There will be spoilers in the latest pages of the thread since we will discuss the episodes. I highly recommend watching the latest episode before reading the newest comments.
Searched for a thread discussing this awesome TV Show. But couldn't find it. So i made one.
Plot outline from Wikipedia(Not many spoliers though. This is just the first 20 mins of the pilot) "In the beginning, John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former Green Beret and CIA field officer, is living as a vagrant in New York City and is presumed dead. He is approached by Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), a reclusive billionaire computer genius who is living under an assumed identity. Finch explains that after September 11, 2001, he built a computer system for the government that uses information gleaned from omnipresent surveillance to predict future terrorist attacks. However, Finch discovered that the computer was predicting ordinary crimes as well. The government is not interested in these results, but Finch is determined to stop the predicted crimes. He hires Reese........"
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama Series is produced by J.J.Abrams and Jonathan Nolan (Yes, brother of Christopher Nolan.) I stumbled upon this gem of a series quite recently. It's a great find. Two seasons are out, as of now, with the third season coming out in Sept. 2013. There are lots of interesting plot lines to keep the series going strong for a good number of seasons.
I would highly recommend this to people who liked shows like 24 , Prison break, Burn notice etc.
On August 25 2013 21:54 TigerKarl wrote: sorry, but this is not a good show. There's at least 30 better shows in a similar genre you should watch, before you watch this one.
So please name a few, I find this show quite decent. But I agree, it shows some JJ Abrams/Nolan style, which I do not enjoy that much.
On August 25 2013 21:54 TigerKarl wrote: sorry, but this is not a good show. There's at least 30 better shows in a similar genre you should watch, before you watch this one.
I disagree, I think Person of Interest is very underrated. Of all the series currently running I think I rate it second after Breaking Bad, but before Dexter, Homeland, Game of Thrones and a lot of other series, but opinions will always be opinions.
On August 25 2013 21:54 TigerKarl wrote: sorry, but this is not a good show. There's at least 30 better shows in a similar genre you should watch, before you watch this one.
I disagree, I think Person of Interest is very underrated. Of all the series currently running I think I rate it second after Breaking Bad, but before Dexter, Homeland, Game of Thrones and a lot of other series, but opinions will always be opinions.
Wait, what? I strongly disagree, but I do not like Breaking Bad lately... so
On August 25 2013 21:54 TigerKarl wrote: sorry, but this is not a good show. There's at least 30 better shows in a similar genre you should watch, before you watch this one.
I disagree, I think Person of Interest is very underrated. Of all the series currently running I think I rate it second after Breaking Bad, but before Dexter, Homeland, Game of Thrones and a lot of other series, but opinions will always be opinions.
Wait, what? I strongly disagree, but I do not like Breaking Bad lately... so
Breaking Bad - Consistently good, really looking forward to how the show will end. Dexter - Decent start of last season, but it's flaws are starting to show again. Actually only 3 great seasons (1,2 and 4). Homeland - Bitches be crazy, and why is the CIA totally incompetent? Why do they lose track of a helicopter when it takes of on American soil?? Game of Thrones - "Hello, I am Robb Stark, I have camped on the same spot for 2 seasons, nobody knows why I have screen time since I sit on my ass all day, and then I die (at least my death was cool). In the books I am hardly mentioned in book 2, but in the series they think I need scenes with a very uninteresting wife that for unexplainable reasons is introduced in the TV series instead of a more interesting girl in the books." Person of Interest - A lot of great characters, even a lot of high quality recurring characters. Cool story (hello intelligent PRISM), looking forward to season 3.
Quite looking forward to season three myself. Whether other people consider it good or not I don't actually care about, as long as the series keeps running.
I'm a BIG fan of this serie. I watch a LOT of series (and this is an understatement), and, IMO, this one rates up there right below Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones (counting only the undergoing series).
I find Person of Interest a lot more Interesting than Homeland for instance. The second season of PoI was awesome in terms of script writing and story development. In the first season the series started as one of that Crime Fighting series with stand alone episodes, and wasn't very cativating, but it slowly picked up and now, that the episodes aren't stand alone at all, it became a really good series.
