"CBS: striking a great blow against feminism since 1948"
That fixes that.

@edcedc8:disqus I love it when stuff comes together like that.

In that scenario, I'd give it 2 episodes max before the Machine fires the nukes.

White is general tracking - whenever the Machine identifies someone and is working on them.

I'm waiting for an episode of some show which just re-defines "sucks" completely. In order to give it an F, they have to regrade every review on the AV Club in order to accommodate it. Welcome back, A+!

But Pre-Nathan Finch (PN-F) caused mayhem and was a seditionist was a police record - what's interesting is if that was a flight of youthful fancy or if there's a deep-seated anarchist lying in wait.

I think that Harold would be right to fear a fully sentient adult AI for two reasons. First, let's remember that this isn't an ordinary child - its powers are nearly God-like. 1) To get to adulthood, it would have to go through "child development" - a potentially irrational phase in ones life. How would the Machine…

Well, most popular network dramas (save The Good Wife and, let's face it, its salacious nature certainly boosts its visibility) fail to gain any recognition in the big award ceremonies because they always pale against their cable counterparts - it's the only reason I can imagine that Fringe, one of the best dramas I…

Yellow isn't a trust level, it's "aware of Machine". White is PoI, red is violence imminent, and blue is (probably) government asset in the program - you've only seen it on Shaw and her partner.

@avclub-465f9232025978f8fd01ce1a0156be61:disqus But if you consider that the Machine is alive and begin to ascribe human characteristics to it (i.e. protecting Finch because he is its "parent"), then it's reasonable to ascribe human motivations which accompany those characteristics. Given the fact that the Machine is…

@avclub-10d3783afeeeaf131f3cbd3a680fef99:disqus I don't think it was magic whatever Finch did - splitting the line is a pretty standard thing. Clearly, they could have done a better job with the editing given how much discussion we're having about what really happened in that scene. If the intention was that it…

@drdarke:disqus  Pre-9/11, it was definitely the money - Finch explicitly told Reese that. Post-9/11 after they started to build the Machine - you're right.

Well, I think TBoBW suffered from the status quo problem - a ST captain being killed in the middle of the series? Unthinkable. The pre-Internet days made information more scarce so they could build anticipation, but I think it was a logistical constraint. To be fair, Starfleet did suffer significant losses, Picard…

At the very least, Reese is the contingency. But if the Machine is learning, then just like Finch, Reese will have become something more to it. After all, Reese forced its hand in the season premiere to break protocol and re-evaluate its options.

I think PoI may be most thematic procedural ever attempted - there are so many layers that these discussions have really taken a life of their own. The SF angle is undeniable; a show that was based around AI evolution wouldn't even find a place on the SyFy network (ironic), so I think they've done a great job of…

What would be ironic is if Decmia saw the name and thought that a drone would be the most appropriate way to take him out because they're fans of Hitchcock movies. Drones aren't cheap!

@avclub-d72f705337e5adcf7e33ec0381c5f5b2:disqus  =)

I don't think it's that simple. The Machine supplies actionable intelligence which results in significant loss of life - just having it under attack has caused numerous events to occur already (you see on-screen in Washington about the terrorist event, Carter mentions about the increased homicide). Taking the machine…

Pre-Reese Finch hired bodyguards to try and man-handle Reese.

Saw what you will about CBS, but the production value on their shows cannot be denied.