History Recap / PersonOfInterestS04E08

* {{Irony}}: [[DragonInChief Martine]] used to be an investigator for the Hague.

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

* YouHaveFailedMe: Dominic's modus operandi.

* GenreSavvy:
** Dominic. Why spend months or years developing intelligence on Elias when it's easier to just suborn an NYPD officer to log on to the Department's computer system and download their police intelligence files?
** Silva. She's one of the few people able to outplay Reese in a tactical exercise, and she also figures out he's a highly trained ex-military officer.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Dr. Campbell says that Reese has this. He immediately proves her right by saving Silva from a drive-by shooting.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Dr. Campbell says that Reese has this. He immediately proves her right by saving Silva from a drive-by shooting.

--> '''Martine''': ''[Having bluffed a man with a double barreled shotgun, shot him with her pistol and blasting Romeo with one barrel]''. Sorry to go all Dick Cheney on you.

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

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

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

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Silva. "In high school, [[spoiler: 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.]]"

** Dominic. Why spend months or years developing intelligence on Elias when it's easier to just [[spoiler: suborn an NYPD officer to log on to the Department's computer system and download their police intelligence files]]?

* 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. [[spoiler: Sadly, Greer and Martine are not bound by such restrictions and manage to track her down just fine.]]

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Ortiz, Silva's academy partner, who is in with the Brotherhood.]]

** [[spoiler: Shaw, once she sees Martine at the makeup counter.]]

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

--> '''Martine''': No worries. [[spoiler: I found her.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: Dominic's modus operandi.
** KlingonPromotion: "You the NumberTwo?"

Reese volunteers as an NYPD police academy instructor in order to keep an eye on a talented young officer whose suspicious actions make him question her motives. Meanwhile, Martine – armed with information from Samaritan – uses a little old-school "human intelligence" to hunt a member of the team.

** Silva. She's one of the few people to outplay Reese in a tactical exercise, and she also figures out he's a highly trained ex-military officer.

* IdiotBall: Arguably, Samaritan has this; it's not able to determine that the shooter whose image it's decoding is Shaw or her cover alias, or ''even locate her in the store where her phone is''.[[note]]This might be because of [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E23 the blind spot Root placed in Samaritan]].[[/note]] It takes Greer and Martine, who ''aren't'' bound by such restrictions, to put it together.

* CallBack: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 "I had a math teacher once, who said all the world's infinite possibilities rest within this one, simple circle."]]

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Shaw, once she sees Martine at the makeup counter.]]
--> Shaw and Finch both react this way when they realize that "Mini" is Dominic.

--> Silva has heard about [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 the takedown of HR]], and asks John if he was part of it. He doesn't give a straight answer.

* Irony: [[DragonInChief Martine]] used to be an investigator for the Hague.

* GenreSavvy: Dominic. Why spend months or years developing intelligence on Elias when it's easier to just [[spoiler: suborn an NYPD officer to log on to the Department's computer system and download their police intelligence files]]?

Reese volunteers as an NYPD police academy instructor in order to keep an eye on a talented young officer whose suspicious actions make him question her motives. Meanwhile, Martine – armed with information from Samaritan – hunts a member of the team.

* CliffHanger: At the end of the episode, Martine enters a shopping mall [[spoiler: verifies Shaw is in the vicinity]] and draws a handgun just as [[spoiler: Shaw notices her.]]

* CliffHanger: At the end of the episode, Martine enters a shopping mall [[spoiler: verifies Shaw is in the vicinity]] and draws her weapon just as [[spoiler: Shaw notices her.]]

* CliffHanger: At the end of the episode, Martine enters a shopping mall [[spoiler: verifies Shaw is in the vicinity]] and draws her weapon just as [[spoiler: Shaw notices her.

* CallBack: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 "I had a math teacher once, who said all the world's infinite possibilities rest within this one, simple circle."]]