Well, IMHO, POI has lost its focus a bit. No Elias, no brotherhood, Samaritan and Machine both doing mundane things and I had really hoped that this episode will some of the zing of season 4 back.
It tries, and then tosses everything in the air. Reese continued his work to save someone rather unimportant while Finch tried to save someone important. In the end, the writers have given both stories a touch of Samaritan angle to supposedly keep the viewers on their edge.
The only saving grace in this episode is Root and her trauma/ fear of having lost Sameen and Amy has acted that part brilliantly. POI season 4 is supposed to tackle very different topics than saving random people and adding a tinge of Samaritan. Samaritan isn't rosemerry that one adds for aroma/ flavor during cooking, it is the oil of this season.
Anyways, it is not so gloomy either. The episode has continued to make the prospects look even more bleak for team Machine and only a Nolan-esque writing can bring things back to the level we are used to.
All the best :)
It tries, and then tosses everything in the air. Reese continued his work to save someone rather unimportant while Finch tried to save someone important. In the end, the writers have given both stories a touch of Samaritan angle to supposedly keep the viewers on their edge.
The only saving grace in this episode is Root and her trauma/ fear of having lost Sameen and Amy has acted that part brilliantly. POI season 4 is supposed to tackle very different topics than saving random people and adding a tinge of Samaritan. Samaritan isn't rosemerry that one adds for aroma/ flavor during cooking, it is the oil of this season.
Anyways, it is not so gloomy either. The episode has continued to make the prospects look even more bleak for team Machine and only a Nolan-esque writing can bring things back to the level we are used to.
All the best :)