Root Cause (2 Feb. 2012)

The next number the machine dispenses is that of Scott Powell, who is seemingly undistinguished from the many in the working middle class. He works as a construction projects manager for ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Jonathan Nolan (creator), Erik Mountain

Stars:

Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Caviezel	...	John Reese
Taraji P. Henson	...	Detective Joss Carter
Kevin Chapman	...	Detective Lionel Fusco (credit only)
Michael Emerson	...	Harold Finch
Paige Turco	...	Zoe Morgan
Myk Watford	...	Scott Powell
Damian Young	...	Pete Matheson
Amy Hargreaves	...	Leslie Powell
Brennan Brown	...	Special Agent Nicholas Donnelly
Victor Slezak	...	Michael Delancey
Dan Ziskie	...	Senator Gene Atkins
Bill Cohen	...	Pawn Broker
Michael Milligan	...	Campaign Supervisor
Erin Kilgore	...	Mia Powell
Casey Predovic	...	Teen Guy

Storyline

The next number the machine dispenses is that of Scott Powell, who is seemingly undistinguished from the many in the working middle class. He works as a construction projects manager for the city, he is a family man with a wife and two children, and the Powells live a typical suburban middle class lifestyle. But as Finch and Reese dig a little deeper, they find that he was laid off from his job eight months ago which he has not told his wife, he is still unemployed but pretends to go to work every morning, he has maxed out their credit cards, and he has been blogging negatively about Congressman Michael Delancey, whose policies led to the municipal cutbacks which cost Powell his job. As Reese sees a desperate man who has hit rock bottom, he believes that Powell will try to kill Delancey. As Reese and Finch do some more investigating, they do see that Delancey is the probable target, but that there is another more powerful force behind the violent act. That powerful force threatens ...

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kilter Films, Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Goofs

Throughout the show, but also in this episode, we can see totally wrong IP addresses. When Finch is tracing the Trojan horse of the tracker we see "Accessing network on IP 623.173.93.225.9". This is totally wrong format of IP address and is kinda irritating, because most of the technical stuff in the show is on level, but this seems to be totally overlooked. IP addresses contain 4 number groups, separated by dot ("."). Each number is between 0 and 255. So a valid IP would be for example 62.173.93.225. The producers could use some invalid IP address (like the 555 phones) not to mess with real ones, but should at least use the correct format.

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Quotes

Zoe Morgan: A little advice: if you're going to do something wrong... do it right!

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