There is no escaping the dread.
He handles a program called ShotSeeker, which uses audio surveillance systems around the city to locate gunshots.
Its his job to double look to see if the gunshots are real or false alarms.
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You know, who watches the watchmen and all.
At first blush, all signs point to Garvin being a perpetrator.
Reese follows him into the empty apartment and finds him shooting into the fireplace.
It turns out that ShotSeeker registered gunshots there several nights ago but determined that it was false alarm.
So, Garvin has decided to investigate since no one else will.
While being questioned, Ben tells Fusco and Garvin that Krupa developed something that could solve world hunger.
(Check outPerson of Interestcasually solving world hunger likeThe West Wingcasually solved social security.
Gotta love TV.)
Ben suspects it was JD Carrick, a corrupt CEO who was also after her work.
The police show up and almost shoot him, but Fusco gets them to stand down.
Someone arranged for this suicide by cop.
And by someone, I mean Samaritan.
seems like Garvins good Samaritan work has put him on, well, Samaritans radar.
One of Krupas neighbors calls Garvin to meet up because shes ready to talk about what she knows.
However, when Reese and Garvin arrive at the school, they find her shot.
This is when the episode really kicks into high gear.
Sadly, the Machine is unable to track him.
She interrogates Blackwell about Reeses whereabouts, but he clearly knows nothing.
He doesnt even know hes working for Samaritan.
Hes just a cog in Samaritans machine, as Root puts it.
Meanwhile, Fusco starts interrogating Carrick about Krupa when Samaritan sends an asset to take Garvin out.
However, Finch alerts Fusco in time, and hes able to stop him.
Thats yet another close call for Fusco.
What makes this episode so strong is how it continues to build tension with near misses like this.
Could solving world hunger actually lead to an overpopulation crisis?
I liked that this scene highlighted one of the differences between Root and Finch.
Its fairly obvious that Bruce Moran, not Samaritan, captured Reese.
He demands to know what happened to Elias.
This really drives home just how much the world has changed now that Samaritan is in power.
In other, its Samaritans world, and Elias and Bruce are just trying to live in it.
However, it made sense and really upped the stakes of the show and the threat of Samaritan.
He hopes that this will allow the Machine to learn more about Samaritan.
Unfortunately, the results are pretty grim.
The Machine faces Samaritan over 10 billion times and loses each time.
Root argues that Finch needs to rewrite the Machines code so that she can better arm herself.
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