With things looking grimmer for Team Machine, the search for Shaw continues, leading to the small town of Maple, north of the city.
While it looks idyllic from outside, the discerning viewer realizes that if Decima has a presence there, nefarious purposes lie beneath the surface.
Sure enough, as our team scratches below the surface, we find out that Samaritan is using the city as a plaything (not unlike an amoral child, I’d think) or as Finch said, “an ant farm”, although I wonder if “Sim City” would have been more accurate.
This only reenforces the view of Samaritan in that it has very little regard for humans and considers us it’s playthings.
This continues as we find out that tracking chips for Samaritan are being made in Maple, including types that can be implanted into humans, very scary stuff.
Unfortunately for the extremely wound up Root and the less wound up but still very grim Reese, the kidnapped woman they were tracking turned out not to be Shaw but an innocent bystander at the Stock Exchange shoot out.
(All three actors conveyed their heartbreak quite well.)
Meanwhile, back in the city, Finch has Fusco look into the number of the week.
While the number seemed fairly routine at first, the schlubby looking POI turned out to be a hit man who was also very good at disposing of bodies, tying back into the M.I.A title of the episode.
(I must say, I can’t remember the last time that the number turned out to be the perpetrator and not the victim.)
It also allowed the producers to bring back Detective Silva to work with Fusco this time around.
If she’s going to be the designated Shaw replacement, I’m ok with it for now.
Finally, the Machine has to tell Root to stop searching for Shaw and while it was a wrenching scene, I have to wonder if she’s going to obey.
(Also, I wonder why the Machine told her to stop. Is the Machine unable to find a scenario where they find Shaw at this time?)
However, at least we know that Shaw is alive, although she’s in Decima’s clutches.
While it looks idyllic from outside, the discerning viewer realizes that if Decima has a presence there, nefarious purposes lie beneath the surface.
Sure enough, as our team scratches below the surface, we find out that Samaritan is using the city as a plaything (not unlike an amoral child, I’d think) or as Finch said, “an ant farm”, although I wonder if “Sim City” would have been more accurate.
This only reenforces the view of Samaritan in that it has very little regard for humans and considers us it’s playthings.
This continues as we find out that tracking chips for Samaritan are being made in Maple, including types that can be implanted into humans, very scary stuff.
Unfortunately for the extremely wound up Root and the less wound up but still very grim Reese, the kidnapped woman they were tracking turned out not to be Shaw but an innocent bystander at the Stock Exchange shoot out.
(All three actors conveyed their heartbreak quite well.)
Meanwhile, back in the city, Finch has Fusco look into the number of the week.
While the number seemed fairly routine at first, the schlubby looking POI turned out to be a hit man who was also very good at disposing of bodies, tying back into the M.I.A title of the episode.
(I must say, I can’t remember the last time that the number turned out to be the perpetrator and not the victim.)
It also allowed the producers to bring back Detective Silva to work with Fusco this time around.
If she’s going to be the designated Shaw replacement, I’m ok with it for now.
Finally, the Machine has to tell Root to stop searching for Shaw and while it was a wrenching scene, I have to wonder if she’s going to obey.
(Also, I wonder why the Machine told her to stop. Is the Machine unable to find a scenario where they find Shaw at this time?)
However, at least we know that Shaw is alive, although she’s in Decima’s clutches.
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