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Anthony Marconi

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‎2012:

Relevance

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‎Synopsis:

Alistair Wesley

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Critical

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‎Episode Notes:

Madeleine Enright

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We don't need to state her sexual preference; her wife's name makes it clear, and we don't do so for straight characters.

Critical

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‎Episode Notes:

Alistair Wesley

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MI6

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MI-6

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LeverageGuru moved page MI-6 to MI6 No hyphen in the name

MI-6

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‎Links:

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God Mode

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List of story arcs

2013-05-24T19:29:49Z

I consider The Ordos Laptop plot finished.

Critical

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List of story arcs

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Zero Day

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Zero Day

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2013-05-24T19:11:01Z

Moved Nathan to "completed" section - his death was fully explained. Other mysteries involving him (including The Machine and his relationship with Harold) should be considered separately.

God Mode

2013-05-24T14:54:52Z

‎Episode Notes : Reverse order

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My guess would be that it got cut for time. It happens a lot; the poor kid must have been really disappointed. It's entirely possible that the show will use the scenes later; they've already done that with footage from the pilot.

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There has been a news release that there is supposed to be a "young Finch" character on the show, event that some scenes were shot, but there wasn't any.

Do you know what it was about? Were the scenes just cut off? Or moved to Season 3?

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 ===Decima Technologies===
 '''Main Articles:''' [[Kara Stanton]],[[Decima Technologies]]
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 This story arc is first mentioned in flashback, when Reese was sent to retrieve a vital part of technology from the Chinese city of Ordos.
-In [[Dead Reckoning]], it is revealed, that the laptop was given to the Chinese by Harold Finch and it containde parts of The Machine code, it was used to create a virus to infect The Machine.
+In [[Dead Reckoning]], it is revealed, that the laptop was given to the Chinese by Harold Finch and it contained parts of The Machine code, it was used to create a virus to infect The Machine.
-Fianlly, this story arc is resolved at the end of Season 2: FInch was aware that sooner or later, someone would try to attack The Machine. So he created a "virus within a virus" that would allow the perpetrator to attack it, but at the same time, modified it so it sould defend itself.
+Fianlly, this story arc is resolved at the end of Season 2: FInch was aware that sooner or later, someone would try to attack The Machine. So he created a "virus within a virus" that would allow the perpetrator to attack it, but at the same time, modified it so it could defend itself.
 '''Main article''': [[The Ordos Laptop]]

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	Simmons and Fusco later met with Marconi to negotiate Elias' assistance in rebuilding H.R., however Marconi told them in order for that to happen they had to bring Elias the last of the original dons that survived Elias attempt to kill the five families. Despite attempts to capture the last don, the remaining members of HR failed to do this since the [[Luciano Grifoni\|don]] was now working with Elias. {{crossref\|2x09}}		Simmons and Fusco later met with Marconi to negotiate Elias' assistance in rebuilding H.R., however Marconi told them in order for that to happen they had to bring Elias the last of the original dons that survived Elias attempt to kill the five families. Despite attempts to capture the last don, the remaining members of HR failed to do this since the [[Luciano Grifoni\|don]] was now working with Elias. {{crossref\|2x09}}
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		+	It is possible, but unconfirmed that Marconi is the lieutenant mentioned by Carter who was hospitalized during [[God Mode]].

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==

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 ===2011===
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-[[The Machine]] shows a relevant conversation , where a man calls to inform another man that [[Daniel Aquino]] has been asking too many questions. They figure they have a solution on hand.
+[[The Machine]] shows a relevant conversation, where a man calls to inform another man that [[Daniel Aquino]] has been asking too many questions. They figure they have a solution on hand.
 Drone footage then shows someone assassinating Daniel Aquino in a parking lot.
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 As they walk away, the Special Counsel explains that the program is the reason they haven't had another major attack. They can't let the public know because they'd lose the program, and they killed Aquino because no one person is as valuable as millions of Americans. Shaw admits that she would do the same thing and hands over Cole's pen drive containing the Aquino research. She then tells Wilson that he could have warned Cole and her but instead decided to kill them. In the process he killed the only person that Shaw ever cared about. Wilson says that they brought it on themselves and that it needed to be done. Shaw then shoots Wilson dead, avenging Cole's death.
 {{I|I=S2E16-72.jpg|w=200|a=right|c=}}
-Impressed the Special Counsel lets Shaw walk away. Shaw dumps the gun, and blends into the crowd. However, Hersh comes up behind her and injects her with poison and walks away. Shaw collapses on the sidewalk.
+Impressed, the Special Counsel lets Shaw walk away. Shaw dumps the gun, and blends into the crowd. However, Hersh comes up behind her and injects her with poison and walks away. Shaw collapses on the sidewalk.
 {{I|I=S2E16-57.jpg|w=200|a=left|c=}}
 Later, [[Carter]] and [[Fusco]] are on the scene. They tell the officer on the scene that it as an overdose and tells him to get some coffee. The officer leaves and they tell [[Leon Tao|Leon]], posing as an EMT, to haul the body away.

