As the POI team seeks justice for Carter’s murder, Finch realizes one of his team members may go one step too far in order to end the war with HR. Also, the Machine gives out the number for NYPDOfficer Patrick Simmons, one of the crime organization’s key players.
Origin of the Title
"The Devil's Share" refers to that part of human behavior that allows us to be cruel to one another, or refers to one person's inhumanity to another. In this context, it refers to our darker side, and our ability to act without conscience. Contemporary French author Denis de Rougemont argues that this is the modern-day manifestation of demonic forces in the world.
Main Plot Points
Episode Notes
This episode explores the inner lives of four of the main characters, each of whom is seeking some form of redemption. Only Root, who shows she is as capable of violence as the others, remains an enigma, notably to Finch.
In each of the four flashback scenes, the basic scenario is the same: each is a one-on-one interview with a person doing an evaluation, the interviewer or therapist is largely unseen except from behind, the character needs something from the interviewer and the character keeps something pertinent from the interviewer. Each interview focuses on the character's response to a death in which they were involved. We see Finch feels guilt and responsibility for Nathan Ingram's death, Shaw feels nothing at all when patients die, Reese feels regret but takes a life all the same, and Fusco feels pride in what he's done when the end justifies the means.
In the ending sequence, Elias tells Simmons that they both are "outliers", differentiating each of them from the main players. In statistical terms, an outlier is a data point or observation which does not fit into an array of data. In more common vernacular, it refers to someone or something that doesn't fit its group or surroundings.
During his conversation with Shaw, then a resident, the chief resident speculates that she has diagnosed her own emotional disorder by reading all of the DSM. He is referring to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) published in 2000. The manual is a compilation of standardized diagnostic and classification criteria for mental illnesses and disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. It is designed to be used by mental health professionals with appropriate clinical training, which Shaw would not have had. The DSM-IV-TR was replaced by the DSM-5 in 2013.
This is the second episode not to include a title sequence, the first being “God Mode”. Instead, the episode opens with a montage in the form of a music video that establishes the main characters' emotional state, while setting up the episode's action.
Bloopers and Continuity Errors
In the intro, the man sitting in the back seat changes his position and configuration in the SUV several times. At first he is sitting in the middle seat, then by the window.
When Reese is questioning the man in the burning SUV, the location of his hand holding the picture shifts from top to bottom as the camera angles change.
Reese exits the attorney's office at 13:33. The Russians are shown breaking into the office at 13:52. However, Fusco states "Reese leaves and then five minutes later these jokers show up."
When Finch, Shaw, Fusco and Root were driving down the street and Root told Shaw to turn off the headlights, the street was completely dark and Shaw was driving by "feel". Seconds later, when pulling up to the building, they are on a street with an entire row of street lights behind them.
Music
"Hurt" by Johnny Cash - Intro song.
"Miami Showdown" by Digitalism - During the shootout between Reese and the Marshals.
"Colour in Your Hands" by D.L.i.d - Ending song.
Trivia
The digital monitors for both Reese and Simmons display the term RR-ECG (disabled). This indicates that the monitor is not displaying the time between beats of the heart, used to calculate heart rate.
Quotes
"Does survivor's guilt pass when everything that has happened actually is, in fact, your fault?" (Finch)
"We're out of options. We need Root." (Shaw)
"You know, if you'd told me about the carpooling arrangements I would've driven separately." (Fusco)
"Tell me why we're listening to the crazy chick who kidnapped Glasses." (Fusco)
"I promise, I'm here to help." (Root)
"What's with you and your poor listening skills?" (Shaw, to Root)
"Just when I think life with you people couldn't get any weirder, one of you takes it to the next level." (Fusco)
"I'm not gonna threaten to kill you. I'm going to kill you..." (Reese)
"I've already lost a friend. I don't intend to lose another, not tonight." (Finch)
"The Machine never said Reese was the only one planning to kill Simmons." (Root)
"She reminded me that I could be good again too." (Fusco)
"She saved me from myself, because she believed in me!" (Fusco)
"You and I are outliers -- we're not really a part of civilization; we're something... older." (Elias)
Media
Person of Interest 3x10 "The Devil's Share" - Johnny Cash - "Hurt"
