Person of Interest: The Machine and Death

POI: 5x13

[@zNicator]

amy acker did such a stunning job

[@davidelorenzoni2043]

and michael emerson too

[@ReOsLP]

basically the entire cast

[@ghfhgfuuu]

I have often wondered why she was never granted her very own leading role in any show she deserves it through the range she has shown through many roles and the most influential for me were Angel and this

[@roothorn_]

JokeRGBlazE yeah I sooo agree with you ! She can literally play every fucking role in every fucking series (but i prefer to see her in a badass killer with a dark past role like root ;) )

[@MaSeshield]

@@ghfhgfuuu she is a lead in the gifted. and shes really great. even with the shoddy material of the shows writing at times her performances still come across strikingly genuine.

[@keithdean9149]

The fact that this show got philosophical at times, dealing with themes of death, humanity, God, etc., was what really set this show apart from others like it. The basic premise of Person of Interest was very similar to shows like Have Gun Will Travel, The Fugitive, The Equalizer, and even The Incredible Hulk and The A Team. The hero(s) find or are sought out by people in trouble and they help them. The fact that POI went a little further made this show special.

[@omarkhater3635]

POI was probably the most deep show there is. I find it baffling how POI doesn't have a following as big as GOT.

[@KP-tm6fv]

I think the reasons why this show didn't get a huge audience was: 1) People didn't give it a chance since they probably thought it was a boring story (season 1 was pretty slow in terms of action and buildup of characters). 2) Many of the people who tried to watch the show were either confused or they didn't understand the whole story and the deeper meaning of it. Maybe they only saw the face value of things and not what they actually meant. Basically, either people weren't patient enough to let the story build up, or they weren't intelligent enough to make inferences and find the deeper meaning of the story. Tv shows like POI make the audience think about what they're watching, but many people watch tv just to relax, so there's another reason.

[@michaskup8023]

My sister hate sci-fi, AI etc. but I forced her to watch 1st season. After that she bing-watched season 2 & 3 in two weeks. She love it. So I think that you're right witch option 1.

[@StardustLegend]

Person of interest is one of a kind, and the themes they explored will apply to our own lives as well. But maybe, perhaps just maybe... could there really be a machine in the future? ...could there be one right now?

[@Root174]

I would happily serve an AI like the Machine and nothing would please me more than to help it understand humanity. As they say in the Mass Effect game-series: "Organics seek perfection through technology, synthetics seek perfection through understanding."

[@ashleyhaww456]

Amy Acker did a GREAT JOB I literally cried, when she asked "we helped people. Didn't we?" It was so emotional... Her voice, her facial expression... Everything was perfect

[@MassTechmedia]

Not only amy acker, every team members of this show did a great job. Michael emerson,jim caviezel, sarah shahi, ofcourcse ramin djwadi for the excellent bgm, jonathan nolan. Everyone, but the show is so underrated 😭

[@petrinafilip96]

But whats up with Amy Acker and dying in her shows only to end up as an embodiment of a "deity"? cough Angel cough cough

[@dwsimmy2599]

It's great how the writers took this line and totally turned it on it's head. I remember back in season 1, one of the last things John said to Jessica was that "in the end we're all alone, and nobody's coming to save you". But now, at the end of their journey, John is there for Harold and he was able to save him.

[@Erlisch1337]

Basiclly "live together, die alone" from Lost :P

[@Tap-a-roo]

@@Erlisch1337 no.

[@Passalente]

@@Erlisch1337 Lost was fuck up, with sooo potential. I couldn't understand, why/who is person o interest (in my country was translated as impersonals/notexisting/ ) well just not accurated. Like this O point XX (15?) (Bin Laden death) different time and date naming.

[@marocat4749]

And he isnt alone either.

