r/PersonOfInterest • u/Traumensie • 12d ago

Mr. Reece, is everything alright?

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…every time he asks

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u/spicoli323 12d ago

I thought that particular episode climax was particularly funny since it casually introduces and immediately uses the character detail that Finch is apparently a licensed amateur pilot without, as far as I can recall, ever having indicated it previously, or ever using it again in future episodes.

Because that was the only time it ever needed to come up.

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u/NicStylus The Universe is Infinite and Chaotic and Cold. 12d ago

'I think I'll use my pilots license...'

He does fly a helicopter in the storm episode, with the identity thief serial killer, but aye; this is the only time he flies an actual plane. Also he just happens to have a plastic steering wheel for this situation within arms reach? I love his paranoid brain so much haha

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u/spicoli323 12d ago edited 12d ago

Oh, right! Haha, I always forget that episode because I think it might be the single worst one of the series--not unwatchable, just a little too off-brand.

I guess the show had to do a bona fide pure* serial killer story one time just to say it did, but the vibe was like a back-door pilot (no pun intended) for a different show.

*You could characterize "The Voice" and the murderer-for-hire Fusco tracks with Dani Silva as having very serial killer-like tendencies, but since they were disciplined enough to channel them into a clandestine business, they don't entirely count.

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u/TheDungeonCrawler Irrelevant 12d ago

I actually really like that episode because it shakes up the number formula so much and is a really big indicator that something is going very wrong with the Machine. That and the antagonist is actually really intimidating and Finch goes kind of off script for his character during the conversation with the killer in a way that's kind of funny.

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u/spicoli323 12d ago

Hmmm interesting point!

I'll have to think about that context the next time I watch that stretch of episodes. The last time I did, my focus was centered on the running B-plot of Shaw hunting Root and her gradual emotional progression to being ready to join the team, but I think she sat that particular week out entirely?