I have always liked this show, from its inception. What drew me to it were the characters of Finch and Reese. For, I guess, ratings, over the past two years they have introduced two female characters, Root and Shaw. Fine. I could live with that. But now they completely dominate the show! And never more than the season finale. Finch is a lost little boy now, his machine gone into the ether and no longer speaking to him. But it DOES speak to Root! What???? Reese is only brought in when they need someone shot. Root seems to be the star of the show. She is the only one the machine speaks to, and she, alone, orchestrates the actions and fates of the other characters. Finch and Reese are minor characters, depending on the "strong" women, Root and Shaw. Ugh! Poor Fusco is a tiny sideshow now. They ran him into the show for a cameo a couple of times in the finale, but that's it. He has no role anymore. Just terrible writing in my view. And then, to top it off, Evil Triumphs in the finale. Not the way it should be. We were led down a garden path with Root - and Shaw - doing some elaborate work seemingly to destroy Samaritan. Nope! Turns out all of the elaborate work will not put a virus in Samaritan that will end it. It will only do the tiny job of making the fugitives (Finch, Reese, et. al. with new names and identities)safe from the prying eyes of Samaritan. And then we end the season with the preposterous Big Brother-like scenes of the now-totalitarian police, empowered by some dense but all-powerful Senator and a throughly corrupt Washington, running around shooting people who Samaritan tells then should/must be shot. Pleeeeezzze!!!!!!! Completely unbelievable. I enjoyed the first two-and-a-half seasons of POI immensely. But about half way through this last season, the train began to wobble on the tracks. I was assured, here and elsewhere, "give it a chance." I did. And now, with this awful finale, it has completely jumped the tracks. It will be back in the Fall. I don't think I will.
Review of Deus Ex Machina
