Old Saying the Devil You Know
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| ← Season 3 Person of Interest — Flavor iv (Flashbacks in parentheses) Season 5 → | ||
| 401 "Panopticon" | 409 " The Devil You Know " | 417 "Karma"(Finch) |
| 402 "Nautilus" | 410 "The Common cold State of war"(Greer) | 418 "Skip" |
| 403 "Wingman" | 411 "If-Then-Else"(The Machine) | 419 "Search and Destroy" |
| 404 "Brotherhood" | 412 "Control-Alt-Delete" | 420 "Terra Incognita"(Reese) |
| 405 "Prophets"(Finch) | 413 "Chiliad.I.A." | 421 "Asylum" |
| 406 "Pretenders" | 414 "Guilty" | 422 "YHWH" |
| 407 "Honor Among Thieves" | 415 "Q&A" | |
| 408 "Point of Origin" | 416 "Blunt" | |
The Devil Y'all Know
| Air appointment | November 25, 2014 |
| ID(s) from Intro | Nonstandard Intro |
Images (22)
| " | Whose guardian angel are you this time? | " |
| — Elias | ||
"The Devil You Know" is the ninth episode of season four and the 77th produced 60 minutes of Person of Involvement. It originally aired on November 25, 2014.
Contents
- 1 Synopsis
- one.1 Origin of the Title
- 1.2 Main Plot Points
- 2 Episode Notes
- 2.i Vocabulary and Acronyms
- 3 Production Notes
- three.1 Bloopers and Continuity Errors
- iii.2 Music
- 4 Trivia
- v Quotes
- 6 Media
- vii References
Synopsis
Reese and Finch are caught in a power struggle for control of the city's gangs when Elias is targeted past Dominic, the aggressive leader of The Brotherhood. Meanwhile, Root and Shaw disagree over how to handle a new threat from Samaritan.
Origin of the Title
The title is drawn from the erstwhile axiom "better the devil you know than the devil you don't": when in a bad situation with no good options, get with the bad pick yous know almost rather than the bad option you don't. This would appear to apply to Reese and Finch, who must choose between allying themselves with Elias and helping him maintain his role an organized criminal, or staying out of the situation and letting events transpire as they may, regardless of the consequences.
Main Plot Points
The events in this episode are in Samaritan indicate of view.
- Root helps Shaw escape from a Samaritan operative, but Shaw's cover is blown.
- Reese warns Elias that his life is in danger and protects Elias from being shot past one of his ain men.
- Elias takes Reese and his 2d-in-command Anthony to his old orphan asylum transformed into an office for Elias' accountant Bruce.
- Dominic and Link assault there.
- Dominic shows his knowledge of Roman history to Anthony.
- Person of Interest: Carl Elias. Previously a target of the Russian mafia, the old-school mobster now finds himself in the sites of new-world drug lord Dominic and The Brotherhood.
- Elias'south boyhood human relationship with Scarface, Anthony is explored.
- Elias tries to save John past giving himself upwardly.
- Dominic presses Elias for the combination of the safe.
- When Elias accuses Dominic of hubris, Dominic is clever plenty to realize information technology is a trap.
- The safe explodes Killing Anthony and Dominic's men.
- Elias starts a state of war to revenge his friend'due south death and those who turned on him.
- Elias ends by maxim Invictus Maneo, I remain unconquered.
Episode Notes
- Elias' safe combination, 10 30 74 alludes to October thirty, 1974, the mean solar day of the boxing lucifer between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. Foreman, at that time undefeated world heavyweight champion was defeated by Ali but earlier the terminate of the 8th round, with Ali employing his "rope-a-dope" strategy (which Reese references) . The effect became known as The Rumble in the Jungle. Before in the episode, a photograph of the fight between George Foreman and Michael Moorer is shown hanging on the wall at the restaurant where Elias meets Gino.
- Well-nigh the finish of the episode, Dominic reminds Link that "the game inside the game" is important, a reference to the philosophy of New York Knicks star Walt Frazier. Frazier wrote that the key to the success of a championship basketball team was non simply how they play the game on the court, but how the squad worked together that lead to success. Frazier emphasized the importance of old-school skill, coordination and timing over the flashier moves and showmanship of modern players as the key to winning. To Frazier, a successful team respects itself, its leadership and its opponent, a belief that Dominic embraces merely Link has nonetheless to acquire.