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 | residence          =
-| portrayer          = [[Julian Sands]]
+| playedby          = [[Julian Sands]]
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-| first              = {{ep|2x07}}
+| appearance              = {{ep|2x07}}
 }}
-'''Alistair Wesley''' is a former [[MI-6]] officer who currently leads a team of ex-[[Special Air Service|SAS]] commandos, comparably equipped to [[John Reese]] and his team.
+'''Alistair Wesley''' is a former [[MI-6]] officer who currently leads a team of ex-[[Special Air Service|SAS]] commandos on a mission to influence the outcome of a corporation's entry into wind energy.
 ==Biography==
-Wesley, during his time with [[MI-6]], became aware of John Reese's activities as an operative with the [[CIA]], when he observed him on a past mission in Istanbul. Wesley left his service for unknown reasons, he and his group seem to be mostly interested in acquiring wealth.
+Wesley, during his time with [[MI-6]], became aware of John Reese's activities as an operative with the [[CIA]], when he observed him on a past mission in Istanbul. Wesley left the service for unknown reasons. He and his group seem to be interested in accumulating wealth for himself or unknown clients, but his real purposes are unclear.
-Wesley and his team came to New York City to assassinate [[Oliver Veldt]]; head of a large energy company. Their reason for killing Veldt was to gain money for themselves in the stock market.
+Wesley and his team came to New York City to assassinate [[Oliver Veldt]], head of a large energy company. Their reason for killing Veldt was to gain money for themselves in the stock market.
 Wesley coerced Dr. [[Madeleine Enright]] into a plan to murder Veldt during his secret surgery, disguising it as medical error, in exchange for sparing the life of her wife - who was targeted and under surveillance by Wesley's team.

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 ==Episode Notes==
 * Alastair Wesley is a former '''MI6''' officer (agent). MI6 is part of the British government's secret services. Officially known as the [[MI-6|Secret Intelligence Service]], MI6 retains its WWII era name in common parlance. "6" is charged with gathering foreign intelligence for the British government. Although it has some similar goals, it is not a direct equivalent of the CIA.
-* Wesley's team is made up of ex-'''SAS''' troops.  The [[Special Air Service]] is a special forces regiment in the British army.  They are among the first such units, and considered to be a model for special forces worldwide.
+* Wesley's team is made up of ex-'''SAS''' troops. The [[Special Air Service]] is a special forces regiment in the British army. They are among the first such units, and considered to be a model for special forces worldwide.
-* Madeline is directed to administer 100 mg. of '''heparin''' to Veldt early in the procedure.  Heparin is an anticoagulant, which would hasten bleeding in a patient not needing treatment for a clotting disorder.
+* Madeline is directed to administer 100 mg. of '''heparin''' to Veldt early in the procedure. Heparin is an anticoagulant, which would hasten bleeding in a patient not needing treatment for a clotting disorder.
 ===Acronyms and Vocabulary===
 * "Recce" is British-English jargon for reconnaissance; the American English equivalent in "recon".
 ==Clips==

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-'''Madeleine Enright''' is a leading cardiologist and trauma surgeon. She is a lesbian and married to [[Amy]]. She was scheduled to perform a coronary bypass surgery on energy CEO Oliver Veldt. She was blackmailed by [[Alistair Wesley]] to botch up the surgery and kill Oliver Veldt on the operating table or her wife will be killed by a sniper. Despite the threat Madeleine decided to not go through with killing Veldt but the assisting nurse [[Liz Picket]] who was the back up working for Wesley nicked an artery. [[Finch]] posing as a doctor is able to knock Liz out with a overhead light and Madeleine with the help of a squeamish Finch is able to start up Veldt's heart and save his life. [[Reese]] is able to rescue Amy from Wesley's men and bring her to the hospital where the couple is reunited.
+'''Madeleine Enright''' is a leading cardiologist and trauma surgeon. She is married to [[Amy]], who works for a children's charity. Dr. Enright was scheduled to perform a coronary bypass surgery on energy CEO Oliver Veldt. She was blackmailed by [[Alistair Wesley]] to botch up the surgery and kill Oliver Veldt on the operating table or her wife will be killed by a sniper. Despite the threat Madeleine decided to not go through with killing Veldt but the assisting nurse [[Liz Picket]] who was the back up working for Wesley nicked an artery. [[Finch]] posing as a doctor is able to knock Liz out with a overhead light and Madeleine with the help of a squeamish Finch is able to start up Veldt's heart and save his life. [[Reese]] is able to rescue Amy from Wesley's men and bring her to the hospital where the couple is reunited.
 [[Category:Persons of Interest|Enright]]

