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* LoveConfessor: Root tells Bella that she "Just needed a change. Got a new job. [[LesYay ''Fell in love.'']] "
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* OhCrap: Finch and especially Root when the Machine starts {{Overheating}}.
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** He does it again with liquid nitrogen to save the Machine from {{Overheating}}.
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* TheBusCameBack: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E20 Detective Soriano]] is [[BackForTheDead]]. Nathan Ingram and Grace Hendricks also make another appearance in the flashbacks.

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* TheBusCameBack: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E20 Detective Soriano]] is [[BackForTheDead]].BackForTheDead. Nathan Ingram and Grace Hendricks also make another appearance in the flashbacks.
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** Harold accidentally calls the Machine "she" in the present.

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* TheBusCameBack: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E20 Detective Soriano]]. Nathan Ingram and Grace Hendricks also make another appearance in the flashbacks.

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* TheBusCameBack: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E20 Detective Soriano]].Soriano]] is [[BackForTheDead]]. Nathan Ingram and Grace Hendricks also make another appearance in the flashbacks.



* CutTheJuice: Finch resorts to this to stop the Machine from decompressing early onto his workstation. It all catches fire as a result.

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* CutTheJuice: Finch resorts to this to stop the Machine from decompressing early onto his workstation. [[IncendiaryExponent It all catches fire as a result.]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan [[FreezeFrameBonus draws a target]] on Detective Soriano right before a [[IdiosyncraticWipes wipe]]. He "mysteriously" dies to a cardiac arrest not long afterwards.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan [[FreezeFrameBonus draws a target]] on Detective Soriano right before a [[IdiosyncraticWipes wipe]].as he walks off camera and Reese steals the viewers' attention. He "mysteriously" dies to a cardiac arrest not long afterwards.



* LetsGetDangerous: At the end of the episode, with the Machine decompressed, the team seems to finally be taking their gloves off.
-->'''Root''': Things will ''definitely'' be different this time.



** Played straight with the RAM chips though, which survived being incinerated.



* {{Overheating}}: The critical decompression is bound to fail because of this...until Reese breaks out liquid nitrogen to cool it all down.

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* {{Overheating}}: The critical decompression is bound to fail because of this...this, until Reese breaks out liquid nitrogen to cool it all down.down.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
-->'''Zachary''': (to Root at gunpoint) Where are the other members of your team?
-->''(cue [[BlindedByTheLight flashbang]] from Reese)''
-->'''Root''': Think you just found one.
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* TheBusCameBack: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E20 Detective Soriano]]. Nathan Ingram and Grace Hendricks also make another appearance in the flashbacks.



* CorruptBureaucrat: Samaritan has an asset pose as a FBI agent to obstruct detective Soriano, to help wiping the Correction under the rug.

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* CorruptBureaucrat: Samaritan has an asset pose as a an FBI agent to obstruct detective Detective Soriano, to help wiping sweep the Correction under the rug.



* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Root insults [[AIIsACrapShoot an omniscient AI]] [[AGodIAm with a raging God complex]] to its proverbial face. And then ''literally'' flips it off. The image is [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar pixelated]] but it's still glorious.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Root insults [[AIIsACrapShoot an omniscient AI]] [[AGodIAm with a raging God complex]] to its proverbial face. And then ''literally'' [[FlippingTheBird flips it off. off]]. The image is [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar pixelated]] pixelated]], but it's still glorious.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan [[FreezeFrameBonus draws a target]] on detective Soriano right before a [[IdiosyncraticWipes wipe]]. He "mysteriously" dies to a cardiac arrest not long afterwards.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan [[FreezeFrameBonus draws a target]] on detective Detective Soriano right before a [[IdiosyncraticWipes wipe]]. He "mysteriously" dies to a cardiac arrest not long afterwards.



* {{Overheating}}: The critical decompression is bound to fail because of this... until Reese breaks out liquid nitrogen to cool it all down.

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* {{Overheating}}: The critical decompression is bound to fail because of this... until Reese breaks out liquid nitrogen to cool it all down.
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The morning after the events of "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 [=YHWH=]]]," Reese, Finch, and Root are on the run from Samaritan's operatives, the battery powering the [[BrainInAJar briefcase containing The Machine's code]] is failing, and Fusco realizes that someone is covering up the truth about the attack on Dominic and Elias. In flashback, we see Finch struggling with the question of whether to limit The Machine's capabilities or allow it to evolve.

