Man vs.machine

[astri13]

My crackpot theory for Person of Interest Season 2? The first episode will start with Nathan Ingram at the other end of that phone call.

Other than that, I really have no idea what's going to happen. What does Root want with Finch? I mean, they seem to be going for some parallel with Sherlock and Moriaty from Sherlock, the consultant for the crime-solvers and the consultant for the crime-doers. Only here we have Finch using the ultimate knowledge for good and Root using it for evil. However, for a true paralell that would mean her having the same powers/knowledge re: the machine that Harold does. And, I kinda don't think so. She must know OF it and see the potential and to truly seize it, she needs Harold? Hm.

Thankfully Carter and Fusco know about each other now. While the subterfuge between them made for some funny scenes, I wouldn't have wanted for it to go on longer.

Also, kudos, show for creating a nice sense of suspense there all throughout the episodes. And with very minimal measures to boot. It was just a couple of people chasing each other around and trying to outsmart each other at every turn.

My hope for the start of Season 2 would be the machine itself being the dominant player in taking down Root, showing that it is a powerful entity onto itself now. And one which should be, in all honesty, more powerful than ANY human by now. Not sure how they'd be able to physically show this but I have faith in the show.

Comments

[mareen.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if Root doesn't have access to a machine of her own. The Chinese seem to be in possession of one, she might have access to that one so she knows what its capapable of. However, what good does such a machine, if you can only use it on the Chinese. What she would want is access to an American one. She already told Finch she's into blackmail. So she could use the SSNs for blackmail, or she could be trying to use Finch to get further access.

[astri13.livejournal.com]

or she could be trying to use Finch to get further access.

That's what I'm thinking. What I'm hoping is Root getting a bit of a backstory, that is either also tied to the machine in some way or just something bigger than sociopathic greed. I found her to be an engaging villain in this episode but I always enjoy my main villains more when their motives are rooted in some passion, hate, love, vengeance etc.

The Chinese seem to be in possession of one

That is something I wasn't too clear about in the ep that flashed back to John's last CIA mission. Were the Chinese truly building their own machine, independetly of the US? Was it maybe a joint project? Did they steal the tech?

Also, to be truly effective for the purposes they wanted it build for, the machine needs to work globally. Which is actually what I believed it was when the show started, a global monitoring network. Only some time down the line did I put that assumption to question.

[mareen.livejournal.com]

That is something I wasn't too clear about in the ep that flashed back to John's last CIA mission. Were the Chinese truly building their own machine, independetly of the US? Was it maybe a joint project? Did they steal the tech?

There was a flashback around the middle of the season that had John and Snow illegally working on home soil (New York City). They had some guy with a bag over his head they were questioning, and either Snow or Stanton mentioned that he stole someone valuable and sold it to the Chinese.

Then when Stanton and John went to Ordos, there were hints they had been building something, and when you look at the computers closely, there's a whole pack of printouts with numbers on them. Those were Chinese SSNs. So, yeah, I'm 100% that the Chinese have their own machine and someone sold it to them.

I was in fact pretty sure that person had been Peter and that is what got Jessica killed, until we found out that she died for a whole different reason.

Also, to be truly effective for the purposes they wanted it build for, the machine needs to work globally. Which is actually what I believed it was when the show started, a global monitoring network. Only some time down the line did I put that assumption to question.

I still believe it does just that. But Finch only gets SSNs of people in New York because otherwise he'd have to start a whole network of people working for him. He just doesn't have the time for it, nor would it be safe to do that.

[astri13.livejournal.com]

I still believe it does just that. But Finch only gets SSNs of people in New York

And only for one case so mostly one number per day. When I'm sure at any given time in a city like New York there are dozens of plots to get people killed and the machine would pick up on every single one.