They've laid out two great paths for her doom: the "Chekhov's gun" in her kitchen and the "Chekhov's files" she smuggled out of the office. There are countless ways she can get herself killed with the gun. But even better, I would love to see her under arrest for an episode or two, concluding with an Elizabeth mission…

I am assuming that Sandra v. Nina would be a bit much to hope for. Pastor Tim v. Martha would be a fascinating twist.

Yeah, Arkady confronted Stan in "the apartment" with the beaten Nina and two thugs, demanding "Echo." The only major male characters that haven't met everyone would be Gaad or Oleg. They could battle each other, or either of them could battle Philip (or Elizabeth). I'm not sure how any of that would work, and can…

At this point, Fusco has enough cred to pull out the superneologisms like "nutty banana flake" and "extra-fruity honey nut."

As the elevator door closed, the "Probability of Survival" estimate plunged from .00009 down to practically nothing, but of course never entirely disappeared. Would this wonderful production risk manipulating us in such a cliched manner? I'm not sure.

My frame of reference for evaluating any new medical examiner is always the incomparable Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers. Was I lost in distraction when the killer's lawyer appeared to be Leslie Hendrix? Or was it really her? I find no credit on IMDB.

The scene in which they argue over who wears the Santa suit and who wears the Elf suit would have required a full 90 seconds, which made it time-prohibitive.

He was asking about Root, not Shaw. The problem is that we've seen little of the real "Samantha Groves." What is "her," and what is facade? I agree that there has been no indication of any sexual interest toward males. The scenes where she's shown affection toward females (Shaw and the anthropomorphised Machine) are…

To be followed "Lights, Camera, Fusco!" It turns out that there's a whole TV Tropes page devoted to this stuff:

I now super-eagerly anticipate Season 5, Episode 5 of Person of Interest, "Secrets and Lies." to be followed by "The Reunion" and then "Second Chances Part 1" and "Second Chances Part 2."

No true anally-retentive patient ever sees himself as anally-retentive.

Why is that? We knew and know him as Scarface. What's the problem? If the actor shows up on another show, he'll be Scarface here for at least the first few episodes. I'm still struggling not to refer to "Link" as Marlo, or "Greer" as Bargain Basement John Hurt.

I don't know that it's a matter of pointlessly "wanting" her to be anything, but enjoying the unfolding of whatever is unfolding. Root obviously adores her and their banter is super-amusing. I don't know that the bisexuality is "fanon." It is in the air, fun to watch, and clearly has to go somewhere eventually. Will…

As soon as he learns that the Machine speaks directly to Coco-Puffs, it's all over.

Sure, of course there's no real downside to knowing, and the scene may be amusing.

I don't think knowledge of the Machine would change Fusco's MO one bit. His day-to-day existence would proceed without disturbance. It is his devotion to (and trust in) Team Machine that drives him, and the Deux ex Machina would just be details to him.

Invictus maneo! Odd that the writers would choose to give the Italian Elias a Latin phrase that is exclusively known via Scotland. I suppose the sentiment ("I remain unvanquished!") was appropriate, but I imagine that the phrase is far more closely associated with Alba gu bràth! than with Veni! Vidi! Vici! or Ego sum…

Finally, we get the non-S/M sign of physical affection for which we've waited patiently. Sure, it was obscured by stacks of boxes, but still. Shaw's disappointing response? "You can let go now." Really?

I was worried when he was unceremoniously left behind in a gunfight, but in the end, Scarface died well. As a good Roman. When we first met Dominic, he explained to Link that he could never expect the kind of devotion that Elias showed Scarface. On the contrary, Dominic continually makes it clear that everyone is…

My dog was really lucky. My parents sent him to a farm in Belize.