Summary: The next POI is a spoiled girl Sophia. Reese suspects that her father's politics will get her in trouble so he gets himself as her bodyguard. After an attempt on Sophia's life, Reese starts to investigate more into her life and suspects she got herself into personal business. Carter continues to investigate Alicia Corwin and notices somebody tampering with her body. Snow is also there investigating. Stanton is making Snow do work for her. Reese investigates people he suspects and Fusco is left to watch over Sophia. Sophia is taken and it turns out her boyfriend Jack wants her dead. Reese, Carter and Fusco save her life. Jack is arrested.
The Good: After the exciting first two episodes, "Person of Interest" is back to its usual rhythm with case-of-the-week stories. This episode was more solid stuff with a decent story behind it. I enjoyed it well enough and there were a few fun moments. We got another Looney Tunes scene as Reese dominated the 14th Street mafia in hilarious fashion. Fusco got a nice moment as Sophia recognized him as a stud. I don't believe I ever addressed the opening scenes of the show, but I do like them. They give the show more identity by showing us some scenes from the point of view of the Machine. Furthermore, they provide some nice foreshadowing of the episode's story by showing us some key events that will become important later. I especially enjoyed the sequence where Reese made himself Sophia's bodyguard. Reese frequently just becomes a driver/bodyguard/whatever with no explanation given and it has bothered me. It feels so refreshing to see Reese going through the effort of getting the initial bodyguard fired and ensuring that he gets selected as a replacement instead of it just happening. These details help make him human, and seeing his charismatic ways to solve problems are perfect to get us acquainted with how he functions as a character. I really wish we had scenes like this in season 1. Finch had a really strong story in this episode. He is clearly affected by Root kidnapping him and it has made him feel mortal like everyone else, whereas before he always felt safe. Root exposed him and now her shadow is constantly lurking over him, leaving him frightened and more paranoid than ever. I loved the scene where he stepped outside, only to get hit with PTSD which caused him to immediately run back to the library. It's a very good story. The Carter side plot is very strong too. There is a lot of intrigue brought in by Snow's appearance, especially since when we last saw him, he was captured by Stanton. His presence and the added mystery of somebody tampering with Corwin's body, makes for a very interesting subplot. The Bad: This had some flaws as usual. The Jack reveal is very predictable and it didn't get much of a reaction from me. The episode wasn't able to get the tension ti tried to get since I didn't buy into Sophia being in any real danger; I was confident Reese would save her in the end. The villains didn't seem very convincing either. Their attempt to kill Sophia was really poor. Why kill her int he middle of a public club? Let her go outside and kill her then! Also, was Montgomery really going to kill Sophia in his own car at the end? That is a terrible idea in every way. The scenes with Bear seem a bit pointless and are just a random distraction. I understand the idea of using it to show Finch growing softer, but there were a few too many scenes for my liking. The Unknown: What was Alicia Corwin's incision about? It appears that Hersh did it and extracted a chip from her arm, or something like that. Who put the chip inside of her? Why was it there? How did Special Counsel know about it? It's very interesting that yet another outside force has been introduced since nobody we know was responsible for tailing Corwin. Root didn't know she existed until she died, so it isn't Root. Who will Snow be sent after next? Is Stanton searching for the person responsible for ordering her death? Is that person Special Counsel? Best Moment: Reese proving himself to be better than all of the other bodyguards was excellent. Character of the Episode: Reese. Conclusion: This was a good episode. It was a small step down from the exciting first two episodes, but that was to be expected I think. The show handled the change of focus from Root nicely by introducing some intriguing new aspects while telling a fine story in this episode. Score: 64
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