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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan draws target symbols on Dominic as well as Elias, heralding the beginning of the Correction.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Samaritan draws target symbols on Dominic as well as Elias, heralding the beginning of theCorrection.Correction. Reese, after getting out of the bank, also eyes the man who will snipe them.
** Samaritan draws target symbols on Dominic as well as Elias, heralding the beginning of the
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan draws target symbols on Dominic as well as Elias and his rescuer, heralding the beginning of the Correction.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan draws target symbols on Dominic as well as Elias and his rescuer, Elias, heralding the beginning of the Correction.
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* BrainInAJar: The Machine turns into this.
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** Harold and The Machine [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 finally have that talk]].
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** Harold and The Machine [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 finally have that talk]].
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* KilledOffForReal: Dominic, Elias, Schiffman, and Grice, as part of Samaritan's [[ThePurge Correction]]. Control is alive but has been captured by Samaritan.
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* KilledOffForReal: Dominic, Elias, Schiffman, Schiffman and Grice, as part of Samaritan's [[ThePurge Correction]]. Control is alive but has been captured by Samaritan.
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* WhamEpisode
* WhamShot:
** Samaritan's reaction to Root and Finch stealing a police car:
--> [[AC:Anomalous behavior detected. Dispatching agents.]]
** Thornhill Utilities.
* WhamShot:
** Samaritan's reaction to Root and Finch stealing a police car:
--> [[AC:Anomalous behavior detected. Dispatching agents.]]
** Thornhill Utilities.
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* WhamShot:
** The Machine asking Harold for forgiveness.
** Samaritan's reaction to Root and Finch stealing a police car:
--> [[AC:anomalous behavior detected. dispatching agents.]]
** Thornhill Utilities.
* WhamShot:
** The Machine asking Harold for forgiveness.
** Samaritan's reaction to Root and Finch stealing a police car:
--> [[AC:anomalous behavior detected. dispatching agents.]]
** Thornhill Utilities.
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->'''The Machine:''' [[AC:Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero.]]\\
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->'''The Machine:''' [[AC:Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero [[AC:zero. zero. zero. zero. zero. zero. zero. zero. zero.]]\\
* BackForTheDead: Grice.
* BrainUploading: Turns out the Machine had done this back in season 2's finale, having sent itself to the wires. Now it further uploads itself to the briefcase.
** Reese once again finds himself curb-stomping Decima operatives in God Mode. The Machine even provides a surveillance shot similar to the one used in the season 2 finale.
** Harold and The Machine [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 finally have that talk]].
** Harold and The Machine [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 finally have that talk]].
* ClickHello: Control pulls one on Greer.
* DeathSeeker: The Machine becomes one over Harold's distrust for a short while during the climax.
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* GodzillaThreshold: The impending death of the Machine leads Root to do things that otherwise would draw Samaritan's attention, including stealing a police car and staying in God Mode.
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* GambitPileup: Control clones Garrison's phone to get to Greer. She appears to have him cornered when it turns out it was all a ploy.
* GodzillaThreshold: The impending death of the Machine causes it to begin answering the team's needs, sharing information and lending God Mode to both Root and Reese when needed. This leads Root to do things that otherwise would draw Samaritan's attention, including stealing a police car and staying in God Mode.
* GodzillaThreshold: The impending death of the Machine causes it to begin answering the team's needs, sharing information and lending God Mode to both Root and Reese when needed. This leads Root to do things that otherwise would draw Samaritan's attention, including stealing a police car and staying in God Mode.
* SeasonFinale
* SpecialEditionTitle: The intro is missing and even the short version suffers InterfaceScrew.
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-->'''The Machine:''' [[AC:Father.]]
-->'''Harold:''' You are my creation. I can't let you die.
-->'''The Machine:''' [[AC:Father.]]
-->'''Harold:''' You are my creation. I can't let you die.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: The Machine finally confronts Harold about it.
--> '''The Machine''': [[AC:father. i am sorry. i failed you.]]
--> '''Harold''': We haven't failed yet.
--> '''The Machine''': [[AC:i didn't know how to win. i had to invent new rules.]]
--> '''Harold''': You had an impossible challenge. One I never programmed you for.
--> '''The Machine''': [[AC:i thought you would want me to stay alive. now you are not sure.]]