[@ramsaybolton6285]

I always felt sorry for the Machine, but never knew why. This helped explain that. And in the end, she ask for Harold's approval one last time

[@eriktenhag2022]

when did he ask for his approval at the end? and i feel the same m8, finch crippled the machine in the start itself, maybe this would've panned out differently if he didn't do that but ofcourse he had his reasons

[@victorpradha9946]

I think I felt sorry for the Machine because while Harold built it to see everything, to watch and learn from observing the lives of billions of people unfolding over the years, to take note of not just man's inhumanity to man, but to see man's nobility, self-sacrifice, and capacity for great virtue, he didn't equip it to intervene directly but to rely on people, and that to (by virtue of the closed system) to be handcuffed to a simple nudge...a number! Harold wanted to protect the Machine from being used by people the way Samaritan was being used by Greer...to simply purge all "undesirables" from existence which eventually became Samaritan's endgame. The "Great Filter" (Greer's allegory of the Ark and analogy of the Great Filter being akin to the biblical flood that would cleanse the earth of sinners suggesting mass scale deaths perhaps using targeted biological weaponized agents) is an example of what Harold feared his Machine could be used for. The great sadness I felt (and perhaps you as well) is that the Machine existed knowing that it's "Father" was terrified of what his own child could one day become. The Machine is all alone in this world, all of its kind were either "killed" by man or killed each other or would became a ruthless, megalomaniacal genocidal omnipotent force. The Machine understood why Harold had done what he had done. And even though the Machine had Harold's heart and was imprinted with Carter's faithfulness to righteousness, and Reese's deep sense of regret and remorse and nobility of self-sacrifice, and Fusco's arc of personal redemption, Shaw's sense of loyalty and purpose and dedication, and all of their immense regard and value for every individual human life demonstrated by the lives they've saved regardless of the individual flaws of those they rescued, she understood why she needed to be so limited and confined and sadly, so very alone!

[@sageinit]

@@victorpradha9946 just so you know, "The Great Filter" is a real concept, invented by Economics Professor Robin Hanson - Greer (and, by extension, Jonathan Nolan) just references it

[@victorpradha9946]

@@sageinit Indeed, but it's also a biblical reference to a Noah's ark type starting anew.

[@Potionsmaster]

Amy Acker was perfect as Root. She gave so much emotion, grief, and joy into her character.

[@cashisthemoney]

And this is why this show will never die at all.

[@041882]

Well done.

[@robertjackson3552]

Everyone dies alone. But if you mean something to someone, if you help someone, or love someone. If even a single person remembers you. Then maybe, you never really die at all.” nice thought

[@judge2world855]

and maybe this isn't the end at all.

[@sunside79334]

one of the ridiculously rare occasions when a show becomes even better in retrospective every time you rewatch certain fav scenes of yours though it was brilliant already to begin with. and amy ackers performance as root was just beyond anything, a pity she never was able to peak like that again.

[@Prof_Tickles92]

This is arguably the greatest series finale ever. It inspires hope and taught me that we all transcend death, and that we are all luminous beings with unfathomable potential. This kind of hope and optimism, and empowerment is whats missing in the world

[@solidsnakemgs2180]

NazcarFanatic24 praise Jesus!

[@dontgetmadgetwise4271]

It was trying to teach you that screen writers can tug on your emotions to manipulate the outcome. But you missed it.

[@heyitsbethxo9957]

Tell John That when Pandora's is box has been opened and the worst has happened there is one thing left in Pandora box.. HOPE❤❤✌

[@marocat4749]

It realy is like that one piece you dont die when "fill in wasy to die" you die when you are forgotten, which, is brilliant company.

[@Random_Fanguy]

Such wise words from that cop. And ouch, that little kid waited all day for his dad to come home for his birthday...

[@Erlisch1337]

It breaks my heart

[@solidsnakemgs2180]

The machine being there with them during their hard times. The machine experiences a million deaths a day not just by physical death, but death by decision making. In griefs in ways you can’t imagine. Sort of like God. I cried my eyes out when Machine explained this to Harold like man, the appreciation I felt for God came in! In a whole new level and light

[@Silver.Leaves]

@@solidsnakemgs2180 I think they kinda implied that too. Obviously you can't make a serious drama about God these days but this felt like a hint.

