Notes for season 4 episode 3, “Wingman“
04:51 I checked to see if Finch’s tool-box was available on Alibaba, and it was. “Plastic Portable Parts Box Screw Storage Box Metal Parts Hardware Tool Screwdriver Auto Repair Divided Material Tool Box”
05:11 It seems so weird for the show to now start treating money as a limited resource.
07:22 If this guy was running pick-up artist classes in 2014, there’s a reasonable chance that he’s running crypto-investment scams ten years later. Or maybe a fascist-grifter YouTube channel?
09:03 Finch has a new multi-monitor setup, but it looks like the monitors are in industrial enclosures. To be fair, it’s possible the abandoned subway terminal has a lot of dust and small particles, and might not be the best location for hosting computer gear? Or it might have been a monitor setup from a ship? Enclosure types in the US have a NEMA number.
10:33 Ah nicotine patches. In 2014 I guess they’re just months away from the explosion in vaping.
11:40 They’ve stopped populating the URL field in the on-screen browsers. Two of the five “social” buttons on the website are recognisable as companies featured in previous episodes, “Angler” and “FriendCzar”. The other three: a dolphin icon, “i+”, “PR” don’t look like established fake sites. No Connectroid or Alchementary?
15:34 We’re introduced to the Pelican 1700 containing the sub-plot MacGuffin.
24:50 I assume “You’ll get that set of steak knives” is intended as a Glengarry Glen Ross reference.
42:00 Finch is led to a lockup full of Pelican boxes, HD TVs, and duffel bags full of cash. Like a videogame savepoint.