Other off-screen possibilities: 1) a little nose bleed and the conversation freaked him out, and he stayed in the chair because he was afraid; 2) he tried to leave but Mr. Reese politely requested for him to stay seated.

Thanks Lupin.

Relative to itself. Down to 12.99M according to TVByTheNumbers, which is a season low (usually goes at about 14-15M). Still number 1, but when you lose a few million viewers, it's a little concerning. Agreed about the repeated hiatuses - I think they put the last new episode in between several repeats - completely…

@avclub-f58c9b865d50d42710c791a720274808:disqus  It's not the PoI of the week being a doctor which is the common thread between the two episodes - it's that you don't have a definitive conclusion to what happens to the bad guy. Sure, that billionaire looks like he was poisoned by polonium, but we don't know for sure -…

I think the flashbacks only establish the character trait that he wasn't always dirty and was drawn in reluctantly by bad circumstances and choices. It definitely reinforces the loyalty thing. Fusco recognizes that he did worse and worse things as time went by (i.e. "no one would miss the dealers" implies that he…

I think her work on Angel pre-dates Alias, so she's more of a Whedon actress! Also, she's fantastic on Angel given the different roles she gets to play.

That the machine could exist was the biggest surprise for her, and she only got tipped off when one of her jobs failed due to their intervention - something that would not have been possible without the machine.

Well, it is a club so he probably doesn't recognize all the waiters. Blinded by the arrogance of his wealth.

I think PoI got trashed in the ratings last night - lost a lot of viewers. Was something happening or did it get pre-empted? The comment boards here have also been pretty quiet.

Well, you don't see hedge fund millionaire die, so it's ambiguous.

Actually, I think this episode stays true to Fusco's character. He's the ultimate adapter, first and foremost. He will blend into whatever situation he is in - in Stills' crew, forced to work with Reese, undercover in HR, being Carter's partner. I didn't think it was retconning - I interpreted it as saying one bad…

I never really get hung on the reviewer grades - they're just a barometer of how much they've enjoyed the episode. I thought it was quite enjoyable and, as you indicated, moved the series forward. A lot of it was fleshing out the backstory and linking current events to the larger story. I'm probably one of the few…

There's only a finite number of stories out there, so it's not surprising that you've probably seen the plot before. I think that as long as a series is not reusing plot lines from itself, it's reasonable to see copies. Perhaps PDN's criticism is more of the fact that this was inferior to the original source - that's…

I thought it might have been the guilt of his past actions too.

Same here - I'm opened to all sorts of ways for Quinn to go out - Carter, Elias, Simmons, some government assassin, etc. I don't think this role makes the best use of Clarke Peters' talent - there's just so much competition from more interesting characters in this series.

Well, it is on CBS where viewer attention is not the definitive trait of the viewing audience, so the exposition is probably standard, especially for Quinn who appears for less than 5 minutes per episode usually.

I'm not sure if the gimmick is as important as the narrative shifts focus on the troubles with the machines. If you toss out too many red herrings, it just gets too convoluted if there's other plot points happening - this episode (with the Fusco story) was pretty dense already.

Definitely could be a plot hole. Although since he didn't seem to be scientifically informed, one would imagine that he would not know he was 1) poisoned by polonium, 2) had a short window to seek treatment before it became fatal. They all seemed nonplussed as the billionaire started to show symptoms - I wonder if…

I thought it was a it grating too, but may be more justifiable given that she had just lost Cal. It's interesting that Reese pushed her into the position of having to save Fusco - it's not clear whether or not her prejudice of the "dirty cops" is overridden by her partnership with Fusco.

I think Elias is doing the "keep your enemies closer" routine with Finch, as I suspect Finch is doing the same. What better way to get an idea of their vulnerabilities when he resumes his crime boss activities from the outside?