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+| occupation         = [[MI-6]] officer (former)
-| affiliation        = [[MI-6]] (formerly)
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-'''Alistair Wesley''' is a former [[MI-6]] agent who currently leads a team of ex-[[Special Air Service|SAS]] commandos, comparably equipped to [[John Reese]] and his team.
+'''Alistair Wesley''' is a former [[MI-6]] officer who currently leads a team of ex-[[Special Air Service|SAS]] commandos, comparably equipped to [[John Reese]] and his team.
 ==Biography==

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-The '''Secret Intelligence Service''' (SIS), commonly known as '''MI6''' (Military Intelligence Section 6), is the UK foreign intelligence agency, similar to the [[CIA]].  Its activities often cross over those of the CIA, and the two will work in collaboration on matters of mutual concern, such as the pursuit of Al-Qaeda.
+The '''Secret Intelligence Service''' (SIS), commonly known as '''MI6''' (Military Intelligence Section 6), is the UK foreign intelligence-gathering agency, similar to the [[CIA]].  Its activities often cross over those of the CIA, and the two will work in collaboration on matters of mutual concern, such as the pursuit of Al-Qaeda.
 Beginning in first World War and through the second World War, the British secret services were divided into 19 military intelligence (MI) units, each with a specific charge.  Best know of these are the Security Service (MI5), which handles domestic counter-intelligence and security, and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6; often referred to simply as "6"), which provides foreign intelligence to the British government.  Although MI6 largely handles foreign intelligence, its charge is protection of British security home and abroad.
 Along with Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence<!--do not correct spelling; this is correct British-English--> Intelligence (DI), they fall under the supervision of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Foreign Secretary William Hague. MI6 was so secret that its existence was not officially acknowledged until 1994.
 ==Known members==
-*[[Alistair Wesley]]
+*[[Alistair Wesley]]: a former agent, now acting leading a team of SAS mercenaries on a mission to influence the value of wind energy.
 ==Notes==
-* Although never officially acknowledged in Fleming's lifetime, the fictional James Bond (007) is a member of MI6.  His creator, author Ian Fleming, worked for the WWII Naval Intelligence Division, allowing him to work closely with elements of MI6. Those experiences were believed to have given rise to the Bond character.
+* Although never officially acknowledged until recently, the fictional James Bond (007) is a member of MI6.  His creator, author Ian Fleming, worked for the WWII Naval Intelligence Division, allowing him to work closely with elements of MI6. Those experiences were believed to have given rise to the Bond character.
 * The often-tense relationship between MI5 and MI6 is portrayed in the British television series ''MI5'' (aka ''Spooks''), shown on U.S. PBS stations. In the second series, Hugh Laurie, best known as acerbic American doctor "House" played Jules Civiter, an MI6 station chief with little time or respect for 6's domestic counterpart.

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	::::: Absent any reason, I'm afraid I have to disagree. The story arcs are broader and more general than the specific mysteries the portal identifies; moreover, the arcs may subsume one or more mysteries and/or include plot lines that are not mysteries. On the other hand, the mysteries (most of which are really open questions the show leaves unanswered for long periods of time) are of specific enough interest to break out and address more fully on their own, generally within individual articles. The portal is just a launch pad and progress report. --[[User:LeverageGuru\|LeverageGuru]] ([[User talk:LeverageGuru\|talk]]) 13:14, May 24, 2013 (UTC)		::::: Absent any reason, I'm afraid I have to disagree. The story arcs are broader and more general than the specific mysteries the portal identifies; moreover, the arcs may subsume one or more mysteries and/or include plot lines that are not mysteries. On the other hand, the mysteries (most of which are really open questions the show leaves unanswered for long periods of time) are of specific enough interest to break out and address more fully on their own, generally within individual articles. The portal is just a launch pad and progress report. --[[User:LeverageGuru\|LeverageGuru]] ([[User talk:LeverageGuru\|talk]]) 13:14, May 24, 2013 (UTC)
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		+	I separated "Nathan Ingram" and "Ordos Laptop" plots. I know they can be considered "parts of bigger, unfinished schemes," but all the story arc interlock and overlap in some ways. So lets keep them separate or we won't be able to "close" any single of them.[[Special:Contributions/82.99.189.14\|82.99.189.14]] 19:32, May 24, 2013 (UTC)