--> '''Harold''': It's not true... what...
--> '''The Machine''': [[AC:you think i have lost my way, maybe i should die. i will not suffer. ]]
-->'''Harold:''' You are my creation. I can't let you die.
--> '''The Machine''': [[AC:father. i am sorry. i failed you.]]
--> '''Harold''': We haven't failed yet.
--> '''The Machine''': [[AC:i didn't know how to win. i had to invent new rules.]]
--> '''Harold''': You had an impossible challenge. One I never programmed you for.
--> '''The Machine''': [[AC:i thought you would want me to stay alive. now you are not sure.]]
--> '''Harold''': It's not true... what...
--> '''The Machine''': [[AC:you think i have lost my way, maybe i should die. i will not suffer. ]]
-->'''Harold:''' You are my creation. I can't let you die.
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* DeathBySecretIdentity: Dominic learns John's real name -- well, his less-fake name -- but doesn't have a chance to do much more than gloat.
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* '''TheBadGuyWins''': Decima/Samaritan pull this off again. Northern Lights is no longer a concern and The Machine has been taken out of play for the time being. For all intents and purposes Samaritan is in complete control of America Society.
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* '''TheBadGuyWins''': Decima/Samaritan pull this off again. Northern Lights is no longer a concern and The Machine has been taken out of play for the time being. For all intents and purposes Samaritan is in complete control of America Society.American Society with what little opposition to it further isolated than they were in the previous season.
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* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder The Machine using blackouts.
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* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder The Machine using blackouts.Machine.
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* '''TheBadGuyWins''': Decima/Samaritan pull this off again. Northern Lights is no longer a concern and The Machine has been taken out of play for the time being. For all intents and purposes Samaritan is in complete control of America.
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* '''TheBadGuyWins''': Decima/Samaritan pull this off again. Northern Lights is no longer a concern and The Machine has been taken out of play for the time being. For all intents and purposes Samaritan is in complete control of America.America Society.
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* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder The Machine.
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* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder The Machine.Machine using blackouts.
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* ThePurge: The Correction, in which Samaritan eliminated a small handful of individuals it deemed both deviant and influential enough to disrupt its rule.
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* ThePurge: The Correction, in which Samaritan eliminated a small handful of individuals it deemed both deviant and influential enough to disrupt its rule.
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* '''TheBadGuyWins''': The Machine has apparently been hidden in storage, and Samaritan is in complete control of society.
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* '''TheBadGuyWins''': Decima/Samaritan pull this off again. Northern Lights is no longer a concern and The Machine has apparently been hidden in storage, taken out of play for the time being. For all intents and purposes Samaritan is in complete control of society.America.
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* CurbStompBattle: Reese takes down all of Dominic's men given ten seconds of Admin access.
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* CurbStompBattle: Reese takes down all of Dominic's men given ten seconds of Admin access.
** He then tops himself by slaughtering a numerically superior team of Samaritan assets with his assault rifle and access to god mode.
* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder The Machine.
** He then tops himself by slaughtering a numerically superior team of Samaritan assets with his assault rifle and access to god mode.
* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder The Machine.
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* GodzillaThreshold: The impending death of the Machine leads Root to do things that otherwise would draw Samaritan's attention, including stealing a police car and staying in God Mode.
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* GodzillaThreshold: The impending death of the Machine leads Root to do things that otherwise would draw Samaritan's attention, including stealing a police car and staying in God Mode.
* HopeSpot: Despite going down, The Machine was not completely destroyed, with its code safely stored in the indestructible suitcase and the surviving members of Team Machine facilitating its escape from Samaritan assets.
* HopeSpot: Despite going down, The Machine was not completely destroyed, with its code safely stored in the indestructible suitcase and the surviving members of Team Machine facilitating its escape from Samaritan assets.
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--> '''Finch''': You always did like a challenge, Mr. Reese.
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--> '''Finch''': You always did like a challenge, Mr. Reese.
* MoreDakka: Underlining the severity of the situation, Reese and Root don't bother using handguns when going up against Samaritan assets and instead break out the automatic weapons. Reese utilizes a SIG 550 assault rifle and a Heckler and Koch MP7 when facilitating their escape from Team Samaritan's assets. Root settles on and uses a Heckler and Koch MP5K for most of the episode.
* MoreDakka: Underlining the severity of the situation, Reese and Root don't bother using handguns when going up against Samaritan assets and instead break out the automatic weapons. Reese utilizes a SIG 550 assault rifle and a Heckler and Koch MP7 when facilitating their escape from Team Samaritan's assets. Root settles on and uses a Heckler and Koch MP5K for most of the episode.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: The entire episode was one for Control.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: The entire episode was one for Control.
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** Control thinks Greer is creating a FalseFlagOperation to keep Samaritan running. It doesn't occur to her that the whole scenario might be a SecretTestOfCharacter.
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** Control thinks Greer is creating a FalseFlagOperation to keep Samaritan running. running, still somewhat thinking that she's in a Post 9/11 Spy Drama. It doesn't occur to her that the whole scenario might be a SecretTestOfCharacter.SecretTestOfCharacter used to purge individuals like her from opposing Samaritan.
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* TheBadGuyWins: The Machine has apparently been hidden in storage, and Samaritan is in complete control of society.
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* TheBadGuyWins: '''TheBadGuyWins''': The Machine has apparently been hidden in storage, and Samaritan is in complete control of society.
* LastStand: The entire episode is this.
--> '''Reese''': What's our status?
--> '''Root''': We've got one and a half clips, a metro card, and God's either dead or running on double-As.
--> '''Finch''': You always did like a challenge, Mr. Reese.
--> '''Reese''': What's our status?
--> '''Root''': We've got one and a half clips, a metro card, and God's either dead or running on double-As.
--> '''Finch''': You always did like a challenge, Mr. Reese.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: The entire episode was one for Control.
-->'''The Machine:''' [[AC:Father.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Harper and Floyd disappear after the police raid the Brotherhood's hideout.
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* PresentDay: The events of the episode apparently take place on its airdate, May 5, 2015. There are multiple references to Cinco de Mayo.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Reese asks the Machine, "Can you hear me?"
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** Control (continuing from the previous episode), along with her aide Schiffman and ISA agent Grice
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** Caleb Phipps
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** Caleb Phipps
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** Control (continuing from the previous episode), along with her aide Schiffman and ISA agent Grice
Grice.
*** The latter two areBackForTheDead
BackForTheDead.
** [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 CalebPhippsPhipps]] reappears as well.
*** The latter two are
** [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 Caleb
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* CurbStompBattle: Reese takes down all of Dominic's men given ten seconds of Admin access.
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* DonutMessWithACop: Root steals a police car while its owners are making a donut run.
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* KilledOffForReal: Dominic and Elias, as part of Samaritan's [[ThePurge Correction]].
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* KilledOffForReal: Dominic and Dominic, Elias, Schiffman, and Grice, as part of Samaritan's [[ThePurge Correction]].Correction]]. Control is alive but has been captured by Samaritan.
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* TheBadGuyWins: The Machine has apparently been hidden in storage, and Samaritan is in complete control of society.
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* TheBadGuyWins: The Machine has apparently been hidden in storage, and Samaritan is in complete control of society.
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* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper) and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
** Control, along with her aide Schiffman and ISA agent Grice.
** Caleb Phipps.
** Control, along with her aide Schiffman and ISA agent Grice.
** Caleb Phipps.
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* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Greer and Iris as well as Dominic, Floyd and Harper) Floyd, Harper, and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
**Control, Control (continuing from the previous episode), along with her aide Schiffman and ISA agent Grice.
Grice
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* DistressCall: Literally a call. The Machine sends one by way of a payphone [[FridgeLogic still hooked up and fully functional after the train station was abandoned decades earlier]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Correction did this to Control, Schiffman, Grice, Dominic, and Elias.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Correction did this to Control, Schiffman, Grice, Dominic, and Elias.
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* DistressCall: Literally a call. The Machine sends one by way of a payphone [[FridgeLogic still hooked up and fully functional after behind one of the train station was abandoned decades earlier]].
brick walls in The Subway.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Correction did this toControl, Schiffman, Grice, Dominic, and Elias.Elias. Control is implied to be taken away to be tortured by Samaritan's operatives.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Correction did this to
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Dominic orders Fusco's death because Reese refuses to work with Dominic.
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Dominic orders Fusco's death because Reese refuses to work with Dominic.
