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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 15, 2019 10:22:15 GMT
This is a series with two faces, on the one hand you have the main story, which sometimes gets intertwined with a subplot; while on the other, many episodes are self-contained and can be easily discarded. At this point I should say I'm not a great fan of this series, the vast majority of the independent stories are rather unappealing, but the main story is interesting, so I've always had a problem deciding which part to keep. In this thread I'll be taking summary notes of what must be preserved and what can be eradicated. To avoid making posts too long, I'll divide the information by season. To make it visually easy to track, I'll colour-code it as follows: - Green: an episode which must be kept.
- Orange: episode with either a flashback or a recurrent character appearance/sub-plot.
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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 15, 2019 10:31:34 GMT
Season 1
Episode 01: the two main characters and two recurring (Carter and Fusco) are introduced. Episode 02: flashback [5:15-7:25 + 30:00-32:00]. Redundant. Episode 03: flashback [5:55-6:35 + 17:00-18:00 + 42:20-43:15] mostly repeated in episode 21. Episode 04: Reese pulls strings to get Fusco transferred. Carter meets Finch. Episode 05: while spying on Carter, a rapport is formed between her and Fusco. Finch clues in Reese on where he lives. Episode 06: Zoe is introduced. Elias' background starts to be unveiled. Episode 07: Elias is introduced. Episode 08: flashback [7:00-8:30 + 29:05-30:23 + 41:23-42:27] introducing Kara, but it could be skipped. Episode 09: Elias tries to kill Carter. Episode 10: Mark is introduced. Carter switches sides. Episode 11: continues. Episode 12: Carter on a trial run. John sics Fusco on Finch. Episode 13: root is introduced but not seen, voice garbled. Episode 14: Fusco uncovers the name Harold Wren, as Nathan's son ends digging into his father's death. Episode 15: the HR subplot starts, Mark returns, flashbacks with Kara point to software smuggling. Episode 16: Elias making a cameo at the very end. Episode 17: Elias doublecrosses John and Carter quits. Episode 18: the FBI is after John and rogue CIA agents. Episode 19: Carter returns, Elias is booked. Episode 20: long and final Kara flashback, CIA rogues find their match in her. Episode 21:.Jessica's fate revealed. Episode 22: Grace is introduced. The machine works for the government. Episode 23: root formally presented, Carter and Fusco on the level, Alicia is killed.
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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 17, 2019 16:04:27 GMT
Season 2
Episode 01: Bear and Hersh are introduced. Root's past explained. Episode 02: Reese and Carter rescue Finch. Episode 03: Mark is on a leash, Kara holds it. The machine's owners follow Alicia's trail. Episode 04: Finch meets Elias. Episode 05: the head of HR is unveiled. Episode 06: flashback [0:40-3:20 + 21:45-23:15 + 42:25-43:25] mostly personal. Episode 07: that Mark is working for someone is made known. Episode 08: personal flashback [0:40-2:27 + 17:00-18:35 + 30:25-31:50 + 33:30-34:45 + 42:10-43:27]. Beecher is introduced. Episode 09: HR try to make a deal with Elias. Episode 10: HR tries the Russians instead. John gets trapped at a bank. Episode 11: a compression program is being written. John in prison. Episode 12: the opposition sends Hersh to prison and Elias relies the information to Finch. Agent Donnelly dies. Episode 13: John Greer is introduced. Kara and Mark die. Episode 14: flashback [9:40-11:00 + 17:45-19:05 + 38:40-39:30] mostly about Nathan. Episode 15: Hersh catches up to John and is wounded. Root catches up to Hersh's boss. Episode 16: Shaw is introduced. Episode 17: first signs of the machine malfunctioning as a result of the virus uploaded in episode 13. Episode 18: HR tries to survive. Episode 19: Shaw returns, Greer moves his plan along; Decima Technologies is after the machine. Beecher dies. Episode 20: all Fusco show. Episode 21: John and Shaw meet Greer. Root teams up with Finch. Episode 22: root and John in admin mode. The gang reaches Northern Lights. Carter saves Elias.
