History Recap / PersonOfInterestS05E05

* RevengeBeforeReason: Bruce. Both Reese and Elias urge him to RunOrDie. But Bruce is NotAfraidToDie.

* ArsonMurderAndAdmiration: Root admires Samaritan's skill in murder and framing. After all, this was how we first met our TokenEvilTeammate.

* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: At the end of the episode, Samaritan is shown using the Shotseeker program to listen in on what people are saying.

* FriendshipMoment: Fusco puts his life on the line to mobilise the NYPD to look for Reese. At Finch's urging, Reese makes a point of thanking him.
* GodzillaThreshold: Root urges Finch to modify the Machine to [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption take a more aggressive stance]] against Samaritan.

* ImpliedDeathThreat: Bruce to Fusco's son. Reese doesn't go for implied; saying flat-out that if Bruce goes near Fusco again, IllKillYou.

* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: Averted; he really is innocent.
* PapaBear: InvokedTrope; Bruce threatens Fusco's child, knowing it will bring Reese out of the shadows. Root compares the Machine to a child in an attempt to incite Finch to protect it.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Bruce
* ShootHimHeHasAWallet

* SuicideByCop: Mentioned by name by Fusco, although it is more of a case of an "Attempted murder by cop", when Samaritan tries to frame Ethan as an armed & extremely dangerous killer

* TemptingFate: Reese says, "He's gone" only to get jumped by another couple of thugs, this time working for Bruce.

'''Root:''' We can't pretend to understand Samaritan's motivations. For all we know, it did all of this just to assume control of the global food supply. But what we do know is that we can save a life today by doing the opposite of what Samaritan wants.

* GodzillaThreshold: Root urges Finch to modify the Machine to take a more aggressive stance against Samaritan.

-->'''Finch:''' I'm afraid we're fighting a war we can't win.

* ShoutOut: Possible one to {{Series/Chuck}}, when Fusco refers to the rest of the team as the "nerd herd", towards the end of the episode.

'''Reese:''' No, and neither do you.\\

* {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.

->'''Garvin:''' ...she's out there changing the world while the rest of us are wearing headphones, and now she's gone, and nobody cares.
->'''Reese:''' You care.
->'''Garvin:''' Another missing person, three days gone. You know how this ends, don't you?
->'''Reese:''' No, and neither do you.

* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Elias is revealed to be alive.]]

* LeaveNoWitnesses: Samaritan does this to anyone who knows about Krupa's research ... until Team Machine publicly releases the research anyway, at which point [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Samaritan cuts his losses]] and stops trying to kill Ethan.

-->'''Finch:''' Why does Samaritan want to buy that research so badly? Could solving world hunger lead to an overpopulation problem? \\

The latest Number is Ethan Garvin, an audio technician who works on the [=ShotSeeker=] gunshot detection system, who discovers evidence of a kidnapping (and probable murder) that has been covered up--by Samaritan! Meanwhile, Finch begins an experiment with the Samaritan malware code recovered in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS05E03 Truth Be Told]]," and Fusco is growing increasingly curious about where Team Machine gets its information from.

The latest Number is Ethan Garvin, an audio technician who works on the ShotSeeker gunshot detection system, who discovers evidence of a kidnapping (and probable murder) that has been covered up--by Samaritan! Meanwhile, Finch begins an experiment with the Samaritan malware code recovered in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS05E03 Truth Be Told]]," and Fusco is growing increasingly curious about where Team Machine gets its information from.

* ContinuityNod: Harold's simulations confirm [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E10 what the Machine admitted to Samaritan]]: that there's no way she can beat him.

* VillainHasAPoint: Finch briefly wonders if Samaritan had good reason to destroy Krupa's research.

* AddledAddict: At first, Ethan ''looks'' like a stringed out junkie. In reality, he's been popping stimulants for days, unable to sleep until he finds out what happened to Krupa.

* NotSoStoic: Samaritan gets the closest it has to being pissed off: after Fusco deals with the assassin it sent to kill Garvin, it declares the entire scene and everyone involved disruptive and prepares to continue sending assassins.

* NotNamedInOpeningCredits: Enrico Colantoni, preserving the surprise when Elias shows up alive.

* HijackedByGanon: Samaritan's behind it all once again.

* FictionalCounterpart: to the real-world [[http://www.shotspotter.com/ [=ShotSpotter=]]] gunshot detection and location system.

Season 5, Episode 4