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 ===Acronyms and Vocabulary===
 * NLP (Natural Language Processing): The capacity of a computer to understand spoken or other forms of natural human language, that is, a computer's ability to understand spoken or written input.  [[File:Shot0002.png|right|225px]] In this application, it refers to the Machine's ability to understand input such as the text imbedded in the blue screen codes or Finch's spoken commands.
-* HMT (Hybrid Machine Translation): The system by which a computer can translate one natural language (i.e. English) to another (i.e. Spanish) using a combination of machine translation paradigms.  In the scene pictured, the Machine analyzes the shooters' Russian dialogue (NLP) and translates it into English for us (HMT).
+* HMT (Hybrid Machine Translation): The system by which a computer can translate one natural language (i.e. English) to another (i.e. Spanish) using a combination of machine translation paradigms.  In the scene pictured, the Machine analyzes the shooters' Macedonian dialogue (NLP) and translates it into English for us (HMT).
 * [http://www.permatopia.com/dictionary.html Nuclear Reprocessing]: Extraction of residual uranium and plutonium from spent fuel rods, used in nuclear power plants, in order for it to be reused for other purposes.

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 ==Episode Notes==
-* Alastair Wesley is a former MI6 agent.  MI6 is part of the British government's secret services.  Officially known as the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], MI6 retains its WWII era name in common parlance.  "6" is charged with gathering foreign intelligence for the British government.  Although it has some similar goals, it is not a direct equivalent of the CIA.
+* Alastair Wesley is a former MI6 agent. MI6 is part of the British government's secret services. Officially known as the [[MI-6|Secret Intelligence Service]], MI6 retains its WWII era name in common parlance. "6" is charged with gathering foreign intelligence for the British government. Although it has some similar goals, it is not a direct equivalent of the CIA.
 ==Clips==

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 ===Decima Technologies===
-'''Main Articles:''' [[Kara Stanton]], [[The Ordos Laptop]] [[Decima Technologies]]
+'''Main Articles:''' [[Kara Stanton]],[[Decima Technologies]]
 ===New location of The Machine===
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 This story arc overlaps with Root story arc, but other people search for it, too.
 [[Category:Lists]]
 [[Category:Storyline]]

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 [[File:2x07 - How much do you really want to know.jpg|200px|left]]
 Later, Carter meets with Reese and shows him Snow's security badge. She figures that someone is holding Snow on a string and tells Reese that "she" is planning something. Carter wonders what it's about... and if Reese would tell her if he did. He refuses, saying that he can't stop her from looking into it. Reese points out that she still has her son and suggests that she consider how much she really wants to know.
 ==Clips==

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 * The Machine has a rudimentary form of memory, the content of which are deleted at midnight. Finch devised this function as a way of removing irrelevant numbers. Despite this, the Machine demonstrates an instinct for self-preservation by creating the Thornhill identity as a means to store its memories. Just as it has the instinct to protect Finch, the Machine shows that it also has the instinct to preserve itself.
 * Finch says the Machine deletes itself and "reinstantiates 1.618 seconds later". 1.618 is not a random number but rather ''phi'' (ɸ), a "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio golden ratio]" that is widely present in nature, where it creates Fibonacci spirals. It is commonly used in architecture and arts, where it creates esthetically pleasing proportions.
-* Near the end of the episode while The Machine is rebooting, it generates a message written in binary code. [[File:Screenshot_zero_day_binary.png|thumb|right|400px]] When its converted to ASCII characters the phrase "''Quis custodiet ipsos custodes''" is revealed. This [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%3F Latin phrase] is translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?", a variation on the old axiom "Who watches the watchers?".
+* Near the end of the episode while The Machine is rebooting, it generates a message written in binary code. When its converted to ASCII characters the phrase "''Quis custodiet ipsos custodes''" is revealed. [[File:Screenshot_zero_day_binary.png|right|400px]] This [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%3F Latin phrase] is translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?", a variation on the old axiom "Who watches the watchers?". In other words, who is watching the people who watch us all?
 * Nathan Ingram was placed in the irrelevant list, foreshadowing his death.
 * "Zero Day" takes place over the course of Day 4138 of the Machine's operation, or April 30, 2013.
 ==Trivia==
 * The failed bomber mentioned by Special Counsel (and projected on his monitor), may refer to the [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8430612.stm Nigerian underwear bomber] story, which took place aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit in December 2009.
 * Finch reroutes the Machine's call to its admin by accessing the telephone junction box. Once the call was established, he spliced the lines in order to create a "party line", where two or more subscribers share the same phone number, so that two persons can co-administer the Machine. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_line_(telephony) Party lines] are seldom used now, but were common in the early days of the telephone service, when phone usage was cost-prohibitive and phone lines were scarce.

