LightThatIgnitesAll t1_j5kf7d7 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 5:17 PM

Reply to comment by magus-21 in I'm astounded each time I watch Person of Interest's "If-Then-Else" by thebetabruh

>with an ending.

I hate the ending but love the show.

QuartzBeamDST t1_j5ki3ao wrote on January 23, 2023 at 5:35 PM

Curious. Why do you hate the ending?

LightThatIgnitesAll t1_j5kignm wrote on January 23, 2023 at 5:37 PM

>!I felt that John's death was very forced.!<

>!The Samaritan stuff ended up being a bit too much.!<

QuartzBeamDST t1_j5ktewm wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:45 PM

>!I wouldn't have minded him living, but I thought it brought his story full circle. He was introduced as someone who had nothing left to live for, no purpose, and was trying to drink himself to death. And Finch who gave him that.!<

>!Plus, he got to subvert his old "in the end we're all alone and no one is coming to save you" outlook by coming to save Finch. And symbolically having the Machine by his side as he died.!<

Truth be told, I found PoI had one of the most satisfying endings I've seen.

The >!Samaritan!< stuff did kinda drag, yeah. But personally I just disliked how we moved away from the rogue's gallery approach of the earlier seasons. And also how they make this super big deal out of it in Season 4 Episode 1 and then pretty much hand wave it away afterwards.

NoNefariousness2144 t1_j5l1ioe wrote on January 23, 2023 at 7:36 PM

I think the Samaritan stuff felt a bit rushed because of how much they had to shorten the final season. I'm glad they focused more on amazing character drama and payoffs instead of the villain though.

QuartzBeamDST t1_j5l2ui9 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 7:44 PM

I think the final season managed to convey what it wanted to do well enough that I did not mind too much when it failed to do it well.

My issue with Samaritan is more that the show promised this brand new status quo with the season 3 finale and season 4 premiere, where the heroes would have to be smart about how they worked. Like how John could not just go on a one-man rampage cause it would raise suspicion and he had to hire someone to create a situation his assumed identity would make sense to get involved with. But they pretty much dropped that by the next episode.

bros402 t1_j5mkuz4 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 1:45 AM

I wish they had been able to have >!Control!< return.

Also, the >!ex-MI6 guy from that one season 2 episode!<

LightThatIgnitesAll t1_j5kyxt8 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 7:19 PM

>I wouldn't have minded him living, but I thought it brought his story full circle. He was introduced as someone who had nothing left to live for, no purpose, and was trying to drink himself to death. And Finch who gave him that.

I am fine with him dying it's the way he did that I have an issue with.

>Truth be told, I found PoI had one of the most satisfying endings I've seen.

It's not an ending that soured the rest of the show for me it just felt kind of flat.

>The Samaritan stuff did kinda drag, yeah. But personally I just disliked how we moved away from the rogue's gallery approach of the earlier seasons.

Same.