Panopticon
- Episode aired Sep 23, 2014
- TV-14
- 43m
Required to assume new identities created by Root, the team tries to adapt to their new lives, but a new number complicates things.Required to assume new identities created by Root, the team tries to adapt to their new lives, but a new number complicates things.Required to assume new identities created by Root, the team tries to adapt to their new lives, but a new number complicates things.
- Department Store Floor Manager
- (as Michael Burg)
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- TriviaThe word 'Panopticon' loosely translated, means 'observe' (-opticon) 'all' (pan-). It is derived from the name 'Panoptes' in Greek mythology, a giant with a hundred eyes, who was known to be a highly effective watchman.
- GoofsWhen the woman leaves the screen after her 'mission', the camera info in the upper left corner says Szent Gellért kamera. The Gellért Hill is on the other side of the Danube (the river in the city).
- Quotes
Root: You have a god in this fight, Harold, and she's fighting for her life.
Harold Finch: I wouldn't know. She only talks to you, Ms. Groves.
Root: Just because you stopped listening to her doesn't mean she isn't looking out for you. This job, your identity, is her keeping you alive. She has the plan, Harold, but she needs you to sit up and pay attention.
Harold Finch: To what, the numbers? In the face of such a struggle, saving one or two people, what difference would that make?
Root: Every life matters. You taught me that.
- ConnectionsReferences First Blood (1982)
When you are dealing with a show as sophisticated as POI -- perhaps one of the most sophisticated in the history of the medium, with such extraordinary talent in the production pen -- you need to change your reviewing rules.
This episode is the first of a brand new season, and is especially noteworthy because, moreso than other series, POI has shown a willingness, a zeal, a "penchant" for completely changing the ground rules as they move forward, EVEN THOUGH THE OLD FORMULA WAS WORKING JUST FINE.
So, reviewing this 'sode as a "season opener," and not a mere week to week entry, it is wonderful.
I loved it. I loved the snarky dialog about how big their team was compared to the opposition, "even if you count the dog." I love the casting, especially the "dream team" of Amy Acker and Sarah Shahi. I loved the return cameo by Colantoni as Elias. I loved the segue from the last season where they spent an entire episode moving servers just to able to confound Samaritan and "blend in" (brilliant).
But what strikes me as most interesting about this show is that, although the theme is AI, the "real" AI is clearly behind the camera where, almost unique in the world of episodic TV, you have a production team with the willingness and the resources and the drive to constantly reinvent themselves season to season.
That's impressive.
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- May 1, 2015
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