B.S.O.D.
- Episode aired May 3, 2016
- TV-14
- 44m
Lionel is investigated in relation to Dominic's death. Away from Samaritan, Mr. Reese and Harold try to save the Machine. Root is on the run.Lionel is investigated in relation to Dominic's death. Away from Samaritan, Mr. Reese and Harold try to save the Machine. Root is on the run.Lionel is investigated in relation to Dominic's death. Away from Samaritan, Mr. Reese and Harold try to save the Machine. Root is on the run.
- Zachary
- (as Robert Manning Jr.)
- Bus Patron
- (uncredited)
- Carl Elias
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Chinatown ND Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
- Alias Man 3
- (uncredited)
- Dominic
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe episode's title, "B.S.O.D", is another computer-referenced title. The meaning is "Blue Screen of Death" - a condition in which a blue screen appears on a Windows computer after it has crashed, because of an error where the system detects that it can't operate safely. This relates to the risky safety state that The Machine was in where things ended in the season 4 finale.
- GoofsLeaving a voicemail, Fusco's term "nuclear fustercluck" is redubbed "nuclear fakakta" by order of the network. The original line survived in the promo.
- Quotes
[first lines]
[black screen, a telephone bell rings twice]
Root: [beep] If you can hear this, you're alone. The only thing left of us is the sound of my voice.
[fade into the abandoned subway station base of operations]
Root: I don't know if any of us made it. Did we win? Did we lose? I don't know. I'm not even sure I even know what victory would mean anymore.
[reabandoned, camera turning to show scorch marks and small debris on the floor, an absence of any furniture, and the train no longer there, a brick wall destroyed exposing an empty tunnel]
Root: But either way, it's over. So let me tell you who we were. Let me tell you who *you* are... and how we fought back.
- ConnectionsFeatures Person of Interest: YHWH (2015)
Fans who stuck with the show from s01e01 to this season are in for a treat. Abrams and Nolan are arguably the two most in-demand producers in Hollywood. To really appreciate what is happening, you need to know that THEY DON'T NEED A FIFTH SEASON, they must have a dozen new projects already on their desks that they are looking to greenlight.
As he did with Fringe (one of my top-10 series, with many individual episode reviews) they brought this one back for the fans. And for the history books.
The first season of POI was solid TV but was essentially a crossover of Touched by an Angel re-imagined to work with computers and law enforcement. I want to be clear on this -- it was great, but nothing in the first season prepared any of us for what this series has become.
This episode contains elements of Mission Impossible, Terminator, and another half dozen top films rolled into one. No mean feat, that.
The pacing is astounding. it more than meets its twin goals of keeping the viewer gob-smacked while setting up the last season.
For newbies, remember that Abrams is not only the top producer in TV today (often imitated, never duplicated) but is also the guy "they" asked to simultaneously re-launch both Star Wars and Star Trek.
Not many producers or production teams could take a show which is already a solid hit and "re-task" it in this way.
History in the making. Enjoy it. Remember it. Tell your grand-kids.
- A_Different_Drummer
- May 16, 2016