Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Person Of Interest - Ghosts

The title to this week's episode, "Ghosts", could just as easily refer to the character whose Social Security Number The Machine has spat out, as to Micheal Emerson's Mr Finch and his memories of the past.  The machine has identified a young woman as the possible victim or perpetrator of a violent crime. Problem is, she's been dead for two years!  While Reese is investigating the teenage girl, Mr Finch is thinking back about The Machine and we discover that his partner is someone who was also on The Island in LOST, Goodwin!  Nice touch.  They were idealistic and started out small but Mr Finch had discovered that the machine was not only spitting out possible terrorists but all incidents of violent crimes and they don't really know what to do with all the numbers, so they choose to do nothing.  I wonder what the ramifications of that decision are going to be?
While investigating, Reese is also trying to find out about his enigmatic 'partner' and tracks him down to his place of work.  He works in a software company where he is hastled by his young boss and doesn't really fit in, but the real twist is, he owns the company but no one knows that.
Our two heroes work out that the teenage girl is still alive and not killed by her Dad in an apparent murder/suicide.  They were the victims of an assassination but the assassin would not kill the child.  That's not stopping the new assassin who has been hired now that the bad guys have also found out the girl is still alive.  You see her Dad owned some prime real estate and he was killed for it (by his brother no less!) and he is the sole beneficiary unless they kill her for good this time!
The episode ends with Mr Finch leaving his 'job' because he has been 'found' by Reese.  As he leaves, there is a bust of his partner in the building foyer which shows he is dead.  How did he die?  Was it because they chose to ignore the numbers?
I am really enjoying this show!  Jim Caviezel is brilliant as the stony protector Reese.  I love that he has complete control of his emotions and can explode with power in a fight when he needs to.  Michael Emerson is also excellent as Mr Finch.  I am looking forward to seeing how these characters develop together.  My favourite show on TV at the moment!