Summary: Reese and Finch start investigating their next POI, a teenage girl named Teresa who is supposedly dead. Reese locates the girl and eventually learns that her family were killed as part of a greedy scheme from a company. He gets this information from Teresa's uncle Derek. Reese leaves Teresa with Finch as he takes care of the men who are trying to murder Teresa. Teresa's location is discovered and a man tries to kill her but Reese arrives in the nick of time. Teresa is saved.
The Good: The hotel sequence was an excellent use of tension. The entire scene was played really well as both Reese and Teresa had to think on their feet to outsmart the man attacking them. It was a perfect dramatic spectacle. The flashbacks were really interesting to watch as we got a tease of Finch's past and more information on The Machine. I really want to see more of it. I got some enjoyment hearing a musical track towards the end of the episode that I had first heard on "Better Call Saul". The Bad: Unfortunately most of this was disappointingly dull. After the first episode, the show needed to give us an example of what we could expect from the season. Unfortunately, there wasn't very much here that excited me. The biggest issue is how generic and bland this show is. The action sequences, characters and dialogue are very typical of these kinds of crime dramas and the concept of The Machine isn't enough to give the show an identity to make itself stand out. It comes off as just another drama with very little emotional engagement for the viewer. With the show being called "Person of Interest", I was expecting these POIs to stand out and have compelling stories for us to discover along with Reese and Finch. Unfortunately that hasn't been the case so far. I was willing to forgive Hansen's dullness due to the fact that it was the first episode. Teresa's dullness doesn't get the same treatment from me and I'm left annoyed that we are expected to care about a character with such a small amount of development and personality. We need to be given reasons to care about a character; you can't just present a character and tell us to sympathize. A lot of moments in this episode were lame too. In a cop show like this, I expect the characters to be smart so I can be impressed by the operation. This show has done the opposite so far as Reese comes off as a total idiot. The show is so focused on making him so cool that they forget to make his actions logical. There is no reason for Reese to attack the teenager connected to Teresa so blatantly. Surely he would watch quietly and go talk to Teresa on his own when he gets the chance so as to not attract attention to himself. But he's a fool and he doesn't do this. Then he ends up creating a massive scene in a laundromat which is really bad for a wanted criminal. Surely somebody would call the police after a gunfight just happened with Reese and the other guy and there would be reports of this "guy with a suit" that the cops are looking for. The biggest issue is that this isn't just a fluke. It has been a pattern throughout these first two episodes and it needs to be corrected as soon as possible. I was confused by Finch and Reese's immediate assumption that Teresa is innocent, especially since Hansen ended up being evil. Furthermore, I thought Finch had gotten into this business to save lives. Yet he only seems to care about the life of the POI, as he and Reese don't even bother to follow other people to save their lives. It was the same situation with Pope in the previous episode who they simply allowed to die. The Unknown: I don't remember Finch's limp ever being addressed. Perhaps I missed something through the episode's rapid pace. What caused it? Best Moment: The hotel sequence was tense and exciting. Character of the Episode: Finch. Conclusion: This was a pretty generic episode of television. So far the show hasn't made much of an impact but I see potential for some good storytelling if things can be more streamlined. I hope we don't get more episodes like these. Score: 48
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