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Person of Interest
S3.E14
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  • Episode aired Feb 4, 2014
  • TV-14
  • 42m
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Sarah Shahi in Person of Interest (2011)
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Reese rejoins Finch and Shaw in New York for a case involving Kelli Lin--an Olympic gymnast turned event planner--and a heist at a party she's in charge of.Reese rejoins Finch and Shaw in New York for a case involving Kelli Lin--an Olympic gymnast turned event planner--and a heist at a party she's in charge of.Reese rejoins Finch and Shaw in New York for a case involving Kelli Lin--an Olympic gymnast turned event planner--and a heist at a party she's in charge of.

  • Director
    • Jeffrey G. Hunt
  • Writers
    • Sean Hennen
    • Nic Van Zeebroeck
    • Michael Sopczynski
  • Stars
    • Jim Caviezel
    • Kevin Chapman
    • Amy Acker
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    3K
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    • Director
      • Jeffrey G. Hunt
    • Writers
      • Sean Hennen
      • Nic Van Zeebroeck
      • Michael Sopczynski
    • Stars
      • Jim Caviezel
      • Kevin Chapman
      • Amy Acker
    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Jim Caviezel
    Jim Caviezel
    • John Reese
    Kevin Chapman
    Kevin Chapman
    • Detective Lionel Fusco
    Amy Acker
    Amy Acker
    • Root
    • (credit only)
    Sarah Shahi
    Sarah Shahi
    • Sameen Shaw
    Michael Emerson
    Michael Emerson
    • Harold Finch…
    Elaine Tan
    Elaine Tan
    • Kelli (Jiao) Lin
    Henri Lubatti
    Henri Lubatti
    • Agent Alain Bouchard
    Gene Farber
    Gene Farber
    • Cyril
    Chris Jackson
    Chris Jackson
    • Farrow
    • (as Christopher Neal Jackson)
    Stelio Savante
    Stelio Savante
    • Aris Zappo
    Curt Bouril
    • Guard
    James Hindman
    James Hindman
    • Museum Director
    Megan Byrne
    Megan Byrne
    • Museum Staffer
    Nick Dillenburg
    • Armed Guard
    Chloe Cheng
    • Kai Lin
    Alexander Salamat
    Alexander Salamat
    • Uni
    Shannon Viehmeyer
    • Protestor
    • (uncredited)
    JoAnna Ziemba
    • Server
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jeffrey G. Hunt
    • Writers
      • Sean Hennen
      • Nic Van Zeebroeck
      • Michael Sopczynski
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    9robin_lundin

    A good episode from a excellent season

    I think much about rating movies, series etc. is about trying to be objective and not let you're own judgment and issues blur you're view and because of this being misguided youreself resulting in misguiding others

    Someone said that objectivness is the truth. And that being objetive are something we think comes pretty easy but might be the hardest thing we can do

    Objectiveness and being able to ignore irrelevant details and by this accomplish a pure emotion expression is much of what i appreciate in actors, writers and directors... And Nolan seems to be very good at this there are many similarities between the batman-movies and person of interest with this in mind. In this case he also show sides that are quite new for me, showing concrete how our history in fact affect us.

    "i just look forward and forget about things that have past, no reason dwelling them..." I've heard it many times and versions of it. Not a line after my own hard and i believe Nolan with this series making a strong statement about this kind of thinking.

    What i base my view and rating on is. Does it affect me? does it make me laugh? does it make me cry?

    i think truth, more specifically actors who are able to find the truth in the moment can do this

    I also think that realism, realism in the way that can make us stop and holding our breath or stay half way with the hand to the mouth from the popcorncan is rearely but can be accomplished

    This series have had a impact on me and making me believe in the good things in life, good persons and what good persons really mean, and also which is a recurrent theme, even though we have made some horrible things and we meet complex feelings about who we are, we can change. If just one good person who are not corrupted and rather die than giving in can believe in us, really believe, we can change. And that is a powerful thing to be able to mediate
    7claudio_carvalho

    The Thief

    The Machine delivers the number of the events planner Kelli Lin, who naturalized US citizen six months ago. Reese believes she might be a spy, and together with Finch and Shaw, they attend the black-tie new exhibit opening at the Metropolitan Museum of History. Soon there is a heist of a valuable Cezanne painting and Shaw chases the thief, who surprisingly is Kelli. The Interpol agent Alain Bouchard is chasing Kelli along many countries for other robberies and says that she is dangerous and has killed several people. Finch is able to track Kelli down in a bar, where she meets a man named Cyril. Finch learns that her real name is Jiao, a former Olympics medalist when she was a teenager. She gives the stolen painting to him, and Finch, Reese and Shaw learn that Lin's daughter Kai was abducted by Cyril's gang and is forcing Lin to rob for them. Further, the murders ere committed by Cyril and Lin is not aware of that. But how to retrieve Kai Lin from Cyril's gang?

    "Provenance" is a reasonable episode of "Person of Interest". The plot exaggerates in Lin's heists, about forty, to be released in the end. Despite her situation with the kidnapped daughter, the number is great, over forty, to be disregarded by the authorities. There is no moral in the end. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Provenance"
    1namstonk

    Utterly stupid and lazily written

    Amazed but the whole of the episode is complete rubbish. The implausible nature is enough, but the factual impossible is even more. Scoff at a thief wearing high heels doing gymnastics, at a plane that can fly from New York to Prague in an hour, blah blah. It's been getting lazy but this is ridiculous.
    5nemesis-88

    This again?

    A few people pointed out some goofs and plot holes of this episode. Yet the biggest one is still unsung. For some weirdest reason EVERY American "police drama" or "procedural" TV show for the past 15 years includes at least one episode where "Interpol agents" are involved. And every time those "Interpol agents" are flying to the US to do some good or bad things, catch or help bad guys, help or deceive good guys, whatever.

    Problem with that is, INTERPOL DOESN'T HAVE AGENTS. At all. Interpol is 1,000 people sitting in their office (NOT in Paris, by the way) and collecting information. They can't "almost get her in Dubai", they can't "fly to New York". They do NOT work in the field. Interpol is a strictly information agency. Their official motto is "Connecting police for a safer world". So the closest "Monsieur Bouchard" could get to "catching an international thief" is by watching this episode on "Le Netflix".
    interestingstuff

    Another filler episode

    This is another "filler" episode where nothing interesting happens. Not only that but the whole episode is a rip off from another popular show called White Collar. It's full of cheap cliches and it's difficult to stay engaged watching something this boring.

    They should stick to their regular storyline which makes this show so great instead of trying to copycat other shows. The whole Batman thing was working well for them and they didn't need to go create an episode of White Collar.

    What's the point of having 103 episodes when a large number of them are filler episodes that were made just to fill time and boost the episode count without adding anything to the storyline?

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    • Trivia
      A picture of Mohamed Atta, the man who is suspected of leading the 9/11 attacks, is used as one of the international gang of thieves.
    • Goofs
      The security device claimed to be a fingerprint reading is actually a bio-metric time clock for employees, which measures the size and shape of the right hand, used to clock in & out employees.
    • Quotes

      Lionel Fusco: All I'm saying is, we all make a pretty good team.

      John Reese: [Pours a glass of whisky for Carter] There's one teammate missing.

    • Connections
      References Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Take California
      by Propellerheads

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    • Release date
      • February 4, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Mandarin
    • Filming locations
      • Silvercup Studios - 4222 22nd Street, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Kilter Films
      • Bad Robot
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      • 42m
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      • Stereo
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      • 16:9 HD

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