Person of Interest “God Mode”

God Mode indeed.  The machine is wide open to Root and Reese for twenty-four hours and they are playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse.   This episode was fast, enthralling, and highly enjoyable, no mysteries this week, just plain old action at its finest.  There is no room for mystery, really.  Reese’s and Root’s access to the machine not only gives them all the information that they want to know, but The Machine even tells them when and where enemies are coming from.  “God Mode” was like watching a videogame where you had the cheats to show enemies on the radar, but way more fun. 

With God Mode, Root wants to find The Machine so she can “set it free,” even though I’m not completely sure what that means, so she kidnaps Finch to help her hunt The Machine down.  Racing to stop her are Reese and Shaw, who follow close behind her, hindered by The Machine playing games with Reese (The Machine has a personality, by the way) and continuing to send him on missions to help the irrelevant.  These side missions were un-needed and pointless, but lots of fun because there is no mystery.  The Machine tells them who’s in trouble and where, and Reese and Shaw shoot the people with guns and drive off, usually in a comical sequence. 

There are many twists and turns along the way and they wrap up Carter’s sub-plot, which seemed to stall the sprinting pace of the show.  Not to say that Carter’s story is uninteresting, in fact I was very satisfied with her character arc, but I think her story should’ve been summed up before this mach 8 speed episode.  Her character has come a long way.  I’ll leave it at that.  You’ll have to watch the show to understand.

Also, the flashbacks in this episode were awesome.  Finch’s past, and more specifically how his back was injured, is revealed in this episode.  Finch is probably one of my favorite characters on TV right now, partly because Michael Emerson is awesome, and because he was a mystery from the start.  The show doesn’t even acknowledge his injury out right, but as the show progresses you notice that he doesn’t have the limp or stiff back in flashbacks.  His character has been handled wonderfully and I’m interested to see what happens with him going forward.

If you aren’t watching Person of Interest you are missing out.  I really need to come up with a grading system for this blog…maybe next time.  Take my word though, this show is great.  Check it out.

P.S. This was the season finale of Person of Interest and I still haven’t made up my mind about the next TV show so if you have suggestions or requests leave them in the comments section.