Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 13 Return 0

Return 0- Thank you very much for such a fabulous and emotional reaction to such a beautiful and marvelous episode that is very easily one of my absolute favorite episodes, Jessie!! And thank you so much for your beautiful and emotional insights into this episode, throughout this episode and afterwards! I am so happy that you truly loved watching this episode for me!! This episode's ending makes me cry so hard, absolutely every time I watch it. Watching Reese give his life to save Finch and the world from Samaritan, is so tragic and yet so, so truly beautiful too. I knew that John would wind up dying in the end, and I have since the very beginning of this beautiful show. And as much as it breaks my heart to see Reese die, this is most certainly the ending I would expect for Reese, and in all honesty the only right way for Person of Interest to end. After all... Reese dies a hero, when since from the beginning, Reese has never seen himself as such. He's only ever believed himself to be a monster because he was a killer, when he never really was. Not in the sense that he was a bad guy. He has always fought to protect people. And he's only killed when it was necessary or ordered of him to do. John Reese is truly a good, good man. And I truly appreciate your understanding of him... One of my absolute favorite characters from any show or movie. I appreciate your beautiful insights into this beloved character. So, thank you so very much, my dear friend!! :) Also... Finch tells Reese in the Pilot that they would both probably wind up dead by the end. And while Finch survives, these words are perfect foreshadowing for what inevitably comes of John Reese. I absolutely love it! John Reese is my overall favorite character all throughout this phenomenal show that very quickly has risen up to be one of my all time favorite shows. And Jim Caviezel as John Reese is absolutely incredible!! He's been my favorite actor for a number of roles in movies I've seen him in for many years now, and before Person of Interest first aired. And yet... His role as John Reese has only made me love Jim Caviezel all the more! Michael Emerson as Harold Finch is marvelous too!! I really love this character as well! I love being able to be constantly in awe of just how smart Finch really is. And I love that all of Finch's many aliases are named after birds because his father had learned everything about the birds for his son, on account of Finch being comforted by them when he was a baby. I absolutely love how well Michael Emerson and Jim Caviezel play off one another. Most of all... I absolutely love the friendship developed over the seasons between Reese and Finch. While the dynamics between the characters change and develop into something stronger and wonderful once other members of the team join these original two men by the end of season two and in season three, in fighting to save the people that the government consider irrelevant, Reese and Finch remain my two favorite characters. Detective Lionel Fusco is another of my favorite characters just behind Reese and Finch. I love Lionel Fusco so much!! And I love his actor... Kevin Chapman. Fusco makes me laugh thanks to his wit and sarcasm. And I really love his strong friendship with Reese too. Carl Elias, Detective Joss Carter, Root, Sameen Shaw, Anthony (Elias' right hand man), and Zoe Morgan are all also brilliant stand out characters throughout this show that I really love as well. Carter's, Elias', Anthony's (Scarface, as Reese likes to call him), and of course... Root's deaths, are all absolutely tragic. I was so heartbroken to see them all die. And yet each of their deaths have meaning behind them. And I love this so, so much!! While I really do love both Root and Shaw all throughout the show, I don't really care much for their developed relationship. I see the chemistry between them and their actresses, and I know that most fans of this show absolutely love them together, but I am honestly not a fan. I enjoyed Root's constant flirting and teasing with Shaw. I just wish that this was all it ever was. I'm just grateful that their romance isn't too overwhelming. I still love their characters through the ending of this show, nonetheless. Nor am I a fan of the storyline written for Shaw starting in the second half of season four and throughout season five. Sarah Shahi (Shaw) became pregnant at this time during the filming, and so she had to leave the show for a time, but she did not want Shaw to be killed off because she loved being a part of Person of Interest. And I think it's wonderful that Shaw remains very much a part of this show even when she's missing. I just wish that the creators and writers had written a much better storyline for Shaw. Because I really don't care a whole lot for the storyline where Shaw is kept prisoner by Samaritan and its allies, while she's forced to live thousands of false scenarios under Samaritan. Nor do I care much for how obsessed Root becomes to find her, almost at the cost of our other heroes' lives as well as her own. Also... As much as I do love Root just as she is, a part of me also really loved her more as a villain back when she was her phenomenal psycho self in season one's finale, and throughout two and most of season three. And I almost would have preferred her to remain as she was back when she is first introduced into this show. I think that her developed relationship with Shaw, especially starting in season four and in the end of season five, kind of ruins her character just a little for me. And I know that I am very much in the minority regarding these two fabulous characters, who are most Person of Interest fans' absolute favorite characters throughout this show. Either way... I really do love Root. And now... This ending with Shaw picking up the phone and with the Machine surviving, are the reasons for the previous episode... Synecdoche, being essential to this series. There actually was an idea for this show to get a spinoff, with Shaw taking over as Reese's character, as the Machine's number one like Reese had been. And with Lionel staying on as the detective within the precinct, along with Bear, Logan Pierce, Joey Durban, Harper Rose, Daniel Casey, Daizo, and Jason Greenfield, as well as others, all becoming their team to help them protect the numbers. Sadly... This spinoff never took off. Which is such an absolute shame. However, I absolutely would have watched it if it had. And Lastly... Finch survives in the end, and returns to live the rest of his life with Grace, which is the perfect ending for him too!! I think that he and Grace would be safe, with Samaritan destroyed and all of the threats who knew of him and Grace eliminated, which they all are as far as I can remember. And yes... I absolutely believe as you do, that Reese knew that Finch would finally have the chance to return to Grace one day so long as he survived, and so Reese did everything in his power to make sure that Harold would have this chance. And I absolutely love, love, love this for them!! All in all... I absolutely love Person of Interest!!! It's certainly not without its flaws, and there is one episode in season five that I typically skip over because I don't care for it much at all. The episode in season five titled... 6,741. But I absolutely love all the rest. And while there are many episodes that certainly stand out above all the rest, I really do love them all. With the exception of the one episode that I dislike. And I love all of the characters that make up the numbers who our heroes fight to save as well. As for my absolute favorite episodes within every season... Season One- Cura Te Ipsum, Witness, Number Crunch, Super, Risk, Flesh and Blood, Many Happy Returns, No Good Deed, and Firewall Season Two- The Contingency, Triggerman, Shadow Box, 2πR, Prisoner's Dilemma, Dead Reckoning, One Percent, Booked Solid, Relevance, Trojan Horse, Zero Day, God Mode Season Three- Endgame, The Crossing, The Devil's Share, Lethe, Aletheia, 4C, RAM, Death Benefit, Beta, A House Divided, Deus Ex Machina Season Four- Pretenders, The Devil You Know, If-Then-Else, Terra Incognita, Asylum, YHWH Season Five- B.S.O.D., SNAFU, Sotto Voce, The Day the World Went Away, Synecdoche, .exe, Return 0 If you're interested in telling me, Jessie, I would love to know what your favorite episodes are within each season too!! I am very curious. :) Thank you very much for all of your many fabulous reactions for Person of Interest... One of my all time favorite shows, once again, Jessie!! I truly appreciate them. And I am so, so happy I could introduce this incredible show to you, for you to enjoy!! I am so, so happy to hear that you've come to absolutely love this show as I do too, my dear friend!! :) Sincerely, Heidi

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum