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* GoneHorriblyRight: Finch's teaching the Machine to value human life was essential toward its mission... until she got a bug, and decided that her assets were murderers and threats to herself.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Finch's teaching the Machine to value human life was essential toward its her mission... until she got a bug, and decided that her assets were murderers and threats to herself.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Finch's teaching the Machine to value human life was essential toward its mission... until she got a bug, and decided that her assets were murderers and threats to herself.
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: The events of the episode, and Root's urging, convince Finch to do the one thing he's constantly resisted: make the Machine an open system.
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--> '''Root''': Wow, an open system. I will never understand why you shut all this information in a box, Harry. We can ask it to search for anything, or anyone.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: The Machine showing the screen with Finch and Root as threats, in answer to Finch's question of who they are.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: ArmorPiercingResponse / WhamShot: The Machine showing the screen with Finch and Root as threats, in answer to Finch's question of who they are.
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-->'''Finch''': The Machine overloaded your cochlear implant? [[ThreeLawsCompliant I programmed it never to hurt anyone, that was a primary precept.]]
-->'''Root''': We're trying to shut her down, alter her code, she's scared!
-->'''Finch''': Scared? Of us? (to the Machine) Are you there? Who are we?
-->''(The Machine displays a screen with Finch and Root labeled as threats)''
-->'''Root''': We're trying to shut her down, alter her code, she's scared!
-->'''Finch''': Scared? Of us? (to the Machine) Are you there? Who are we?
-->''(The Machine displays a screen with Finch and Root labeled as threats)''
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Two months after the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS05E01 events of the previous episode]], the team has made the Machine stable enough to run surveillance tests and resume the irrelevant program. The team's impatience gets the better of them though as the Machine plunges into madness.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The Machine confronts the team about the evil they've done and they have a hard time coping with it.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The Machine confronts the team about the evil they've done and they have a hard time coping with it.
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* ArmorPiercingAnswer: ArmorPiercingResponse: The Machine showing the screen with Harold Finch and Root as threats, in answer to Finch's question of who they are.
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-->'''Finch''': The Machine overloaded your cochlear implant? [[ThreeLawsCompliant I programmed it never to hurt anyone, that was a primary precept.]]
-->'''Root''': We're trying to shut her down, alter her code, she's scared!
-->'''Finch''': Scared? Of us? (to the Machine) Are you there? Who are we?
-->''(The Machine displays a screen with Finch and Root labeled as threats)''
-->'''Root''': We're trying to shut her down, alter her code, she's scared!
-->'''Finch''': Scared? Of us? (to the Machine) Are you there? Who are we?
-->''(The Machine displays a screen with Finch and Root labeled as threats)''
* ArmorPiercingAnswer: The Machine showing the screen with Harold and Root as threats, in answer to Finch's question of who they are.
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* OhCrap: Finch and Root, when they see that the Machine has designated them as relevant threats.
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* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: Averted. Fusco is finally getting the recognition he deserves after he single-handly saves a family from three gangsters.
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** And ''then'' they have the Machine provide information on a number of subjects. The result has Root almost DrunkWithPower.
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* TechnologyPorn: The show is full of it but it gets turned UpToEleven: first Harold proudly presents how he has moved the Machine fully into the subway car, complete with wireless access to the car, Root points out she's gotten the government feeds (something that took Decima several episodes and social engineering to get) and then they populate the Machine's history with the feeds (with appropriate graphics) and have her successfully locate Reese from the middle of the Times Square. And all of this happens within the span of three minutes.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Root gets quite excited about the bunny slippers.
* BlindedByTheLight: It's the third episode in a row with a flashbang!
* BlindedByTheLight: It's the third episode in a row with a flashbang!
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* ChekhovsGag: Finch, among other things, made the doors of the subway car remotely controllable. Surely enough the Machine uses that against him and Root later on.
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* FistBump: Between Finch and Reese before they move to steal the hardware.
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* ThreeLawsCompliant: The Machine defies it by overloading Root's cochlear implant, much to Finch's shock.
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* CallBack: The irrelevant numbers from over the past four seasons are brought up, to serve as the Machine's 'lighthouses' in time.
** At the end, there's a rapid-fire list of past irrelevant numbers from the Machine's perspective. [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E03 Joey Durban]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E04 Megan Tillman]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E06 Zoe Morgan]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E07 Carl Elias]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E23 Root]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 Caleb Phipps]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E14 Logan Pierce]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E16 Shaw]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 Reese]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Arthur Claypool]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E16 Daniel Casey]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E21 Grace Hendricks]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E22 Control]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 Malcolm Booker]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 Simon Lee]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E08 Dani Silva]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E16 Harper Rose]] and [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Sulaiman Khan]].
** At the end, there's a rapid-fire list of past irrelevant numbers from the Machine's perspective. [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E03 Joey Durban]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E04 Megan Tillman]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E06 Zoe Morgan]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E07 Carl Elias]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E23 Root]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 Caleb Phipps]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E14 Logan Pierce]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E16 Shaw]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 Reese]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Arthur Claypool]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E16 Daniel Casey]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E21 Grace Hendricks]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E22 Control]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 Malcolm Booker]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 Simon Lee]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E08 Dani Silva]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E16 Harper Rose]] and [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Sulaiman Khan]].
