peace is but a dreamWhy the bloody hell.
I don't recognize this voice. Meaning that's probably Martine. Because it's not Control, and it's not Shaw, and it's too cold for Claire.
By the way, I hate the fact that we haven't seen Claire. Samaritan's got too many advantages as it is. I wish the Machine had a few secret assets.
I do remember there's some shady code sent into the development of that new neural net baby, courtesy of Harold, but it's strategic means at best, and Team Machine needs something tactical.
There goes my certainty...
Oh. Well, hope the guys succeed.
And here's a kid with a tablet. See, Harold? Nothing much useful out of it.
But funny that I should have remembered Control, because here she goes. Still not certain it was her voice, though.
Surprise surprise. Iron lady has a weakness of her own.
I wonder if there's some sort of reverse Turing test. A puzzle that can only be solved by a human, but not by Samaritan. The Machine could use a couple of those.
Of course, the fact that she was able to create them would mean a contradiction... but there's that difference between them, right?
I wonder where Control stands in choosing between Northern Lights and Samaritan...
Oh right. She probably doesn't. Besides, the disappearing act that the Machine pulled didn't put her in favour of the relevant side. (We know she had her reasons, but try and tell them that.)
Yeah, "Research would have picked it up". As if. Your precious Research 2.0 caused the entire thing.
Damn that kid. Samaritan aside, I hate the kid personally, because if he's smart enough to be picked by Samaritan, he also must realize what the hell he's doing. It's okay for Samaritan to be inhuman, cause he's programmed that way. But a human kid? No excuse.
Do all those terrorist guys have liver problems, or what? Two look like having double black eye...
I wonder... there's something about that planned terrorist act, or we wouldn't be watching it. Could Samaritan tip the scale in bad guys favour?
So she feels something's off, too. Well, she must have a good intuition, in her line of work...
That courier girl they employed, she looks quite similar to Shaw... Hair's longer, though.
And guys are just doing homework. Samaritan, why? Could have staged it better, even if you decided to frame those guys. Why so obviously fake?
They wanted an uprising from former operatives of the project. They wanted to dispose of them and replace with their people, or something. Will they try to kill them, too?
I have a feeling Control is going to go underground and join Team Machine side, if not the actual team. By the way, she knows Harold personally, from that Vigilance "court hearing".
That's funking blackmail.
So, now you like Northern Lights, huh?
I've got to give it to her, she can go camera-invisible... and that satellite phone. I'm afraid Samaritan's controlling those... but Harold had said, it's okay as long as certain keywords are avoided. I wonder who she's calling...
Oh, crimson six. The doubter. That's gonna be interesting...
YES it is.
I wonder. What's so special on that young man's laptop? At first I thought it's just the absence of anything special, but...
Although, it still could be. Samaritan might be hiding it for the simple reason it contains nothing dangerous.
But why not plant evidence? Do they want the acting side to fault, killing four innocent people, so that they can use it as leverage?
I'm guessing The Machine has just generated that fourth guy's number. Question is... who could she send it to? The team is not in the condition at the moment.
I do wonder at how quickly John went into action. I remember him being shot in the back.
Although perhaps it's that kind of would that he and Shaw close with sticky tape and keep going?
Ow. I guess there was something fishy about the fourth guy after all... he wouldn't jump otherwise? Although it seemed a comfy landing...
And the laptop was doing something all that time? The operative opens the lid, and there are already lines running in two consoles? Hmm.
Damn, Samaritan's caught her. Although, maybe not a bad thing. The earlier she's pushed into opposing him, the better.
"Here, on the wall, we're all one House".
Wait! Did you see Control's right ear? All the piercing holes in it? Whoa.
Aaaand that Yasin is a good guy in Machine's eyes!
Oh helllooo, Mr.Reese...
Oh, that's the rocket Finch refused to sell! A special occasion, indeed...
Well, well, well. Payback is a B, ma'am...
I kind of like the reversal of the situation, really.
Huh. So the guys who were car-crashed by John and Root are the same guys that were in the server room, wrecking havoc on Samaritan's orders, and those are the same guys Control considers her personal security detail?
By the way, ma'am, Northern Lights says that guy wasn't a terrorist. Not that she says it, specifically, but... actually, with Samaritan acting like a jackass, the Machine cannot trust him to handle the relevant numbers anymore, but Finch's team wouldn't be able to do it either... what would she do?
I sure hope they tied her well... she's a special force, after all. Even if she cannot boast a hourglass bodyshape.
Oh! Finch. Just in time.
Funken hell, Control. You see Harold and you suddenly trust Samaritan? Is he that high on your wanted list? You didn't press the button for Root and John...
Wow! Harold as a bait? You and your martyr complex, Harold.
Although perhaps it was the Machine's calculation.
Oh, crimson six. Perfect choice.
God, I love John's lines.
So they want one of those phones with underlined words and red triangles?
What's crimson six' name again? I keep failing to hear it properly.
Oh, Yasin is one of nautilus geniuses. Wonder why Samaritan wants him dead then.
Love that closing music. Peace and comfort in Control's world... but there's that nagging piece of doubt... and suddenly it turns true.
Because it's positively inconceivable that Harold will access stock market basement simply to paint the walls newly white. The odds of swaying her opinion wouldn't be worth the risk.
Which means...
Go Team Machine.