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Person of Interest Episode Guide
known to get involved, the government could trace them back. Reese is more concerned by the
fact that he has discovered Henry ditched the bug.
That night at the library, Reese confirms that Henry closed out his bank accounts and handed
out his credit cards to the homeless. He figures the government has a put an elite three-man team
on it, a team that handles black-ops. Reese figures they’ll Henry the same way that he would,
looking for cash-only hotels with Internet access.
The leader killer, codename Pennsylvania Two, calls their superior and admits that they failed
to kill Henry. The killer warns that Henry has help, and his employer tells him to do whatever it
takes to kill Henry.
Finch gets a hit on a youth hostel and has confirmed that Henry hacked the card reader at
his office. He figures that Henry is going in to get evidence to clear his name.
Henry breaks into the building and Reese goes in after him. Finch tells him to avoid direct
contact. However, the black-ops team opens fire and Reese tackles Henry, getting him out of the
line of fire. Henry runs outside and throws a bottle at a passing police car. He has the papers
he obtained from the office and tells them to keep them safe, and the officers arrest him. Reese
comes out and sees them drive away.
2009 — Finch is finishing the Machine shutdown when Nathan arrives to tell him everything
is in place and it will take ten days to move the Machine. As Finch prepares to shut it down,
Nathan asks if they have a contingency and wonders what they do if the government abuses the
Machine. Finch reminds him that the Machine is coded to upgrade and patch itself. He insists
that no one else can alter it, but Nathan doesn’t believe it and says they should put in a backdoor
off-switch. Finch warns him that the tiniest exploit could be abused if someone else found out
about it. He says that they need to trust the Machine that they built and let it go, and initiates
system shutdown. Once it’s done, Finch leaves the building.
The Present — Carter has Henry rerouted to her station. Fusco meets with him and he explains
that he found six reports that he wrote, and each one had a name inserted into it. Each name was
the key player in stopping a terrorist attack, and the only way someone could be that accurate
was by using illegal surveillance on a massive scale. ’Sibilance’ is an internal audit of the NSA
intranet that uncovered massive amounts of data being covertly sent out. It would take a huge
organization to scan through all of that data, and Henry realizes that it would take a computer
and they actually built it. He reviews how the government wanted a machine that could catch
terrorist before they strike, and Henry figures that someone succeeded in building it.
Once Henry is done, Fusco steps out and Carter wonders why he’s been talking to her suspect.
Fusco dismisses his testimony as the ravings of an insane man, unaware that Reese is in the
office disguised as a police officer. He goes to the interrogation room and gets Henry out of the
building, stealing a taxi cab. Finch tells Reese that they have to destroy all of Henry’s evidence
and make sure he doesn’t find anything else. Henry calls the Office of Special Counsel before
Reese can stop him, and Finch warns Reese that one of the people who knows about the Machine
works for the OSC. Reese tells Henry that no one is safe.
The black-ops supervisor gets a trace from the phone call and directs them to their target.
Another of the soldiers, Fox, moves in. Reese fights back and manages to stab Fox with his own
knife. However, Reese discovers that Henry has slipped away in the confusion. He figures that
Henry won’t give up and Finch agrees. However, he warns Reese that the people know about the
Machine won’t give up, either. However, he explains that a friend showed him how to do the right
thing even when faced with an intractable problem.
2009 — Nathan goes back and turns on the Machine, and then programs it with a contingency
program.
2012 — Henry arranges a meeting with a reporter, unaware that the government people know
about it. Finch meets with Henry right now and tells him that Reese is dealing with the assassins
sent to kill him and the reporter. He then says that the Machine exists and tells him to stop asking
the question. When Henry asks him where it is, Finch says that he understands but advises him
not to try and solve the mystery. He says that when he tried to solve it, it cost him something he
values more than his own life. Finch gives him new identity papers and money and advises him
to leave. When Henry wonders how he knows everything about it, Finch says that he built it and
walks away.
At the station, Det. Tierney tells Carter that they pulled Henry’s prints off of a burnt-out cab.
Fusco listens in as Tierney gives her what few papers survived the crash. One of them has the
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