History Recap / PersonOfInterestS04E06

* AnswerCut: After seeing Team Machine in action, and enthusiastic Walter wants to know what he's supposed to do next. Cut to Reese locking him in a room in the police station.

* StealthHiBye: Reese takes Fusco aside to tell him to play along with 'Detective Forge'. They turn round and find Walter has done a runner.

* TalkingInUnison:

* FaceRevealingTurn: Scarface posing as an FBI agent.

* HumanShield

* TakingTheBullet: Walter takes one for Reese. Reese thanks him...in front of his co-workers.
* TheReveal[=/=]TheEndingChangesEverything: The last five minutes of the episode is one reveal after another. The Armorer is a Brotherhood agent, Finch is staging robberies, Samaritan is the angel investor...
* [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Secret Crush]]: Walter has one on [[ObliviousToLove Elena]].
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Reese has to invoke this when Walter thinks he and Shaw are a couple.
-->'''Walter:''' Why not?!!

--> '''Elias:''' Personally, I don't care much for the illegal gun trade, but someone has to keep it under control. Otherwise, the city turns into [[{{UsefulNotes/Chicago}} Chicago]]. Chicago's a mess, John. It's like a damn [[{{Creator/QuentinTarantino}} Tarantino movie]] out there.

* WeKnowWhereYouLive: Walter gets an OhCrap moment when Dominic calls him 'Detective Forge' on the stolen phone... then when he hangs up in panic, calls 'Walter' on his workplace phone a moment later.

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

* WeaponAcrossTheShoulder

** "Walter," as in "[[Creator/JamesThurber Walter Mitty]]".
** "Jack Forge" as in "forgery."

* ShoutOut: To "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."

* NonchalantDodge: When they first meet, Reese dodges Walter's wild haymaker with a smile on his face.

->''"Hey, listen, that vigilante I heard about, [[UrbanLegend The Man in the Suit]]? I didn't tell you the rest. He disappeared a few months ago, and crime went up violence, killings, and the city needed somebody to keep up the fight, so I figured, why not me? But you know, [[TooDumbToLive 'me' kind of sucks]], so I invented [[SecretIdentity Detective Forge]], all because The Man in the Suit went away. But I was wrong, wasn't I? He wasn't really gone at all."''

** Finch has not taken on Root's role as the Machine's asset in the cold war with Samaritan.

* ClickHello

* ComeAlone: Elias of course, does not.

* MeetCute: Averted; Walter drops some papers in front of Shaw, who uses the opportunity to make contact. [[NoSocialSkills Walter simply hands her a paper and rushes off.]]

* EnemyMine: Elias helps Team Machine to go up against the arms dealers, since he wants to keep a strict leash on the illegal arms trade in general and powerful experimental rifles in particular (unless, of course, [[TheDragon Scarface]] is the one wielding them).

** Scarface appears alongside Reese as a BadassInANiceSuit.

* MeetCute: Averted; Walter drops some papers in front of Shaw, who uses the opportunity to make contact. Walter simply hands her a paper and rushes off.

* TakingTheBullet

* OhCrap: Reese says this when he realizes he and Fusco are outgunned by The Armorer.

* WeaponAcrossTheShoulder

* WallOfWeapons: Try an ''arsenal'' of weapons.

* OhCrap: Reese says this when he realizes he and Fusco are outgunned by The Armorer

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

* GenreSavvy:
** Walter, to an extent.
** When Elena asks Walter about his injury, Reese does his level best to prevent Walter from giving the [[{{Cliche}} traditional]] [[HardboiledDetective Hardboiled Detective's]] reply: "It's just a scratch." [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat He fails]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Finch, when he's around Beth. It's all faked.
** Mutual adorkability when they're taking a romantic stroll and discussing their [[GeniusBonus favorite equations]].

** When Elena asks Walter about his injury, Reese does his level best to prevent Walter from giving the [[{{Cliche}} traditional]] [[HardboiledDetective Hardboiled Detective's]] reply: "It's just a scratch."

** Finch stages a mugging to plant spyware on Beth's computer.

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

* CaneFu: Finch puts an umbrella to excellent use to hit a mugger over the head. [[spoiler: Which seemed to not be part of their original agreement.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: ''Finch''.]]

* InterfaceScrew: Played with. The Samaritan-style "We are being watched" intro is still being used, but the transition scenes are framed from the Machine's perspective. [[spoiler: It serves as a hint for Harold's true reason for being in Hong Kong.]]

** The Armorer [[spoiler: is an agent of Dominic and The Brotherhood]].
** Finch [[spoiler: stages a mugging to plant spyware on Beth's computer]].
** [[spoiler: Dominic is the metaphorical pretender to the throne of Carl Elias who after Season 3]] rebuilt his organization and is now the leading figure in the New York Criminal underworld once more.
** And finally, [[spoiler: Samaritan is pretending to be an angel investor in Beth's company]].

* TheReveal[=/=]TheEndingChangesEverything: 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...]]

* TooDumbToLive: Walter, when pretending to be "Jack Forge"--though he is [[GenreSavvy smart enough]] to figure out that [[spoiler: Reese is [[UrbanLegend The Man in the Suit]]]].
* TrojanHorse: [[spoiler: Beth's laptop, seeing as how it is already making Samaritan focus on her.]]

** When Elena asks Walter about his injury, Reese does his best to prevent Walter from giving the old "tough guy" [[{{Cliche}} cliched]] reply, "It's just a scratch."

** When Elena asks Walter about his injury, Reese does his best to prevent Walter from giving the old "tough guy" [[Main/Cliche cliched]] reply, "It's just a scratch."

** [[spoiler: Dominic is the metaphorical pretender to the throne of Carl Elias who after Season 3]] rebuilt his organisation and is now the leading figure in the New York Criminal underworld once more.