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The morning after the events of "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 [=YHWH=]]]," Reese, Finch, and Root are on the run from Samaritan's operatives, the battery powering the [[BrainInAJar briefcase containing The Machine's code]] is failing, and Fusco realizes that someone is covering up the truth about the attack on Dominic and Elias. In flashback, we see Finch circa 2006, struggling with the question of whether to limit The Machine's capabilities or allow it to evolve.
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Read more at: http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=195&t=26993

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->'''Reese:''' We'll fix it. We have to, Finch. The world needs your Machine now more than ever.
->'''Finch:''' You're not the first person that's tried to tell me that, Mr. Reese.

Read more at: http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=195&t=26993

The morning after the events of "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 [=YHWH=]]]," Reese, Finch, and Root are on the run from Samaritan's operatives, the battery powering the [[BrainInAJar briefcase containing The Machine's code]] is failing, and Fusco realizes that someone is covering up the truth about the attack on Dominic and Elias. In flashback, we see Finch struggling with the question of whether to limit The Machine's capabilities or allow it to evolve.



* TheSocialExpert: How Samaritan draws assets out of thin air to pit against Root. With text messages, it makes the people in the subway go up against Root and later buys away Bella from her as well.

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* TheSocialExpert: How Samaritan draws assets out of thin air to pit against Root. With text messages, it makes the induces people in the subway to go up against Root Root, and later buys away Bella from her as well.

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* ContinuityNod: Trying to identify Root after the subway fight, Samaritan compares her to several of her previous covers/aliases: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 Hannah Karpinsky, Karen Iverson, Sarah Cooke]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E17 Augusta A. King]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E16 Veronica Sinclair]], and [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E23 Caroline Turing]].

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* ContinuityNod: CassandraTruth: Downplayed. Ingram unknowningly predicted Samaritan's existence in 2006, but Finch didn't build the Machine to respond to it.
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Trying to identify Root after the subway fight, Samaritan compares her to several of her previous covers/aliases: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 Hannah Karpinsky, Karen Iverson, Sarah Cooke]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E17 Augusta A. King]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E16 Veronica Sinclair]], and [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E23 Caroline Turing]].Turing]].
** Finch has [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E22 a good reason to dislike ferries]].


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* CuttingTheKnot: Reese knocking out the guy who was trying to use the vending machine.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
-->'''The Machine''': And how will I remember you?
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* CutTheJuice: Finch resorts to this to stop the Machine from decompressing early onto his workstation. It all catches fire as a result.


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* {{Overheating}}: The critical decompression is bound to fail because of this... until Reese breaks out liquid nitrogen to cool it all down.
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* BlatantLies: Samaritan's FBI agent claims that Fusco's memory of a sniper was [[TraumaInducedAmnesia trauma-induced]].
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* WhamEpisode: And it's looking like the entire season is going to be this.
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* [[Understatement]]: Finch is "not particularly fond" of ferries.

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* [[Understatement]]: {{Understatement}}: Finch is "not particularly fond" of ferries.

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* CorruptBureaucrat: Samaritan has an asset pose as a FBI agent to obstruct detective Soriano, to help wiping the Correction under the rug.



* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Samaritan has an asset pose as a FBI agent to be this for detective Soriano, to help wiping the Correction under the rug.

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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Fusco's able to tell he's being fed bullshit big time, especially after he finds the sniper bullet on the rooftop. Which draws the attention Samaritan's prying eyes...



* FreezeFrameBonus: Samaritan [[Foreshadowing draws a target]] on detective Soriano right before a [[IdiosyncraticWipes wipe]].

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* FreezeFrameBonus: {{Foreshadowing}}: Samaritan [[Foreshadowing [[FreezeFrameBonus draws a target]] on detective Soriano right before a [[IdiosyncraticWipes wipe]].wipe]]. He "mysteriously" dies to a cardiac arrest not long afterwards.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Samaritan [[Foreshadowing draws a target]] on detective Soriano right before a [[IdiosyncraticWipes wipe]].


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* [[Understatement]]: Finch is "not particularly fond" of ferries.

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-->'''Root:''' [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch You can just call me Root, bitch.]]

