In a word, Beta is EPIC! With Samaritan up and running, it literally puts Reese, Shaw and Root and everyone else on the planet for that matter behind the 8 ball. It's no longer a cake walk when you have the 2nd machine literally following them at every turn. Up till now, there hasn't really been anywhere to hide. But we learn that there are 'Dead Zones' where there aren't cameras, which of course makes it the ideal place to hide ones whereabouts. With Finch basically AWOL from the end of the last episode, the next best thing for Decima to ferret him out is to of course kidnap is one time fiance (who by the way still believes Finch to be dead from a terrorist attack). Naturally Finch was and does eventually give himself up on the condition they release her. Probably the most poignant and definitely heartbreaking scene comes when they release her (blindfolded) and they cross the bridge from opposite ends. When she trips and he catches her, that cuts to the bone because he still in love with her and can't say a damn word to her (she still blindfolded) to that hs can maintain his secret that he is still alive. Brutal. I can't wait to see how this all plays out. I actually thought that this was the Season Finale because it played like one. Nope, one more to go. It's gonna be tough to top this one. But then again, this series always delivers....every....damn...time!

I was hoping that we would get an 'origin' story for Peter Collier, the leader of Vigilance, the thorn in the side of everyone. Their motives are legit and commendable. But the way they upload the "law" is questionable as they have no issues with starting a firefight to achieve their goals, public be damned. I have been fascinated with the leader and wanted to know exactly what pushed him into his cause. Well, we finally get our answer. In a nutshell, the Government detained his brother on charges of ties to terrorist. Naturally he was innocent, but the damage had already been done and it was enough to drive him to suicide, which ends up sending Collier on his own crusade. The smug look on the Government pencil pusher would have driven me to the same outcome.

I love how the episode ends because I didn't even see it coming. Collier has kidnapped all the BIG PLAYERS that make up the world of POI and they are now on Trial that he is holding. Finch, Control, Senator Ross Garrison, John Greer and Manuel Rivera are up sh*t creek. Can't wait to see the Season Finale play out. Bonus points for making it so that Reese and Shaw have to team up with their arch enemy Hersh. Awesome!!

That's how you do a Season Finale! Everything that has come before and including the kangaroo court has been nothing but theater as we just how far reaching and powerful Decima really is. Turns out that Vigilance was nothing more than a pawen constructed by John Greer to further his agenda of not only getting military backing for Samaritan, but getting the public to think that they need this new machine after orchestrating a "terrorist" attack and making Peter Collier the patsy, who unbeknownst to him was groomed to take the fall from day 1. NEVER saw this or anything like this coming at all.

At the end of the day, Greer wins by activating Samaritan as it goes live online. Immediately we see just what this new machine will be used for as Greer sets about eliminating all the remaining members of Vigilance systematically. But thanks to Root, the gang of Reese, Finch, Shaw and herself, they were able to escape Samaritan due to alteration she did with Samaritan's Servers. But the ending is what's intriguing as each goes their seperate way from each other and they go into hiding....wherever that may be. Loved the song they used to close out the episode (Radiohead's "Exit Music (For A Film)" and I love that there was a picture of Carter (who I still miss on the show). But just seeing her picture was.....a perfect reminder of who was lost during this season. The final scene was very eery. It reminded me of War Games. When Greer asked Samaritan for its commands, I was half expecting to hear Samaritan say "Shall we play a game?". 

This is easily the best episode for the entire season. It's a game-changer and things will never be the same from here on out. Can't wait for Season 4 to start. This is going to be a long Summer. Ack!  I easily rate this one a whopping 10 Stars out of 10. It's THAT damn good!