History Recap / PersonOfInterestS03E09

* [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Pre-Tasering One-Liner]]
-->'''Finch''': I'm the guy who's going to catch you when you fall.
-->''[he then tasers the guy and promptly lets him fall to the floor.]''
-->'''Finch''': Sorry, I'm [[NonActionGuy not very good at this]].

* [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Pre-Tasering One-Liner]]: "I'm the guy who's going to catch you when you fall."

* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight: Carter.]]

* ItHasBeenAnHonour: Just before he leaves to buy time for Carter to transport Quinn to the FBI office, Reese flat out tells Carter she stopped him from being DrivenToSuicide all the way back in Season 1 and treats her to a BigDamnKiss.

* SadisticChoice: Shaw has to chose between preventing HR from murdering Fusco's son or saving Fusco. [[spoiler: She picks the former]] but is not very happy about it. However, Fusco tells her she made the right call.

* BrokenMasquerade: Carter has figured out how Reese and Finch get their information and gets upgraded to a yellow box; this is in contrast to Fusco, who still appears to be in the dark (despite hearing Henry Peck's ramblings back in Season 1).

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Before going down [[spoiler: Carter]] is still able to get one accurate shot off which hits [[spoiler: Simmons]]

* UnderestimatingBadassery: The HR officers really don't know how strong Fusco has become while working with Team Machine. [[spoiler: he breaks his own thumb just to slip out of his restraints and violently throttle Petersen before they can kill him]]

** Extremely subtle one. During the events of "Mors Praematura," it is revealed that Shaw keeps hand grenades in her refrigerator. She breaks one out during this episode and uses it to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique interrogate an HR officer]].

** Likewise, Reese.

** On a Meta level Simmons line "I KEEP my promises!" could refer to the fact the show runners [[spoilers: repeatedly stated that a major character would die.]]

** On a Meta level Simmons line "I KEEP my promises!" could refer to the fact the showrunners repeatedly stated that a major character would die.

** "See you on the other side."

* RageBreakingSight: Simmons really shouldn't have pissed off Fusco by targeting [[spoiler: his son]]. Petersen gets the short end of the stick when Fusco [[spoiler: crushes his windpipe with the handcuffs.]]

* TortureForFunAndInformation: Simmons and his HR goons rough Fusco up in an attempt to find out where Carter's safe deposit box full of incriminating evidence is.

** Likewise, Reese.

* PyrrhicVictory: Carter fulfills all the objectives of her operation to destroy HR and even gets reinstated as a Detective, [[spoiler: but gets shot by Simmons soon after getting Reese out of NYPD custody]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler: The Machine calling Finch as Carter dies in Reese's arms.]]

** Also the most common reaction of the fans.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The payphone ringing, and the traffic light turning from yellow to red [[spoiler: just as Carter dies]].

* ShoutOut: To the 1979 film ''The Warriors.'' However instead of a gang being attacked as it makes its way through New York along the subway system, it's Reese, Carter and Quinn.

* HannibalLecture: Quinn begins to engage in this, causing John to [[ShutUpHannibal sedate him]].

Picking up right where "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E08 Endgame]]" left off, Reese and Carter escape from the judge's house with Quinn, heading for the FBI building. HR goes into damage control mode with Officer Simmons putting a contract out on "The Man in the Suit" and deploying HR's full resourcesto find Carter and his boss before she can deliver Quinn to the FBI.

* TheRemnant: In the aftermath of Quinn's arrest, 98% of HR quickly collapses, as shown by the portraits of known HR members being greyed out from The Machine's perspective. Simmons is among the 2% justice.

** According to WordOfGod, she was attempting to say "Don't let this change you."

* [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Pre-Tasering One-Liner]]: ""I'm the guy who's going to catch you when you fall."

Picking up right where "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E08 Endgame]]" left off, Reese and Carter escape from the judge's house with Quinn, heading for the FBI building. HR goes into damage control mode with Officer Simmons issuing a contract out on "The man in the suit" and deploying HR's full resources in finding Carter and his boss before she can deliver Quinn to the FBI.

** Reese performs another of his renowned [[MookHorrorShow Mook Horrror Shows]] on a subway train just like in the "Pilot" episode.

** Extremely subtle one. During the events of "Mors Praematura", it is revealed that Shaw keeps hand grenades in her refrigerator. She breaks one out during this episode and uses it to interrogate an HR officer.

** "When your time is up , it's up"
** "See you on the other side"

** When Reese and Carter are in the 3rd Precinct just before she releases him, their conversation reprises their first meeting back in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E01 Pilot]]."

* TheRemnant: In the aftermath of Quinn's arrest, HR quickly collapses, as shown by the portraits of known HR members being greyed out from The Machine's perspective. Simmons is among the few who escapes justice.

* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with [[spoiler:Simmons shooting Reese and Carter. Carter's wounds are fatal.]]

* Foreshadowing: "When your time is up , its up"

** Reese performs another of his renowned [[MookHorrorShow Mook Horrror Shows]] on a subway just like in the "Pilot" episode.

* DealWithTheDevil: Root repeatedly milks this trope for all it's worth, offering Finch the chance to locate John and Carter at one point with her status as the machines analogue interface. He turns her down.

* Foreshadowing: "When your time is up , its up''

* PyrrhicVictory: Carter fulfils all the objectives of her operation to destroy HR and even gets reinstated as a Detective. [[spoiler: But gets shot by Simmons soon after getting Reese out of NYPD custody]]
* TheRemnant: In the aftermath of Quinn's arrest, HR quickly collapses, as shown by the portraits of known HR members being greyed out from the Machine's perspective. Simmons is among the few who escapes justice.
* ShoutOut: To the 1979 film "The Warriors". However instead of a gang being attacked as it makes it's way through New York along the subway system, it's Reese, Carter and Quinn.

* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with [[spoiler:Simmons shooting Reese and Carter. Carter's wounds are potentially fatal.]]