- Fusco refers to Root and Shaw equally "Lucy and Ethel". Lucille Ricardo and Ethel Mertz, a pair of housewives inclined to find themselves in the middle of comic adventures, are the two main female characters in the 1950s CBS sitcom "I Love Lucy".
- Elias's quote, "Sun Tzu would exist impressed." acknowledging Dominic'due south strategy of studying his enemy and finding out their greatest weakness refers to Sun Tzu, a 5th-century BC Chinese general and strategist, and author of "The Art of War". Considered one of the seminal studies of military machine tactics and strategy, it has influenced western military procedures into contemporary times. Kickoff translated into English in 1905, it has been translated multiple times and studied widely by both armed services and non-military strategists. Both Lord's day Tzu and "The Art of War" were heavily referenced in "Wolf and Cub".
- The catastrophe shot of Elias walking down Brighton Beach is a throwback to the ending scene of "Witness", except this time, Elias walks alone and in the sunset, to symbolize a lone male monarch fighting for his dying empire.
- Elias and Anthony demonstrate a knowledge of some Latin. They are both Italian and Latin is very similar to Italian and derived from it.
Vocabulary and Acronyms
- Morior invictus (Latin): Death before defeat (lit. I dice undefeated). Scarface'due south concluding words.
- Invictus maneo (Latin): I remain undefeated. Elias'southward concluding line, nearly the future.
Production Notes
- Other than in "Panopticon", Bloomingdales did not give permission to flick on location. Instead, the shootout betwixt Shaw and Martine was filmed at Bergdorf Goodman. [1]
Bloopers and Continuity Errors
- After the edifice explosion, during the SPOV images, the time of the next image (fourteen FL BALC) is "-1:-i:-one", then 00:00:00 to 00:00:02 while the bodily image is like a (fast-foward) morning to afternoon.
Music
Trivia
- In Finch's telephone, at that place are v numbers nowadays:
- (347)-555-0167 -(Dominic)
- (917)-555-0164
- (347)-555-0172 - (Elias)
- (347)-555-0193
- (718)-555-0122
Quotes
- "I'm guessing the psycho blonde wasn't there for our gratis tote bag promotion." (Shaw)
- "Guess the young lion is looking to be rex." (Reese)
- "If you don't tell me where John is correct at present, I'g non going further. Samaritan's goons can merely come up and blast us to the adjacent dimension." (Shaw, to Root)
- "Y'all've still got some ability, Elias. Question is, what are you gonna exercise with it?" (Dominic, to Elias)
- "Guy similar Elias knows at that place'south more to playing the game than just money. At that place's the game within the game." (Dominic)
- "And Anthony, Anthony saved my life more a few times over the years. What kind of man would I be if I didn't tried to render the favor." (Elias)
- "I already got a crew. And a boss I'd lay down my life for." (Scarface)
- "A question you ameliorate ask yourself. 'Cause someday, you might find yourself sitting in a chair looks a hell of a lot like this 1." (Scarface, to Link)
- "You can end me all y'all want. Correct after your nap." (Root, to Shaw)
- "The world is a violent identify, Harold. It always volition be. All-time we can promise to exercise while we're here is protect those closest to us." (Elias, to Finch)
- "I gotta requite yous credit. You studied your enemy, you infiltrated my organization, you identified my weakness and you exploited it. Dominicus Tzu would be impressed. Merely I've learned something over the years. While it'southward important to know your enemy'due south weakness it'due south only as important to know your ain. Do you know yours, Dominic? Hubris." (Elias, to Dominic)
- "Equally the Romans said, 'Morior Invictus.'" (Scarface)
- "You, Martine, must at present be Samaritan'south eyes. And then I'm expanding your capabilities. Happy hunting." (Greer, to Martine)
- "It's like I told y'all. There's always a game within the game." (Dominic & Link conversing)
- "Anthony died protecting me. It'southward up to me at present to make sure that his sacrifice wasn't in vain. Y'all told me you wouldn't help me fight a war, John. Well, sometimes a war comes to y'all. When information technology does, you tin can either fight or exist vanquished. I'k gonna see that Dominic answers for Anthony. When that day comes, you and Harold would exist wise to stay out of my way." (Elias, to Finch & Reese)
- "Invictus Maneo." (Elias)
Media
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/POIDirectors/status/537440955717402624
Source: https://personofinterest.fandom.com/wiki/The_Devil_You_Know
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