's car with a garbage truck.

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* CarFu: Stanton [[spoiler:Stanton rams Donnelly's car with a garbage truck.]]
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* BondOneLiner: Lampshaded by Reese.

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* BondOneLiner: Lampshaded by Reese. "That was my first triple homicide. Didn't know I was supposed to prepare jokes."

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* SlapSlapKiss / RomanceEnsues: [[spoiler:Reese and Stanton in the flashback.]]

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* SlapSlapKiss / RomanceEnsues: [[spoiler:Reese RomanceEnsues
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and Stanton in the flashback.]]flashback.
** Fusco's day starts with getting maced in the face by the POI, and ends with her giving him a SmoochOfVictory and asking him to call her.
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* WeNeedADistraction: When one of the suspects cracks, Finch sets off the fire alarm, so he'll have time to give him AnOfferYouCantRefuse.

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* WeNeedADistraction: When one of the suspects cracks, Finch sets off the fire alarm, so he'll have time to give him AnOfferYouCantRefuse. Unfortunately Hersh uses the opportunity to take out one of his targets.
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* CarFu: Stanton rams Donnelly's car with a garbage truck.
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** Carter is furious after watching Reese get beaten in the prison yard, saying he's become obsessed.
** Donnelly derides Carter's naivity in helping Reese, saying he's a ProfessionalKiller who's conning her.

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** Carter is furious after watching Reese get beaten in the prison yard, saying telling Donnelly he's become obsessed.
** Donnelly in turn later derides Carter's naivity in helping Reese, saying he's a ProfessionalKiller who's conning her.
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* ShoutOut: Finch tries to ignore the ringing public phone because he's going to save Reese, but other phones ring as he walks past them, similar to the AI contacting the protagonist of ''{{Neuromancer}}''.

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* ShameIfSomethingHappenedToIt: When one of the suspects is about to talk, Finch calls him up with his true identity and location of his family, and does his 'holding their overseas bank account to ransom' trick.

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* ShameIfSomethingHappenedToIt: ShameIfSomethingHappened: When one of the suspects is about to talk, Finch calls him up with his true identity and location identity, the address of his family, his mortgage details...and does the fact that he's just transferred all the money in his 'holding their overseas bank offshore account to ransom' trick.and won't get it back unless he fingers his colleague as the Man in the Suit.



* SoundOnlyDeath: Reese shooting a courting couple after Stanton shoots the security cameras.

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* SoundOnlyDeath: Reese shooting a courting couple his targets in the nightclub after Stanton shoots the security cameras.


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* WeNeedADistraction: When one of the suspects cracks, Finch sets off the fire alarm, so he'll have time to give him AnOfferYouCantRefuse.
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-> ''All these years later, I still wonder... if I had re-upped when the towers came down... who would I be now?"''

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-> ''All these years later, I still wonder... if I had re-upped when the towers Towers came down... who would I be now?"''



* GunsAkimbo

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* GunsAkimboGunsAkimbo: Fusco and Kurková are crouched behind a bullet-riddled car. Fusco is willing to perform a HeroicSacrifice while she escapes, but she refuses to leave him. Fusco them stands up with two blazing pistols for his OffscreenMomentOfAwesome!
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* CoverIdentityAnomaly: All the suspects have impeccable cover identities, and it becomes a race to maintain Reese's cover in the hope that one of the others will reveal a flaw first. It helps that Reese's story has a military background (as Finch tried to match it as closely as possible) whereas the others do not.

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* FakeoutMakeout: Reese and Stanton pretend to be a courting couple who's stumbled into the wrong hotel room, where some Chinese are buying hacked plans of UAV weapons.

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* EyesNeverLie: Donnelly worked out Carter was TheMole from the sympathy in her eyes when she spoke to Reese.
* FakeoutMakeout: Reese and Stanton pretend to be a courting couple who's stumbled into the wrong hotel room, where some Chinese are buying hacked plans of UAV weapons. Stanton is annoyed that Reese doesn't actually do any kissing.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Finch and Carter's solution is to frame one of the mercs as the Man in the Suit, but they find it more difficult than usual as Donnelly is convinced it must be Reese.



* KillEmAll: Hersh's solution to the four suspects problem.
* KindaBusyHere: Finch calls Fusco, but he's busy being tear-gassed in the face by the POI. He decides to call back later.



* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Finch, dressed as a correctional officer, is loading a GrenadeLauncher ready to save his friend, when Carter tells him it's unnecessary.
* {{Montage}} / TwoScenesOneDialogue: Carter's interrogation cuts between the various suspects.



* ShameIfSomethingHappenedToIt: When one of the suspects is about to talk, Finch calls him up with his true identity and location of his family, and does his 'holding their overseas bank account to ransom' trick.



* SmoochOfVictory: Fusco gets PostKissCatatonia after he's kissed by the supermodel he's saved. Who says he always has to be the ButtMonkey?
* SoundOnlyDeath: Reese shooting a courting couple after Stanton shoots the security cameras.





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\n\n<<|Recap/PersonOfInterest|>>* WhatCouldHaveBeen (InUniverse): Reese uses [[HalfTruth stories from his own life]] to embellish his cover story, such as watching the Twin Towers go down right after deciding to leave the military. In his cover story however, he stuck to his decision.
* WhatTheHellHero
** Carter is furious after watching Reese get beaten in the prison yard, saying he's become obsessed.
** Donnelly derides Carter's naivity in helping Reese, saying he's a ProfessionalKiller who's conning her.
* YouMonster: Donnelly re Reese.

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* BattleInterruptingShout: A single whistle by Elias is enough to stop the Aryans laying into Reese.
* BondOneLiner: Lampshaded by Reese.



* EnemyMine: Reese accepts Elias' help.
* FakeoutMakeout: Reese and Stanton pretend to be a courting couple who's stumbled into the wrong hotel room, where some Chinese are buying hacked plans of UAV weapons.



* GunsAkimbo



* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: One of the mercs has 'hung himself in his cell' after Hersh plays him a visit.



* OneHeadTaller: Inverted with Fusco and the towering supermodel he's protecting.



* RemovingTheEarpiece: Carter during her WhatTheHellHero speech to Donnelly.
* RevealingSkill: Agent Donnelly puts Reese in with the other prisoners at Rikers Island, hoping that his military skills will be revealed when the other prisoners attack him. Reese has to take a beating just to maintain his cover identity (fortunately a FriendlyEnemy is on hand to interrupt before things get fatal). Carter then provokes one of the mercs into attacking her, to throw suspicion on him instead.



* VillainousRescue: Elias saving Reese from the Aryans (and, unbeknownst to anyone, Hersh).

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* VillainousRescue: VillainousRescue:
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Elias saving Reese from the Aryans (and, unbeknownst to anyone, Hersh).
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* [[AsHimself As herself]]: supermodel Karolína Kurková

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* [[AsHimself As herself]]: Herself]]: supermodel Karolína Kurková
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* [[AsHimself As herself]]: supermodel Karolína Kurková
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* CrazyPrepared: Reese actually has a complete cover identity with a workplace that remembers him coming in to work.
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* HelloNurse: Fusco can't believe he's being left out of the effort to free Reese, until he sees who the [=PoI=] is.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Fusco.

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