History Recap / PersonOfInterestS03E09

--> ''"Old man was gonna talk. He had 'state's evidence' written all over him."''

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** We also learn dubious secrets about Finch including the suggestion that there were other people who fulfilled John Reese's role before the show began.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "The best you can hope for is someone to hold your hand while you bleed out."

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Son]]

* TemptingFate: Reese notes the irony when he finds they've taken refuge in the City Morgue.

** Extremely subtle one. During the events of "Mors Praematura," it is revealed that Shaw keeps hand grenades in her refrigerator. [[ChekhovsGun She breaks one out during this episode]] and uses it to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique interrogate an HR officer]].
-->"Now I want you to call your pal Simmons and find out where he's keeping Detective Fusco....Do it now, or I lose the pin to this grenade...permanently."

* CutTheJuice

** Fusco talking to Shaw sounds to the HR man holding a phone to Fusco's ear like Fusco is reassuring his son.
** Reese talking to Finch sounds to the policeman arresting him like he's answering their questions.
* PerpSweating: Shaw gives the fat cop a grenade with the pin out to hold. When he still refuses to talk out (because Simmons will kill his family) Shaw tosses the key in the back seat. Only he's still handcuffed to the roll bar.

* ScarSurvey
* SlippedTheRopes / BreakingTheBonds

* BloodKnight: The detective left to torture Simmons.

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

* MisfortuneCookie

* ScarSurvey

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

* DonutMessWithACop: Averted; this one had [[wiki/Who_Ate_All_the_Pies%3F eaten too many pies]].

** Reese performs another of his renowned [[MookHorrorShow Mook Horrror Shows]] on a subway train--just like in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E01 Pilot]]."

-->'''[[spoiler:Carter]]:''' "No, not today!"

** Likewise, Reese decides to lead the HR officers and criminals bearing down on him and Carter on a wild goose chase, running out of bullets for his gun and with a lone HR officer closing in on him. [[spoiler: Finch saves him in the end]]

* BittersweetEnding: Team Machine manages to get Quinn behind bars and the satisfaction of watching HR's collapse in the aftermath. Unfortunately Simmons escapes, and in the last scene of the episode, he comes after Carter and Reese just as Finch arrives to retrieve them. [[spoiler:Finch and Reese survive the encounter, but Carter dies, and Simmons falls back into the shadows.]]

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

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Carter.]]
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The Crossing refers to both Carter and Reese crossing New York, as well as [[spoiler: where Carter is killed.]]

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

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

** On a Meta level Simmons line "I KEEP my promises!" could refer to the fact the show runners [[spoiler: repeatedly stated that a major character would die.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: Root claims that this is a very good time for Finch to cross it by setting her free. He doesn't, which could very well have been directly responsible for [[spoiler: Carter's death.]]

* HeroKiller: Simmons graduates to this [[spoiler: by shooting Carter]].
* HeroicSacrifice: Carter saves John [[spoiler: by purposely taking most of the bullets Simmons fired at him.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Carter.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: Fusco pulls off a glorious one when seemingly on the verge of getting executed he [[spoiler: breaks out of his restraints, incapacitates the HR officer who was trying to shoot him and crushes his windpipe. And he does all this after having been severely beaten up and having his fingers broken.]]
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The payphone ringing, and the traffic light turning from yellow to red [[spoiler: just as Carter dies]].

* 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]]
* RageBreakingPoint: 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.]]

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: The Judge who set up Carter is killed by Simmions.

* 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. [[spoiler:Then he saves himself.]]

* TonightSomeoneDies: Simmons, at the very end of "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E08 Endgame]]", declared that "The Man in the Suit dies tonight." [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, he takes his shot. Reese lives; Carter dies.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Fusco [[spoiler: breaks out of his restraints and viciously crushes the windpipe of the HR officer who was about to execute him. What's more, he does it while severely beaten up and with broken fingers.]]

* TrailersAlwaysLie: In the commercials for the episode, shots of Fusco being tortured were accompanied by a voice-over saying that someone on Team Machine would die. [[spoiler: Carter dies.]]

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

* WouldHurtAChild[=/=]MoralEventHorizon: the HR goons are poised to kill Fusco's son, and put him on the phone so that Fusco can hear the fatal shot. [[spoiler:They reckoned without Shaw.]]