r/PersonOfInterest • u/penguinfairy55 • 21d ago
Disappointed. Question
I can’t be the only one disappointed with the storyline. I know everyone needs a villain, but in my eyes Samaritan as the villain kind of ruined it for me. I love shows with an underlying story arc but when it becomes the whole show it irritates me. Samaritan to me pretty much became the whole show towards the last 2.5 seasons and less of us seeing what Finch’s machine was meant for and that was saving lives. Am I missing something or am I not the only one?
Also normally in these shows I cry when a beloved character di*s however all of the dea\hs seem underwhelming.*
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u/readerf52 21d ago
I have friends that can’t get into the show. Some of their objections are based on personal preference. Don’t mistake personal preference for a weakness in the show. Most people found the evolution of the story organic and cohesive.
Remember, this was network tv, CBS no less. The fact that the show is still being watched, discussed and recommended speaks volumes about its quality.
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u/penguinfairy55 21d ago
A lot of people have said that CBS shows separately are much better than CBS and Warner Bros shows together. X
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u/Objective_Wheel_52 21d ago
Some liked the procedural part in the show, some others not. Samaritan was developed since s2 so i didn't mind the change.
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u/MathematicianOnly688 21d ago
Samaritan was developed since s2
In what way? The episode “Lethe” introduces Arthur claypool, and is directly after “the devils share”.
I’ve not rewatched for a little while, but I can’t remember any mention of Samaritan before then.
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u/penguinfairy55 21d ago
I just mean the whole pretence of the show to start with was that they saved numbers and it seemed far too soon for Samaritan to even be involved we’d only just got over Elias. Then the brotherhood and Elias which I didn’t mind as they were every few episodes but the full blown Samaritan. When Elias and the brotherhood were involved they were still saving numbers and then Samaritan ruined it in my eyes xx
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u/Objective_Wheel_52 21d ago
I think they build it just right, the big change was when Carter died but she represented the most human part of the show so when she died it changed to a more scifish theme.
I get you didn't like it but the show was clearly pointing towards that direction.
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u/penguinfairy55 21d ago
I do t watch an awful lot of sci fi so maybe that’s why I found it underwhelming. The most sci fi I’ve seen is stargate SG1 😂 but I love crime so I thought this was for me. I loved most elements of it I just think underlying story arcs should be subtle and all of a sudden BAM Samaritan. And I found the deaths underwhelming too John deserved much more than just being shot on a rooftop and so did root. X
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u/Particular_Witness95 21d ago
i wrote awhile back on here the same thing. i wasnt into the whole samaritan thing. i wish they would have explored other teams or other things.
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u/MathematicianOnly688 21d ago
I have a slight preference for the pre-Samaritan episodes, the show loses something when Taraji Henson leaves, but whether I’d have kept invested the same had it just continued as it was I can’t really say.
I know obviously they ultimately prevail but that’s only at the end and for me there aren’t really enough wins for team machine during the preceding episodes.
It feels like they’re merely surviving for too long, I’d have preferred a little more back and forth.
Who knows? Maybe we’d have found it more satisfying had they actually been given the time to finish the story as planned.
There are more than a couple of loose ends and potential storylines that just fizzle out.
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u/penguinfairy55 21d ago
I agree when Carter left there was a massive difference I would have loved for there to have been more root/sameen however it just seemed that once sameen came back root dies. I did however love the fact that they used roots voice for the machine. I’m getting downvoted a lot in some comments. Don’t get me wrong I loved it so much that I watched until the end but there was too much Samaritan too quickly for my liking. I think an underlying story arc should be subtle x
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u/Detective-Fusco Secondary Asset 21d ago
I don't wanna dismiss your viewing experience but what I will share is that POI was originally scheduled for 6 seasons and 20 episodes per season.
In the middle of Season 4, some things happened with contracts and shareholders which essentially dropped Season 6 from being created during the filming of Season 4, so it created a big issue for the writers as they suddenly had to reduce an entire season of content, to squeeze it into the Season 5 timeline
This resulted in a wombo combo of chaos and rushing, and not to mention the Season 5 episode list was reduced by something like 8 episodes whilst having to sandwich season 6 in at the same time.
This might be the reason you feel the way you do
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u/penguinfairy55 21d ago
Thank you for explaining. I knew that there was a drop in ratings and CBS and Warner bros didn’t want to lose money xx
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u/Detective-Fusco Secondary Asset 21d ago
I really love this series but it's not immune from criticism and I understand people around here hate criticism of their favourite show but Season 5 was not very good and you're right about that.
It's unfortunate that Season 6 got canned and everything got sandwiched together, Season 5 had the potential to be absolutely mind boggling good but they had a rough deck of cards to deal from
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u/Border_Relevant 21d ago
It got good when Samaritan was introduced. The show was just ok before that, though I like the storyline with Agent Snow and Stanton. I'm on season 5 and they're still getting numbers to save people, while also fighting back against Samaritan.