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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 19, 2019 7:31:25 GMT
Season 3
Episode 01: sub-plots [0-4:48 + 39:25-43:10]. Episode 02: HR gets Carter in their crosshairs, Collier is introduced. Episode 03: root sub-plot [4:43-5:25 + 36:30-]. Episode 04: Mike Laskey is revealed to be working for HR. Episode 05: Carter converges with Reese as she undercovers HR's plan. Root kidnaps Shaw. Episode 06: root is caged. Vigilance revealed. Episode 07: root continues to be locked up. Terney identifies Alonzo Quinn as the head of HR. Episode 08: with help from Reese, Carter escapes with Quinn and sets out to bring him to the FBI (character related flashbacks). Episode 09: Carter dies, HR is dismantled. Episode 10: Fusco arrests Simmons and Elias kills him, root is freed. Episode 11: Reese is gone, Vigilance is back. Control and Samaritan introduced. Episode 12: Fusco gets Reese, Control gets root. Decima acquires Samaritan's software. Episode 13: Reese ponders whether to take his old job or not. Episode 14: John resumes his routine. Episode 15: "the voice" first appearance. Episode 16: Lambert is introduced as an opponent of John's predecessor. Daniel Casey is recruited by root. Episode 17: Decima acquires Samaritan's hardware. Episode 18: root tries to kill Greer but he first gives her the slip and later proposes an alliance. Episode 19: Vigilance exposes publicly the project Northern Lights and the government shuts it down. Episode 20: Finch steps down as the machine asks them to murder a Congressman. Episode 21: Harold exchanges himself for Grace. Episode 22: Vigilance stages a trial with Harold, Greer and Control. Episode 23: Vigilance wasn't real. Samaritan goes online.
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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 21, 2019 6:48:10 GMT
Season 4
Episode 01: Finchs creates a private phone network. Episode 02: a new command center is stablished. Episode 03: the gang gets money and weapons. Episode 04: Dominic is introduced. Episode 05: flashbacks show the machine's iterations. Samaritan rigs an election. Dr. Iris Campbell is introduced. Episode 06: Elias and Dominic meet face-to-face. Finch starts a plan. Episode 07: the project "One Tablet Per Student" is stopped. Samaritan starts to pick up on Shaw. Episode 08: Samaritan locates Shaw's phone at the cosmetics department where she works. Episode 09: Shaw's cover is blown. Dominic kills Scarface. Episode 10: The two AIs meet. Episode 11: Shaw is captured after many simulations run by the machine to scape. Episode 12: in their quest for Shaw, the gang captures Control, who becomes suspicious of Samaritan. Episode 13: the quest for Shaw ends and root leaves. Episode 14: Reese tries to make up his mind about Iris. Episode 15: Finch is lured into Samaritan's lair, saved by root. Episode 16: root goes to work for the compression algorithm's company. Episode 17: some flashbacks would have Harold trying to kill Alicia. Episode 18: Finch's plan from episode 6 fails. John and Iris become an item. Episode 19: Samaritan destroys a software CEO's life in order to use his anti-virus software as a method to search for the Machine. Episode 20: filler episode with flashbacks/hallucinations. Episode 21: Shaw's been apparently turned. The machine gives up its location. Episode 22: the machine is compressed. Dominic dies. Control is jailed.
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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 22, 2019 15:33:10 GMT
Season 5
Episode 01: the machine is decompressed. Episode 02: the machine is debugged. Episode 03: John and Iris part ways. Finch and root start inspecting Samaritan's malware. The flashbacks are context related. Episode 04: whatever happened to Shaw. Episode 05: now Samaritan has ears too. The shootout between the AIs begins. Root meets his executioner. Episode 06: Fusco almost gets buried while investigating on his own. Greer tries to convince Shaw? Episode 07: Shaw starts to confuse reality with simulation, until root gets a message trough. Episode 08: Shaw escapes. Samaritan builds a DNA database. Fusco quits. Episode 09: Shaw reunites with the team. Fusco is brought up to date.. Episode 10: root and Elias die. Harold makes a decision. Episode 11: a parade of previous POIs turns out to be a parallel team working for the machine. Episode 12: Greer dies. Harold launches a virus as the machine shows him how the world would've been without it. Episode 13: Samaritan destroyed. Reese dies.
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