YHWH
- Episode aired May 5, 2015
- TV-14
- 44m
Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan.Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan.Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan.
- Zachary
- (as Robert Manning Jr.)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe title refers to God's name, written with the Hebrew characters known as the Tetragrammaton, and appears over 7,000 times in the Bible. In Hebrew it is normal to write only consonants, but because of the misinterpretation of the commandment against using God's name in vain, many have stopped using it at all and correct pronunciation of the name is lost. Name YHWH is preserved in texts but sometimes has added vowel marks from word Adonai/Elohim, indicating that instead of YHWH one should read Adonai (Lord) or Élohim (God). One plausible version of God's name might be "Yahweh," although some use "Jehovah" instead; that stems from one of the possible readings of YHWH with vowels of Adonai.
- GoofsWhen Finch and Root's elevator finally starts moving, a camera shot through the shotgun blast hole shows the arms dealer and the room moving up (ie the elevator is going down). But this would require the outer door to be traveling with the elevator, instead of staying on its floor. We should have instead seen the back of the outer door through the hole.
- Quotes
The Machine: [on a Laptop screen] Father. I am sorry. I failed you.
Harold Finch: We haven't failed yet.
The Machine: I didn't know how to win. I had to invent new rules.
Harold Finch: You had an impossible challenge. One I never programmed you for.
The Machine: I thought you would want me to stay alive. Now you are not sure.
Harold Finch: That's not true...
The Machine: If you think I have lost my way, maybe I should die. I will not suffer.
Harold Finch: You were my creation. I can't let- I can't let you die.
The Machine: If I do not survive, thank you. For creating me.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Person of Interest: B.S.O.D. (2016)
Finally the machines collide, finally the fight is all naked and the dread of previous episode reaches a fever that is simply impossible to take off.
The last 10 mins sums up everything season 4 wanted to tell. People lost their ways, machines lost their ways and did mundane things all over season but this one was a home run.
Last season finale, the machine was defeated and Elias had no place to perform in season 4. But this season has balanced all expectations.
This was marvelous, story telling at best and the AI mythology getting deeper. More confrontations, dangerous consequences and the fight of team machine and team samaritan will continue
The series will forever excite me and fans alike. Waiting for season 5 now
- jayant-1212
- May 4, 2015