Episode Summary from aceshowbiz.com:
A badly-wounded Reese goes on the hunt for Officer Simmons, seeking vengeance for what he did to Carter, and Finch tries to locate his friend before he succumbs to his injuries. Finch and Fusco trace Reese’s trail of destruction until they find Shaw interrogating a forger that Simmons hired to get him a new identity and passport. Shaw explains that Reese beat her to the forger, beat him badly for information, but still could not get a confirmed location for Simmons. The forger tells them that only Alonzo Quinn would know Simmons’ escape plan, but Quinn is being held in a secret location by a large cadre of armed Federal Agents. Left with no other option, Finch frees Root from her Faraday cage and allows the Machine to contact her, ultimately leading them to Quinn’s location. When they arrive, they discover that Reese has already blasted his way through the guards and is mere seconds away from killing Quinn, but Finch talks him down and Reese passes out from blood loss. Despite Quinn giving up Simmons’ escape plan, Finch opts not to pursue him, but Fusco has another idea. Fusco catches up to Simmons at Teterboro Airport, goes one-on-one with him in a fistfight, and arrests the dirty cop once and for all.
Episode Summary from en.wikipedia.org:
Flashbacks in this episode illuminate Finch’s dealing with survivor’s guilt which likely is the impetus to add the backdoor to the Machine, Reese’s time doing wetwork, Shaw’s former life as a surgeon striving for technical excellence while completely indifferent to the people she helped, and Fusco’s recounting of exacting vigilante-style justice to a crook that slipped through the system (the devil’s share). The race is on to get to Simmons before he can make his escape. Reese starts sliding into his old, dark ways while also sliding towards death from wounds dealt by Simmons in the last episode. Finch, Fusco, and Shaw go to an HR attorney to get information on Quinn’s whereabouts so they can question him for Simmons’ plan, but the Russians have killed him, shortly after Reese was able to get the information. The team turns to Root, who is able to get her knowledge from the all-seeing Machine. She joins them at the FBI safehouse and helps hold off the Russians. Reese gets Simmons’ location and is just about to kill Quinn when Finch reminds him that killing Quinn now would destroy Carter’s legacy of bringing him down legally, and he collapses. The team, minus Fusco who stays with Quinn until FBI backup can arrive, get Reese to medical care. Fusco finds the note that Reese dropped, and goes after Simmons. After a brutal fistfight, Fusco emotionally refuses to kill Simmons as he might have in the past but takes him into custody, citing Carter’s influence for turning his life around. Finch and Shaw return to the library, and Root, despite having opportunity to flee, returns to her cell, and Finch thanks her for helping him in saving his friend Reese. Ultimately, Elias has Simmons murdered in the hospital.
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