History Recap / PersonOfInterestS04E22

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Correction did this to Schiffman, Grice, Dominic, and Elias. Control is implied to be taken away to be tortured by Samaritan's operatives.

* CutTheJuice: Samaritan takes this trope and uses it to try murder The Machine.

* DistressCall: Literally a call. The Machine sends one by way of a payphone behind one of the brick walls in The Subway.
* DownerEnding: Greer is triumphant once more, The Machine is dead, the last potential opposition to Samaritan in the American Government is finished and Team Machine are even more isolated and in a worse off position than they were at the start of the season with Shaw still a prisoner and no progress having been made in defeating Decima.

* TruthInTelevision: Digital data actually can be sent over power circuits, via devices such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication powerline adapters]]. Presumably that's what the Thornhill Utilities boxes were.

** Most shocking of all, the Machine as we know it dies but the code is uploaded into a single briefcase.

* TruthInTelevision: Digital data actually can be sent over power circuits, via devices such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication powerline adapters]]. Presumably that's what the Thornhill Industries boxes were.

* CurbStompBattle: Reese takes down all of Dominic's men given ten seconds of Admin access.

* DownerEnding: Greer is triumphant once more, The Machine is dead, the last potential opposition to Samaritan in the American Government is finished and Team Machine are even more isolated and in a worse off position than they were at the start of the season.

** The Machine's plan only worked because she knew that Samaritan would direct the blackouts to end in New York. If they ended in, say, Texas, Root and Finch may not have been able to get there in time to create the backup.

** During Greer's monologue to Control, he brings up eliminating "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E10 outliers]]", and the scene cuts to Elias dying in his car.

* ClickHello: Control pulls one on Greer.

---> '''Control''': If you refuse, two men will walk through that door. One will put a black bag over your head and the other will zip tie your wrists. You'll be thrown into a hole so dark and deep that even your precious Samaritan can't see inside. And the last thing you'll hear is my voice saying "this is where you belong."

---> '''Greer''': Samaritan's revealed there's no room for outliers, which means there's no room for you. But don't worry, you will be taken to a place.. where you belong.

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Dominic orders Fusco's death because Reese refuses to work with Dominic.

--> '''Root''': We've got one and a half clips, a metro card, and God's either dead or running on double-As.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Greer says that "The Correction" was one for Control. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], in that it was really a trap for Control and those loyal to her. Samaritan fed Control evidence of a fake terrorist attack which she (and all of Northern Lights) was duty-bound to follow up on, and gave her no evidence to suggest that the situation was anything other than she perceived it to be.

** Elias and Dominic die.
** Grice and Schiffmann die. Control is captured and sent to be tortured by Samaritan.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Greer says that "The Correction" was one for Control. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], in that it was really a trap for Control and those loyal to her. Samaritan fed Control evidence of a fake terrorist attack which she (and all of Northern Lights)was duty-bound to follow up on, and gave her no evidence to suggest that the situation was anything other than she perceived it to be.

--> '''Control''': If you refuse, two men will walk through that door. One will put a black bag over your head and the other will zip tie your wrists. You'll be thrown into a hole so dark and deep that even your precious Samaritan can't see inside. And the last thing you'll hear is my voice saying "this is where you belong."
--> ''(episode progresses and Greer reveals that Control has been tricked to reveal the people loyal to her. Control gets a black bag and zip tie instead.)''
--> '''Greer''': Samaritan's revealed there's no room for outliers, which means there's no room for you. But don't worry, you will be taken to a place.. where you belong.

* IronicEcho: Control threatens Greer to be taken away if he doesn't tell her what Samaritan is apparently planning to blow up:

* BatmanGambit: Reese only escaped from Dominic because the Machine knew that Floyd would read out loud a fax [[TooDumbToLive describing the physical infirmities of one of the Brotherhood's soldiers]].

* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: The Machine calls Harold father.

** Samaritan draws target symbols on Dominic as well as Elias, heralding the beginning of the Correction. Reese, after getting out of the bank, also eyes the man who will snipe them. The person watching Fusco and Reese was actually a sniper, tracking Dominic and Elias in preparation for the Correction.
** "You think I'm stupid?" "No. You're just smart enough to get yourself killed."

* BlatantLies: Greer uses this beautifully in [[spoiler: buying time for the Correction to be implemented by misdirecting Control to believe that he's plotting an act of terrorism.]] This allows him to make her diminishing WrongGenreSavvy mindset return with a vengeance.

* BlatantLies: Greer uses this beautifully in [[spoiler: buying time for the correction to be implemented by misdirecting Control to believe that he's plotting an act of terrorism.]] This allows him to make her diminishing WrongGenreSavvy mindset return with a vengeance.

-->'''Reese''': Hell yes. ''[starts shooting]''

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Harper disappears after the police raid the Brotherhood's hideout.

-->'''Root''': No more standing on the sidelines. Want us to save your skin? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Get. In. The game!

* BilingualBonus: The episode title is the name of God as revealed to Moses in [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus]]: four Hebrew consonants, the Tetragrammaton.

-->'''Root''': No more standing on the sidelines. Want us to save your skin? Get in the game.

** Samaritan draws target symbols on Dominic as well as Elias, heralding the beginning of the Correction. Reese, after getting out of the bank, also eyes the man who will snipe them.
** The person watching Fusco and Reese was actually a sniper, tracking Dominic and Elias in preparation for the Correction.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Samaritan claims that "The Correction" was one for Control. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], in that it was really a trap. Samaritan fed Control evidence of a fake terrorist attack which she (and all of Northern Lights) would have been duty-bound to follow up on, and gave her no reason to do anything else.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The intro is missing and even the short version suffers InterfaceScrew.

** Control thinks Greer is creating a FalseFlagOperation to keep Samaritan running, still somewhat thinking that she's in a Post 9/11 Spy Drama (thanks to Greer briefly planting that idea in their conversation) It doesn't occur to her that the whole scenario might be a SecretTestOfCharacter used to purge individuals like her from opposing Samaritan.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The entire episode was one for Control.

* BolivianArmyEnding: The episode ends with Reese, Harold, and Root fighting their way through waves of Samaritan's followers while holding the Machine in a storage.

* FailureHero: It's been built up over the Season but Harold gets solidified as one with his failure to prevent the machine from being taken offline by Samaritan.

* DownerEnding: Greer is triumphant once more, the machine is dead, the last potential opposition to Samaritan in the American Government is finished and Team Machine are even more isolated and in a worse off position than they were at the start of the season.

** The entire episode is one for Samaritan. It unleashes its assets on potential threats, eliminating multiple potential allies for Team Machine and then takes the machine offline.

* DemotedToExtra: Unlike the Season 2 and Season 3 finales, which used fewer characters and more scenes, this episode brings a few recurring characters down to one scene. Schiffman, Grice, Caleb, Iris, and Garrison only have one scene.

* FromBadToWorse: Like in the previous Season, thing don't go well for our heroes.

* 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.

* DemotedToCameo: Unlike the Season 2 and Season 3 finales, which used fewer characters and more scenes, this episode brings a few recurring characters down to one scene. Schiffman, Grice, Caleb, Iris, and Garrison only have one scene.

* DemotedToCameo: Unlike the Season 2 and Season 3 finales, which used fewer characters and more scenes, this episode brings a few recurring characters down to one scene. Schiffman, Grice, Iris, and Garrison only have one scene.