Summary: Reese becomes a driver for the next POI, Zoe Morgan. Reese and Finch realize she is a fixer and track her involvement to a company called Vitalen, as she has a recording which incriminates them. The company tries to cut ties with her by killing her but Reese saves her. Together, the three of them discover that Vitalen intends to sell a drug with a 3% mortality rate. Zoe and Reese are captured but Zoe talks her way out. Reese gets out as well and is able to get the recording evidence out to Finch. Carter investigates a murder which she connects to the Elias evidence box. She contacts a former detective, Sully, but he turns up dead. Carter collects a blood sample of the person who killed him.
The Good: I enjoyed this episode. While there weren't any particularly great moments or emotion to this, it was a relatively fun drama episode with an engaging plot line. The initial investigation on Zoe was pretty fun and I was engaged by the mystery of what she was doing. That's the one thing that made this episode stand out: the mystery. There were tons of questions being raised throughout which gelled together at the end making this episode a complete mystery, which I found to be fun. However, I've always been a sucker for mysteries, so I may have enjoyed this more than the average viewer. Carter's story was really good here because it promised some big things to come with all of this set-up for Elias. The mystery in this storyline, just like the main storyline, was compelling and it interested me immediately. I especially liked the tense final moments which engaged me a lot due to how unpredictable this Elias story currently is (see: Best Moment). I liked Finch's scene where he got to talk about all of the people he could have saved but was unable to. It was a good showcase for Michael Emerson in a show that hasn't used him properly. I like the addition of Zoe as a new character. I hope to see her more as Paige Turco is pretty good and is a welcome change of pace from Reese's Batman voice solving every problem. The Bad: The beginning of the episode did disappoint me. It was a prime example of a TV show telling us and not showing us. Reese has become Zoe's driver, yet we have no idea how he got to this position or what Finch had to do to set this up. It's a shame because it could have been exceptionally fun to see this get set up. The same flaws stick once more for this episode. While I like Zoe's character, the examination of her as a POI wasn't particularly interesting and her conflict with the villains was bland. Hell, the villains in general were bland too. I wish this show could have some long-running arcs so that the villains could improve. And of course, it wouldn't be a "Person of Interest" episode without at least one illogical scene. The stand-out in this episode for me was the villains taking Zoe on her word that she sent an e-mail instead of simply checking her phone. What makes this worse is that they check her phone later, showing that they had the ability to do this the whole time. The biggest issue with this story is the lack of character moments outside of Finch's brief speech. An episode like this would have been so much better with a proper character arc or emotional conflict that gets explored throughout its run. We don't get anything like that in this episode which prevents it from being good television. This flaw has hurt "Person of Interest" in its entire run so far, and I think it's the main reason this show hasn't connected with me very well. The Unknown: So who was it that killed the suspect and Sully? Was that actually Elias? I feel like it wouldn't be as I imagine that Elias has some other connections. Will we see Zoe again? The show sets it up so we can expect a return later, perhaps as a recurring character. Best Moment: Carter finds Sully dead and gets into a direct confrontation with his murderer. After Carter shoots the unknown person and goes after them, the scene picked up with a great amount of tension. Due to the unpredictability of the Elias storyline, for a moment I had no clue what would happen and actually felt that Carter may be kidnapped, or shot, or something else. It's a great sign when a story has that moment of unpredictability where you have genuinely no clue what to expect. Character of the Episode: Finch. This is getting pretty repetitive now, isn't it? Hopefully the show realizes how much of an asset they have with this character. Conclusion: This was a fairly enjoyable episode of "Person of Interest" thought that's not a particularly high standard. While I liked the episode, it never threatened to fix the problems that I've had with the show so far and suffered from a lot of those problems. Score: 56
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