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* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Everything that happens to Greer. He's captured, cut and finally shot. Too bad it never really happened.
--> '''Doctor''': Good news, she waited an extra hour before she shot you.\\
'''Greer''': [[FlatJoy How uplifting.]]
** Also happens to Lambert. Shaw shoots him, forces him to swallow a narcotic, [[HumanShield utilizes him as cover]] when the guards try to stop her and then leaves him to die trapped in a wheelchair. Complete with painful verbal irony.
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!!Tropes present in this episode include:



* YoureInsane: Greer's expression is this when Shaw is about to cut his arm open. Though he knew it was going to happen...

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* YoureInsane: Greer's expression is this when Shaw is about to cut his arm open. Though he knew it was going to happen...happen...
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* AbandonedPlayground

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* %%* AbandonedPlayground



* BatterUp: Shaw finds the sporting goods section handy.

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* %%* BatterUp: Shaw finds the sporting goods section handy.



* BloodyHandprint: Preceded by bloody hands.

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* %%* BloodyHandprint: Preceded by bloody hands.



* BoundAndGagged: Lambert and the store worker.
* TheBusCameBack: Shaw's back!
* BookEnds
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Shaw.

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* %%* BoundAndGagged: Lambert and the store worker.
* %%* TheBusCameBack: Shaw's back!
* %%* BookEnds
* %%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Shaw.



* ExhaustedEyeBags: Shaw sports those.
* EyeAwaken
* {{Fanservice}}: [[WillTheyOrWontThey Root and Shaw?]] TheyDo.

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* %%* ExhaustedEyeBags: Shaw sports those.
* %%* EyeAwaken
* %%* {{Fanservice}}: [[WillTheyOrWontThey Root and Shaw?]] TheyDo.Shaw?]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The episode focuses ''entirely'' on Shaw. Key plot points, such as Finch plugging in the USB drive and seemingly about to be assaulted by Samaritan operatives is left off-screen. The subway HQ is never featured, and Reese also leaves to fight Samaritan operatives on the surface, a battle we never get to see. It's because it's all a simulation on Shaw conducted by Samaritan. Also, since the episode began, there were tons of tips about it being a simulation and not reality.
** Bonus {{Foreshadowing}} occurs when Shaw tells Lambert that the first thing she'll do when she escapes is "make you bleed." It takes her a few episodes, but [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS05E08 she eventually does it for real]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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The episode focuses ''entirely'' on Shaw. Key plot points, such as Finch plugging in the USB drive and seemingly about to be assaulted by Samaritan operatives is left off-screen. The subway HQ is never featured, and Reese also leaves to fight Samaritan operatives on the surface, a battle we never get to see. It's because it's all a simulation on Shaw conducted by Samaritan. Also, since the episode began, there were tons of tips about it being a simulation and not reality.
** Bonus {{Foreshadowing}} occurs when Shaw tells Lambert that the first thing she'll do when she escapes is "make you bleed." It takes her a few episodes, but [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS05E08 she eventually does it for real]].
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* [[ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks Professional Assassins Do It On Desks]]

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* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway

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* PutDownYourGunAndStepAwayPutDownYourGunAndStepAway:



* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Shaw

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* %%* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Shaw



* TortureChamberEpisode

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* %%* TortureChamberEpisode



* TrackingChip: Team Machine naturally suspect this.

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* %%* TrackingChip: Team Machine naturally suspect this.



* WhamEpisode

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* %%* WhamEpisode



* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Reese when Shaw shoots him.

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* %%* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Reese when Shaw shoots him.



* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Shaw realizes she's imprisoned on an island.

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* %%* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Shaw realizes she's imprisoned on an island.
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* CoitusEnsues: Shaw turns down SexForSolace with Root. An add break later and they're having DestructoNookie on a table.

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* ResetButton: The whole espisode is revealed to be a simulation, meaning the deaths of Greer, Reese, and Shaw never happened.

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* ResetButton: The whole espisode episode is revealed to be a simulation, meaning the deaths of Greer, Reese, and Shaw never happened.



* SeekingSanctuary: Finch notes the {{irony}} that the one place to hide from a Machine God is in a church.

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* SeekingSanctuary: Finch notes the {{irony}} that the one place to hide from a Machine God machine god is in a church.


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* VirtualRealityInterrogation: Samaritan has apparently been performing these on Shaw for ''months''.

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* AbsenteeActor: Fusco (Kevin Chapman) doesn't appear, because Samaritan still has no idea he's working with Team Machine. That also means Shaw was able to keep herself from thinking about him during 6,741 simulations.
* [[AllJustADream All Just A Simulation]] / LotusEaterMachine: Samaritan has been letting her "escape" over and over, in the hopes that she'll either lead them to the Machine's location, or go full ManchurianAgent and kill her friends.


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* LotusEaterMachine: Samaritan has been letting her "escape" over and over, in the hopes that she'll either lead them to the Machine's location, or go full ManchurianAgent and kill her friends.

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** ResetButton: ''"Beginning simulation 6,742..."''


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* ResetButton: The whole espisode is revealed to be a simulation, meaning the deaths of Greer, Reese, and Shaw never happened.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
-->'''Root:''' Well that didn't suck.
-->'''Shaw:''' Oh, there was plenty of sucking.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar
-->'''Root:''' Well that didn't suck.
-->'''Shaw:''' Oh, there was plenty of sucking.
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