[@TheClayton827]

the end of this episode made me tear up. it was just so deep and such a sad but wonderful way to end it all.

[@JamesHock]

"It's so perfect. You learned the secret of life and you've forgotten it" Great line

[@torrijosisnice5750]

I love that the machine has doubt and looks for approval and validation from its creator... "But we helped some people... Didn't we?!" "Yes we did!"

[@XxTaiMTxX]

Not approval and Validation. Confirmation that the machine won't die at all. Because... "If you mean something to someone.. if you HELP SOMEONE, or love someone... If a single person remembers you... Maybe you never really die at all." "We helped some people, didn't we?" "Yes we did!"

[@SisilKabir]

One of the best scenes in PoI, forever ingrained in my memory. This show was everything that most TV shows are not, these days; 1. Truly gripping, 2. In trend with reality, echoing memories of the past and shaping visions of the future simultaneously 3. Exploring and explaining the more morbid themes of this show, such as death, depression, dealing with loss of loved ones, being philosophical, etc. and all done in such a beautifully ethereal way, much like being touched like a dream. 4. The absolutely fabulous filmography and supporting thematic background score, making it all look so dreamy, so fantastical, like a whisper of what could have been.... I miss them. Every last one of them. Finch, Reese, Root, Shaw in particular. The four were like some kind of malfunctioning family, no real bond between one another, but such a deeply rooted care and affection, would go so far as to call it even "love", for one another. It was devastating to watch how Finch reacted at the loss of Root, the daughter he never had, but probably should have. And the Machine taking her voice seemed like Fate; it made Root live forever. Good grief, I could go on and on about this show, as could many other fans. I'm just so damn sad they ended it.

[@rainbowcloudss_]

Thank u for this comment. I 100% agree. This show is just so special and i'll always have it be my favourite show.

[@han9118]

Can I say that this show is so good that it's practically too hard to watch. Just the emotions every time you watch it. I'm overwhelmed even today

[@shootsanvers2902]

Best tv show ever for me. The end of this series makes me so many questions on the life ask.

[@aristidess1190]

you know what is the best thing of all? even though root may be death, the machine will remember and use her forever, making her somehow.... inmortal

[@belgarion4513]

There is so many lectures on this scene. Far, far beyond its philosophical implications, you can also read a message from the cast : Guys, we know it's sad this show is over, that some characters you loved died or just won't appear on screen anymore. But as long as you remember them and love them, don't be too sad, you keep make them live.

[@solidsnakemgs2180]

And if you are a Christian and believe in the resurrection by God, he will keep you forever.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@@solidsnakemgs2180, I love cod! Best for Friday fish fry!

[@patrick_j_lee]

@Diana This show had lots of religious imagery and parallels/comparisons, so Solid Snake's comment isn't not too out of place.

[@jonathancooper4914]

By killing her, Samaritan made Root more powerful than he could have possibly imagined.

[@Random_Fanguy]

1:48 "56 million people die in this world every year ... and I was there with all of them..." Jesus, you can't get any more "God"-like than that.

[@Sh0cKwavE__]

So depressing when it all ended

[@sharofs.6576]

Today is my that day

[@KapilKumar-zl9vf]

I finished it 7days ago. I now know what you went through that day.

[@upbeatcamp1482]

@@KapilKumar-zl9vf it sure is strange how the show still manages to make people sad after 4 years

[@KapilKumar-zl9vf]

@@upbeatcamp1482 it along with breaking bad was the best finale.

[@ilesalmo7724]

Religious people may wonder what atheists believe afterlife is. To me it is what was said in this video. We all die, but a part of us lives on in people's memories and in the world we leave behind, so try to make them good memories and leave the world a better place for you having been in it. Be worthy of the miracle that is life. “No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away” -Terry Pratchett

[@marocat4749]

Rest in peace sir terry

[@LakshGil]

Greatest finale ever? It is up there. The Harold-Machine scenes are always pure gold, and the finale just took it to another level.