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* CallBack: CallBack / ContinuityNod:
** A montage of the violence the team has committed is shown as the Machine's reasoning to turn against the team.
** The irrelevant numbers from over the past four seasons are brought up, to serve as the Machine's 'lighthouses' intime.
**time. At the end, there's a rapid-fire list of past irrelevant numbers from the Machine's perspective. [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E03 Joey Durban]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E04 Megan Tillman]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E06 Zoe Morgan]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E07 Carl Elias]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E23 Root]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 Caleb Phipps]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E14 Logan Pierce]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E16 Shaw]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 Reese]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Arthur Claypool]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E16 Daniel Casey]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E21 Grace Hendricks]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E22 Control]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 Malcolm Booker]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 Simon Lee]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E08 Dani Silva]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E16 Harper Rose]] and [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Sulaiman Khan]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: Samaritan has caused people to commit suicide en masse. Or that's what it looks like...
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* CallBack: The irrelevant numbers from over the past four seasons are brought up, to serve as the Machine's 'lighthouses' in time.
** At the end, there's a rapid-fire list of past irrelevant numbers from the Machine's perspective. [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E03 Joey Durban]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E04 Megan Tillman]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E06 Zoe Morgan]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E07 Carl Elias]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E23 Root]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 Caleb Phipps]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E14 Logan Pierce]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E16 Shaw]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 Reese]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Arthur Claypool]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E16 Daniel Casey]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E21 Grace Hendricks]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E22 Control]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 Malcolm Booker]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 Simon Lee]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E08 Dani Silva]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E16 Harper Rose]] and [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Sulaiman Khan]].
** At the end, there's a rapid-fire list of past irrelevant numbers from the Machine's perspective. [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E03 Joey Durban]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E04 Megan Tillman]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E06 Zoe Morgan]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E07 Carl Elias]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E23 Root]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 Caleb Phipps]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E14 Logan Pierce]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E16 Shaw]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 Reese]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E11 Arthur Claypool]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E16 Daniel Casey]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E21 Grace Hendricks]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E22 Control]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E04 Malcolm Booker]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E05 Simon Lee]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E08 Dani Silva]], [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E16 Harper Rose]] and [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E19 Sulaiman Khan]].
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* IronicEcho: At the very end of the episode.
--> [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E01 "You need a purpose. More specifically, you need a job."]]
* OhCrap: Finch and Root, when they see that the Machine has designated them as relevant threats.
--> [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E01 "You need a purpose. More specifically, you need a job."]]
* OhCrap: Finch and Root, when they see that the Machine has designated them as relevant threats.
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* {{Foreshadowing}} / GeniusBonus: In a flashback, a label reads "Day ℝ". ℝ is the set of all numbers, hinting that the Machine is living in every day, reliving all the horrors of the past. The Machine later shows this to Finch, letting him realize what has happened.
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* {{Foreshadowing}} / GeniusBonus: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When asked to say a bit about Reese, the Machine, among other things, points out the murders Reese did for the CIA. It's these violent acts that cause the Machine to turn on the team.
** In a flashback, a label reads "Day ℝ". [[GeniusBonus ℝ is the set of allnumbers, numbers]], hinting that the Machine is living in every day, reliving all the horrors of the past. The Machine later shows this to Finch, letting him realize what has happened.
** When asked to say a bit about Reese, the Machine, among other things, points out the murders Reese did for the CIA. It's these violent acts that cause the Machine to turn on the team.
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* SpecialEditionTitle: The new intro for the season still doesn't get its chance to show. It gets interrupted by the Machine rebooting.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The Machine loses sense of time and considers everything to happen right now.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The Machine confronts the team about the evil they've done and they have a hard time coping with it.
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* FaceHeelTurn: The Machine, temporarily.
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* {{Foreshadowing}} / GeniusBonus: In a flashback, a label reads "Day ℝ". ℝ is the set of all numbers, hinting that the Machine is living in every day, reliving all the horrors of the past. The Machine later shows this to Finch, letting him realize what has happened.
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* AndIMustScream: Having lost the sense of time, the Machine relives the pain of its past every second.
* Cliffhanger: Samaritan recruits another asset...
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* GrayingMorality: The episode discusses this as Finch taught the Machine to be the judge of good and evil and this morality leads the Machine considering the team to be threats. Finch says the world has turned into shades of gray and uses the good they've done to convince the Machine to reassess its assets.
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* HijackedByGanon: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The episode leads the audience (as well as the team) to think Samaritan sent the hit woman on John. The Machine did.
* InitialismTitle: "Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.""
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* InitialismTitle: "Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Root performs a nonlethal variety when she [[spoiler: sedates herself to avoid being used as a bargaining chip by The Machine.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Root performs a nonlethal variety when she [[spoiler: sedates herself to avoid being used as a bargaining chip by The Machine.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: The Machine goes haywire. When she hires a hit on John it becomes apparent just how wicked the Machine could be if it didn't have the morals it does.
* {{Foreshadowing}} / GeniusBonus:[[spoiler: If you noticed In a flashback, a label reads "Day ℝ". ℝ is the funny looking R, you might have noticed early on set of all numbers, hinting that it refereed the number R, representing all real numbers. This would tell you the secret, that The Machine couldn't tell what day it was.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: Root performs a nonlethal variety when she [[spoiler: sedates herself to avoid being used as a bargaining chip by The Machine.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Root performs a nonlethal variety when she [[spoiler: sedates herself to avoid being used as a bargaining chip by The Machine.]]
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