Person of Interest Episode 5x07 "QSO" May 24, 2016

PERSON OF INTEREST
Air Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#POI506) "QSO"

ROOT GOES UNDERCOVER TO PROTECT A CONSPIRACY THEORIST WHO STUMBLES UPON INFORMATION THAT COULD GET HIM KILLED, ON "PERSON OF INTEREST"

"QSO"

Root goes undercover at a radio station to protect the host of a conspiracy theory show who stumbles upon information that could get him killed. Also, Samaritan's agents try to convince a member of the team that their goals are noble, on PERSON OF INTEREST, Tuesday, May 24 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS.

REGULAR CAST:

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

RECURRING CAST:

Julian Ovenden (Lambert)

GUEST CAST:

Scott Adsit (Max)
Christopher Stadulis (Barrett)
Edward Chin-Lyn (Ghost Hunter)
Samantha Buck (Samaritan Doctor)
Kushtrim Hoxha (Vasily)

WRITTEN BY: Hillary Benefiel

DIRECTED BY: Kate Woods

Source: Person of Interest on CBS | TheFutonCritic

Promo pics for episode 5x07:

Person of Interest - Episode 5.07 - QSO - Promo & Sneak Peeks

Ok saw them live tonight, but apparently missed what shows in the vids above lol.

But the radio show ep was good, but still pretty standard ep.

Will post rest in ep 8 thread.

T5000 wrote:

Ok saw them live tonight, but apparently missed what shows in the vids above lol.

But the radio show ep was good, but still pretty standard ep.

Will post rest in ep 8 thread.

Cool episode. Can't wait to finally have Shaw back.
I think this time Samaritan tricked Shaw. She thought it was just another simulation, so she just killed that scientist to get over with. But I think it was a real field trip and when Shaw realized that, she wanted to kill herself. Luckily this was exactly the moment, when Root and the Machine came through with their radio message, which gave back Shaw a little ray of hope and new will to survive.
I also liked the fact, that the Machine - other than Samaritan - accepts the free will of humans, so Max had the chance to risk his life and wasn't just saved against his will.
Which reminded me of The 100, where Alie 1.0 initially was meant to operate only on human consent to transfer their minds into the City of Light, but after all was forcing everyone there by all means, even if it meant to turn them into soulless puppets. Whereas Alie 2.0 never took over its hosts, but was a positively supporting entity/advisor.