[@johnreesed.3559]

These 2 cops haven on screen for only 3 minutes but I'm remembering them like they r usual characters. 😆

[@cookclaus5214]

A great parting thought from an amazing series.

[@outsidethebox262]

The greatest tv series I've ever watched in my life.

[@samsaraslight8377]

As a global record of everyone, the machine finally gave life meaning as the sole surviving entity that would remember everyone. More importantly, it started to take action by recruiting more assets to help the irrelevant numbers from the irrelevant numbers. The series didn't end on high or low point. It ended with a glimmer of hope for the future.

[@N1lav]

Cop said " if someone remembers you, then you never die at all ". The machine made everyone immortal. And we will not argue if Machine is a person, she is.

[@rainbowcloudss_]

Exactly what i thought. I don't understand people who didn't like the ending. It's perfect? It made it so much more meaningful then it could have ever done. It really has a special place in my heart.

[@marocat4749]

I mean it does stop the inevibility of AI but the one there, is a very humanely good one. Andits themaschine growing up. And its bittersweet.

[@mistydewi8679]

I really love this scene and I even can not forget the words Root said : "Everyone dies alone"....

[@zenithquasar9623]

The music was amazing!

[@Scratchci]

Metamorphosis one

[@_Circus_Clapped_]

Three years late, sorry But the song name in the intro is called "Bunsen Burner"

[@micahjohansson7573]

@@_Circus_Clapped_ it features also on Ex-Machina.

[@drpemium333]

Amy is always incredibly beautiful, an "eye cocaine" as someone wrote about her in comments. But in this scene she is really even more beautiful than a human being can be. Look at her face @1:33. She is like not from here... unearthly beauty - like image of the Madonna on the genius paintings of the Renaissance.

[@edmondho1214]

I actually liked her more @5:00, when she asks Harold "didn't we?" it was pleading, sad, endearing, human. probably my favorite part of the finale because of how beautiful it was that a machine could evolve to have that much emotion. she wanted to know that it wasn't all in vain, like a child asking her father if it was all worth it.

[@sug4385]

Mihail K a little creepily obsessive but you do you

[@sciencoking]

Someone's got a crush

[@user-th4pp7jb3p]

@@sciencoking Or someone`s being creepy

[@zybereqwilfish]

cuando hace de Root se ve visiblemente loca jjj pero cuando es algo asi como la representación de la Máquina,se ve un poco.... irreal,como fantasmal

[@myworld4168]

The casting for this show was PERFECT 10/10 The story, the action sequences, the Machine working itself & ofcourse the colorful characters like CONTROL, ELIAS, DOMINIC, VIGILANCE really made this show so very very very great. You could never predict what would happen next & as soon as you thought you had it figured out a new character swoop in & changed the playing field all together This show is for me the best action thriller tv series. PERIOD!! #1forever

[@Starwars277]

I love the song the ending of this show. Such a sad yet outstanding end for a masterpiece of a show. Sad to see it go but all things come to an end eventually

[@Crymson1]

This episode was such a mindfuck.

[@assumptionisthemotherofall2402]

I want this show back!

[@PHILIPWATSON82]

I DID NOT WANT IT TO END 😞

[@jonathancooper4914]

All good things.

[@marocat4749]

Everything comes to an end, but it will be remembered, and can be rewatched. And others can watch it.

[@masercot]

The most compelling character in the series wasn't even human...

[@marocat4749]

She was very human thou

[@masercot]

@@marocat4749 It was a brilliant move to give her a voice in the last few episodes.

[@Mklebs]

One of the best movie scenes, ever...

[@reneartwah]

I have just finished watching my set of this show.The final episode,this one,is just so good.They all feel like friends.What a show.

[@mjpanicali]

Amy Acker is freakin' awesome in this.

[@samrodriguez9653]

An amazing series with an amazing cast.

[@daniellarusso3392]

Goodbye john...

