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* GoodFeelsGood: Shaw gives this reason as to why she's hesitant to kill McCourt, although she makes it clear she'll do it if it's necessary.

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* GoodFeelsGood: Shaw gives this reason as to why she's hesitant to kill McCourt, [=McCourt=], although she makes it clear she'll do it if it's necessary.
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* GoodFeelsGood: Shaw gives this reason as to why she's hesitant to kill McCourt, although she makes it clear she'll do it if it's necessary.

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* BetterThanSex: [[BigEater Shaw knows a steak joint in St. Louis]] where the filet is...well, this trope. [[LesYay Root says it sounds yummy]].

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* BetterThanSex: [[BigEater Shaw knows a steak joint in St. Louis]] where the filet fillet is...well, this trope. [[LesYay Root says it sounds yummy]].



* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Finch points out that handing surveillance over to Decima will only ensure the information is available to the highest bidder. [=McCourt=] is confident that the US Government will always be the highest bidder. It doesn't occur to him that Decima might have motives other than profit.



* EveryManHasHisPrice: Averted, even with a CorruptPolitician. Finch offers to match Decima's price, but [=McCourt=] isn't interested as he thinks the legislation is the best thing for the country. If he's making money off it too, that's just a fringe benefit.

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* EveryManHasHisPrice: EveryManHasHisPrice:
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Averted, even with a CorruptPolitician. CorruptPolitician. Finch offers to match Decima's price, but [=McCourt=] isn't interested as he thinks the legislation is the best thing for the country. country. If he's making money off it too, that's just a fringe benefit.



* TheHeart: Root of course thinks they should [[MachineWorship do what the Machine wants]]. The coldly pragmatic Shaw thinks it's entirely justified also. Reese doesn't trust the Machine but does trust Finch, so in the end it's his decision. However Finch refuses to countenance murder under any circumstances.

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* TheHeart: Root of course thinks they should [[MachineWorship do what the Machine wants]]. The coldly pragmatic Shaw thinks it's entirely justified also. also. Reese doesn't trust the Machine but does trust Finch, so in the end it's his decision. decision. However Finch refuses to countenance murder under any circumstances.

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** Greer talks of removing obstacles, making it look like he's referring to Congressman [=McCourt=]. Turns out [=McCourt=] is in his pocket the whole time.

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** Greer talks of removing obstacles, making it look like he's referring to Congressman [=McCourt=]. Turns out [=McCourt=] is in his pocket the whole time.time, and the supposed Decima hit team is actually there to guard him from Team Machine.


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* EveryManHasHisPrice: Averted, even with a CorruptPolitician. Finch offers to match Decima's price, but [=McCourt=] isn't interested as he thinks the legislation is the best thing for the country. If he's making money off it too, that's just a fringe benefit.


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* TheHeart: Root of course thinks they should [[MachineWorship do what the Machine wants]]. The coldly pragmatic Shaw thinks it's entirely justified also. Reese doesn't trust the Machine but does trust Finch, so in the end it's his decision. However Finch refuses to countenance murder under any circumstances.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Decima, who had Senator Garrison give them access to New York's feeds for 24 hours to find Finch.



* YouCantThwartStageOne: Or, rather, you can but you're too ethical to.
* [[YouHave48Hours You Have 24 Hours]]: Decima, who had Senator Garrison give them access to New York's feeds for 24 hours to find Finch.

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* YouCantThwartStageOne: Or, rather, you can but you're too ethical to.
* [[YouHave48Hours You Have 24 Hours]]: Decima, who had Senator Garrison give them access to New York's feeds for 24 hours to find Finch.
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* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Even when you ''are'' Big Brother! When Garrison denies playing a major role in Northern Lights, Greer smugly proves otherwise. "Surely you didn't think, in a world where you were surveilling everyone, that no-one was watching ''you?''
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* TheUnfettered: Samaritan has none of the restrictions that Finch built into the Machine.

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