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 ==Active Story Arcs==
-[[Nathan Ingram]] was a close friend of [[Finch]] and a co-creator of [[The Machine]]. He is revealed to die under mysterious circumstances in 2010 and it is soon implied his death is connected with [[The Machine]]. The truth is finally revealed at the end of Season 2: He was murdered because he planned to go public with [[The Machine]], and his death was camouflaged as a terrorist attack.
+===Harold Finch===
-'''Main Article: '''[[Nathan Ingram]]
+So far we know he is a computer genius and a very wealthy man. He claimes he has build "some of the most complex computer systems in the world" ([[Dead Reckoning]]). First information of him come from 1976, when he attended MIT under the alias Harold Wren. In episode [[2πR]], it is implied he hacked the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET ARPANET] and released it to the public, effectively making him the first hacker. (Note: In the real life, no simillar attack on the ARPANET happened.)
 ===HR===
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 ===Search For the Man in the Suit===

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 ==Episode Notes  ==
 *In some types of gaming, '''God Mode''' is a set of rules (known as a mechanic) that make a character god-like or invincible.
 *[[Lawrence Szilard]] may have been named for Austro-Hungarian nuclear physicist [http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Szilard.shtml Leó Szilárd], who was a contemporary of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Robert Oppenheimer] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Teller Edward Teller]. Szilárd did early foundation research on [http://www.history.co.uk/explore-history/ww2/atomic-bomb.html the nuclear chain reaction], contributing to the development of the first atomic bomb. Leó Szilárd spent his later life advocating for international arms control, and opposing the militarization of atomic energy use.
-*In this episode, the three potential sites were mentioned for the location of the machine: 1) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository Yucca Mountain, Nevada] (Long-term storage of radioactive waste) 2) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Washington] (Manufactured plutonium used in the early research) and 3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche_Peak_Nuclear_Power_Plant Comanche Peak, Texas] (Nuclear Power Plant)<br />
+*In this episode, the three real-world sites were identified as possible locations for the Machine: 1) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository Yucca Mountain, Nevada] (Used for long-term storage of radioactive waste) 2) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Washington] (Once manufactured plutonium used in the early research) and 3) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche_Peak_Nuclear_Power_Plant Comanche Peak, Texas] (A nuclear power plant)<br />
-*By the end of the episode, four entities have an interest in the Machine: 1) Finch, Reese and their new-found ally Shaw; 2) Special Counsel and the Project; 3) Root and; 4) Greer and Decima Technologies.
+* By the end of the episode, four entities have an interest in the Machine: 1) Finch, Reese and their new-found ally Shaw; 2) Special Counsel and the Project; 3) Root and; 4) Greer and Decima Technologies.
 ===Acronyms and Vocabulary===
-[[File:Shot0002.png|thumb|225px|Natural Language Processing and Hybrid Machine Translation in use]]
+* NLP (Natural Language Processing): The capacity of a computer to understand spoken or other forms of natural human language, that is, a computer's ability to understand spoken or written input.  [[File:Shot0002.png|right|225px]] In this application, it refers to the Machine's ability to understand input such as the text imbedded in the blue screen codes or Finch's spoken commands.
-* NLP: Natural Language Processing
+* HMT (Hybrid Machine Translation): The system by which a computer can translate one natural language (i.e. English) to another (i.e. Spanish) using a combination of machine translation paradigms.  In the scene pictured, the Machine analyzes the shooters' Russian dialogue (NLP) and translates it into English for us (HMT).
 * [http://www.permatopia.com/dictionary.html Nuclear Reprocessing]: Extraction of residual uranium and plutonium from spent fuel rods, used in nuclear power plants, in order for it to be reused for other purposes.
-==Trivia==
+===The Cliffhanger===
-*The Machine was able to move itself to a new undisclosed location in a five-week time span, one node at a time without going off-line by assuming Special Counsel's identity.
+By the end of the episode, Root has lost administrative access to the Machine. Soon after, now in a mental hospital, she appears to receive a call from the Machine, but it is not clear what that call signifies, or whether it is real.
