![]() by Julian Spivey The season four finale of CBS’ excellent drama “Person of Interest” ended with a literal bang as John Reese (Jim Caviezel) and Root (Amy Acker) went out guns blazing in protection of Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) and his damaged baby, The Machine against an army of Samaritan’s soldiers as the season came to an end after an all-time classic scene. The ending of “YHWH” on Tuesday night (May 5) was the culmination of a very well-written and acted season of “Person of Interest,” which for my money is the best show currently on network television. Because of an unexpected and sudden ratings drop it unfortunately might end up being a de facto series finale for the show, as well. The season finale was actually the least watched episode of the show in its four season run, which is almost unheard of for a finale. Most prognosticators do think CBS will renew the show for a fifth season, but this is a great time to remind viewers that you actually have to watch your favorite shows if you want them to survive. A fifth season of “Person of Interest,” shall it come, will be somewhat of a rebirth for the series as Finch’s Machine has been greatly disabled by Samaritan, the super A.I. trying to take over the world, in the finale. The final scene of Finch trying to talk the Machine out of overriding itself was incredibly touching, a gift of an acting performance from Emerson and the writing staff to get us to truly feel saddened for the potential death of a supercomputer. The scene was greatly enhanced by Pink Floyd’s “Welcome to the Machine” playing over it. While Samaritan, perhaps the show’s greatest and certainly its biggest villain yet, is doing better than ever at the end of season four and will be in complete control it seems if the show is renewed for another season the series did say goodbye to two notable villains in the finale, one of which has been around as long as the show itself. The Brotherhood’s Dominic (Winston Duke) and New York’s biggest crime boss Elias (Enrico Colantoni) have finally come to blows in the season finale for what seems like it will be the last time when Dominic kidnaps Elias, along with Reese and Det. Fusco (Kevin Chapman) and is threatening to kill them if they don’t lead him to Finch – whom he plans to make his own. Thanks to a little help from The Machine Reese is able to break free from his shackles and take control of the situation, with Dominic and Elias being arrested in the end. However, while both men are being transported by Fusco one of Elias’ men crashes into the police transport and frees him. In perhaps the most shocking moment of the finale, both Dominic and Elias are soon gunned down by a Samaritan sniper as the supercomputer shows what it’s truly capable of and supposed to do by riding the world of horrible men. It’s not too much of a surprise that Elias’ time on “Person of Interest” has finally come to an end after four seasons, but it’s a little unfortunate as Colantoni’s character was one of the best recurring characters recently on television. “Person of Interest” has really set itself up for another fantastic season if the show is indeed renewed and what really sets it apart from other shows on television is its terrific writing and the fact that it can draw out an interesting storyline for the bulk of a season, as it has with the Samaritan storyline. Unfortunately, though, this is probably one of the biggest reasons the show is bleeding viewers. Network television viewers have proven to prefer shows that tend to have a different storyline per episode, rather than season long arcs like “Person of Interest” is so deft at. “Person of Interest” used to mix these kind of episodes in with their overall arcs, but dropped the “crime of the week” aspect for much of this season. That coupled with the fact that it’s lost two main characters in Taraji P. Henson’s Det. Carter and Sarah Shahi’s Shaw over the last two seasons has probably led to certain viewers getting turned off on the show. That has resulted in the show losing almost two million viewers per episode just this season alone. “Person of Interest” is a truly fantastic show that really deserves the new life that Finch is going to attempt to give The Machine come next season. Perhaps CBS renewing it for one last season might be in everybody’s best interest as it would allow the show to wrap up its storyline without the possibility of cancellation before it gets that sendoff it truly deserves.
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Dinah Cadwell
6/11/2015 09:45:51 am
I have always said that POI veered off the plot that made the show great. Although I was turned off when Carter died I continued to watch but the writers kept moving further and further away. When Shaw left that was it for me. Good luck.
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Phyllis Rhodes
6/11/2015 05:05:33 pm
I watch only two broadcast network shows. Person of Interest and Elementary. I started watching Elementary when it aired right after POI. Jim Caviezel is the reason I started watching POI and I loved the first 3 seasons where he was the star of the show. I liked bringing in different women now and then but by the 4th season Reece was just one of a team. I will continue watching because it is the best show on TV. But I would like to see Jim Caviezel's Reece return to the position he held before, getting the most air time. Caviezel is an awesome actor. Give him more meat to chew on. I think my views on this are shared by many POI fans. Please do not take the show off the air. Instead bring it back and give us more than 13 episodes. Please
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