Person of Interest

SNAFU

Episode aired May 9, 2016
TV-14TV-14
43m

S5.E2

S5
E2

Amy Acker in Person of Interest (2011)

Person Of Interest: Snafu

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Action Crime Drama

Root and Finch work on bringing Northern Lights back online. They are successful and thus they start receiving numbers from the irrelevant list. However, the Machine is not as productive as ... Read allRoot and Finch work on bringing Northern Lights back online. They are successful and thus they start receiving numbers from the irrelevant list. However, the Machine is not as productive as before.Root and Finch work on bringing Northern Lights back online. They are successful and thus they start receiving numbers from the irrelevant list. However, the Machine is not as productive as before.

Director
- Chris Fisher
Writers
- Jonathan Nolan
- Lucas O'Connor(executive story editor)
- Tony Camerino(story editor)
Stars

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Person Of Interest: Snafu

Person Of Interest: Snafu

Michael Emerson in Person of Interest (2011)

Michael Emerson in Person of Interest (2011)

Amy Acker and Michael Emerson in Person of Interest (2011)

Person of Interest (2011)

Amy Acker and Michael Emerson in Person of Interest (2011)

Amy Acker and Michael Emerson in Person of Interest (2011)

Amy Acker in Person of Interest (2011)

Amy Acker and Michael Emerson in Person of Interest (2011)

Amy Acker in Person of Interest (2011)

Kevin Chapman and Michael Emerson in Person of Interest (2011)

Amy Acker in Person of Interest (2011)

Jim Caviezel in Person of Interest (2011)

John Reeseas John Reese

Lionel Fuscoas Lionel Fusco

Rootas Root

Michael Emerson

Harold Finchas Harold Finch

Jeff Blackwellas Jeff Blackwell
(as Josh Close)

Monaas Mona

Paige Patterson

Laurie Grangeras Laurie Granger

Anthony Robert Grasso

Gerald Mancinias Gerald Mancini
(as Anthony Grasso)

Nurit Monacelli

Rachel Mancinias Rachel Mancini

Deandre Leatherbury

Wallyas Wally

Mikeyas Mikey

Andriusas Andrius

Edgaras Edgar

Regas Reg

Timothy Sloanas Timothy Sloan
(archive sound)
(uncredited)

Martine Rousseauas Martine Rousseau
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Nato Guardas Nato Guard
(uncredited)

David Costabile

Judge Samuel Gatesas Judge Samuel Gates
(archive sound)
(uncredited)

Director
- Chris Fisher
Writers
- Jonathan Nolan
- Lucas O'Connor(executive story editor)
- Tony Camerino(story editor)
All cast & crew
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The Machine experiences a glitch during rebooting, supplying Reese and Fusco with the numbers of dozens of people not actually involved in crimes, while also locking Finch and Root out after identifying them as threats based on past violent behavior. —Emily reddom

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Trivia
SNAFU is the acronym for the military expression "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up." The expression was coined by U.S. Army troops during World War II. Over time, it has come to be an observation that things are bad, and they've always been bad, and the best thing to do is to focus on making it through the day.

Goofs
While Reese is pinned down by the hit woman he has a phone conversation with Finch. In the conversation Reese tells Finch he is out of ammo and the scene clearly shows his handgun with the breech fully open indicating the weapon is empty. In the next sentence of the same conversation we see the handgun again with the breech closed.

Quotes
Harold Finch: The Machine thinks we're monsters.
Root: Maybe she's right.

Crazy credits
The title sequence starts with the usual Harold voice-over, but then the audio and video "glitch" and "crash", symbolizing the malfunctions the Machine is experiencing.

Connections
References The Terminator (1984)

Top review

10/10

Tows The Line Between Good And Evil

Its hard to describe this... im trying hard to give a decent but spoiler free review but the level at which this episode operates is great and i mean great! Watching the machine trying to find its way and tow the lines between who's good and who isn't is marvelous. If last week showed us how scary Samaritan can be, then in many ways this was The Machine flexing its muscle also. The cast were awesome, style, experimentation, everything. Episode took the awesomeness from Episode 1 and turned it up even more. This is the best early start to a season the POI writers have ever written.

Everyone go watch this episode!

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Runtime
43 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD

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