Person of Interest Episode 5x02 "SNAFU" May 09, 2016

PERSON OF INTEREST
Air Date: Monday, May 09, 2016
Time Slot: 9:59 PM-11:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#POI502) "SNAFU"

THE MACHINE EXPERIENCES A GLITCH DURING ITS REBOOT AND LABELS FINCH AND ROOT AS THREATS, ON "PERSON OF INTEREST"

"SNAFU"

The Machine experiences a glitch during rebooting, supplying Reese and Fusco with the numbers of dozens of people not actually involved in crimes, while also locking Finch and Root out after identifying them as threats based on past violent behavior, on PERSON OF INTEREST, Monday, May 9 (9:59-11:00 PM ET/PT) on CBS.

REGULAR CAST:

Jim Caviezel (John Reese)
Michael Emerson (Harold Finch)
Kevin Chapman (Lionel Fusco)
Sarah Shahi (Sameen Shaw)
Amy Acker (Root)

GUEST CAST:

Josh Close (Jeff Blackwell)
LaChanze (Mona)
Paige Patterson (Laurie Granger)
Jasson Finney (Andrius)
Anthony Grasso (Gerald)
Nurit Monacelli (Rachel)
Brian McCarthy (Edgar)
Deandre Leatherbury (Wally)
Joe Lanza (Mikey)
Nick Doolan (Reg)

WRITTEN BY: Lucas O'Connor

DIRECTED BY: Chris Fisher

Source: Person of Interest on CBS | TheFutonCritic

No official promo pics available yet, so here are some snaps from the preview video of episode 5x02:

Person of Interest - Episode 5.02 - SNAFU - Promo & Sneak Peek

uh oh this is like glitchy cameron !

Well kinda disappointed in what they have done so far!

With only 13 eps, why waste 2 eps with this nonsense ??

I am thinking now the machine has regressed , to the point of a baby AI while
Samaratin has grown into a young adult.

I dont think we will get any answers or development, just some episodes
and some sort of conclusion.
Nothing special coming.

I think in reality there is no way they would beat Samaratin.

He did say the subway car could go mobile, and that the machine was in the car, so
that could explain that they get discovered and just leave in car.

I'm not sure what you are expecting.
I for one liked ep 5x02 a lot. Everyting shiny for me. Seeing Finch and Root working closely together to resolve the Machine's glitches was great. And when in the whole episode and especially at the end was The Machine like a baby A.I.??? No way. It had some initial problems to pick the right numbers and to get the timeline in order, because it didn't pay enough attention to the context of the background stories, and considered Finch and Root temporarily as a threat, what wasn't that far-fetched at all in the context of their history with people and the Machine. Finally at the end of the ep the Machine seemed to work fine again.
And I can only repeat myself. I absolutely enjoy to watch that awesome cast.
Also it's way too early to doubt that they will deliver a good conclusion to the series. Somehow you already seem to have a kind of negative attitude to the final season. I don't get it.
You just should give only 10 % of the credit, that you surprisingly give to a comparatively crappy show like FTWD all the time, to PoI and enjoy ...

T5000 wrote:

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He did say the subway car could go mobile, and that the machine was in the car, so
that could explain that they get discovered and just leave in car.

Hm, I don't know ... It's not like you can easily just disappear with that subway car into the tunnels and no one could find you. Quite the opposite, there's only on direction to go and they could easily be followed and tracked down ...

tscc1000 wrote:

T5000 wrote:

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He did say the subway car could go mobile, and that the machine was in the car, so
that could explain that they get discovered and just leave in car.

Hm, I don't know ... It's not like you can easily just disappear with that subway car into the tunnels and no one could find you. Quite the opposite, there's only on direction to go and they could easily be followed and tracked down ...

Well watch the first of 501 and you will see the car is gone and it is all damaged where they are now.

tscc1000 wrote:

I'm not sure what you are expecting.
I for one liked ep 5x02 a lot. Everyting shiny for me. Seeing Finch and Root working closely together to resolve the Machine's glitches was great. And when in the whole episode and especially at the end was The Machine like a baby A.I.??? No way. It had some initial problems to pick the right numbers and to get the timeline in order, because it didn't pay enough attention to the context of the background stories, and considered Finch and Root temporarily as a threat, what wasn't that far-fetched at all in the context of their history with people and the Machine. Finally at the end of the ep the Machine seemed to work fine again.
And I can only repeat myself. I absolutely enjoy to watch that awesome cast.
Also it's way too early to doubt that they will deliver a good conclusion to the series. Somehow you already seem to have a kind of negative attitude to the final season. I don't get it.
You just should give only 10 % of the credit, that you surprisingly give to a comparatively crappy show like FTWD all the time, to PoI and enjoy ...

You just should give only 10 % of the credit, that you surprisingly give to a comparatively crappy show like FTWD all the time, to PoI and enjoy ... ..... lol well that is because I expect way more for this show.
I expect it to make sense in conjunction with the previous 4 seasons.
The writing and what they do or have done with a great premise, seems to get worse starting with S3.
I feel like different writers took over and took it another direction.

and there is only 15 eps left to the show, and I still think they just squandered 2 eps.
ftwd has like 20,000 eps left so they can screw around and go slow.

The other thing is i always wanted more from the machine and I dont think it will ever happen.

but I am on board till the end, and see what they do give us.