Notes for season 3 episode 21, “Beta“
04:43 The Samaritan beta test is just a projector and bunch of laptops in black Pelican cases (Peli 1470) in an empty warehouse. Pure operator theatrics.
06:17 Ah, the secret paths though the city that avoid the Gorgon gaze of security cameras.
12:00 Briefly feels like another “Assault on Precinct 13” scenario being set up?
16:13 The Machine has given instructions to Root to MacGyver a 110V copper induction coil which she uses to overload the copper wires in the wall carrying cctv images. Not commenting on how plausible this is, but noting that Root has a finger on the copper when doing this.
19:22 We get another cctv dead-zone map.
23:00 The team find multiple containers shipped from (we assume) China with servers presumably containing the cloned advanced NSA chips. This is the reverse of the current situation with advanced semiconductors – only the US and Taiwan have the capacity to produce advanced chips for use in AI systems, and exports to China are tightly controlled.
24:00 Root/Machine pulls data off the smashed tablet, making a fool of every character in three seasons that covered their tracks by smashing their phone screen.