Person of Interest

I will admit I was unenthusiastic about the latest season opener for "Person of Interest". It did nothing for me.

Then the show started to get its feet under it.

This season has mainly been focusing on exploring the addition of Samantha Shaw to the merry little band. With Shaw on board, the ladies up their badassery. Carter is doing more solo stuff in her crusade against the corrupt organization known as HR and Shaw is stone-cold death with a solemn face. And Root is now a regular with her ambiguous morality and endgame.

All of this hasn't given Finch much to do other than be Finch. Fusco has barely been present and Reese is pretty much in the background now. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I can handle the ride.

Reese and Finch got some good time in "Nothing to Hide", which exposed the new threat the Machine Team faces. "Reasonable Doubt" had some solid twists and turns. "Lady Killer" focused on the ladies: Shaw, Carter, and the semi-regular Zoe Morgan. It lacked a good story (the moral seemed to be that stalking can be okay at times... which is - at best - dubious) but it was nice to see the ladies take charge and kick ass.

The latest was "Razgover" and it really hits it out of the park. With a focus on Shaw and her interpersonal skills, the new Person of Interest is a young girl with odd hobbies. The story proceeds pretty normally then suddenly goes into awesome territory when the goal of protecting the girl goes sideways. The girl is spunky without being excessively annoying and her chemistry with Shaw is rock-solid. Bonus points for tying in Carter's side-crusade. The last ten minutes were just magnificent.

Best show I'm watching. Hands down.