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* ThemeNaming: Subverted. The Machine ships laptops to Harold under the name "Harold Admin."
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* ThemeNaming: Subverted. The Machine ships laptops to Harold under the name "Harold Admin."Admin" rather than using one of his traditional bird-themed aliases.
-->'''The Machine:''' Father.
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** Samaritan Samaritan's reaction to Root and Finch stealing a police car:
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Samaritan finally locates the Machine, and Finch and Root race to save Her. Meanwhile, Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between Elias and Dominic.
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** The Machine once again sent one of its assets [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E12 information on the physical weaknesses of one of their captors]].
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* KilledOffForReal: Dominic and Elias, as part of Samaritan's [[ThePurge Correction]].
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
-->'''The Machine''': [[AC:can you hear me?]]
-->'''Reese''': Hell yes. ''[starts shooting]''
* ThePurge: The Correction, in which Samaritan eliminated a small handful of individuals it deemed both deviant and influential enough to disrupt its rule.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
-->'''The Machine''': [[AC:can you hear me?]]
-->'''Reese''': Hell yes. ''[starts shooting]''
* ThePurge: The Correction, in which Samaritan eliminated a small handful of individuals it deemed both deviant and influential enough to disrupt its rule.
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* BilingualBonus: the episode title is the name of God as revealed to Moses: four Hebrew consonants, the tetragrammaton.
* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper) and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
* BilingualBonus: the episode title is the name of God as revealed to Moses: four Hebrew consonants, the tetragrammaton.
* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper) and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
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->'''The Machine:''' [[AC:Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero.]]\\
'''Root:''' What is it?\\
'''Finch:''' Nine zeros. It's the Machine's [[DistressCall distress code]]. I programmed it in to warn me of an imminent system shutdown.\\
'''Root:''' [[OhCrap Shutdown?]] You mean--\\
'''Finch:''' The Machine is dying, Ms. Groves.
Samaritan finally locatesThe the Machine, and Finch and Root race to save Her. Meanwhile, Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between Elias and Dominic
Dominic.
* AccidentalTruth: Sort of. The news reporter in the beginning names Chinese hackers as once possible cause of the blackouts. In reality, it's an AI created by [[Characters/PersonOfInterestDecimaTechnologies a Chinese technology company]].
* ArcNumber: 314 ([[MouthfulOfPi pi]]), [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 once again]] as the briefcase combination.
* BilingualBonus:the The episode title is the name of God as revealed to Moses: Moses in [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus]]: four Hebrew consonants, the tetragrammaton.
Tetragrammaton.
* TheBadGuyWins: The Machine has apparently been hidden in storage, and Samaritan is in complete control of society.
* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper) and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
'''Root:''' What is it?\\
'''Finch:''' Nine zeros. It's the Machine's [[DistressCall distress code]]. I programmed it in to warn me of an imminent system shutdown.\\
'''Root:''' [[OhCrap Shutdown?]] You mean--\\
'''Finch:''' The Machine is dying, Ms. Groves.
Samaritan finally locates
* AccidentalTruth: Sort of. The news reporter in the beginning names Chinese hackers as once possible cause of the blackouts. In reality, it's an AI created by [[Characters/PersonOfInterestDecimaTechnologies a Chinese technology company]].
* ArcNumber: 314 ([[MouthfulOfPi pi]]), [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 once again]] as the briefcase combination.
* BilingualBonus:
* TheBadGuyWins: The Machine has apparently been hidden in storage, and Samaritan is in complete control of society.
* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper) and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
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** Senator Garrison appears for the third time in Season 4, his only other appearances being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]] and another in Control-Alt-Delete
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** Senator Garrison appears for the third time in Season 4, his only other appearances being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]] and another in Control-Alt-Delete[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E12 Control-Alt-Delete]].
* CallBack:
** Caleb remembers [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 "Mr. Swift"]].
** Finch realizes that the Machine was located in electrical distribution nodes after [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E22 it moved itself two years earlier]].
* ContinuityNod:
** Samaritan starts its blackouts in the western United States. [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E22 The three sites suspected by Nathan Ingram of housing the Machine]] (and the one which actually did) were all out west: Hanford, Washington; Comanche Peak, Texas; and Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
** Apparently "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E21 Ernest Thornhill]]" has branched into telecom ventures besides pay phones.
