History Recap / PersonOfInterestS04E08

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Brotherhood's "[[YouthCenter community centers]]".

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Brotherhood's "community centers".

-> ''"Like you said, Katya... at the end of the day, it's all about relationships."''
--> '''- Martine'''

-->'''Iris:''' We can start where we left off, your hero complex, which men often develop in response to being bullied as a child.
-->'''Reese:''' Iris, my school didn't have bullies. [[BullyHunter I kept them in line]].
-->'''Iris:''' Uh, bullying bullies is kind of the very definition of a hero complex... You seem distracted. There something else on your mind?
-->'''Reese:''' You could say that.
-->'''Iris:''' Look, I'm not sure what you're running from, but--
-->'''Reese:''' I'm not running from anything. I'm trying to save someone!
* CliffHanger: At the end of the episode, Martine enters a department store, verifies Shaw is in the vicinity and draws a handgun just as Shaw notices her.

** Dominic recruited Ortiz as TheMole by using an expensive lawyer to get a relative off on drug charges. This is the same tactic he was going to use with Malcolm, who was also thinking of becoming a cop.

** The Brotherhood gets information on Elias' organisation by stealing the NYPD intelligence files, getting years-worth of intel without much effort. They do so by hacking the files via the NYPD Academy, whose security is less tight.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Silva. "In high school, I was a runner for a gang. Where I'm from, it's not a choice. Once you're in, it's either knocked up or locked up."

* GoodOldWays: Greer and Martine discuss the advantages of humint.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: When Finch was a teacher he was really hoping to inspire the students with his circle speech. It turned out it did inspire one of his students, that student just happened to be Dominic.

* InternalReveal: Team Machine discovers that Mini is Dominic.

** Reese gets [[KneeCapping kneecapped]] during a training exercise.

* TheStarscream: InvokedTrope by Dominic; when the leader of the Trinitario's starts giving him problems, they hand a gun to his NumberTwo and ask if he wants a KlingonPromotion.
* TakeThat: A darkly comedic one from Rousseau. Having bluffed a man with a double-barreled shotgun, eliminated him then blasting Romeo with one barrel, she says, "Sorry to go all Dick Cheney on you."

--> '''Finch''': And I finally figured out the common denominator. Our new number. ''[Finch places a photo of Elias on the board]''

--> '''Martine''': No worries. I found her.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Dominic tells the Trinitario's to kill Ortiz.

* ShameIfSomethingHappenedToIt: The RedHerring trainee suspect suggests she might have a training accident next time they use live rounds.

** Adding yet another shooting to his listing, this time inside a police station, has not helped Reese's reputation with Internal Affairs.

* ShipTease: Iris [[RescueRomance appreciates Reese saving her]] from a drive-by shooting.

-->'''Reese:''' I'm not running from anything. I'm trying to save someone.

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Daughter]]: How Martine leverages Katya, by pressing a [[ShameIfSomethingHappenedToIt photo of her daughter up against the window]].

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Daughter]]: How Martine leverages Katya, by pressing a photo of her daughter up against the window.

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Daughter]]: How Martine leverages Katya.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim:
** Averted (and how) by Martine.
** Played straight by the Trinitarios. Dominic and his number two give a gun to the Trinitarios' number two. The Trinitario shoots his own leader, not Dominic.

* FrameUp: Silva's handler is shot with her training gun.
* GoodOldWays: Greer and Martine discuss the advantages of humint.
* TheyHaveTheScent: Bear is used to find Ortiz in the abandoned school.
* InternalReveal: Team Machine discovers that Mini is Dominic.

** Dominic recruited Ortiz as TheMole by using an expensive lawyer to get a relative off on drug charges.

* ContinuityNod: IA agent Silva notes that [[DirtyCop Fusco's name seems familiar]].

* TheStarscream: InvokedTrope by Dominic when the leader of the Trinitario's starts giving him problems, they hand a gun to his NumberTwo and ask if he wants a KlingonPromotion.

** Dominic gets information on Elias' organisation by stealing the NYPD intelligence files. He does so by hacking the files via the NYPD Academy, whose security is less tight.

* YouRemindMeOfX:

* PropagandaMachine: The Brotherhood's "community centers".

*** Laskey is also given a mention.

* IdiotBall: We once again see that Samaritan has been handed this in-universe by Root's hacking in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E23 season three finale]]. Even with a partial photo of Shaw, all the surveillance cameras of the USA and the precise location of her phone that it ''knows'' to belong to a person it wants eliminated, it can't find her. Sadly, Greer and Martine [[CuttingTheKnot are not bound by such restrictions and manage to track her down just fine]].

* YouLookFamiliar: Garcia, the Trinitario leader played by Luis Da Silva, Jr., previously appeared in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 The Crossing]]".

* IdiotBall: We once again see that Samaritan has been handed this in-universe by Root's hacking in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E23 season three finale]]. Even with a partial photo of Shaw, all the surveillance cameras of the USA and the precise location of her phone that it ''knows'' to belong to a person it wants eliminated, it can't find her. Sadly, Greer and Martine [[CutTheKnot are not bound by such restrictions and manage to track her down just fine]].

* TakeThat: A darkly comedic one from Rousseau. Having bluffed a man with a double-barreled shotgun, eliminated him then blasting Romeo with one barrel, she says, "Sorry to go all Dick Cheney on you."

* CliffHanger: At the end of the episode, Martine enters a department store verifies Shaw is in the vicinity and draws a handgun just as Shaw notices her.

* IdiotBall: We once again see that Samaritan has been handed this in-universe by Root's hacking in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E23 season three finale]]. Even with a partial photo of Shaw, all the surveillance cameras of the USA and the precise location of her phone that it ''knows'' to belong to a person it wants eliminated, it can't find her. Sadly, Greer and Martine are not bound by such restrictions and manage to track her down just fine.

* PropagandaMachine: The Brotherhood's "community centers."
* TakeThat: A darkly comedic one from Rousseau.
--> '''Martine''': ''[Having bluffed a man with a double barreled shotgun, eliminated him and blasting Romeo with one barrel]''. Sorry to go all Dick Cheney on you.

** Averted, and how, by Martine.

-->'''Reese:''' Iris, my school didn't have bullies. I kept them in line.
-->'''Iris:''' Uh, bullying bullies is kind of the very definition of a hero complex. . . You seem distracted. There something else on your mind?