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BEST EPISODE

Shaw escapes from her captors in “6,741” (5.04). “It’s going to blow everyone away,” said showrunner Jonathan Nolan. He’s right.

BEST MOMENT

In “The Day The World Went Away” (5.10) Finch’s number finally comes up. The title comes from a Nine Inch Nails song that plays over the gut-wrenching final seconds...

TRIVIA

The opening credits, which have changed over the years according to what’s going on with the Machine, are now an even split between it and Samaritan. Both Finch and bad guy Greer narrate.

BEST DIALOGUE

Root, to Shaw: “Listen, all I’m saying is that if we’re just information, just noise in the system... We might as well be a symphony.”

DID YOU SPOT?

In 5.12, “.exe”, Reese and Shaw rifle through an NSA evidence locker and we see they find Edward Snowden’s wireless router.