* DistressCall: Literally a call. The Machine sends one by way of a payphone [[FridgeLogic still hooked up and fully functional after the train station was abandoned decades earlier]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Correction did this to Control, Schiffman, Grice, Dominic, and Elias.
* EverythingIsOnline: Justified. The Machine stored itself in the electrical grid.
* FalseFlagOperation: Samaritan made Control think that the Correction was supposed to be a terrorist attack on the Supreme Court, in order to keep them from shutting down anti-terrorism surveillance programs.
* ForgedMessage: Samaritan forges a memo by Control, telling the ISA to avoid a building in Columbia Heights.
* FreeingTheGenie: Inverted. The Machine's plan was to keep it hidden in memory so it would survive Samaritan's attempts to destroy it.
* GodzillaThreshold: The impending death of the Machine leads Root to do things that otherwise would draw Samaritan's attention, including stealing a police car and staying in God Mode.
* TheIdealist: Greer claims this of himself.
* InterfaceScrew:
** The Machine's interface begins to flicker, in line with Samaritan's attempts to destroy it.
** Despite its malfunctions, the Machine is able to use a fax machine to send Reese God Mode instructions.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Dominic orders Fusco's death because Reese refuses to work with Dominic.
* RealitySubtext: The events of the episode apparently take place on its airdate, May 5, 2015. There are multiple references to Cinco de Mayo.
* SaltTheEarth: Samaritan's tries to starve the Machine by shutting off the electrical grid, regardless of the effects of massive blackouts on millions of InnocentBystanders.
* SayingTooMuch: Harold called John "Mr. Reese," giving Dominic his real name.
* ThemeNaming: Subverted. The Machine ships laptops to Harold under the name "Harold Admin."
* UndyingLoyalty: Even years later, Caleb has this for Harold.
* WhamLine:
-->'''Harold:''' You are my creation. I can't let you die.
* WhamShot:
** Samaritan reaction to Root and Finch stealing a police car:
--> [[AC:Anomalous behavior detected. Dispatching agents.]]
** Thornhill Utilities.
* WrongGenreSavvy:
** Dominic assumes that Elias and Team Machine have an "[[CooperationGambit arrangement]]" to give Elias intel. While they have been in an EnemyMine together occasionally (including [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 to stop the Brotherhood]]), it's not quite what he thinks.
** Control thinks Greer is creating a FalseFlagOperation to keep Samaritan running. It doesn't occur to her that the whole scenario might be a SecretTestOfCharacter.
* YoureInsane: Finch's reaction to Root stealing a police car.
* CallBack:
** Caleb remembers [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 "Mr. Swift"]].
** Finch realizes that the Machine was located in electrical distribution nodes after [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E22 it moved itself two years earlier]].
* ContinuityNod:
** Samaritan starts its blackouts in the western United States. [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E22 The three sites suspected by Nathan Ingram of housing the Machine]] (and the one which actually did) were all out west: Hanford, Washington; Comanche Peak, Texas; and Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
** Apparently "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E21 Ernest Thornhill]]" has branched into telecom ventures besides pay phones.
* DistressCall: Literally a call. The Machine sends one by way of a payphone [[FridgeLogic still hooked up and fully functional after the train station was abandoned decades earlier]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Correction did this to Control, Schiffman, Grice, Dominic, and Elias.
* EverythingIsOnline: Justified. The Machine stored itself in the electrical grid.
* FalseFlagOperation: Samaritan made Control think that the Correction was supposed to be a terrorist attack on the Supreme Court, in order to keep them from shutting down anti-terrorism surveillance programs.
* ForgedMessage: Samaritan forges a memo by Control, telling the ISA to avoid a building in Columbia Heights.
* FreeingTheGenie: Inverted. The Machine's plan was to keep it hidden in memory so it would survive Samaritan's attempts to destroy it.
* GodzillaThreshold: The impending death of the Machine leads Root to do things that otherwise would draw Samaritan's attention, including stealing a police car and staying in God Mode.
* TheIdealist: Greer claims this of himself.
* InterfaceScrew:
** The Machine's interface begins to flicker, in line with Samaritan's attempts to destroy it.
** Despite its malfunctions, the Machine is able to use a fax machine to send Reese God Mode instructions.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Dominic orders Fusco's death because Reese refuses to work with Dominic.
