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* UnresolvedSexualTension:
** Iris has to stop her therapy sessions with John because of this.
*** TheyDo: Even though Iris can't have a relationship with an ex-patient, they agree to keep it a secret.

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* UnresolvedSexualTension:
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UnresolvedSexualTension: Iris has to stop her therapy sessions with John because of this.
*** TheyDo: Even though Iris can't have a relationship with an ex-patient, they agree to keep it a secret.
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* GenreSavvy: Harper knew that John and/or Frankie would be following her, so she gave her car to a homeless man. It works.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Ray killed Frankie's brother. Not because he figured out that Ray had stolen money from Worthy, just because he knew money had been stolen.



* WhamLine: "Yes, Harold. I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill her."

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* WhamLine: "Yes, Harold. I'm afraid I'm going to Two.
** "She told me ''not'' to."
** "I must
have to kill her.made ten grand off of Thornhill, easy."
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* GenreSavvy: Harper knew that John and/or Frankie would be following her, so she gave her car to a homeless man. It works.


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* KissOfDistraction: Frankie plants one on John to throw him off long enough to cuff him to a door.


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* WhamLine: "Yes, Harold. I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill her."
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: When Harold calls her Root, you know it's bad.
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* WebcomicTime: Apparently the last twelve episodes happened in only a month, whereas in reality nearly five months have passed.
** The recap clip from "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E06 Pretenders]]" has the Samaritan representative agreeing to meet Beth Bridges in New York "in a month" but Harold tells Root that the conference in Hong Kong was "a few months ago." Clearly that particular meeting already took place sometime before this episode begins.
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** The recap clip from "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E06 Pretenders]]" has the Samaritan representative agreeing to meet Beth Bridges in New York "in a month" but Harold later tells Root that the conference in Hong Kong was "a few months ago." Clearly that particular meeting already took place sometime before this episode begins.

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** The recap clip from "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E06 Pretenders]]" has the Samaritan representative agreeing to meet Beth Bridges in New York "in a month" but Harold later tells Root that the conference in Hong Kong was "a few months ago." Clearly that particular meeting already took place sometime before this episode begins.
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** The recap clip from "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E06 Pretenders]]" has the Samaritan representative agreeing to meet Beth Bridges in New York "in a month" but Harold later tells Root that the conference in Hong Kong was "a few months ago." Clearly that particular meeting already took place sometime before this episode begins.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: occurs when Iris lists the reasons why she has to fire Reese as a patient
-->I have feelings for you, John....Which is inappropriate, wrong, completely unethical. I can't have a relationship with even an ex-patient. It's so wrong, it's like a cop dating a fireman, it's that bad.
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* ShutUpKiss: Iris kisses John to stop her own babbling.
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* CasualKink: Becomes an ObligatoryJoke after the ChainedHeat scene.
-->'''Frankie:''' So John, you going to lock me up?
-->'''Reese:''' Maybe next time.
-->'''Frankie:''' [[KinkyCuffs Because I've got handcuffs...]]
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* ExactWords: Reese has the NYPD arrest the villain later. "I told him he could leave the building, not the state."

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** [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E20 Once again]] Team Machine is faced with the necessity of killing an UnwittingPawn of Decima/Samaritan, and once again, Root is willing to make the hard choice.

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** [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E20 Once again]] Team Machine is faced with the necessity of killing an UnwittingPawn of Decima/Samaritan, and Decima/Samaritan. And once again, Root is willing to make the hard choice.they end up don't doing it.



** Note that, Root's psychopathic tendencies aside, this actually makes perfect sense coming from her. The last time the team had the option to kill a threat and didn't take it ([=McCourt=] in "Death Benefit"), it led to a series of events that concluded in Shaw's ([[UncertainDoom apparent]]) [[DespairEventHorizon death]]. She probably no longer believes that letting anyone live can guarantee that the people she cares the most about will stay safe, and [[NotSoStoic she can't handle losing anyone else]].

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** Note that, Root's psychopathic tendencies moral ambiguities aside, this actually makes perfect sense coming from her. The last time the team had the option to kill a threat and didn't take it ([=McCourt=] in "Death Benefit"), it led to a series of events that concluded in Shaw's ([[UncertainDoom apparent]]) [[DespairEventHorizon death]]. She probably no longer believes that letting anyone live can guarantee that the people she cares the most about will stay safe, and [[NotSoStoic she can't handle losing anyone else]].



** Root's affection for Finch and desire to keep him alive definitely gives this vibe, bordering on BelligerentSexualTension.
*** [[BigBrotherMentor Though it's easy]] [[VitriolicBestBuds to interpret]] [[ParentalSubstitute Root's affection]] [[OnlyFriend in other ways.]]

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** Root's affection for Finch and desire to keep him alive definitely gives this vibe, bordering on BelligerentSexualTension.
*** [[BigBrotherMentor Though it's easy]] [[VitriolicBestBuds to interpret]] [[ParentalSubstitute Root's affection]] [[OnlyFriend in other ways.]]

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