Actually I think they were together: HR was working for Elias for that episode when they snatched her kid.

It's gone both ways, and one other well-worn trope where Root and the Machine basically become one. A few others I can think of, but this still is (sorta) a CBS cop show so I don't think they'll get too crazy with it.

It was Sinnerman last time, right? Good call. I fear Mr. Bojangles will be the song that ends the world.

What they said. It's also how Elias's mob boss father _tried_ to kill him back in the day. It should be noted that Elias is not only cornered but probably really hurt.

From the Machine, but it's presumably still calling random pay phones, for Finch and the government. Not that that matters, because it can spoof the caller ID.

The guy who made the Machine actually programmed it to abduct itself if the government tried to crack it's kernel. They don't know where it is because the selfsame Machine has read and, as we we'll probably find out, write privileges to a bunch of government databases. The Machine is still "doing its job" but since it…

The Russians from Brighton Beach contracted with HR to kill Elias in prison. Carter, already ready to utterly destroy HR for killing her boyfriend, figured out the scheme saved Elias for no other reason than to confound HR. Oh, and she's probably a good cop who respects life, yadda yadda. But mostly the first thing,…

Everything I could have hoped for: Root in murder rehab, Shaw acting more and more like a compassionate but feral animal (or in a different context, just like Reese in the first two-thirds of the first season), Reese relaxing just a tiny bit. Only poor Henry Gale didn't get a fan-serviceable moment, but I'm patient.

I don't know about "every", but yes, most.

Charlie and Reese's argument was the best laugh I've had in days, maybe a week. My hotel is blocking torrents, and don't have access to a few other sources, so I'm gonna sit here for a whole hour just to watch this episode again at midnight. Also: I am in the sky and the sea. I am in the dreams of children. Not,…

Yes, definitely.

Worth noting that Ralph 'Herc' Capone is one of the few historical characters who survives the jazz age. It's almost a place of honor. And with Frank set to die sometime this season (if they're following the wikipedia) Van Alden has a suitably horrible shoes to fill.

@avclub-6d6285f92ba0ef734664f38cad2ee091:disqus Yes, fuck that guy. Manny getting plugged was arguably the most righteous kill in the whole show (to date.)

No real need to defend the show this week (season 3, baby!) and like Todd said this is pretty clearly only half an episode (which doesn't bother me on shows where I don't have to sit through, or fast-forward through, commercials) so I'll save my more pointed remarks for next week.

I read all that.

Pretty sure Sadoski and Munn could made that dialogue work, given the six other times this season they've done, well,I was going to say "more with less" but it's really "the same with the same."

Something like "I don't care what you/they/the newspapers say about me, as long as they spell my name right" - attributed to P.T. Barnum or a bunch of other public figures

1. Did Harrow just save the family farm? Because that would be horribly cliche and completely true to the character.

I'm depressed he's so much older than me (and I look like the control group for one of those "sedentary lifestyle" experiments), but I get the sentiment.

Fun fact for the day: Vin Diesel is 46 years old. Jesus.