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Root Cause
Season 1
Episode Number: 13
Season Episode: 13
Originally aired: Thursday February 2, 2012
Writer:
Erik Mountain
Director:
Richard J. Lewis
Show Stars: James Caviezel (John Reese), Taraji Henson (Detective Carter), Kevin
Chapman (Detective Lionel Fusco), Michael Emerson (Harold Finch)
Guest Stars: Paige Turco (Zoe Morgan), Myk Watford (Scott Powell), Damian Young
(Pete Matheson), Amy Hargreaves (Leslie Powell), Brennan Brown (Special
Agent Ellis), Victor Slezak (Michael Eames), Dan Ziskie (Senator
Gene Atkins), Bill Cohen (Pawn Broker), Michael Milligan (Campaign
Supervisor), Erin Kilgore (Mia Powell), Casey Predovic (Teen
Guy), Ryan Breslin (Student), John Cenatiempo (Gage), Isaac Schinazi
(Journalist)
Production Code: 2J6213
Summary: The Machine gives Reese and Finch the number of a down-and-out
man who has been pushed too far, and they’re forced to turn to former
Person of Interest Zoe Morgan for help.
The Machine turns up a number of
news article hits.
At the headquarters, Finch pours himself
a cup of coffee and checks in over the
radio with Reese. Reese is busy ”convincing”
Mr. Ted Billick to abandon his plan
to kill his ex-wife. Once he takes down
Billick, Finch tells him that they have a
new number and sends him an address.
A woman tells a man over the phone
that they have the right guy for what they
need.
Scott Powell is a project manager for
the city. His wife Leslie, son Owen, and
daughter Mia are with him at breakfast.
He leaves for work, unaware that Reese is
watching him. Reese admires his normal life, but then follows Scott to a park for an unexpected
meeting.
He clones Scott’s phone and listens in as Scott calls about a job. Reese realizes that Scott is
out of work, and Finch confirms that cutbacks have put him out of the job eight months ago.
They figure that Scott hasn’t told his family.
Next, Scott tries to pawn some of his belongings without success and snaps at the owner. He
gets a call from the bank and leaves, while Finch reports that Scott has maxed out all of his
credit cards except the one he shares with his wife, and that one is at its limit. Reese has Finch
call Carter to run a background check and tells his partner that Fusco is handling something
else for him.
Finch wants to be at the stakeout with Reese, who warns him that it won’t be easy.
That night, Reese and Finch park outside of Scott’s house and Finch makes a wi-fi capturing
device out of a Pringles can. He easily hacks Scott’s computer and determines that he spends a
lot of time blogging about Congressman Michael Delancey, who he dislikes.
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