Lethe (Λήθη) in Greek mythology is the river of forgetfulness. It is one of the five rivers flowing into the Hades, the Underworld; drinking its waters causes the drinker to forget. It is also the name of the Goddess of forgetfulness.
Main Plot Points
Episode Notes
Sodium Pentothal is a barbiturate used for anesthesia, and in small doses, as a "truth serum". It is identifiable by its strong odor of garlic and onions, which Shaw detected when she sniffed the syringe.
According to the PET computer, the episode takes place on Dec 17, 2013, the original airdate of the episode.
Root received the number instead of Finch, this indicates that Root has a way to communicate with the machine without the use of a telephone.
This episode is the first part of a two episode mini-arc; the POI and storyline of this episode carry over into the next episode, “Aletheia”.
Production Notes
This episode includes the first appearance of Control. The alert viewer might have seen a red box appear around her when she exits the elevator during their escape the hospital. She only appears on screen for half a second.
Bloopers and Continuity Errors
The number that Root gives Finch (229-00-8003) is different than the number on Arthur's medical records (XXX-XX-9019). The former one was also Nicholas Donnelly's number in “Prisoner's Dilemma”
Music
"Whiskey" by The Sam Morrison Band (When Reese orders a whiskey during the first bar scene)
The bartender at the Roadhouse is the actual bartender and not an actor.[1]
When the Machine tries to predict the outcome of the situation at the end of the episode, it says that the names: Sameen Shaw and Robert N. Hersh are aliases.
Also when predicting outcomes, in the lower right corner on the screen we can see that the Machine is "Retasking Analog Interface", which is Root.
Quotes
"Not sure I like being associated with your former employers, who tried to kill you." (Finch, to Shaw)
"Should I be looking for some action elsewhere?" (Shaw, to Finch)
"If they don't want you to get inside, they ought to build it better." (Finch as a child)
"He is not deceived, who knows himself to be deceived." (Arthur)
"Not everything that's broken is meant to be fixed." (Finch's father)
"Dude, that was too much fun to be legal." (Finch's friend)
"It just proves that no matter what we do or don't do in this world, bad things are going to happen. It's pointless. Irrelevant." (Reese)
"The truth fears no questions." (Arthur)
"One of you is going to tell me what it is I want to know. And whoever does, will be the one who gets to leave here... alive." (Control)
"The kind you need a gun for." (Shaw, regarding what kind of people were pursuing Arthur)
"Talking is overrated. I mean, that must have been really hard." (Shaw, to Arthur's wife)
"What do you think, I won my detective shield in a poker game?" (Fusco)
