tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post6743932529827674687..comments2024-03-28T08:31:10.500-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Person of Interest: ProphetsBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-20600821934496691632017-04-29T18:10:07.575-04:002017-04-29T18:10:07.575-04:00Gosh, what relevant subject material.Gosh, what relevant subject material.Victoria Grossackhttp://www.tapestryofbronze.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-37271939759204013812014-10-24T21:21:49.236-04:002014-10-24T21:21:49.236-04:00Excellent review, Ms. Bunny!
"You know, eve...Excellent review, Ms. Bunny! <br /><br /><i>"You know, every time I do something good around here, the department thanks me with carpel tunnel and papercuts."</i><br /><br />I plan to use this quote in reference to my job at some point in the near future.<br /><br />On a more serious note, I loved the little frisson between Root and Finch when he asked her how long it had been...since the Machine spoke to her. The original implications of that line were quite different, and I think Amy Acker and Michael Emerson did an excellent job selling a moment of sexual tension that quickly resolved into friendship.<br /><br /><i>“Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain.”</i><br /><br />That's a quote from <i>The Brothers K</i>. Ben Linus reads it aloud at one point during <i>Lost</i>, and I had it in the back of my mind throughout this episode. <br /><br />I think there are a lot of prophets here: Root and Martine, as you pointed out, but also the pollster who always predicts elections with accuracy. And Finch, whose distrust might be prophetic. <br /><br />And there are some martyrs: Carter, of course, but also Nathan, who tells Finch that they should stop building the Machine. And all the foreshadowing about Root seems to hint at an impending martyrdom.Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-46418912855821585602014-10-24T15:44:00.835-04:002014-10-24T15:44:00.835-04:00Sunbunny, I've been reading your PoI reviews f...Sunbunny, I've been reading your PoI reviews for a couple of years now, and I really enjoy them. I'm sure it's a lot of work, and I'm very appreciative of your efforts. <br /><br />I noticed a couple of (possible) errors in the text, and thought I'd mention them in case you wanted to go back and fix them for television-viewing posterity: unless you mean that Martine's familiarity with Greer is more interesting to you than anything else you've ever encountered, you probably mean "piqued" rather than "peaked". And earlier in the same paragraph, I think you meant to mention the "difference" betweenRoot and Martine rather than the "different". I hope I'm not coming across as pedantic, I just thought you might like to know.<br /><br />Okay, moving on!<br /><br />I wasn't bothered by Root's survival. What struck me about that thread was that due to Carter's end, I believed that Root might not make it through the episode. I love that the writers were able to make me believe in that possibility. That said, I hope they don't go to that well again, because I really don't want the show's power diluted.<br /><br />Speaking of Carter, I wonder if maybe the characters never mention her name because it's too painful. Then again, at least in Reese's case, maybe he was being cautious; if he mentions Carter by name, he may be exposing a thread, that, if pulled could compromise the team's safety.<br /><br />Regarding Martine, I wonder if like Claire, she was recruited by one of the "Nautilus" puzzles. And along similar lines, if I'd known ahead of time the basic plot of this episode, I would have expected Claire to be Samaritan's "prophet"--why else would they dedicate an episode to her recruitment? Perhaps that was the original plan and Quinn Shephard wasn't available to return.<br /><br />This was definitely the best episode of the season thus far, and one of the best overall. I love this show!Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187607644975494747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-32784397840297844842014-10-23T14:33:55.911-04:002014-10-23T14:33:55.911-04:00I think it would be more precise to say The Machin...I think it would be more precise to say The Machine *had* only one data center. When it moved itself ("God Mode"), there's no reason to believe it moved all the server boxes to the same new location. I've always assumed that it scattered its servers to many different locations just so nobody could put it out of business by gaining control of one location.Baby Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09256365233432986198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-31284941291319972702014-10-23T04:15:10.259-04:002014-10-23T04:15:10.259-04:00Well, I have certain problems now.
If the only di...Well, I have certain problems now.<br /><br />If the only difference between Samaritan and The Machine is Finch - what would happen when Finch dies? Even if he keeps low profile AND maintains healthy lifestyle - which he doesn't - he will die at some point. Will The Machine become as evil as Samaritan is then?<br /><br />Another thing... Root said in the previous season that, if memory serves, Samaritan has dozens of data centers all around the world. We've also seen that The Machine is centralized, only having one data center. Does that mean that The Machine is much less powerful, or that Finch was a much better programmer?<br /><br />Back to the latest episode, I wonder what a "talk" between Finch and The Machine can look like. Reese tried to threaten - blackmail, actually - The Machine once, and it worked. What would Finch do?migmithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981055611018991476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-60412711663659653152014-10-22T18:49:07.426-04:002014-10-22T18:49:07.426-04:00With this episode and with the A of Shield episode...With this episode and with the A of Shield episode as well, I have never had so much fun and awe on a Tuesday nite. That was the BEST tuesday nite EVER on TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-21273353932321389852014-10-22T17:37:52.533-04:002014-10-22T17:37:52.533-04:00Samaritan did more than change robocalls. The anal...Samaritan did more than change robocalls. The analyst said that polling showed that hundreds of thousands of votes just disappeared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com