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Notes for season 4 episode 12 “Control-Alt-Delete“ 08:00 OK, so we’re seeing an ISA team assassinate a group of suspected terrorists in their own house in Michigan. While Control wants assurance about the intelligence, does anybody question the legality of the operation itself? We’ve seen ISA assassinate targets on foreign soil (and, in the real-world,…

Notes for season 4 episode 11, “If-Then-Else“ 01:30 It’s 2015, cell phones are ubiquitous, and a crowd has gathered on the street to watch an LED stock market ticker. 06:20 What’s the timeline here? How recently did the market crash? The guy on the train apparently lost all his money, conceived of a revenge plan,…

Notes for season 4 episode 10, “The Cold War“ 01:00 Shaw’s custom Chinatown sandwich order (the “Beatrice Lillie”) is as follows: “Pastrami, extra mustard, spicy and yellow, and enough pepperoncinis to create digestion issues in even the strongest constitution. No mayonnaise, please.” 02:00 Finch accesses the secret tunnel entrance by typing the first four digits of…

Notes for season 4 episode 9, “The Devil You Know“ 02:00 Mention is made of the New York Shadow Map, and camera dead zones, and Root and Shaw escape a pursuit. 04:40 Trivia: the actor playing Bruce, James Le Gros, appeared in both Point Break (1991) and Point Break (2015). 27:45 Finch hacks into the…

Notes for season 4 episode 8, “Point of Origin“ 02:20 Dani is played by Adria Arjona, who played “Bix” on Andor. 04:40 I’m interested to know what ergonomic chair Decima have invested in for their control room. They have the mesh-back look of some Herman Miller chairs, but I can’t identify them. 08:22 Dani’s note…

Notes for season 4, episode 7, “Honor Among Thieves“ 01:13 Shaw is assisting a group of robbers cosplaying as Eliot from Mr Robot. 10:58 Root runs a “BSSID WiFi crack” and the output shows “B4b!5e84st14n” as the “WEP” password. WEP keys were usually expressed as 10 base-16  hexadecimal characters – i.e. 0-9 and A-F. Also,…

Notes for season 4 episode 6, “Pretenders“ 05:51 “Are you eating something near my computer?” 06:41 Shaw checks if Walter has a registered firearm. Prior to 2012 gun permits were public records. There was a website launched in 2010, Who’s Packing? NY which allowed searches of this data. 07:56 Reese stands next to a poster…

Notes for season 4 episode 5, “Prophets“ 00:49 “We have incumbent Governor Murray leading 52 to 48”. Ah, the “cursed ratio”. 00:53 Samaritan observes poll workers, noting party affiliation, age, race, income. This feels post-2020, but is from 2014. 03:11 We can see a bunch of unracked servers in the secret train. They appear to…

Notes for season 4, episode 4, “Brotherhood“ 06:10 “I’ve managed to track the Booker children via their government-issued metro cards” 13:00 Mini is played by Winston Duke, now recognised as M’Baku in the Black Panther movies. 16:55 “Yo, that’s the new Wii.” Wii U was released in November 2012, but this episode aired (and is set…

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…