History Recap / PersonOfInterestS04E06

* NeverSuicide: It wasn't this time, anyway.

* TheReveal: The last five minutes of the episode is one reveal after another. [[spoiler: The Armorer is a Brotherhood agent, Finch is staging robberies, Samaritan is the angel investor...]]

* {{BFG}}[=/=]CoolGun: the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_XM109 Barrett XM-109 25mm "anti-materiel rifle,"]] a shoulder-fired cannon using high explosive rounds.

->'''Shaw:''' ...some guy named, uh, Banks Van Hess did text Abel a lot.
-> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Reese]]:''' About [[EmbarassingFirstName what a stupid name "Banks" is]]?

* PowerWalk: Done by Finch at the end. Complete with LensFlare, no less.

* MeaningfulName: "Walter," as in "[[Creator/JamesThurber Walter Mitty]]".

* ShoutOut: To Walter Mitty.

** Shaw and Fusco also get one when they meet with Reese.

* GutturalGrowler: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Walter:

** Shaw and Fusco also get one at the quarry where they meet with Reese.

* {{Adorkable}}: Finch, when he's around Beth. [[spoiler: it's all faked.]]

** And finally, [[spoiler: Samaritan is pretending to be an angel investor in Beth's company]],

** Finch [[spoiler: stages a mugging to plant spyware on Beth's computer]].

* MeaningfulName: "Walter," as in [[Creator/JamesThurber Walter Mitty]]".

* TooDumbToLive: Walter, when pretending to be "Jack Forge"--though he is smart enough to figure out that [[spoiler: Reese is [[UrbanLegend The Man in the Suit]]]].

Walter Dang, a milqetoast office worker with an active imagination, creates a SecretIdentity as [[HardboiledDetective "Detective Jack Forge"]] and begins "investigating" the [[NeverSuicide apparent suicide]] of a co-worker's brother. He unwittingly discovers an illegal arms shipment of [[{{BFG}} 25mm "anti-material rifles,"]] which brings him to the attention of The Brotherhood and Elias. It's up to Team Machine to find the guns and keep Walter from getting himself killed.

--> '''Elias:''' Have you seen Chicago? It's a freakin' [[{{Creator/QuentinTarantino}} Tarantino movie]] out there.

* {{Adorkable}}: Finch, when he's around Beth
* {{BFG}}[=/=]CoolGun: the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_XM109 Barrett XM-109 25mm "anti-material rifle,"]] a shoulder-fired cannon using high explosive rounds.
* HardboiledDetective: Jack Forge
* MeaningfulName: "Walter," as in [[Creator/JamesThurber Walter Mitty]]"

** Reese working to maintain his cover, as usual
** Walter pretends to be a cop
** The Armorer [[spoiler: is an agent of Dominic and The Brotherhood]]
** Finch [[spoiler: stages a mugging to plant spyware on Beth's computer]]
** And finally, [[spoiler: Samaritan pretending to be an angel investor in Beth's company]]
* TheReveal: the last five minutes of the episode is one reveal after another
* [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Secret Crush]]: Walter has one on [[ObliviousToLove Elena]]

* UrbanLegend: Walter has heard of the mysterious "Man in the Suit"

* TooDumbToLive: Walter, when pretending to be "Jack Forge"--though he is smart enough to figure out that [[spoiler: Reese is [[UrbanLegend The Man in the Suit]].

Walter Dang, a milqetoast office worker with an active imagination, creates a SecretIdentity as [[HardboiledDetective "Detective Jack Forge"]] and begins "investigating" the [[NeverSuicide apparent suicide]] of a co-worker's brother. He unwittingly discovers an illegal arms shipment of [[BFG 25mm "anti-material rifles,"]] which brings him to the attention of The Brotherhood and Elias. It's up to Team Machine to find the guns and keep Walter from getting himself killed.

* BFG[=/=]CoolGun: the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_XM109 Barrett XM-109 25mm "anti-material rifle,"]] a shoulder-fired cannon firing high explosive rounds.

* SecretCrush: Walter has one on Elena

* MeaningfulTitle: There's a lot of pretending going on in this episode:

Walter Dang, a milqetoast office worker with an active imagination, creates a SecretIdentity as [[HardboiledDetective "Detective Jack Forge"]] and begins "investigating" the [[NeverSuicide apparent suicide]] of a co-worker's brother. He unwittingly discovers an illegal arms shipment of [[BFG 20mm "anti-material rifles,"]] which brings him to the attention of The Brotherhood and Elias. It's up to Team Machine to find the guns and keep Walter from getting himself killed.

They have to do it short-handed, as "Professor Whistler" (Finch) is in Hong Kong at an academic conference, where he meets the [=CEO=] of a startup company working in artificial intelligence and gets into a few adventures of his own.