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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the episode, Finch decides to check security at the safehouse and cleans up a coffee cup left on a table. Both elements hint that Team Machine is keeping someone there.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the episode, Finch decides to check security at the safehouse and cleans up a coffee cup left on a table. Both elements hint that Team Machine is keeping someone there. Also, in "Truth Be Told", Reese moves the POI into a high-end hotel suite "now that the safehouse isn't available" -- but no explanation is given as to why. It's because it's being used by the person in this episode.
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* AbsenteeActor: Creator/SarahShahi received a [[AndStarring "With" credit]] in the opening credits, but Shaw did not actually appear in this episode.

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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Root lets walk away the man who will kill her. Although even if she had shot Jeff, another Samaritan gunman would have just taken his place.]]



* WeWillMeetAgain: Root thinks they haven't seen the last of Jeff.

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* WeWillMeetAgain: Root thinks they [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS05E10 haven't seen the last of Jeff.Jeff]].
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* TheKindnapper: Fusco handcuffs Ethan to his desk. Unfortunately this leaves him vulnerable when as assassin appears. Fortunately Fusco makes a ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind.

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* TheKindnapper: Fusco handcuffs Ethan to his desk. Unfortunately this leaves him vulnerable when as an assassin appears. Fortunately Fusco makes a ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind.

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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Ethan was incited to take the case because he vaguely knew Krupa in high school; before that the names of the victims didn't mean much to him.


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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Ethan was incited to take the case because he vaguely knew Krupa in high school; before that the names of the victims didn't mean much to him.
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* WeWillMeetAgain: Root thinks they haven't seen the last of Jeff.

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* TheBigBoard: Lionel tapes up a photo of the missing woman, just like Finch will do with each Number.



* MythologyGag: Root expresses [[ArsonMurderAndAdmiration admiration]] for Samaritan's skill in [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E13 committing murder and framing someone else for it]].

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
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Root expresses [[ArsonMurderAndAdmiration admiration]] for Samaritan's skill in [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E13 committing murder and framing someone else for it]].it]].
** Lionel puts up a photo of the missing woman, just like Finch does with each Number.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Ethan was incited to take the case because he vaguely knew Krupa in high school; before that the names didn't mean much to him.

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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Ethan was incited to take the case because he vaguely knew Krupa in high school; before that the names of the victims didn't mean much to him.
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* TheBusCameBack: Elias is revealed to be alive.

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* TheBusCameBack: Bruce from "The Devil You Know" returns. Elias is revealed to be alive.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Bruce reports that [[TheKingslayer four other crime kingpins]] were assassinated at the same time as Elias. Bruce has been waiting to see who fills the void left by their deaths, but no-one has. Not knowing of the [[OutOfGenreVillain existence of Samaritan]], Bruce has come out of hiding to force his enemy to reveal themself.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Bruce reports that [[TheKingslayer four other crime kingpins]] were assassinated at the same time as Elias. Bruce has been waiting to see who fills the void left by their deaths, but no-one has. Not knowing of the [[OutOfGenreVillain [[OutsideContextProblem existence of Samaritan]], Bruce has come out of hiding to force bring his enemy to reveal themself.into the open.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Bruce reports that [[TheKingslayer four other crime kingpins]] were assassinated at the same time as Elias. Bruce has been waiting to see who fills the void left by their deaths, but no-one has. Not knowing of the [[OutOfGenreVillain existence of Samaritan]], Bruce has come out of hiding to force his enemy to reveal themself.



* TheKingslayer: Bruce reports that four other crime kingpins were assassinated at the same time as Elias.
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* TheKingslayer: Bruce reports that four other crime kingpins were assassinated at the same time as Elias.
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* AWorldHalfFull: Reese and Fusco both urge this on Ethan, who's starting to give up hope of finding Krupa.

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* AWorldHalfFull: Reese and Fusco both urge this on Ethan, who's starting to give up hope of finding Krupa.Krupa alive. The fact that things appear hopeless is exactly why you should keep fighting to make a difference.
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* HopelessWar: Suggested by Finch and Elias. Rejected by Fusco and Reese.

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* HopelessWar: Suggested by Finch and Elias. Rejected by [[KnightInSourArmor Fusco and Reese.Reese]].
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** Averted with Root and Jeff. With the police approaching, she gives him the option of walking away. He does.

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** Averted with Root and Jeff. With the police approaching, she gives him the option of walking away. He does.does.
* AWorldHalfFull: Reese and Fusco both urge this on Ethan, who's starting to give up hope of finding Krupa.
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* SideBet: On whether the gun used in a shooting was a Glock .22. Ethan wins.

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* SideBet: On whether the gun used in a shooting was a Glock .Glock 22. Ethan wins.
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** Even though Bruce says the men guarding him are Elias loyalists, Reese knocks them out before taking Bruce to see his boss.

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* HopelessWar: Suggested by Finch and Elias, rejected by Fusco and Reese.

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* HopelessWar: Suggested by Finch and Elias, rejected Elias. Rejected by Fusco and Reese.Reese.
-->'''Ethan:''' Krupa's still missing. Mary's dead.
-->'''Fusco:''' Yeah, we did the best we could.
-->'''Ethan:''' It wasn't enough.
-->'''Fusco:''' Hey, it never is. That's the curse of what we do, and why we never stop. I'm not giving up on Krupa. She's not alone among the missing.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Carrick was allegedly involved in the murder of six farming activists in Ecuador, which makes him a useful patsy for Samaritan.



* DefiantToTheEnd: Mary says "Go to hell!" to a hitman just before he shoots her.



* FieryCoverup: Elias supposedly burned up in the prison transport.



* FrameUp

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* FrameUpFrameUp: Carrick never stole Krupa's research or arranged her murder.



* SideBet: On whether the gun used in the shooting was a Glock .22. Ethan wins.

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* SideBet: On whether the gun used in the a shooting was a Glock .22. Ethan wins.
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* TheKindnapper: Fusco handcuffs Ethan to his desk. Unfortunately this leaves him vulnerable when as assassin appears. Fortunately Fusco makes a ConvenientlyTimedAttackForBehind.

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* TheKindnapper: Fusco handcuffs Ethan to his desk. Unfortunately this leaves him vulnerable when as assassin appears. Fortunately Fusco makes a ConvenientlyTimedAttackForBehind.ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind.

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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Ethan was incited to take the case because he vaguely knew Krupa in high school; before that the names didn't mean much to him.



* BeardOfSorrow

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* BeardOfSorrowBeardOfSorrow: Ethan; Fusco tells him to shave at the end.

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