Summary: The next POI is a man named Riley who is a killer and part of a gang run by leader George. Reese thinks Riley is the perpetrator but realizes he is the victim since George wants to kill Riley and his girlfriend Annie. Riley kills George's son and escapes with Annie while Reese chases him down. Finch is indifferent towards saving Riley. Bounty hunters go after Riley so Finch contacts Elias to get him to put off the hit on Riley. Annie is kidnapped and taken to George anyways. Reese and Riley save Annie but Riley is killed.
The Good: I liked the concept behind this episode. The idea of the Machine providing a POI who the crew is reluctant to save has been something I was always interested in. I appreciate the show exploring moral dilemma like this. It also led to a great moment with Finch referencing Root, showing that she did get to him a little bit. Elias' return was pretty cool, though a bit pointless (see: The Bad). His interactions with Finch were fun and I liked the idea of him primarily wanting company from Finch over anything else. It nicely humanizes Elias. The overall story is fine. It's your usual episode and not much more than that. I liked George and I thought the actor who played him (I don't know his name, sorry) did a nice job. The Bad: This episode feels too generic and was tough to get invested in. It felt like just another episode without much going on in it. The relationship between Riley and Annie fell flat for me and I struggled to care about what happened to either character. Their limited connection with Reese likely caused this to happen. Having Reese interact with the people he is saving is an effective way to get us to sympathize with them more, causing more investment in the story. That didn't really happen here so it felt like the episode was missing something. Also, the episode felt like it was lacking a sense of urgency, especially for an episode that had high stakes like this one. It never felt like there was a big threat, and that was demonstrated best by the fact that Riley did more damage to Reese than anyone else in the episode. If the good guys are the strongest guys around, why should we think there is an actual danger to worry about? Additionally, this episode didn't have as gripping of a mystery as the previous episode and the set-pieces weren't put together as well. I really disliked the scene where Annie got kidnapped. It was shot really poorly and it came off that Reese was stupid enough to place a threat in the area and do nothing but watch as this threat kidnaps Annie. It was pretty sloppily shown. The return of Elias was a big scene, yet when you look at the overall story, it was entirely unnecessary. Finch spoke to Elias in order to get the bounty hunters to chase George instead of Riley. Yet this scene accomplishes nothing. A bounty hunter still captures Annie in the end and George is never attacked by his own men to show that they were turned against George. This was a pretty big waste of Elias if his contribution to the episode is literally nothing. The Unknown: No real pressing questions. This episode didn't do much for me. Best Moment: Finch referring to Riley as bad code was excellent. Michael Emerson is very skilled and plays Finch's newfound fear of bad humans extremely well. I was able to buy into the fact that Finch would bring this up and it didn't feel forced. Character of the Episode: Finch. Conclusion: A weak episode. This did absolutely nothing to stand out and was the most ordinary thing we have gotten this season. Score: 53
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