Summary: The new POI is Ulrich Kohl who is a former spy hunting down his former comrades. Finch and Reese investigate and discover he is getting revenge since his former team were responsible for his wife, Anja's death. However he learns that Anja is still alive and scared of him. Reese fears Kohl will kill her and gets her to a safe location and confronts him. Kohl turns the tables on Reese and escapes. Kohl visits his daughter so he can go speak with Anja. He confesses that Anja was right to fear him and Reese kills him.
The Good: Alan Dale as Kohl was pretty fun. I like the addition of another "Lost" character, plus Alan Dale is very good. I thought that Kohl's story was pretty good and served as a good way to make Finch and Reese reflect on their lives at the end of the episode. The Bad: Unfortunately the show has lost all of its momentum coming out of "Witness". Elias is gone and forgotten for now, so we are sadly back to person of the week episodes that are pretty much devoid of any long-running story to be engaged in. I would be fine with it if any of these episodes provided something worth watching, but unfortunately they don't. This episode made me realize the biggest flaw about "Person of Interest". The whole thing is so predictable. This episode told a good story but completely failed to engage me because it all felt too familiar. Reese never loses or is in any real danger so I'm never invested in the action he gets himself into. The rest we are left with is mystery based around the POI. Unfortunately the show has groomed me to expect answers dished out to us in unsatisfying ways by the end of the episode. The sheer amount of expositional dialogue in all of these episodes is taxing on me and it ruins the fun of solving a mystery since the characters practically just come up with the answers with no effort whatsoever. It's not engaging television and it makes me feel like I'm wasting my time if I try to get invested. It's bad when a TV show leaves me feeling like I shouldn't bother caring about the characters since I know we will never see them again and they don't matter in the long run at all. There were logic gaps in this episode like all of the other ones. Reese conveniently showing up like 4 seconds too late got old fast, yet they must have done it three times in this episode. I was extremely annoyed that Reese was able to talk to the German agent after shooting his car without getting apprehended or anything. Did nobody see this happen? How about the guy that was literally standing right next to the German agent? Furthermore, why would Finch be present for that scene? It seems like an unnecessary risk, especially considering how paranoid Finch is and that Finch has recently been interrogated by the cops regarding the Elias robbery. Lastly, if Kohl is such a great spy that was able to locate his former comrades, how did he not know that Anja was still alive? Also why did he wait 20 years to do this? I don't think this was ever answered, though I may have simply missed something. There's too much exposition, so it's easy to miss something when information is being dished out so much. Did they really pass up on an opportunity to please every "Lost" fan by not having Dale and Emerson in a scene together? Come on. Also, it's not the best idea to cast an actor with a heavy New Zealand accent as a Russian spy. The Unknown: The flashbacks were really interesting. Who was Reese working for before being taken in by Finch? Who were the organization he was associated with? Will they come into the story later? Is Reese not actually his name? Best Moment: I really liked Reese and Finch wondering if they would be buried under different names and if anyone would care. It was a very human moment for both of them and I wish this show included more scenes like that. Character of the Episode: Finch. Conclusion: This episode completely failed to follow up the show's best episode appropriately. This was another dull episode that indulged the show's worst habits. Score: 46
4 Comments
Ben
12/19/2018 11:56:03 am
Hi Aaron
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Aaron
12/19/2018 12:45:24 pm
Hey Ben,
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Joe Y
9/1/2020 06:46:50 pm
Finch was there with Reese to be his spotter.
Aaronic
9/2/2020 07:51:11 pm
Great way to connect this episode to the end of the show Joe. I suspect that I'll be able to look back at season 1 more favourably now that I am invested in these characters, compared to my first watch when I still wasn't hooked. Little connections like these are a great reason to rewatch the show, and I'm very excited to see what I can discover when I go through it again. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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