And the idea of an omnipresent AI also fascinates the nerd in me. (And i hope the rest of the TL'ers too). Most stories of this genre need some suspension of disbelief. But what sets POI apart is that it has only a few points that need it(the suspension of disbelief, i mean. + Show Spoiler +
Such as the why would Finch give so many outputs to the machine, How did it mimic the Nsa chief's phone call
).
The crime fighting is cool and all ;but i like the machine and Finch-Nathan centric story lines the most.
On August 25 2013 22:19 Vandro wrote: Homeland - Bitches be crazy, and why is the CIA totally incompetent? Why do they lose track of a helicopter when it takes of on American soil??
Alright well first off, please edit out the game of thrones spoiler. I've obviously seen it but others should not be spoiled about game of thrones in a thread that has nothing to do with it.
As for my response to the homeland criticism: Do you think they just have a helicopter on standy? Even if they do, do you think a helicopter can covertly tail another helicopter? Or do you expect them to have access to a satellite that can track a helicopter while it's dark outside?
There are plotholes in homeland, as there are in every show, but if that's your worst criticism then I don't really understand.
As for Person of Interest, I'm gonna give it a try, hadn't heard about it before I saw this thread though.
It's completely formulaic. That doesn't make it bad. Connelly has been writing the same book his whole career, and he's still a great author.
Person of Interest is pretty decent for a formula show. I've watched the two seasons in like 3 days, which I rarely do when most episodes look similar.
[also if you've really watched a lot of series, you shouldn't be that surprised to see Abrams take a formulaic pitch and then change it completely at some point in season 2 (seeing how he has done it every time)]
I've been watching this, it's a fun show so far. It doesn't have that much depth as far as I can tell. I suspect we'll continue to get bits and pieces of character development for the 4 main characters, but as it was mentioned above, it's a very formulaic show. Decent at what it does.
On November 24 2013 02:43 ExChill wrote: It's one of my favorite tv shows atm and the last episode showed some really interest things imo. So, is someone still watching the show here?
I am. Interested how the show is going to continue after that last episode
I'm there too, I did not enjoy at all the episode in question, I thought it was telegraphed as hell. The next one, however, was just freaking amazing. So I dunno. I think I still like this show, and I'm not sure yet if it's because I'm hopelessly in love with Amy Acker or if it's because it's actually interesting.
Gonna up this just because that last episode was fucking awesome and there's no specific reason why we shouldn't be talking about this show more than we are.
Episode 2 and episode 5 were pretty amazing, amidst the best of this show surely. I find that the structure is a little too close to the structure of Alias and I'm a little annoyed with it, but the quality is usually good enough that I don't think about it too much during the episodes.
Seems that PoI has been renewed for a 13 episode Season 5, unsure if this will be the last season or what.
I dunno. I don't want it to overstay the welcome, but I do still genuinely enjoy this show. What do you guys think? Time for it to bow out or do you think there's still enough intrigue for more seasons?
One of my favourite shows on tv. Fuck cbs for downgrading this season to 13 eps and most likely cancelling it all due to the fact they don't own the show, warner brothers does, so they can't profit on syndication revenue. It still gets good enough ratings for a CBS spot, but they would rather focus on shows they own. Hopefully, netflix or someone saves it cause the creators said there's still lots more story left. I can't remember if they said they plan to have a series conclusive finale or leaving it still open ended a bit in case it gets picked up by someone else.
5th and final season starting May 3 with the second and third episode happening on May 9 and 10 (Announcement on tvline.com). I'm currently re-watching this show and I am sad that the series is going to end.
Although Abrams said “the goal” was to craft a finale that could serve as a series finale, “Obviously things can be adjusted if [there’s] a miraculous [ratings] performance. But I think the idea is that this would be the finale.
Johnathan Nolan wrote on reddit that their plan is to have
no cliffhangers. All wrapped up with a (blood-covered) bow.
My favorite bits are typically when John makes his one-liner quips in that super dry tone and small grin, especially after trashing a bunch of bad guys.
Who else is gagging for more fresh POI?
edit: Also, it appears this final season will be 13 episodes instead of 22/23 =[
Aside from the tech silliness of using a bunch of PS3s to create a supercomputer and the machine still somehow able to transfer data over power lines, it's good to see the characters in full swing again.
Still half-way through season 4, so I haven't had a look at the latest episode yet. It's put the bug in me to finish up the rest of the episodes ASAP, though!
