Person of Interest REACTION - 3x20
Added 2019-11-09 00:30:15 +0000 UTC
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I actually don't like that the dilemma presented in this episode is even a dilemma. Especially coming from Finch. He's the one who's always said that the machine isn't supposed to save someone but everyone. That's what he designed the machine to do. And as Reese pointed out: that's what the machine has been doing all the time. Government agents preventively taking out individuals to stop acts of terrorism with mass casualties. And now suddenly it's not the right thing to do because they have to do it themselves and that would make Finch not sleep well at night? Imo that's not "right" or "good". Just selfish. I understand that after Nathan's death, Finch took a good look at himself and then understood that no one is "irrelevant" and those people on the irrelevant list deserved saving, too. But not at the cost of abandoning the "relevant list". The relevant list was already being taken care of. He just saved "additional lives". There's a difference between "being good and doing the right thing" and just "doing something to preserve your own self-image of being a good guy". The right thing to do would have been to shoulder the responsibility of killing that one person to save many. Not doing so is just selfish. All the shit that goes down in following seasons might have been prevented if they just listened to the machine and killed one person. That's pretty frustrating to think about. The entire Samaritan problem could have been resolved already. Instead it takes another two seasons and countless lives are lost because the main characters weren't willing to kill one corrupt douche. And now we have two seasons of stopping something we weren't willing to prevent in the first place. Great... Ultimately, from my point of view, all the lives lost because of Samaritan...are on Finch's team. Which is pretty sad and frustrating. I also disagree that Reese and Shaw not killing the guy showed further character development. We've seen throughout the show, pretty consistently, that Reese really dislikes killing and that Shaw is obedient when it comes to Finch giving her "do not kill" orders. It would have actually been more of a character development to show that they - especially Reese - were willing to kill in cold blood when needed. On another note: when Grear was talking to the senator about "finding a terrorist in New York in 24 hours" the right response would have been: "You've already found me a terrorist. He's standing right in front of me."
Dr. Foppo
2020-11-07 14:11:10 +0000 UTCThis is the episode where I knew POI had shot to the top of my favorite TV shows. Always liked it, grew to love it by the second season, but it was not exactly Number 1. But those last 10 minutes, and that conversation between Harold, John and Shaw just killed me. Morality can come with great mortality, but is it true morality if it is a choice?
Gil
2019-12-04 12:56:15 +0000 UTCCompletely agree.
Fabrisse ter Brugghe
2019-11-13 20:28:17 +0000 UTCdidn't see that twist coming either when I watched it the first time. And yeah I'd definitely watch the last three back to back, it's basically one large episode.
aleph-0
2019-11-09 15:19:58 +0000 UTCQuestion: are you planning on putting the edited versions on YouTube? If so, any idea when?
Crystal
2019-11-09 14:19:44 +0000 UTCThere are 3 more episodes ππ
Ninaofthe90s
2019-11-09 13:50:11 +0000 UTCI f-ing love this episode. This last ten minutes is brilliance. I remember when I first watched it and that twist, that they were the perpetrators. I had chills. Then that ending....This is, imo, the true beginning to the rest of the series. It just gets amped up and better from here on out.
Crystal
2019-11-09 13:03:19 +0000 UTC