 *The persons affiliated with the Northern Lights project, who died under mysterious circumstances, the incident is reminiscent of the tale of the [http://hackdonga.blogspot.com/2010/05/grand-theft-statue.html pyramid builders] who were buried alive after they completed construction of the pharaoh's tombs.
-{{I|I=2x22 - cameo.jpg|w=250|a=right|c=From left to right: Greg Plageman, Richard Lewis, Jonathan Nolan.}}
+At the same time, Finch and Reese walk through a park, wondering when they will receive another call from the Machine. As they talk, a nearby pay phone rings, and they realize the Machine is ready to communicate with them again. However, although Reese has also lost Admin access, it is unclear is whether the Machine is calling Finch, Reese or them both. Equally unclear is whether the call to which Hersh refers when briefing an unknown woman in the black town car is the same call Finch and Reese receive, or whether the Project is now receiving calls with relevant numbers once again.
 ==Production Notes==
 ===Bloopers and Continuity Errors===
 [[File:The_Book.png|right|250px|]]
-*When Finch follows Nathan to the ferry, he isn't carrying a bag of any kind, nor is he seen to be carrying a book. When Grace looks at the personal effects recovered from the scene of the terrorist attack, however, she finds the book that Finch placed her engagement ring into when he proposed to her. {{crossref|2x21}}
+*When Finch follows Nathan to the ferry, he isn't carrying a bag of any kind, nor is he seen to be carrying a book. When Grace looks at the personal effects recovered from the scene of the terrorist attack, however, she finds the book into which Finch placed her engagement ring when he proposed to her. {{crossref|2x21}}
 *When [[Lawrence Szilard]]'s airplane ticket falls out of his bag, Shaw says that the airport in Portland is the closest airport the the Hanford site, when in fact the airport in Seattle is almost an hour closer.
 *When Shaw and Reese drive off the highway and fall, they fall a significant distance, likely over twenty feet. The car suffers some damage, yet Reese and Shaw step out unscathed. This is incredibly unlikely, as is the fact that no police pursued them further after they drove off of the highway.
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 ===Dramatic Elements===
-*When Finch comes into view with crutches stating "Did you know? at the beginning of the episode, the narrative is constructed using ''in medias res'', (medias: middle), a non-linear storytelling technique where the narrative starts in the middle of events and uses flashbacks to bring the reader up to the point of current.
+*When Finch comes into view with crutches at the beginning of the episode, asking the Machine,  "Did you know?" the narrative is constructed using ''in medias res'' (medias: middle), a non-linear storytelling technique where the narrative starts in the middle of events and uses flashbacks to bring the reader up to the point of current.
 * This episode incorporated the theme stoic acceptance of death. This not only be seen in the case of Elias, but also with Special Counsel.
 * The statement Root made to Finch "I can see for the first time,and you're blind." has two meanings. Literally, Harold has no glasses. Figuratively, Harold does not have access to The Machine.
 ==Promo==

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	:::: I propose a merge with this: http://personofinterest.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Mysteries [[Special:Contributions/82.99.189.14\|82.99.189.14]] 11:23, May 24, 2013 (UTC)		:::: I propose a merge with this: http://personofinterest.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Mysteries [[Special:Contributions/82.99.189.14\|82.99.189.14]] 11:23, May 24, 2013 (UTC)
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		+	::::: Why?
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		+	::::: Absent any reason, I'm afraid I have to disagree. The story arcs are broader and more general than the specific mysteries the portal identifies; moreover, the arcs may subsume one or more mysteries and/or include plot lines that are not mysteries. On the other hand, the mysteries (most of which are really open questions the show leaves unanswered for long periods of time) are of specific enough interest to break out and address more fully on their own, generally within individual articles. The portal is just a launch pad and progress report. --[[User:LeverageGuru\|LeverageGuru]] ([[User talk:LeverageGuru\|talk]]) 13:14, May 24, 2013 (UTC)

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 *'''"Say My Name"''' by '''Porter Robinson''' - During the second dance club scene.<br />
 *'''"She's Long Gone"''' by '''The Black Keys''' - End of episode.
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