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Return 0
"return 0" is the series finale of the American television drama series Person of Interest. It is the 13th episode of the fifth season and is the 103rd overall episode of the series. The episode was written by series creator Jonathan Nolan and executive producer Denise Thé, and directed by executive producer Chris Fisher. It aired on CBS in the United States and on CTV in Canada on June 21, 2016. The series centers on a mysterious reclusive billionaire computer programmer, Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), who has developed a computer program for the federal government known as "the Machine" that is capable of collating all sources of information to predict terrorist acts and to identify people planning them. The Machine also identifies perpetrators and victims of other premeditated deadly crimes; however, because the government considers these "irrelevant", Finch programs the Machine to delete this information each night. To help him with his missions in saving lives, Finch recruited John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former CIA agent who is presumed dead; NYPD Detectives Joss Carter (Taraji P. Henson) and Lionel Fusco (Kevin Chapman); Samantha "Root" Groves (Amy Acker), a highly intelligent computer hacker and contract killer, and Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi), a former ISA assassin.…
Article summary
"return 0" is the series finale of the American television drama series Person of Interest. It is the 13th episode of the fifth season and is the 103rd overall episode of the series. The episode was written by series creator Jonathan Nolan and executive producer Denise Thé, and directed by executive producer Chris Fisher. It aired on CBS in the United States and on CTV in Canada on June 21, 2016. The series centers on a mysterious reclusive billionaire computer programmer, Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), who has developed a computer program for the federal government known as "the Machine" that is capable of collating all sources of information to predict terrorist acts and to identify people planning them. The Machine also identifies perpetrators and victims of other premeditated deadly crimes; however, because the government considers these "irrelevant", Finch programs the Machine to delete this information each night. To help him with his missions in saving lives, Finch recruited John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former CIA agent who is presumed dead; NYPD Detectives Joss Carter (Taraji P. Henson) and Lionel Fusco (Kevin Chapman); Samantha "Root" Groves (Amy Acker), a highly intelligent computer hacker and contract killer, and Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi), a former ISA assassin.…
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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