- The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing concerned that the son of his former business partner is dangerously close to finding out about The Machine.
- The latest case that Reese and Finch work on will be without Finch for much as he rebuilds his computer and library from the recent threat. The next number the machine dispenses belongs to fourteen year old Darren McGrady. When Reese first investigates, he finds that Darren's older brother and legal guardian, Travis McGrady, was just murdered - shot point blank - and Darren has since escaped from the authorities as they were in the process of transferring him to Child Services. Reese quickly finds Darren, who seems to want to avenge his brother's murder on his own. Three young men are known to have killed Travis. Darren is about to shoot one of the three, Brick, when Reese and Carter apprehend Darren and Brick. While Carter deals with Brick in custody, Reese, with Darren at his side, tracks the other two, Curtis and Trim. While Darren wants Reese to take the direct approach by shooting Curtis and Trim directly, Reese believes a better solution is to look at the bigger picture of who they are. Reese soon learns that Brick, Curtis and Trim aren't just low level thugs, but are highly paid criminals, who have more than their fair share of muscle behind them. A problem may continue to be Darren, who has a mind of his own and has a penchant for running away when things aren't going the way he wants. Meanwhile Finch is concerned that Will is getting close to discovering the fact of the machine. And Fusco reports back to Reese about one of Finch's many aliases.—Huggo
- Finch is paranoid rebuilding his system after the hacker invasion, but he delivers the name of the fourteen-year-old black teenager Darren to Reese. He goes to his building posing as a cop and learns from the landlord that Darren's brother Travis was recently shot killed in his apartment. Darren was taken in custody by the police, but Carter informs that he is missing. Travis died because he protected his co-worker Lisa from the harassment of three punks that followed him to kill. Reese meets Lisa, who is afraid but gives a tip of a comic bookstore where the criminals are. Reese sees a man wearing Travis' hat and follows him. He surprises Darren trying to kill the man named Brick, but he takes his gun and Carter arrests Brick. Darren is delivered to Fusco later, but the teenager flees again. However, Reese finds him again and Darren believes he is a Ronin and hires Reese per one dollar to chase the men who killed his brother. Now Reese teams-up with Darren and discovers a gang of dangerous bandits that are protected by corrupted police ring. Meanwhile, Finch is worried with his former partner's son Will, who is investigating old files that belonged to his father and is curious, asking questions about The Machine.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Finch, rebuilding his compromised compound, gives Reese the next number, a 14-year old named Darren.
Reese finds a home invasion-looking situation at Darren's place. The Super tells Reese, posing as a cop, that Darren's older brother Travis was recently shot and killed, and that Darren was taken by the police.
Carter gives Reese the particulars of the case: Darren watches his brother/legal guardian die of two point-blank gunshot wounds while waiting for the police. And Darren is missing.
The officer who has the case tells Carter Travis got into an altercation at the fried chicken restaurant where he works just before he was killed. Three males were hassling a girl and Travis threw them out after getting into it with one of them. The feeling is that they followed Travis home and killed him.
Reese tells Finch he thinks Darren could be in danger if he's a potential witness.
Reese finds the girl, Lisa (Aja Naomi King), Travis was helping that night, and she reluctantly points him to a comic store.
Reese spots a kid (Brick) leaving the comic store with what looks like Travis' work hat. Reese calls Carter and follows him. He sees Darren approach and pull out a gun. Reese steps in just before he can pull the trigger. Reese takes Darren and suspect Brick's phone.
Darren tells Reese his brother tried to keep him away from crime. Reese leaves him with Fusco and looks through some sketches in his notebook.
Brick tells Carter he found the hat "on the street." He seems pretty knowledgeable about the legal process.
After looking through Darren's pictures Reese watches some kids playing basketball. Friends are texting Brick. He writes back as Brick and figures out which kid is Curtis. Curtis is driving a Cadillac and making some transaction. Reese tells Finch there is some kind of sophisticated operation taking place.
We see Finch meet with Will, his former partner's son. Will shows him a napkin of his father's he has found. It contained a champagne cork and had "Day 1: The Machine" written on it along with a date. The date corresponds with the time his father left his business and signed the $1 contract with the government. He also found the name Alicia Corwin in the files. She worked at the White House and was in touch with his father. He tracked down Alicia, who is living in a remote West Virginia town that blocks cellular and wireless signals.
Fusco calls Reese with word that Darren has disappeared. Based on a drawing in his notebook Reese suspects he's going to be a bar called "Ferdy's."
Darren walks into Ferdy's and "calls out" Curtis and Trim. Some other guys don't take kindly to Darren and Reese is forced to come to the rescue.
Darren thinks Reese is a Ronin, a masterless samurai who helps people. He gives Reese his last few bucks, wanting to hire him to "take out" the guys who killed his brother. Reese turns him down, but when Darren says there is no way to stop him from going after the kids. Reese says he'll do it "my way," which means no killing.
Reese observes two of the guys running a kind of protection/numbers game connected with the police. Reese steals their SUV to "shake them up a bit." They then see the guys talking about a higher-up named Andre and a "big money run" taking place that night.
Carter is being pressured by her Captain to let Brick go, since she's still unable to charge him.
Andre happens to be the comic book store owner all the kids love. Andre sends Curtis and Trim to get a half million dollars.
Reese smashes the stolen car into the guys' new one. He puts Curtis in the back of a police car covered in empty beer bottles. Reese hangs on to Trim and begins burning Andre's money to get him to talk. He tells Reese where to find the weapon used to murder Travis.
Will meets with Alicia. Finch listens from afar. She tells him a bogus story about him getting bailed out by the government in exchange for a few of his patents. Alicia tells him to "let it go." When Will makes reference to his dad's best friend she runs off.
Andre meets with a corrupt captain who tells him to "fix it." Andre wants help getting Brick out of custody.
Carter is told to let Brick go.
Reese and Darren find the gun.
Reese calls Carter to tell her about finding the murder weapon. Reese promises to bring Darren in, then turns around to find he's bolted with the gun.
Darren shows up at the comic book store and pulls the gun on Andre and Brick.
Outside Reese prepares to go in with a beanbag shotgun.
Inside Andre tells Darren to shoot Brick, implying that afterwards he could come for him. Darren doesn't shoot.
Reese comes inside and manages to drop Brick. Andre leaves with the gun at Darren's head. Outside Fusco and Carter help take Andre down. In the process Fusco takes a bullet in the butt trying to protect Darren.
Will tells Finch he's leaving again.
It looks as if Darren is headed to foster care. Reese pulled some strings and got Darren into a charter school for the arts.
Fusco did some digging for Reese and found out Finch's real name and that he was an MIT graduate who has been using a fake name for 35 years.
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