Line #64 Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E08


1	'''Season 4, Episode 8'''
2	!Point of Origin
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4	->''"Like you said, Katya... at the end of the day, it's all about relationships."''
5	-->--'''Martine'''
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7	Reese volunteers as an NYPD police academy instructor in order to keep an eye on Dani Silva, a talented young student whose suspicious actions make him question her motives. Meanwhile, Martine – armed with information from Samaritan – uses a little old-school "human intelligence" to hunt a member of the team.
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9	* {{Arc Word\|s}}: "Relationships"
10	* BirdsOfAFeather: Like Reese, a judge gave Silva a second chance, and she was recruited for a secret intelligence operation.
11	* CallBack:
12	** [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E11 "I had a math teacher once, who said all the world's infinite possibilities rest within this one, simple circle."]]
13	** Silva has heard about [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 the takedown of HR]], and asks John if he was part of it. He doesn't give a straight answer.
14	** The Brotherhood infiltrating the NYPD via moles is compared to TheMafiya mole Laskey.
15	** According to Iris, Reese being involved in yet another shooting, [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E06 this time inside a police station]], has not helped his reputation with Internal Affairs.
16	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Dr. Campbell says that Reese has this. He immediately proves her right.
17	-->'''Iris:''' We can start where we left off: your hero complex, which men often develop in response to being bullied as a child.\
18	'''Reese:''' Iris, my school didn't have bullies. [[BullyHunter I kept them in line]].\
19	'''Iris:''' Uh, bullying bullies is kind of the very definition of a hero complex... You seem distracted. There something else on your mind?\
20	'''Reese:''' You could say that.\
21	'''Iris:''' Look, I'm not sure what you're running from, but--\
22	'''Reese:''' I'm not running from anything. I'm trying to save someone!
23	* {{Cliffhanger}}: At the end of the episode, Martine enters a department store, verifies Shaw is in the vicinity, and draws a handgun just as Shaw notices her.
24	* ContinuityNod:
25	** IA agent Silva notes that [[DirtyCop Fusco's name seems familiar]].
26	** Dominic recruited Ortiz as TheMole by using an expensive lawyer to get a relative off on drug charges. [[Recap/PersonofInterestS04E04 This is the same tactic he was going to use with Malcolm, who was also thinking of becoming a cop.]]
27	* CuttingTheKnot:
28	** Even with a partial photo of Shaw, all the surveillance cameras of the USA and the precise location of her phone that it ''knows'' to belong to a person it wants eliminated, Samaritan can't find her. Sadly, Greer and Martine are not bound by such restrictions and manage to track her down just fine.
29	** The Brotherhood gets information on Elias' organization by stealing the NYPD intelligence files, getting years-worth of intel without much effort. They do so by hacking the files via the NYPD Academy, whose security is less tight.
30	** Trapped in the school by superior numbers, Reese blows a [[ThereWasADoor hole in the bottom of the swimming pool]] to create an escape route.
31	* DangerRoomColdOpen: Reese at the training academy as a tactical instructor.
32	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Silva.
33	-->''"In high school, I was a runner for a gang. Where I'm from, it's not a choice. Once you're in, it's either knocked up or locked up."''
34	* DramaticGunCock: Reese trolling Iris -- he's really getting to grips with his whole shooting people thing.
35	* EnhanceButton: Samaritan is shown working on the blurred image it has of Shaw.
36	* FrameUp: Silva's handler is shot with her training gun.
37	* GoodOldWays: Greer and Martine discuss the advantages of human intelligence.
38	* GoneHorriblyWrong: When Finch was a teacher, he was really hoping to inspire the students with his circle speech. It turned out it did inspire one of his students; that student just happened to be Dominic.
39	* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Daughter]]: How Martine leverages Katya, by pressing a [[ImpliedDeathThreat photo of her daughter up against the window]].
40	* ImpostorForgotOneDetail: Silva notes that Reese's tactics on the range are military, despite not having a military background as Detective Riley.
41	* InternalReveal: Team Machine discovers that Mini is Dominic, which the audience has already known for [[Recap/PersonofInterestS04E04 four episodes]].
42	* {{Irony}}:
43	** [[DragonInChief Martine]] used to be an investigator for the Hague.
44	** Reese gets {{kneecapp\|ing}}ed during a training exercise.
45	* KlingonPromotion: Dominic asks another gang member "You the NumberTwo?" before having him kill his leader.
46	* LampshadeHanging: After various characters all say something to the effect of 'it all comes down to relationships', Martine's reaction to finding out that the way to find Shaw is via a dating app (an app to find relationships) was just "How apropos."
47	* LinkedListClueMethodology: Martine puts the squeeze on Katya, and gets Katya to give up Romeo, who she then [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique gently persuades]] to reveal how he contacted Shaw.
48	* TheMole: Ortiz, Silva's academy partner, who is in with the Brotherhood.
49	* MoreDakka: Two silencers, and Bear with a vest-load of hand grenades!
50	* MovingTheGoalposts: It's never just one job with the Brotherhood.
51	* OffhandBackhand: Martine shooting the man behind her in the bar scene.
52	* OhCrap:
53	** Shaw, once she sees Martine at the makeup counter.
54	** Shaw and Finch both react this way when they realize that "Mini" is Dominic.
55	* ShipTease: Iris laughs off Reese's suggestion that she's a StalkerWithACrush, but she does [[RescueRomance appreciate Reese saving her]] from a drive-by shooting.
56	* ShameIfSomethingHappened: The RedHerring trainee suspect suggests she might have a training accident next time they use live rounds.
57	* TheStarscream: {{Invoked\|Trope}} by Dominic; when the leader of the Trinitarios starts giving him problems, they hand a gun to his NumberTwo and ask if he wants a KlingonPromotion.
58	* TakeThat: A darkly comedic one from Rousseau. Having bluffed a man with a double-barreled shotgun, eliminated him, and then blasting Romeo with one barrel, she says, "Sorry to go all Dick Cheney on you."
59	* TheyHaveTheScent: Bear is used to find Ortiz in the abandoned school.
60	%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Brotherhood's "community centers".
61	%% Please explain why it's an example.
62	* WalkAndTalk: An EnforcedTrope when Iris starts badgering Reese at the same time he's trying to follow Silva.
63	* WhamLine:
64	--> '''Finch:''' And I finally figured out the common denominator. Our new number. ''[Finch places a photo of Elias on the board]''
65	** Martine gets one too:
66	--> '''Martine:''' No worries. I found her.
67	* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Played straight by the Trinitarios. Dominic and his number two give a gun to the Trinitarios' number two. The Trinitario shoots his own leader, not Dominic.
68	* YouHaveFailedMe: Dominic's modus operandi.
69	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Dominic tells the Trinitarios to kill Ortiz.
70	* YouLookFamiliar: Garcia, the Trinitario leader played by Luis Da Silva, Jr., previously appeared in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E09 The Crossing]]".

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