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Person of Interest (lemmy.world)
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You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people. The government considers these people "irrelevant". We don't. Hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. You'll never find us. But victim or perpetrator, if your number's up... we'll find you.

Who remembers and misses this outstanding show? Will we ever enjoy the like again? It's still so actual in these AI days.

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[-] Void_Reader@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ah this show was wonderful! Ahead of its time with the AI and mass surveillance stuff (IIRC it called it before the Snowden leaks).

[-] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 3 points 1 year ago

It was phenomenally good while the authors avoided succumbing to the unimaginatice "the enemy must be basically us in the mirror". Asymmetric = good.

[-] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Agree. I didn't like the bit where the Machine went

spoiler"Father, I'm so sorry..."
either. I think it was end of 3rd or 4th season.

[-] pglpm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For those who loved Person of Interest: at the moment I'm watching Forever and it's giving me similar feelings as Person of Interest did. It's a bit of a vague statement, I know, but I can't really put my finger on what or why. Just give it a try if you haven't already. The background story is different, but many elements feel very similar.

Curious to know if anyone else see some similarities and can actually flesh them out concretely.

[-] qwerty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Great series, final season was a bit rushed but still good. Premise/ideas were excellent.

[-] pglpm@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Completely agree! The finale left room for a new season or a new related series.

[-] Void_Reader@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Spin-offs in other cities would have been cool

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