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While it takes a bit of effort to overcome the different actors playing familiar roles (and not always very well), the look of this web series is incredibly close to the original. I am stunned to read that the production cost a mere $40,000; I suspect that the actors did it for whatever "scale" turned out to be. This is clearly made by people who loved the original series, and if you loved the original series too, you'll probably like this. If you compare it to one of the episodes from the 60's, it would count as a lesser one. But not at the bottom, and that's something. It is better than the worst of those, and I think worth your time - but again, only if you really loved the original. Many of the flaws inherent in the classic remain.

...getting very interesting.

Prior to this, the penultimate episode of season one, Person of Interest is basically a police procedural with a twist: our heroes, Finch and Reese, are a kind of superhero team working outside the law to protect victims of violent crimes which a sophisticated computer program has identified in advance. Finch and Reese are kind of like a split Batman: Finch is the reclusive billionaire genius and Reese is the shadowy and deadly vigilante who can beat up anyone. Reese has recruited two detectives in the NYPD to assist and - again, until this episode - they help their victim of the week. The program is not bad, but apart from a fascinating crime boss, not too special. Until now.

In this episode, the PoI is a government analyst who has asked the wrong questions and finds himself suddenly threatened. Finch and Reese must find a way to help him without letting him learn about what they do. It's the way this episode flows into the final episode of season one, hands down the best of the series so far, which is deftly handled.

From this point forward the meta-story gets very involved and the series becomes unlike anything on television before or since. I strongly recommend against skipping this one, even as I admit the next episode is far better.