B.S.O.D.

After last season I'd almost lost hope that this show would ever regain its footing. From its inception with Reese as a broken man on a subway, facing an adversarial world, on the precipice of finding a new destiny, a reason and purpose to go on through Harold Finch and his machine. Now all has come full circle and the writers have done a marvelous job bringing back everything we loved about Person of Interest when it first aired -- a core group of unique and skilled individuals committed to the battle against darker forces, this time staged in an abandoned subway station filled with computers and wires, and yes,Bear, the devoted and loving Shepherd, and best friend to Harold. The only missing piece is Shaw, who, I assume, will resurface to join forces against Samaritan. I have to say that of all the shows this season, this season opener stands out as an epic success.

In my other reviews of individual episodes of POI (as well as individual sodes of other shows) I have tried to lend historical perspective to what is happening.

Fans who stuck with the show from s01e01 to this season are in for a treat. Abrams and Nolan are arguably the two most in-demand producers in Hollywood. To really appreciate what is happening, you need to know that THEY DON'T NEED A FIFTH SEASON, they must have a dozen new projects already on their desks that they are looking to greenlight.

As he did with Fringe (one of my top-10 series, with many individual episode reviews) they brought this one back for the fans. And for the history books.

The first season of POI was solid TV but was essentially a crossover of Touched by an Angel re-imagined to work with computers and law enforcement. I want to be clear on this -- it was great, but nothing in the first season prepared any of us for what this series has become.

This episode contains elements of Mission Impossible, Terminator, and another half dozen top films rolled into one. No mean feat, that.

The pacing is astounding. it more than meets its twin goals of keeping the viewer gob-smacked while setting up the last season.

For newbies, remember that Abrams is not only the top producer in TV today (often imitated, never duplicated) but is also the guy "they" asked to simultaneously re-launch both Star Wars and Star Trek.

Not many producers or production teams could take a show which is already a solid hit and "re-task" it in this way.

History in the making. Enjoy it. Remember it. Tell your grand-kids.

Lets not play around here, Person Of Interest is the best written Drama CBS has and will ever have from a pure writing standpoint. When Season 4 ended none of us were sure we would ever see it again despite it getting so much critical acclaim for its surreal and 5 star writing in Seasons 3 and 4. Then the show was renewed and we thought it was home free but then we POI fans ( and crew ) were in a TV show purgatory for almost an entire calendar year because of behind the scenes BS politics from CBS ( a bit from WB too ).

Then the miracle happened... The season 5 premiere Date was announced and we all jumped high until it came at the shocking news that Season 5 would be as they dubbed it "The Final Chapter". Its sad but at the same time is great because it means the show can end on its creative high point instead of falling victim to the usual CBS Garbage.

Episode 1 of the final ride is in the Books: B.S.O.D and man what a awesome season Premiere. As 5 star as the series is its premiere episodes get the reputation of never really being a fantastic showcase, that changes here. I won't go into spoilers but its a fantastic showcase of how isolated they truly are and how disturbing Samaritan can truly be in top form.