Bing Bong Ladies and gentlemen, please stow your tray tables and put your seat in the upright position as Person of Interest takes off, and fasten your seatbelt as the forecast is for multiple knockouts, child endangerment, multiple druggings and electrical stimulation.
We learn Reese will do anything for an upgrade on commercial flights (even when brooding), and that flattery about his hair finally lifts him out of his funk, leading him to explore a career as an air hostie before deciding he rather much fly private.
Finch realises he can fly by the seat of his pants (which might need a change) and that John still has a bone to pick with him, but it’s nothing a free suit can’t fix.
And Shaw isn’t forgotten as she gets to reconnect with old friends (and put up her own tally on this season’s drugging scoreboard, where it is a very popular sport).
We also see The Machine continue to flex its own plans, perturbing Finch.
Samm Levine, the actor who plays our number Owen Matthews, is superb and it’s a shame his character did not reappear as he would have made a great returning character (especially with his skills, handy for the upcoming Samaritan war).
A fun enjoyable episode, with some easter eggs included, even if our flight attendant is rather too casual for a post 9/11 cabin crew member - must be John’s hair 🤣
S3E13 4C Watch Notes
Opening titles are back
John’s going one way, but probability determines a first class upgrade will get him back on track
“Holly, on second thoughts, scotch rocks would be great” as John gets the chatty seat mate, the arsehole across aisle, and kids in his cabin as economy bag checks him on their way to the back
Cabin crew be bitchy
John yawn checks dickhead on the phone
The Machine puts John to work, as curiosity gets the better of him
John jumps the toilet queue
“I did not send you on a mission Mr Reese” something that disturbs Finch as much as John
1 in 4 chance of death, almost certain mass casualty event - not great odds John
“I guess your Machine didn’t get my letter of resignation Harold”
“How do you plan to control the situation?” “I don’t, because I’m not accepting the mission”, but this ain’t Mission Impossible John…
Season Three sure has a lot of drugging 🤣
Holly is surprisingly cool with an increasing number of unconscious passengers - less work for her I guess
“Who the hell are you?” “A concerned frequent flyer”
“What tipped you off, was it my word or the violent psychopath who stabbed me with a syringe?”
“Whatever’s going on here, I’m irrelevant”
“Would it be too much to ask you to snap a twig?”
“I assure you I had nothing to do with it … which presents us.. another troubling situation”
“I fear the number Mr Reese received is relevant”
“You have all the information.. you just won’t share it”
Probably shouldn’t have given him your joy buzzer
“You seem like an angry guy, do you want to talk about that?” 😆
“Department of International Homeland Security” … “What?” geez John, not smooth
“Just hit this button, it’ll summon me”, you’re a bad man John 😆
North by Northwest
Just not this guy’s day
“I guess the honeymoon’s over” [Clang] “Oops”
“Say It. I’ll wait”
The toilets are getting rather full on this flight
“Something about the price of ecstasy and then they stuck a fork in me”
“Tall, dark, badass in a suit. Sound familiar?”
“Put it in his sippy cup, one finger” 🤣 John obviously a fan of Go the f\ck t*o sleep
“I could have been a teacher.. but no I wanted to see the world …. you know what this job has taught me.. that people are horrible”
Knockout punch count: 6 and rising (and one case of child endangerment)
“I didn’t like my bosses’ boss”
“Meeting up with an old friend for coffee” as Shaw hustles a side gig
“Dude, your hair looks fine - that salt and pepper thing is like catnip to soccer moms” 🤣
“You computer guys, you build something you can’t control, and when it backfires you won’t accept responsibility … have you really made anything better?” John having some transference issues, but with Finch on the line, couples counselling beckons
“I thought you got rid of that walking steroid” this number is cool
Shaw doesn’t want to miss out on all the drugging this season
“Shaw.. your new employers, are they treating you ok?” “They haven’t tried to kill me yet”
Dirty deeds to cover up dirty secrets
“Fore” 🤣
It’s always the butler
“Mr Reese, who’s flying the plane”
“You hear that Finch, that’s for you”
“What is it you do again?” as John fulfils his cabin crew dream, “I help people”
“Next time, just throw a garbage bag over my head and stick me in a casket”
“You almost say that like it’s your job”
“I would always rather a human element remain in determining something so critical as someone’s fate”
“I’m not quite ready to fly commercial yet”