* RealitySubtext: The events of the episode apparently take place on its airdate, May 5, 2015. There are multiple references to Cinco de Mayo.
* SaltTheEarth: Samaritan's tries to starve the Machine by shutting off the electrical grid, regardless of the effects of massive blackouts on millions of InnocentBystanders.
* SayingTooMuch: Harold called John "Mr. Reese," giving Dominic his real name.
* ThemeNaming: Subverted. The Machine ships laptops to Harold under the name "Harold Admin."
* UndyingLoyalty: Even years later, Caleb has this for Harold.
* WhamLine:
-->'''Harold:''' You are my creation. I can't let you die.
* WhamShot:
** Samaritan reaction to Root and Finch stealing a police car:
--> [[AC:Anomalous behavior detected. Dispatching agents.]]
** Thornhill Utilities.
* WrongGenreSavvy:
** Dominic assumes that Elias and Team Machine have an "[[CooperationGambit arrangement]]" to give Elias intel. While they have been in an EnemyMine together occasionally (including [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 to stop the Brotherhood]]), it's not quite what he thinks.
** Control thinks Greer is creating a FalseFlagOperation to keep Samaritan running. It doesn't occur to her that the whole scenario might be a SecretTestOfCharacter.
* YoureInsane: Finch's reaction to Root stealing a police car.
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* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
** Control, along with her aide Schiffman and her agent Grice reappear.
** Elias reappears after thirteen episodes.
** Caleb reappears.
** Garrison appears for the third time in Season 4, his only other appearances being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]] and another in Control-Alt-Delete
** Control, along with her aide Schiffman and her agent Grice reappear.
** Elias reappears after thirteen episodes.
** Caleb reappears.
** Garrison appears for the third time in Season 4, his only other appearances being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]] and another in Control-Alt-Delete
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* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper), Harper) and Elias (continuing from the previous episode), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
** Control, along with her aide Schiffman andher ISA agent Grice reappear.
** Elias reappears after thirteen episodes.
Grice.
** Calebreappears.
Phipps.
** Senator Garrison appears for the third time in Season 4, his only other appearances being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]] and another in Control-Alt-Delete
** Control, along with her aide Schiffman and
** Elias reappears after thirteen episodes.
** Caleb
** Senator Garrison appears for the third time in Season 4, his only other appearances being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]] and another in Control-Alt-Delete
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** Garrison appears for the second time in Season 4, his only other appearance being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]].
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** Garrison appears for the second third time in Season 4, his only other appearance appearances being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]].premiere]] and another in Control-Alt-Delete
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* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. Despite the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
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* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. Despite In addition to the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
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* BilingualBonus: the episode title is the name of God as revealed to Moses: four Hebrew consonants, the tetragrammaton.
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* BilingualBonus: the episode title is the name of God as revealed to Moses: four Hebrew consonants, the tetragrammaton.tetragrammaton.
* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. Despite the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
** Control, along with her aide Schiffman and her agent Grice reappear.
** Elias reappears after thirteen episodes.
** Caleb reappears.
** Garrison appears for the second time in Season 4, his only other appearance being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]].
* TheBusCameBack: Oh boy. Despite the usual suspects of Season 4B (Greer, Iris, Dominic, Floyd and Harper), a number of characters from both major plotlines appear.
** Control, along with her aide Schiffman and her agent Grice reappear.
** Elias reappears after thirteen episodes.
** Caleb reappears.
** Garrison appears for the second time in Season 4, his only other appearance being a brief scene in the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E01 season premiere]].
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Samaritan finally locates The Machine, and Finch and Root race to save Her. Meanwhile, Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between Elias and Dominic
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Reese and Fusco get caught in the war between the two newest numbers, Elias and Dominic. Also, a tantalizing clue to Shaw’s whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a possible trap, and Control goes rogue to uncover the true intentions of Samaritan.
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Reese and Fusco get caught in the war between the two newest numbers, Elias and Dominic. Also, a tantalizing clue to Shaw’s whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a possible trap, and Control goes rogue to uncover the true intentions of Samaritan.
Reese and Fusco get caught in the war between the two newest numbers, Elias and Dominic. Also, a tantalizing clue to Shaw’s whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a possible trap, and Control goes rogue to uncover the true intentions of Samaritan.