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-->'''Root:''' -->'''Root''': [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch You can just call me Root, bitch.]]



* MadeOfIndestructium: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], the briefcase fails to protect the piezo-electric battery from the damage inflicted during Reese's fight on the docks.



* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Samaritan has an asset pose as a FBI agent to be this for detective Soriano, to help wiping the Correction under the rug.



* TheSocialExpert: How Samaritan draws assets out of thin air to pit against Root. With text messages, it makes the people in the subway go up against Root and later buys away Bella from her as well.



-->'''Harold:''' You're not a human. You're a machine.

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-->'''Harold:''' -->'''Harold''': You're not a human. You're a machine.machine.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Zachary and his team take out Bella and his crew right after he leads them to Root.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Reese saving Root from Zachary.



* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Root insults [[AIIsACrapShoot an omniscient AI]] [[AGodIAm with a raging God complex]] to its proverbial face. And then ''literally'' flips it off.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Root insults [[AIIsACrapShoot an omniscient AI]] [[AGodIAm with a raging God complex]] to its proverbial face. And then ''literally'' flips it off. The image is [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar pixelated]] but it's still glorious.



** And for once, Samaritan actually does exactly that and files her as "Root".



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "You can just call me Root, ''bitch'' " also right after she says this she also ''flips the camera a middle finger''. The image is pixelated but it's still a glorious example of this.



* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: PlayedWith in that Finch in the flashbacks ''knows'' that the Machine is more just a computer, but tries to convince himself otherwise. Has a huge MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment in the present.
-->'''Harold:''' You're not a human. You're a Machine.

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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: PlayedWith in that Finch in the flashbacks ''knows'' that the Machine is more just a computer, but tries to convince himself otherwise. Has a huge MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment in after he actually does wipe the present.
Machine's memories for the first time.
-->'''Harold:''' You're not a human. You're a Machine.machine.

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* NoodleIncident: how Root got the BFG from the cop after the subway fight.

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* NoodleIncident: how ManchurianAgent: What appears to be a non-brainwash variant. Samaritan sends a flurry of text messages to civilians on a subway train. Said civilians and multiple law enforcement officers then promptly proceed to try take down Root.
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Root got the BFG from the cop after the subway fight.fight.
* ShownTheirWork: Makes its triumphant return to POI. The USAF conducted a experiment in 2013 and made a computer by merging multiple PS3 consoles together and programming them. Finch and Root take full advantage of the exact same method to bring the Machine back to life in the decompression process.
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* ContinuityNod: Trying to identify Root after the subway fight, Samaritan compares her to several of her previous covers/aliases: [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 Hannah Karpinsky, Karen Iverson, Sarah Cooke]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E17 Augusta A. King]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E16 Veronica Sinclair]], and [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E23 Caroline Turing]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Reese and Root, as usual.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "You can just call me Root, ''bitch'' " also right after she says this she also ''flips the camera a middle finger''. The image is pixelated but it's still a glorious example of this.

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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: PlayedWith in that Finch in the flashbacks ''knows'' the Machine is more just a computer, but tries to convince himself otherwise. Has a huge MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment in the present.

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* NoodleIncident: how Root got the BFG from the cop after the subway fight.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: PlayedWith in that Finch in the flashbacks ''knows'' that the Machine is more just a computer, but tries to convince himself otherwise. Has a huge MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment in the present.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Root insults [[AIIsACrapShoot an omniscient AI]] [[AGodIAm with a raging God complex]] to its proverbial face.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Root insults [[AIIsACrapShoot an omniscient AI]] [[AGodIAm with a raging God complex]] to its proverbial face. And then ''literally'' flips it off.



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* InitialismTitleHeroicBSOD: Harold has one when he believes the Machine has been destroyed.
* InitialismTitle
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: PlayedWith in that Finch in the flashbacks ''knows'' the Machine is more just a computer, but tries to convince himself otherwise. Has a huge MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment in the present.
-->'''Harold:''' You're not a human. You're a Machine.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Root insults [[AIIsACrapShoot an omniscient AI]] [[AGodIAm with a raging God complex]] to its proverbial face.
-->'''Root:''' [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch You can just call me Root, bitch.]]
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* BlueScreenOfDeath: The episode is named after this.
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'''Season 5, Episode 1'''
!B.S.O.D.

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