Aside from the tech silliness of using a bunch of PS3s to create a supercomputer and the machine still somehow able to transfer data over power lines, it's good to see the characters in full swing again.
Aside from the tech silliness of using a bunch of PS3s to create a supercomputer and the machine still somehow able to transfer data over power lines, it's good to see the characters in full swing again.
The last minute of E10 gave me chills. What happened to Elias was so abrupt I almost missed it. The writers have really cranked it up to 11 and I'm just so consistently grateful this season was made instead of ending with S4.
damn, looking back I wouldn't have even watched this show if a friend didn't point it out. One of my favorite shows, it was sad that they did not renew it but it was definitely a good run!
I have to say, Reese's death was one of the most bittersweet moments of television I think I've ever watched.
The trailers wanted you to think that Finch was going to die, which almost assured that it wasn't going to happen. But still, I wasn't sure, with the bullet wound and his talk with Root!Machine. He was facing death knowing that it was the decision that he had to make.
Reese, however, faced it making the decision he was always going to make. He knew, as much as Finch or even the audience, that this was always going to be his end. And he accepted it, not in the fearful, shaking acceptance that Finch had (though you can't blame poor Harold), but in the ocean-deep calmness of someone who knew that they'd always been coming to this moment. This was the choice he was going to make, and he probably would make the same choice in a million different lifetimes.
And that's good. I could not think of a more fitting end for the character. He died fulfilling the mission that had given his life purpose, that had brought him back from the edge upon which he'd been standing. I can't think of a more noble end for such a great character, and series in general. And while it hurts to see it all go, it also makes me happy that it ended in the way that it did.
I'll miss this show. This'll be one I rewatch again and again over the years.
I wonder if the machine was able to beat Samaritan because of the equal footing of hardware isolated from all external variables, something the faraday cage battle wasn't taking into account.
I'm happy with the way things ended, I'd even echo Requizen's thoughts about it. Also really happy that Harold is potentially able to be free of a world where he's acting on behalf of his ASI and finally take back the life with Grace he sacrificed to save the lives of others. John has probably saved his life countless times and they always went back to the status quo -- if there's a return of the series in some form I hope we get to see Harold in the background at a coffee shop with Grace while a new team machine keeps the ball rolling in the shadows around him.
The speech Harold gave in (I think it was) EP11 where he addressed Samaritan in the interview room in prison was really the only time I saw that dark side of him, the rest of the time after that I felt that he really only made threats that I don't think he would have acted on against people not involved in the ASI war. The threats themselves were enough to get what he wanted. At least, that wasn't the feeling I got from his performance; it may be that I've embedded good-Harold so much that I wasn't able to see behind it.
9/10 Ending for me. Sad that they didn't have a full season to work with, but it worked out better than I could have anticipated and about as good as I would have hoped.
I also read that CBS forced them to do procedural "number of the week" type episodes instead of focusing in the buildup to the finale, otherwise they wouldn't run it. Fuckers.
I thought the show would take more time exploring nanotechnology, transhumanism, singularity, and the like. Both ASI's were more susceptible to a virus than I thought they should be. I wondered if they'd merge the AI's a la Deus Ex and end up with a less ruthless Samaritan with more Machine personality. I also felt Machine and Samaritan were on more equal footing without those next-gen CPUs powering Samaritan.
I'm really glad Root's voice wasn't simply addressing future generations/the audience, but was essentially talking to the Machine's offspring. It started as a very generic "listen to my story" and actually ended up being the icing in the cake.
John finally came back to center stage in a big way. I was sorely missing Reese/Finch scenes. John's death hit the hardest, I think for Harold as well as for me.
I'm glad Harold reunites with Grace. Is the earlier scene with them discussing Harold's father a flashback or a flash forward?
They quoted Alias once again in the exchange between Shaw and Fusco: "not if I see you first" was a certain character's downfall. Who really got the dog? I'm guessing Shaw (did Fusco call her "Looney Toons"? lol) will have primary custody but they'll end up working together on numbers.
On June 23 2016 15:28 Ansinjunger wrote:I'm glad Harold reunites with Grace. Is the earlier scene with them discussing Harold's father a flashback or a flash forward?