Summary: Reese and Carter go to Texas where they investigate a missing girl Hanna who they suspect is Root. After some more digging, they discover that Hanna is actually dead and her friend Sam is actually Root. Root had engineered the evidence to allow Reese to discover the truth about what happened to Hanna and make it public. Root has captured Weeks and is attempting to get more information on the Machine from him. Finch helps free him but Weeks turns on Finch and extracts information before attempting to kill him. Root kills Weeks after getting the information she wanted and takes Finch to a train station. Reese intercepts them and recovers Finch but Root gets away.
The Good: Root remains a very entertaining presence. These first two episodes were really fun, primarily because Root has been so good. Amy Acker plays the character to perfection and her charisma brought this episode to a new level. All of her scenes with Finch and Weeks were very good and continued to raise the mystique surrounding her character. The conversations with Finch were written really damn well and I liked the exploration of Root's belief of humans being bad code through Weeks. The action scenes in the Root story were pretty fun too. I loved the irony of Finch freeing Weeks only to end up in the same position, only with a different person interrogating him now. The way this tied in with Root's beliefs was great, and I appreciate that Root was capable enough to turn the situation back around and kill Weeks. Root came off very strongly with her villainous antics. I loved little details like her disconnecting the phone line (which also served as a logical way for Finch to leave a hint for Reese) as they make her seem like a more important and formidable force. The main story was fine overall and heated up nicely by the end. I enjoyed the reveal that Root was actually Sam instead of Hanna. It was some effective backstory for her character, though it may not have had the impact it tried to have (see: The Bad). The story did come full circle at the end with the reveal that Root had set up evidence to reveal Hanna's true murderer brought all of the loose ends together in a nice way. The Bad: The investigation with Hanna wasn't as tense as it should have been because it was obvious that she was related to Root in some way. It hampered my engagement in the mystery and made the first half of the episode pretty boring for the Reese/Carter scenes. I also wasn't happy with the flashbacks which were too repetitive and didn't offer any insight into Root's character. I hated that we were reshown the flashback to be reminded who Sam was. Also, the final reveal was hurt by the fact that it didn't do anything for Root's character. It was just surprise for the sake of surprise and offered no deeper emotions. "Lost" did these character-based twists much better. The climactic scene wasn't very satisfying. It was built up so well, but the actual confrontation between Reese and Root lasted mere seconds. It was disappointing that it was resolved so quickly and now we have been robbed of the great Root/Finch interactions. I really hope that Root doesn't become absent now like Elias was in the last season. I had similar problems with Barbara as I did with Jessica's mother in "Many Happy Returns". While I understood the story, her character just felt off to me. The emotions were pretty forced and it was hard to understand some of the things she was doing. The Unknown: So who is Root's contact? Is it anyone from Texas or somebody new? So "Special Counsel" is apparently the man in the government. What is his role in the story? What does losing Weeks mean for him? Who is Hersh? What is Hersh going to do? What does Special Counsel know about Root? Weeks seemed to be aware of her, so do they have some history? Will Root go into the background now? I feel like she will, but I really hope she doesn't. Whatever happened with Stanton? We haven't seen her in so long. Best Moment: Any moment involving Root honestly. My favourite was probably her murder of Weeks. Character of the Episode: Root. Conclusion: These first two episodes have been really fun. I liked this a fair amount, and Root helped make this episode better than it would have been otherwise. Score: 66
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