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** The stuff that happened in [[PersonOfInterestS01E20 Ordos]] in the first season? Decima was in the mix the whole time. Reese, Stanton, Shaw, Control and Special Counsel all played a role in how that laptop got to Ordos in the first place.
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** The stuff that happened in [[PersonOfInterestS01E20 [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E20 Ordos]] in the first season? Decima was in the mix the whole time. Reese, Stanton, Shaw, Control and Special Counsel all played a role in how that laptop got to Ordos in the first place.
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** Dillinger, as Reese points out in the page quote, turns out to be TooDumbToLive trying to sell something that he already knows the US Government is willing to kill for.
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** Dillinger, as Reese points out in the page quote, quote. He turns out to be TooDumbToLive trying to sell something that he already knows the US Government is willing to kill for.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough:
** Dillinger, as Reese points out in the page quote, turns out to be TooDumbToLive trying to sell something that he already knows the US Government is willing to kill for.
** As a billionaire Finch assumed that hiring the best private security operative that money could buy was the thing to do. But if someone's only motivated by what you pay them, they don't have much incentive to die for your cause.
** Dillinger, as Reese points out in the page quote, turns out to be TooDumbToLive trying to sell something that he already knows the US Government is willing to kill for.
** As a billionaire Finch assumed that hiring the best private security operative that money could buy was the thing to do. But if someone's only motivated by what you pay them, they don't have much incentive to die for your cause.
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* EmergingFromTheShadows: Shaw
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* EmergingFromTheShadows: Sameen Shaw
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* EyesNeverLie
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* EyesNeverLieEyesNeverLie: Reese says he knows Casey is not a traitor this way, though earlier actions (like Casey approaching someone he thinks is in the US government for help) also cue him in.
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* PetTheDog: Finch is surprised when coldly efficient CIA hitman John Reese spares the life of the POI. Presumably it's this act which has a lot to do with Finch taking the risk of recruiting Reese, despite his involvement with the same people who killed Nathan Ingram.
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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** Finch is surprised when coldly efficient CIA hitman John Reese spares the life of the POI. Presumably it's this act which has a lot to do with Finch taking the risk of recruiting Reese, despite his involvement with the same people who killed NathanIngram.Ingram.
** Dillinger is an a-class asshole, but remarkably he chooses to spare his former employer both times Finch tries to stop him, even though as a witness Finch really should be the first person he should kill.
** Finch is surprised when coldly efficient CIA hitman John Reese spares the life of the POI. Presumably it's this act which has a lot to do with Finch taking the risk of recruiting Reese, despite his involvement with the same people who killed Nathan
** Dillinger is an a-class asshole, but remarkably he chooses to spare his former employer both times Finch tries to stop him, even though as a witness Finch really should be the first person he should kill.
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* PetTheDog: Finch is surprised when coldly efficient CIA hitman John Reese spares the life of the POI.
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* PetTheDog: Finch is surprised when coldly efficient CIA hitman John Reese spares the life of the POI. Presumably it's this act which has a lot to do with Finch taking the risk of recruiting Reese, despite his involvement with the same people who killed Nathan Ingram.
* TheUnreveal
** In "The Crossing", Root asks Finch how many other "[[DumbMuscle helper monkeys]]" he went through before getting to Reese, implying that there were others beside Dillinger. However the identity or fate of these unrevealed members of Team Machine is unknown.
** We're never shown how Finch would recognise Reese on sight as a CIA agent.
** In "The Crossing", Root asks Finch how many other "[[DumbMuscle helper monkeys]]" he went through before getting to Reese, implying that there were others beside Dillinger. However the identity or fate of these unrevealed members of Team Machine is unknown.
** We're never shown how Finch would recognise Reese on sight as a CIA agent.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "The Crossing", Root asks Finch how many other "[[DumbMuscle helper monkeys]]" he went through before getting to Reese, implying that there were others beside Dillinger. However the identity or fate of these unrevealed members of Team Machine is unknown.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "The Crossing", Root asks Finch how many other "[[DumbMuscle helper monkeys]]" he went through before getting to Reese, implying that there were others beside Dillinger. However the identity or fate of these unrevealed members of Team Machine is unknown.
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* ButLiquorIsQuicker: A subtle version since Dillinger is, on-the-surface, suggesting INeedAFreakingDrink to the grateful DamselInDistress who no doubt would want to down a few herself after her near-death experience, followed by GladToBeAliveSex...
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* ShoutOut: Dillinger refers to Reese/Stanton as ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith''.
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* ShoutOut: Dillinger refers to Reese/Stanton as ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith''.''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005''.
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* FreezeFrameBonus[=/=]ShoutOut: The names of the horses on Strickland's racing form include "[[{{Exalted}} Power Chord]]", "[[Film/{{Spartacus}} I Am Spartacus]]", and "[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Veruca's Golden Egg]]."
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* FreezeFrameBonus[=/=]ShoutOut: The names of the horses on Strickland's racing form include "[[{{Exalted}} Power Chord]]", "[[Film/{{Spartacus}} I Am Spartacus]]", Spartacus]]" and "[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Veruca's Golden Egg]]."
