Person of Interest S4E14 - Guilty

This week Harold is on jury duty, John is avoiding Fusco, and there are some amazing ladies on this show.
 
After last week's episode I started thinking that Person of Interest is going back to the set up it had when the show first started, and it is nice that the show actually acknowledges that. Shaw is gone and Root is chasing after her, so the team is reduced back to just Harold and John. They are also determined to cut Fusco out of their operations to protect him. "It's just you and me again, Mr. Reese".

Harold gets summons to be on jury duty and John decides to start looking into numbers they missed while Samaritan was turning New York upside down. But none of that actually matters because Nina Sharp is on the show!! I love Blair Brown. And Zoe is back, so it's all good.

Except that I hate courtroom dramas. I have never been able to watch shows about lawyers because of the way they are usually portrayed. The courtroom is a stage and everything is about performance, about manipulation, and not about truth and justice. So on that part this episode is a bust, but it is saved by the actors. Paige Turco is always a delight and it is great to have Zoe back on the show as she brings some much needed sass to the team and Blair Brown is wonderful as Emma. The boys are also bringing their A-game in this episode. 

Harold trying to get out of jury duty by explaining the premise of the show is the best thing ever. Made me laugh so much. But the Machine is having none of it and arranges Harold to be put back on the jury. 

John is interested in Iris?! What? I did not see that coming... Mostly because I thought Zoe was still the number one lady for him and also because romantic relationships are not really something this show does. Yes, there is Harold and Grace, but that is not an active relationship and is not constantly explored. Zoe and John are more flirting and sex, and Root and Shaw hasn't had the chance to really develop yet. And no, I'm not counting Carter and John as romantic or as anything else but a platonic friendship. In my book that kiss was just John thanking her for saving his life, nothing more. All that said, I'm not opposed to exploring John's growing relatioship with Iris, so far it seems very interesting. Especially since she can read him really well.

Fusco, you are so great. I love the way he confronts John about leaving him in the dark about what John and Harold are doing and his declaration that they don't get to decide shit for him. He's already in this and there is no going back.