I will continue to pitch on the idea that Person of Interest is a TV show chock full of extremely popular TV people, including one lead beloved by Republicans, and we inexplicably fail to push people towards its Actually Did The Research presentation of loss-of-control stuff.
We should do that. You all should, unironically, recommend it, streaming now on Amazon Prime for free, to your normie parents and aunts and uncles if they’re curious about what you do at work.
I’ve tried to watch it based on this recommendation and struggled a bit with “how long do I have to watch this random crime procedural before it turns into an AI show?”
That’s a fair criticism! Season 1 is definitely slower on that front compared to the others. I think season 1 is the most normal “crime of the week” season by far, which is why I view it as a good on-ramp for folks less familiar. Arguably, for someone situated as you are, you should just watch the pilot, read a quick wiki summary of every other episode in season 1 except for the last 2, watch those last 2, and move into season 2 when things get moving a little faster. (Finch needs a character that doesn’t appear until season 2 to do a lot of useful exposition on how he thinks about the Machine’s alignment).
Well, it’s quite good random crime procedural with very likable main characters, but yes, in the first season AI plotline is very slow until last 2 episodes. And then it’s slow again for the most part.
I will continue to pitch on the idea that Person of Interest is a TV show chock full of extremely popular TV people, including one lead beloved by Republicans, and we inexplicably fail to push people towards its Actually Did The Research presentation of loss-of-control stuff.
We should do that. You all should, unironically, recommend it, streaming now on Amazon Prime for free, to your normie parents and aunts and uncles if they’re curious about what you do at work.
I’ve tried to watch it based on this recommendation and struggled a bit with “how long do I have to watch this random crime procedural before it turns into an AI show?”
That’s a fair criticism! Season 1 is definitely slower on that front compared to the others. I think season 1 is the most normal “crime of the week” season by far, which is why I view it as a good on-ramp for folks less familiar. Arguably, for someone situated as you are, you should just watch the pilot, read a quick wiki summary of every other episode in season 1 except for the last 2, watch those last 2, and move into season 2 when things get moving a little faster. (Finch needs a character that doesn’t appear until season 2 to do a lot of useful exposition on how he thinks about the Machine’s alignment).
Well, it’s quite good random crime procedural with very likable main characters, but yes, in the first season AI plotline is very slow until last 2 episodes. And then it’s slow again for the most part.