He had to. The mesh network doesn't lend itself outside of the five burroughs. Calling her Root, or Ms. Groves, might've attracted unwanted attention.

Okay, that was really great. Samaritan continues to impress at being an innovative bastard, and this antfarm is just scratching the surface of its own capabilities. Greer mentioned that the system was designed to be proactive, and this episode is a scary demonstration of that. Though the plot point was dealt with…

Tony's Lebanese. Not Armenian.

Root trades in her taser for a power drill to torture folks. Lady after my own heart.

Can you imagine how heavy that thing is? Sneaking in a supergun into the stock exchange would draw way too much attention.

Yeah, Reese's boozecation back in Lethe & Aletheia last year. But the majority of the main storyline in those was in New York (The ISA & Vigilance going after Claypool & the Samaritan drives).

So true about Westworld! Nolan could even have her work on Foundation once things kick off…..

Yeah. The show's still got a big audience. The sooner the network takes advantage of those numbers, the better.

Yeah. My guess is the final number would be a tie at 1.6 with CF.

Ratings drop by a point, but we still beat the firefighters in the city that (to quote Elias) 'looks like a Tarantino movie'.

She's referring to Nitasha Bhambree. The dark haired one, who delivered the package to the address before bringing out the guns.

'Usually not a fan of torture at all.'
I get what you mean & understand (and agree with your notion), but if that's the case, the next episode's gonna be pretty unpleasant for you.

So wanna be saying #Season5Baby by mid-March.

Death Benefit took place heavily in Washington D.C., as well as in a bar in Miami. But it did have about 2 scenes in NYC though.

Good point. And smart move.

Takes real guts to do two experimental episodes in a row on network television today, and these guys pulled it off masterfully. The pace was a bit deliberate compared to last week, but it worked really well for me. Glad to see so many characters return, and a wonderful tie-in to the show's mythology (The Nautilus game…

Who else loved the Google Glasses of the ISA operatives?

No problem :)
Fun fact is Nolan's dad was in advertising. Which pretty much explains how he was able to sell a cyberpunk drama to CBS!

Hey bro! Welcome back!

It's Nolan's uncle, actually. He's been on set just about every time an episode's been shot.