What I’m Watching: Person of Interest

Person of Interest: Season 1, Episode 16 “Risk” (B+)

This episode was full of familiar TV faces, starting with Matt Lauria, recently seen on “The Chicago Code” and previously on “Friday Night Lights” as big-time money man Adam Saunders, who seemed slimy at first but turned out to be a devoted guy trying to make up everything he got from his uncle to him. That uncle was played by John Scurti, best known as Lou on “Rescue Me,” while Scott Cohen from “Necessary Roughness” appeared as the corrupt Inspector Rasmussen. Reese continues to impress with his ability to detect something awry, noticing the construction but no construction workers and avoiding the trap. Reese’s time spent living among the homeless proved to be quite useful, and it’s interesting to hear him describe how his life has progressed. It’s nice that Adam bought the building so that the homeless encampment can stay there, and it also allows his uncle Bob to run his food truck business in a good space. The cleverest move of the episode was investing heavily so that the plan to tank the stocks wouldn’t succeed, and it would out the culprits to the proper authorities. Since corruption runs rampant on this show, it didn’t take long for Rasmussen to be silenced, and Carter was on the ball to start digging right away when she noticed something was afoot. I realized as soon as she started looking that Elias was the mastermind, and I’m glad he’s back, ready to antagonize Reese and deliver some major excitement for us viewers.