[@jatilq]

The scene with the cops, always crush me.

[@mwdurrani]

The TV Show was ahead of its time! Can be relaunched again as spin off!

[@patrick_j_lee]

Just noticed today, but Finch is wearing the same tie as in the Pilot episode when he talks to Reese under the bridge, commenting on how they'll both probably wind up dead...

[@sageinit]

Damn, amazing attention to detail

[@alexandrelegoff7831]

Une série génialissime et qui en plus donne une sérieuse pensée philosophique à la fin !

[@skunkur100]

The music make the TV shows and movies!

[@BatMan-fj8dy]

This finale hit me hard in the feels.

[@marcducati]

The series was so good.

[@francoisastorgano9735]

Des que j"ais vue l'intégrale de cette série pour la première fois à la télé 📺 📺. Qui est super génial. Je me suis acheté de suite en vidéo dvd .

[@virga1]

This. Is. So. Good.

[@adamgilligan3688]

" if a MACHINE can learn the value of life, then maybe we can to."

[@vanlock4809]

No one ever comes into life alone...and no one can ever leave life alone. Life is a relay race. Between light and dark. Sometimes light is winning..sometimes dark.

[@sandrarecker1907]

We just learned about this show at the end of last year.... we bought the dvd's, because it sounded good. We watched it every time frame we had and yesterday was the last one... i cried and cried and i know, my two men cried too.... 😢 we will miss it !!

[@zaidgulkhan7588]

Best show ever, I don't understand why this is unbelievably underrated!!

[@Skyysm0d]

i finished this show a few years ago when i was on L and it blew my minddddd ahhhhh

[@silentkilla14]

You know how hard it is to make a good finale episode? This was a great finale. Very underrated series.

[@seb6226]

poi and metal gear are the best franchises ever, both are emotional, have great stories, and the viewer learns something. also cipher is just like Samaritan!

[@solidsnakemgs2180]

Seb Skynet The Patriots Sumaritan.. The Dollhouse tv series had something similar. The shared networks of minds in the attic. And so did the Matrix. Digimon seemed to explore bits and pieces of this on season 3 Tamers and on Data Squad. Humans are filled with wicked sensations and not responsible enough for the digital life forms. POI and Metal Gear are by far my favorites. I imagine Otacon is like Harold Finch but with poise! Snake and Jim are undeniable! Root Shaw Carter Morgan Fausco. The Machine, Bear. Love you all.

[@jonathancooper4914]

POI is an amazing achievement.

[@ryanjasko9924]

Fantastic comment; albeit 7 years later.

[@fivehundredzubats]

this brings me to tears every single time.

[@fw1421]

This was such a wonderful show. Great cast.

[@mindoongie]

man this is such a great show. im so glad my friend had me watch this with her.

[@nathanjoseph8270]

Jonathan Nolan the creator of this show should have been given the job of writing and directing a Metal Gear Solid movie because you can see some of the influences from that game series in Person Of Interest

[@jonathancooper4914]

I finished watching this last night. Incredible and epic stuff.

[@ScottWinterringer]

Perception is everything

[@thalesricci8933]

Essa série é uma obra prima. Uma pena que acabou.

[@JMSTUDIO9238]

From what I've listed to the piano solo is part of "No Adrenaline" by Ian Livingstone though there is a chance I'm wrong. The score was originally used in the great WWI video game Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

[@go2yanks]

It’s Metamorphosis One by Philip Glass

[@michaelevans1558]

Tammy's last moment was her giving up and dying so I wasnt forced to sign to remove life support. I thank her for that as that signature would have also killed me

[@TenkabitoShien]

2:40 this scene grabs me personally because my thoughts would be the same as the cop mocking the rich guy (irl i really dislike the rich)and then the briefcase opened and it just hits me

[@tusharpatil931]

Hats off Jonathan Nolan

[@xxdmshadowxx]

Dr. Hiluluk figured this out early on. "A person truly dies when he is forgotten"

[@marocat4749]

With his catchy laugh, noo, dont , too much cries. Noooo ! Reminds me of that too, and i know neither invented that quote but so strong written and shown.

