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The opening sequence contains one or two scenes from the current episode, always at the point Finch says, "...victim or perpetrator, if your number's up, we'll find you."
Finch generally uses bird-based aliases with the first name Harold (Harold Wren, Crane, Crow, Quail, Gull, Swift and Mr. Partridge) but has used non-bird names including Arthur Bellenger, Thomas Paine, Dr. Tillman, Lucas Bennett, and Walt Trowbridge. The alias Norman Burdett could be considered bird-based (bird-ett).
In "Person of Interest" (2011) {Blue Code (#1.15)} it is established that John Reese is originally from Puyallup, Washington, which is 95 miles away from Mount Vernon, Washington, the real life birthplace of Jim Caviezel, who portrays Reese.
Throughout the first season, John Reese can be seen using a Nikon D3100 camera.
It is mentioned throughout the series that Mr. Reese was a former military Special Forces operative (Army Special Forces and Army Ranger) who then became a CIA Operative before coming to work with Mr. Finch.
All of Reese's aliases have the first name John (John Reese, John Warren, John Anderson, John Wiley, John Campbell, John Randall, and John Hayes) except for his first alias in the pilot (James J Manzione) and Mission Creep (Tony Miller).
Mr. Finch's first name is Herold. Horst Herold was the president of German federal law enforcement in the '70s where he invented the dragnet - the first system that used a database full of personal information to identify criminals or suspects from the masses.
The phrase "Curs Te Ipsum" is Latin for "Heal thyself".
When we see a close up of Koska's phone at the end of the episode, one of the company names is "Plohoi robot ZAO" or "Bad Robot Company" in Russian.
When hiding inside of the apartment, Burton asks Will what he thought of the The Count of Monte Cristo. Will mentions how he admires Edmond Dantes while Reese looks on. Jim Caviezel, who plays Reese, also played Edmond in the movie adaptation of the book.
The episode starts with a mob killing in a neighborhood bodega (or grocery). The name of the victim? Benny D'Agostino. D'Agostino is the name of a famous local chain of neighborhood grocery stores located almost exclusively in Manhattan (13 stores) with only one store outside of NYC.
When Charlie and Reese flee into the BB buildings, they find shelter in one of Charlie's student homes. As they walk in, Charlie notices the student was doing homework, specifically on the book "The Count Of Monte Cristo." Jim Caviezel starred as Edmond Dantes in the 2002 adaptation of the book.
When Charlie and Reese take cover in the BB building owned by Bulgarian Gangsters, they come across a student who provides them with shelter. On the TV a video game is paused, and later the student comments that the zombies are taking over the world. The game is Dead Rising.
During this episode the teacher meets a student and asks how he got on with reading The Count of Monte Cristo. Jim Caviezel played Edmond Dantes in the The Count of Monte Cristo.
Michael Emerson and Alan Dale played mortal enemies on Lost. In that series, Dale's character was responsible for the shooting death of Emerson's character's daughter. In this episode of Person of Interest, Emerson's character saves Dale's character's daughter and wife.
The book Reese leafs through at Finch's place is 'The Ghost in the Machine' by Arthur Koestler. 'Ghost in the Machine' is a phrase coined by the Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle to describe René Descartes' mind-body dualism relationship. In the case of Person of Interest's arc plot, Koestler's book subtly hints that The Machine may be developing a soul, or already has. The soul is famously called 'Ghost in the Shell' in the Japanese manga and anime classic by Shirow Masamune.
Along with several visual elements that make an homage to Rear Window (such as Reese being confined to a wheelchair, the suspected villain digging in a rose garden, the use of a camera to observe neighbors), the character of John Reese leases the apartment using the name "Mr. Hayes". John Michael Hayes wrote the screenplay for "Rear Window".
Chris Scollard is the character name of the Department of Family Services clerk. In reality, Christopher Scollard is one of the visual effects supervisors for the show.
The entire episode is an homage to "Lone Wolf and Cub", a Japanese Manga about a disgraced Shogun who becomes a wandering Assassin who travels with his infant son as they seek revenge on their betrayers.
Matsya Nyaya is Sanskrit meaning "the process of the big fish eating the small fish", i.e., the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest.
In the TV series The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan, there is also an episode called "Many Happy Returns" (Season 1 Episode 6). In it, Number 6 is allowed to believe that he has escaped and returned to London. After being returned, he discovers that he was allowed to leave because it was his birthday. In Person of Interest, Jim Caviezel's character is also granted a reprieve on his birthday. Before POI, Caviezel also played the character "Number 6" in the remake of "The Prisoner" as well.
The 'ex-fiancé' of Mr. Finch in this episode is the real wife of 'Micheal Emerson (I)'.
Caroline Turing shares her last name with Alan Turing; a mathematician, cryptanalyst, and the man considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. He created the Turing Machine, the model for modern computers.
One of the accounts that root have been created for herself was in the name of Von Neuman. John Von Neuman is one of the founding figures in computer science.
At the beginning of the episode, Finch is briefing Reese by pulling out information from Brazilian news sources. All the text in the news screens are very detailed accounts of the Brazilian characters background history. There is a very detailed account of Sofia's mother - Maria Campos - including a brief biography and even personal beliefs. The following pages show the political history of Hector, all referring Brazilian Political Parties that actually exist. In reading carefully, the screens even refer to the mayoral elections that actually took place in all Brazilian cities in 2012.
After escaping the attackers at the nightclub, Reese takes Sofia back to the consulate and prepares a "Moqueca de Ovos" for her. This is basically an Egg Stew in which one of the main ingredients is an oil extracted from a coconut tree native to Brazil and Africa. The "azeite de dendê" is very difficult to source outside Brazil, and although it is very likely to be found in a Brazilian consulate pantry - it is very unlikely that Reese would had had access to it before that moment for practicing. Therefore, that could have been his very first attempt to prepare the dish.
All the news shown in a foreign language on Finch's screen are written in almost flawless Brazilian Portuguese.
At one point Sofia nicknames Det Fusco as "Garanhão" - which literally translates as "Stallion". The meaning that Sofia offers - "Stud" - actually refers to the use of the word as a slang.
In several moments Sofia calls her father Hector "pai". This is short for "papai", and is a very common way in which Brazilians refer to their fathers. Strictly speaking, it could be translated as "dad".
At the beginning, Finch points out that Brazilians are no strange to politically motivated kidnappings - which is not strictly true. Although some level of criminal intimidation may occur in smaller more isolated cities in the countryside, this does not apply to the larger cities - or even a presidential election which the story seems to indicate. Basically, "politically motivated kidnappings" in such high spheres of the government would be impossible to happen.