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: It turns out Finch had met Reese and seen Shaw long before he received their numbers from the Machine. While he may not have known their name at the time, this is apparently his first brush with Decima before the main timeline.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: It turns out Finch had met seen Reese and seen encountered Shaw long before he received their numbers from the Machine. While And while he may not have known their name at the time, this is apparently his first brush with Decima before the main timeline.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Dillinger. This plays a part in his decision to betray Finch. This is why when Finch looked for a replacement, he sought out someone who had not only the skills to intervene, but had enough heart to bring himself to care about the consequences of not intervening.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Dillinger. This Dillinger, which plays a part in his decision to betray Finch. This is why when Finch looked for a replacement, he sought out someone who had not only the skills to intervene, but had enough heart to bring himself to care about the consequences of not intervening.
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* InTheBack: Dillinger's EstablishingCharacterMoment, in contrast to Reese's preference for kneecapping. As in "Matsya Nyaya", this trope foreshadows Dillinger's treacherous nature.
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* ProperlyParanoid: ''"You sure they haven't made you, as well?"''
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* ProperlyParanoid: ''"You ProperlyParanoid:
** Finch of course: "You sure they haven't made you, aswell?"''well?"
** Finch of course: "You sure they haven't made you, as
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* * ThouShaltNotKill: Averted by Dillinger, who seems indifferent at best.
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* StopHelpingMe: In-universe, Dillinger's attitude to Finch. It doesn't end well.
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* UnwantedAssistance: Dillinger's attitude to Finch. It doesn't end well.
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* ContinuityNod: Finch doesn't see Shaw's face, which fits with "Relevance" where Finch said he didn't realise who she was at first.
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Finch doesn't see Shaw's face, which fits with "Relevance" where Finch said he didn't realise who she was atfirst.first.
** He's also using a wheelchair, as per the flashback scene in "Many Happy Returns".
** Finch doesn't see Shaw's face, which fits with "Relevance" where Finch said he didn't realise who she was at
** He's also using a wheelchair, as per the flashback scene in "Many Happy Returns".
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* SpecialEditionTitle: This episode begins with the [[OpeningNarration opening narration]] from Season 1. It gets about halfway through, stops, and [[IdiosyncraticWipe rewinds itself]] all the way back to 2010.
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* SpecialEditionTitle: This episode begins with the [[OpeningNarration opening narration]] from Season 1. It gets about halfway through, stops, to the point where Finch says, "But I needed a partner--" and [[IdiosyncraticWipe rewinds itself]] all the way back to 2010.
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* * ThouShaltNotKill: Averted by Dillinger, who seems indifferent at best.
-->'''Finch:''' I hope the threats required an ambulance, and not a coroner.
-->'''Finch:''' I hope the threats required an ambulance, and not a coroner.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Dillinger shoots dead two criminals, then sleeps with the grateful DamselInDistress.
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* TemptingFate: Dillinger asks if Finch has come to bury him if it all goes wrong. Earlier he says that if Finch doesn't like how he does things, "you're more than welcome to come get dirty in the trenches." Their relationship ends with Reese burying him.
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* TemptingFate: Dillinger asks if Finch has come to bury him if it all goes wrong. Earlier he says that if Finch doesn't like how he does things, "you're more than welcome to come get dirty in the trenches." Their relationship ends with Reese Finch burying him.
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->''You mercs are all the same. You never think things through.''
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!!Tropes present in this episode include
!!Tropes present in this episode include
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** Dillinger justifies selling out Finch by saying he will probably end up dead if he keeps working for him. Presumably this is why in "Pilot" Finch makes it clear that Reese will end up dead if he works for him, and offers Reese enough money to disappear if he wants to refuse.
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* DisposingOfABody: Despite his disability, Finch takes Dillinger's body off into the woods and buries him, because he has to maintain his own secrecy.
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* DueToTheDead: Despite his own disability, Finch takes Dillinger's body off into the woods and buries him.
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* BulletproofHumanShieldBulletproofHumanShield: Poor Lester Strickland
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* TemptingFate: Dillinger asks if Finch has come to bury him if it all goes wrong. That's exactly what happens.
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* TemptingFate: Dillinger asks if Finch has come to bury him if it all goes wrong. That's exactly what happens.Earlier he says that if Finch doesn't like how he does things, "you're more than welcome to come get dirty in the trenches." Their relationship ends with Reese burying him.
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* ICallHerVera: Or Greta, in this case.
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* ICallHerVera: Or Greta, in this case. "Blackwater souvenir. If only she'd cook me dinner."
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* ICallHerVera: Or Greta, in this case.
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-->"The next time an attractive woman wants to thank you for saving her life, a simple "You're welcome" should suffice."
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* BeingWatched: Shaw stops and scans the treeline suspiciously. Fortunately Finch has ducked behind a tree and is too terrified to look out from behind it.
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* SoMuchForStealth: Finch nearly gets killed when he steps on a twig, but as he's behind a tree Shaw doesn't see him when she looks towards the sound. Could be a MythologyGag, as Finch asked if Shaw couldn't step on a twig when doing her StealthHiBye in "4C".
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* AlwaysABiggerFish
-->'''Finch:''' It's like you said, the code is blood in the water, and you're not the only shark.
-->'''Finch:''' It's like you said, the code is blood in the water, and you're not the only shark.
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* ShoutOut: Dillinger refers to Reese/Stanton as ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith''.
