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Person of Interest Season 2 Episode 1

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Aired Tuesday 10:00 PM Sep 27, 2012 on CBS

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Person of Interest's Season 2 Premiere: Two Point Oh Yeah!

CBS's fun procedural returned with more mythology as the hunt for Finch continued, but the best part? The adorable baby computer!

By Tim Surette, Sep 28, 2012

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Reese and the Machine join forces to track down Finch, who has been abducted by the mysterious Root.

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Dutch Dont speak German!!!!

5.0

By wes01234, May 28, 2014

Why do americans think germany won WW2? They didn't and we don't speak german!!

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Breaking and entering

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By AlexPatton, Jan 23, 2013

POI season two's first episode had a lot to like. I agree with some previous comments about not really knowing what to think of Root, other than that she is ruthless aka crazy ruthless. She has taken out a couple names on the small list of people who know about the who is next?

There are a ton of great character moments here including when John sees Fusco bound. These guys are to the point where they just tell volumes with their expressions. Later when Carter and Fusco have to bail out Reece against the big is so full of richness. "I was resting". But in truth, Carter and Fusco really did save his ass in much the same way they helped at the end of S1's first season finale against HR in the parking garage.

And then twice in this episode Reece goes to Carter's apartment without her permission.

This is awkward territory as of course she is still the law and he is a vigilante. His actions to save Taylor in Season 1 and saving her as well, bring this relationship to a pretty strong understanding. I will be interested to see where it goes.

Finch hired Reece for a purpose. Reece turned Fusco through a flurry of coercion. But Carter and Reece there little more interesting.

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I'm looking for my friend.

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By JayceeMaycee, Nov 29, 2012

Great follow up to the season ending cliff hanger. There was really so much to love about this episode. Despite the fact that Reese is desperately looking for Finch, and the machine is desperately trying to go on without him as it has been taught/programmed to do, the episode doesn't feel too heavy. There is still a great balance of humor. And Bear is just adorable. He's the canine version of Reese. Really great job producers!moreless
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So good

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By JDML23, Oct 14, 2012

I just love this show. It kicked off a new season in such a great way. I really liked how they had Reese go and protect another number while it was clear that was the last thing he wanted to do. He wants to go rescue Finch! Also seeing the way that the Machine tried to protect Finch in the early days just hit me right in the soft and squishy feels.moreless
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Great Serial

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By shk, Oct 05, 2012

I love this serial and the opening of season 2 has been awesome. The only thing wrong is that director chose the Villain to be so good looking. Amy as root is too beautiful to be a villain.
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James Caviezel	John Reese
Taraji Henson	Detective Carter
Kevin Chapman	Detective Lionel Fusco
Michael Emerson (I)	Harold Finch

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Cotter Smith	Deputy Director Denton Weeks	Guest Star
Terry Serpico	Byron	Guest Star
Bill Sage	Reddy	Guest Star
Amy Acker	Root	Recurring Role
Jay O. Sanders	Special Counsel	Recurring Role
Boris McGiver	Hersh	Recurring Role

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- Fusco: You think Mr. Tao is gonna help you with the whereabouts of our four-eyed friend?
  Reese: You almost sounded concerned, Lionel.
  Fusco: Frankly, I'm not sure I want to find out what you're like without his direction.
  Reese: Let's hope you don't have to.
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- Reese: You know, the guy that owned this badge probably would have made that deal. But I'm not him.
  Aryan Brother #1: So who are you?
  Reese: The guy who shot him and stole his badge.
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- Fusco: "John"? You're on a first-name basis?
  Carter: What do you call him?
  Fusco: "Bane of my existence."
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- Carter: Don't tell me we lost Fusco too.
  Reese: Lionel's like a fungus, impossible to get rid of.
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- Root: One day, I realized all the dumb, selfish things people do... it's not our fault. No one designed us. We're just an accident, Harold. We're just bad code. But the thing you built... it's perfect. Rational. Beautiful. By design.
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- Fusco: Never thought I'd see you almost lose.
  Reese: Yeah, I wasn't losing, I was just resting
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- International Airdates:
  Canada: September 27, 2012 on Citytv
  Australia: October 8, 2012 on Nine
  Turkey: January 10, 2013 on CNBC-e
  Finland: January 7, 2014 on MTV3
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