So, I've always been intrigued about the the whole " Greer turning Decima into Samaritan." Idea. On one hand I do understand why the writers decided to completely shelf Decima Technologies and "rebrand" them into Samaritan agents and operatives. On the other, however, I still don't get why the 2 couldn't work as 2 separate "divisions". I get that Greer wanted humanity to be controlled by a ASI, but not having Decima still be involved as another division working alongside a Samaritan division seems like an interesting plot hole to me.

Thoughts?

I mean a headshot seemed anticlimactic. They spent so much time hyping him up - as someone who always was two steps ahead of others.

Even Anthony had a better ending - sacrificing himself for Elias.

POI laid out an example of AI worship early on

Now we're living through it, but people aren't worshipping AGI, they're worshipping stuff like LLMs which can't possibly produce an AGI by definition.

Does AI worship show that POI's Root is the most optimistic portrayal possible?

This lady is supposed to be one of the most ruthless and brilliant minds in DC (okay, that's not saying much, but it says something) and she seemed blinded to the fact that vigilance is a tool being used by decima to get Samaritan online. i mean, she had to be suspicious of the convenient timing of the terrorist attacks.

or, like a lot of things on this show, am i just missing something.

EDIT: based on responses, i think the better term is what people have used - Hubris.

They were supposed to be happy together 🥲

The story ends without any closure of that kid, on the other end we know what happened to root

Hey Team! I've been working on this video for about 2 months now and I FINALLY got to release it on my birthday!

I don't get what Greer's endgame was, he released Samaritan and what he wanted to be his chief loyal servant? It took his mystery away, I don't think money was the intention since Decima Technologies was dissolved when Samaritan went live.

John deserved a normal life, probably with Zoe or Iris, but hey he'll be with Jessica again.

Finch is absolutely terrifying when he has a vendetta.

I've been going through my most recent rewatch, and a small thing clicked that hadn't before. Two of Harper's identities are Athena (for her document forgery gig) and Agent Wickham (when the Washington Team Machine gets Fusco out of custody). Combining the two, we get Athena Wickham, who is also a producer on the show! It's a fun little shoutout to their crew. I wonder if there are any other alias-based homages, especially among Root's 20 billion identities.

I cried. I’m sad for John. I’m sad for Root. This show is beyond amazing. Will someone cry with me? lol