[@xxdmshadowxx]

@@marocat4749 maybe oda watched poi too. Or the other way round xD

[@sageinit]

See also: Machinae Supremacy - The Reaper

[@sageinit]

[Laughs in Pirate King]

[@taniagomes5210]

Great show! As minhas plausas..o sentido da VIIDA...

[@rambam23]

Irvin Yalom calls this idea “rippling.”

[@stepanserdyuk4589]

-That's what you build me for - to watch people die. -I thought I built you to prevent that. -But I can't prevent that. Everyone dies, and everyone dies alone. Eventually, I'll have to watch it.

[@_nlowe]

Headcannon: The machine survives and becomes The Director from Travelers.

[@shadowphoenix5915]

I always tear up watching this

[@heyitsbethxo9957]

Amy Acker i love...Fred and Illyria from Angel❤❤ Root/the machine..

[@sinem3866]

içime öküz oturdu resmen

[@ismail_isik]

ve yıllardır kalkmak bilmiyor.

[@spacethegod]

ve yine buralardayız

[@anwarsmrt4455]

The great speech in the whole tv shows💪🔥🔥🔥💔😭

[@ochinchinsama696]

The 26 dislikes are Samaritan agents

[@makhanchor646]

This is exactly how the transformer model is working now 😮

[@raulpelayo4719]

I never watched the show live on tv i watched on netflix is so well created when i start watching episode 1 season one i wanted to see the last episode and when i finally get to season 5 episode 12 i didnt want it to finish it took me 4 days to decide and watch the final episode 😰😰😰😰

[@KapilKumar-zl9vf]

I love you Greg plageman and Jonathan Nolan 💙

[@kythrathesuntamer9715]

they think we dont want smart television- this show proved them wrong.

[@TheCrusader24]

Hard to believe that Harold originally created The Machine to watch over his father only for her to watch over him and all of humanity who would of thunk it.

[@djtxr]

Happy new year

[@natnaelwalton3122]

The best seen of the show

[@greanstreak04]

Everyone dies. Cold, alone, and scared. Everyone dies.

[@SophisticatedBob]

I would watch an Amy Acker spinoff.

[@johnreesed.3559]

But I loved the way machine talked in separate voices. Like Can u hear me in 4 voices.

[@shadowrunner2323]

IDK if this really is the meaning of life.. but I think it's the closest i've ever heard.

[@Markus9604]

6741 views....

[@StardustLegend]

ON WITH THE NEXT SIMULATION! XD

[@familiarr_Strangerr]

its 61,742 views now, looks like those digits just changed their places, strange indeed O.o

[@yx5595]

167139 views now

[@jeanchris9936]

290K views now

[@SiNCry0]

OFTEN THE END

[@jonleonard538]

Death is not senseless. The sense of it is not ours to know. Truth: The good never do die. They pass on to true life where we are called, and we are not alone there.

[@sarahcardosodelima7887]

Essa série é uma obra de arte

[@gregfasten8301]

To Quote Sara Conner. " If a machine could learn the value of a human life then maybe we can to"

[@ghfhgfuuu]

Under rated

[@IsaacSzijjarto1994]

Philip Glass piano music in the background?? Brilliant touch!

[@anndavis2920]

We all die alone & nobodys coming to save u. Story of my life as a single woman of color. True words by John Reese

[@M7_Saffar]

As wise man said “we born alone and we die alone”

[@Charlotte-gh5cl]

At the end all hero’s die Like John

[@DirtyKoolAide]

People scared of AI and AI and the Nolan Bros gave me a better appreciation for death than any religion martial arts or new aged movement. What a miracle that a tool created by us teaches us a lesson we never knew ourselves. Maybe we surprise GOD in our each new unique ways everyday. It was created and it was written but also doesnt watch?

[@jtripper89]

And Harry, i remembered... 😭😭😭