Uh, didn't Esther sleep to the top with the enemy? With those same freaky Persians that were trounced properly by the 300.

Just don't put her in a binder, man. I fear they have a binder full of women and Ruth deserves better.

I believe it was the first episode of this season where Fusco explained to a PoI that Reese had "never let him down" and was "one of the good guys." I believe that Reese has told multiple PoIs that Fusco "can be trusted." And of course he let Fusco drive the fire truck in the UN Embassy episode. I have no problem with…

"In addition to creating the one who knocks, this writer created the supernatural entity that shot humans as projectiles from the Brady Bunch house."

C'mon, Scarface had a good 7-yard head start on Reese. I realize that Reese is a superhero and all, but it would have required some real defiance of the laws of physics to suggest that he could have caught up with Scarface. Or that calling down to the officers at the exits would have had any chance of stopping…

A bizarre new Redbox DVD titled Space Station 76 co-starring Bomer and Liv Tyler nearly killed that vibe for me this past weekend. What should have been a classic really paled compared to even a weak Person of Interest.

Ironically, the guy's 36-year Senate career actually ended in a Republican primary where the Tea Party kooks deemed him "too soft."

Agreed. Isn't the idea of the grades here that the reviewer is judging the relative merit of a particular episode against the show as a whole? So a B- would be in the top half, but not an "all-time great?" That sounds about right for this episode vis-à-vis the body of Person of Interest episodes (perhaps it's even a…

Seeing the back/top of his head as he kept his face hidden while dealing with Walter was actually the most exciting part of this episode for me. As soon as I heard the voice of the "FBI guy" his identity was obvious, and it was tremendous fun watching that scene play out.

True, I have to believe that >90% of the population (gay or straight) would easily "cross over" for either Shaw or Nestor Carbonell. As cool as Reese may be, he really isn't in the same ballpark (at least for this hetero male).

Bear, of course, brings huge complication to this sort of discussion…

This complaint falls in with the whole idea of perfect "analog interfaces." The Machine or Samaritan telling the appropriate lackey "shoot at 51 degree angle, 15 inches from the ground at 23 feet" and then seeing a perfect blind kneecapping. Did Finch have perfect memory and calligraphy skill, or was he getting…

Hmm, are you suggesting that a scenario may develop under which Team Machine must save the ass of BBJH (Greer)? Perhaps even adopt him?

That sort of transformation could be fascinating, but it would have to be executed brilliantly. It would require more of the Season 3 virtuosity and and less of the Season 4 clumsiness.

Thomas R stands in the proud tradition of Americans that refer to the Germans (Deutsch) west of Philly as the Pennsylvania Dutch :)

But seriously, so long as you get "Freud" correct (and perhaps Feuerbach), you are probably better off assuming the Americanized pronounciation.

Note that 100% of the Austrians you see commenting on TV in the U.S. are working for "think" tanks that deny global warming and love the idea of "balance" in the teaching of human origins.

In its current incarnation in the U.S., "Austrian school of economics" isn't really economics, or a school, or even something that…

Tex Euler?

Do you think Samaritan really cares about her algorithms? Or did it simply identify her as a means to get to Harold?

How would you feel if the conversation were "Who do you think was the greatest Greek conqueror" and the answer was "Oh, Alexander the Great, he conquered half the world!" or "What was the most significant Civil War battle?" and the answer was "Oh, Gettysburg! It turned the tide against the South!" Why on earth have…

Yes, I understand that very few viewers would realize just how crappy the discussion was, that's my point. Many episodes include discussions that go over my head, and I now wonder if they are all actually as stupid as this one was.

OK, by the time of that reveal I was already irritated with the episode and didn't give it its full due. Though it seemed clear that Finch was on to her, it wasn't obvious that he was that in control of the situation.

Well, we got some great lines ("How do you do that with your voice?" "Lionel, you are so lucky!") and some painfully bad ones (that whole Euler's Identity mess). All in all, I mostly enjoyed this episode. It felt really comfortable, which is both a blessing and a curse. I certainly want the show to continue doing what…