Category: Notes

Notes for season 2 episode 3, “Masquerade“ They’ve updated the title sequence, but still retained the most annoying thing. “The government considers these people irrelevant. We don’t,” claims voiceover-Finch. However, in a series of flashbacks, we see that Finch alone decided that individual targets would be ignored – the government had no say in the…

Notes for season 2 episode 2, “Bad Code“ 01:54 The hacking app that Reese sends to Fusco’s phone has an icon of a retractable blade knife (boxcutter). 08:20 [Bojack voice] It’s Character Actress Margo Martindale 08:45 I’m from the UK and I’ve never played The Oregon Trail. But it feels like everyone is now aware of it…

Notes for season 2 episode 1, “The Contingency” 07:32 “He’s got a fancy car with an anti-theft tracker which I took the liberty of activating.” More casual abuse of police access, but this pays off later when you see the car being towed. 11:45 If the giant webcam perched on the laptop seems a slightly…

Notes for season 1 episode 23, “Firewall” 02:12 Spoiler for decade old series: The person of interest, Caroline Turing, is actually Root – the unseen hacker from a previous episode. Root usually uses aliases that have some connection to mathematics and computer science, and this first one should be obvious. 02:54 Again, if you’re paying…

Notes for season 1 episode 22, “No Good Deed” 01:05 Flashback to 2009, and Nathan Ingram walks through an apparently silent server room. somehow silent server room. 03:43 Finch checks his phone and then looks for a pay phone in order to receive a new number. Given the egress constraints established it shouldn’t really be…

Notes for season 1 episode 21, “Many Happy Returns” 01:50 Reese is casually reading a copy of “Stress Fractures in Titanium”. This is the book, albeit with a different cover, that DeNiro’s character in Heat, Neil, is looking at in the diner when he meets Eady. 03:53 Reese gives a key to… the Key Master…

Notes for season 1 episode 20, “Matsya Nyaya” 01:14 Can’t quite tell what phone Reese swaps the SIM in for the 2010 flashback scene, but I think it might be a BlackBerry Tour, which matches the timeframe. 06:49 Finch sets up an ANPR system on the back of the truck, and it’s later implied the…

Notes for season 1 episode 19, “Flesh and Blood” 05:29 Reese calls Carter on his cellphone, and you hear the rapid tone sequence of a speed-dial. In my experience the smartphones of this era didn’t actually do that. It’s been added in to convey he’s making a call (already obvious visually) but on relying recognition…

Notes for season 1 episode 18, “Identity Crisis” 02:00 The joke about Finch inventing social media to provide information for The Machine mostly lines up with the timelines of major social media sites in the real world. 09:00 The female Hester is played by Sarah Wynter, who is recognisable as Kate Warner in 24. 11:14…

Notes for season 1 episode 17, “Baby Blue” 11:24 Fusco clearly tells Simmons “Bite me” – but the easily offended captions transcriber instead offers “[responds unintelligibly]” 19:30 Reese follows the man he believes is the child’s father, sees him kiss another man, and immediately concludes he’s not the father. While technically correct, this is clearly…