The moment in Lethe (I think) where Finch and Rubinek are discussing the beauty of The Machine learning perception which somehow becomes a meditation on being a parent is one of the most exquisite scenes I've seen in a while.

It's the reason this finale was so perfect too.

I knew I was hearing a Chris Carter monologue in the first episode of the revival when it just kept going and going and going.

The mythology episodes from S7 & S8 are good, but they don't build anything new upon what came before, for the most part. The Chris Carter written ones in that time frame, with the exception of Within and Without, are all bloated messes. The best mythology episodes from those seasons, like En Ami and Vienen, shade in…

Carter once had an idea how run the show and he had a decent track record up till about season 7, when he lost the thread of the mythology. This is coincidentally when the show stopped making sense.

Todd VanDerWrff floated an interesting idea after the finale, namely bringing on contemporaries, like Bryan Fuller or Joe Weisberg, to pen episodes, while keeping Carter on in a supervisory position.

The Rundown doesn't need to exist when we already have Midnight Run in the world.

Michael Emerson is marvelous at the nonverbal stuff.

Mom on Pop is The AV Club's version of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, totally superfluous.

It's a saccharine concept, and it subtracts that two gorgeous people, one whose a fake quadriplegic, are the love interests. An older male actor would add a weary worldview that Sam Claflin is incapable of providing.

You were great in The Butterfly Effect, sir!

What took them so long to remake this? The original TV show came out in 1990! Get with it, Hollywood!

I didn't even need to research how full of it the Warrens were, based on the fact that the climax for the first movie involved the fictional Warrens cornering a possessed Lilly Taylor in the basement.

You knew what you were getting with the trailer and it doesn't help that the author was adapting her own work. These type of movies are so boring to me because I know the hunky quadriplegic is in love with the girl from GOT from the first second they're on screen. It would have been a better film if it was cast with…

Season two is when it hits its stride; there's hints of the noir potential in the first season too. They fully embraced the thematic potential of the The Machine as a conscious being and the strength of the main and supporting cast. Person of Interest easily has the best plotted continuity of any show on TV now.

Tandy, look at me.

Correct-amondo. Back in high school, I made a new friend when they tested my knowledge of what Jake and Elwood ordered in the diner scene. We're still friends to this day.

Michael Emerson carries a lot of the emotional weight of The Machine/Finch scenes and that one was surely one of them.

CBS/Showtime typically run their shows into the ground, so It's probably best POI ends on its on terms while they're still at the top of its game. CBS has the highest ratings in the TV landscape but most of their programming is absolute garbage.

Good to know I wasn't the only one who thought of the original.