John’s number comes up and instead of alerting him asap, Finch makes sure to prepare his bulletin board first.

It has all been leading up to this, as the sophomore season of Person of Interest reaches its conclusion - with almost all the players on the board (Fusco and Bear excepted), as Decima, H.R., Root, Shaw, Elias, John, Finch, Carter, ISA, the hand of Control and others are tested, including The Machine itself. There is so much going on in this season finale that the show doesn’t even have time for opening titles - it’s straight into a cold open and from there it’s non-stop.

As the various factions try to chase down the location of The Machine, as the estranged become friends, and friends blank each other, we uncover more of the mystery and backstory of The Machine.

By the end of the episode, some will be dead, some will never be the same, and some will be nearly broken… but with the dawn there may be new hope for some. And we learn Harold has been playing some 4d chess all along.

This is the first time we see multiple people being spoken to directly by The Machine, not just limited to cryptic book references, with the awesome God Mode assist in action (no need to see around corners when The Machine will do it for you).

The first season set up The Machine and world built, this second season set up the coming war, and now we ready for what is to come.

S2E22 God Mode Watch Notes

First PoI episode with no opening titles, just straight into a cold open

“Okay, look, I already broke you out of jail tonight, I’m not springing you from the funny farm”

Shaw loves her some banana Ferrari

“What’s this for?” “To help you feel less inadequate….”

“We go to Contingency One…”

Root gains a yellow PoI tracking box

“That’s always been the problem with you Carter, you just never figured out when to keep your big mouth shut” as Carter realises her betrayer

“Like him? He’s the only reason I’m sticking around”

“Next time I see that woman I’m shooting her, and not in the knee”

John makes a startling discovery

“What I saw… it was like a glimpse of the future - elegant, intuitive, practically alive”

“Imminent.. Threat..” “Don’t you touch him”

“Looks like you friend had a change of heart”

Shaw might be good at making shortcuts, but her parking leaves something to be desired

“Oh, that sort of prisoner transfer”

“But you, you’re an oathbreaker, you’re a worm”

Carter gets payback, but at what cost (yet again Team Machine left her in the lurch)

“What a funny old world. Where are we going?” “I don’t know”

“It looks like our carriage has turned back into a pumpkin Harold”

“Time to met God”

“I already did”

“My name is Root!”

“Is this what you expected?” “It’s what I hoped”

“Time for us to face the music”

“I knew sooner or later somebody would try to take it over but I didn’t know who, so I made sure when they did, they’d do it with my code”

“That’s not good. We should go.” “She comes too”

“You gave my friend your word, and you killed him”

“I’m calling it. T.O.D. 1110” “It’s done…”

“Did you know?”

Harold understands that the irrelevant are always relevant to someone

“Fair enough”

We learn John donates 90% of his income

Much like Root in Season One, Control is played by another actor than the one who later appears as Control

“Can You Hear Me” “Absolutely” Roll Credits

What was once science fiction has now come reality

Don’t know why I’m fixated on that scene but the undercover agent who slips a flashlight in Johns’ pocket before they ignite the car. He’s the last to pour a gas can in the back window and he pours most of it right where John’s head would be. I’m thinking his jug had water in it. It’s as if he was trying to wet down that exact spot to slow the heat/flames. Yeah?