s3E20 Death Benefit s3E21 Beta
You know software is evil if it doesn't have Dark mode.
Death Benefit: The Rules Committee does... something, we think? root asks Shaw out on a murder spree--sorry, date. John reverts to his CIA training. AI murder, the sexiest ethical dilemma.
S3E22: A House Divided S3E23: Deus Ex Machina
A House Divided: Five numbers, all relevant... to The Machine. Shaw and John have to work with the O'Terminator. Root has a B-Team? Oh great, Vigilance is running a toooootally fair trial. Seeing Root's whole background thing is really cool. The Greer/Finch dialogue should have won an Emmy. Collier is divisive.
S4E01: Panopticon S4E02: Nautilus
Panopticon: Shaw is a perfume girl, John is an undercover cop, and Finch is a professor
S4E3 Wingman S4E4 Brotherhood
Justen hates auto-zoom.
Wingman: Which PoI writer has written the most Fusco F*cks episodes? John isn't allowed to do his favorite things (kneecapping) any more now that he's a cop. Bear is the best boy, yet again. Harold gets to buy an anti-tank weapon. Jude admits he's wrong.
S4E5: Prophets S4E6: Pretenders
Prophets: This episode hits different in 2023. John's sexytimes sad motif means a recurring character, and John is a terrible spy. Samaritan is taking active measures. AIs don't understand morals, in Finch's view. Root is great in this episode. Has John ever voted? No one mock Ana for her bravery in this episode.
S4E07 Honor among Thieves S4E08 Point of Origin
Jude goes a long way to make a gif. The fundamental warcrimes component of Battletech.
Honor Among Thieves: We hit the warcrimes airhorn a lot. Some of the logistics seem unrealistic here, in a show about godlike AIs. The threat of a pandemic was much more fun when it wasn't a thing we'd actually experienced. Shaw is a bisexual icon.
S4E9: The Devil You Know S4E10: Cold War
Zathras warning: LOTS of Star Trek in the beginning of this one. Like, nearly 10 minutes. The management apologizes.
The Devil You Know: The theme of this episode is "who does the protecting, and who do they choose to protect." Where the hell did Shaw hide a P90 in a cosmetics counter? ELIAS!
S4E11: If/Then/Else S4E12: Ctrl+Alt+Del
Yet again, Star Trek talk. And then we get a 10 minute tour of Justen's bedroom furniture. IKEA, sponsor us--this podcast resembles one of Jude's bookcases, for sure.
If/Then/Else: It's Remedial Chaos Theory! The show played with the format of broadcast tv to emotionally whiplash you, and it doesn't come across as well on streaming, but that
S4E13: MIA S4E14: Guilty
The gang reconvenes after an extended recording hiatus (it shows...), discusses the weather, and then...
MIA: This is a d&d plotline. Just a reminder--torture does not work. Ana goes on a rant about New York.
S4E15: Q&A S4E16: Blunt
Justen describes, at length, a single player board game. There's probably at least 10% Person of Interest content in this episode, but no guarantees.
Q&A: Siri, MMA, and morgues. Claire returns. The stable of characters in PoI is huuuge.