Persons of Interest
Newman is the only person who knows the identity of one of the suspects. The NYPD are eager to find out what he knows and whether he can help them catch the other three. They need his help because they think he may have information about their whereabouts. Newman is nervous about what will happen next. He doesn’t know if he can trust these thugs, but he also doesn’t want to get in trouble with them. He’s also worried that they might hurt or kill him if they find out he knows their identities.
We follow several people as they start their day in England, unaware of the storm that is about to hit. The video quickly goes viral.
Natalie Thompson is getting married in a few days, and her family and friends are coming over to watch. Several different characters end up watching the video, which makes up the bulk of our ensemble. ..
Aadesh is a van driver who is in New York for a meeting with new clients. He is especially awkward because he doesn’t have any money.
The professor, Tara, is put on the spot by a university student after she laughed at a video of a suitcase. The student, Heather, is soon arrested when police show up.
Scott Anderson quickly finds himself on the case of a missing British student, Leo Newman. All he has to go on is that he studied at Oxford, which obviously brings him across to London. And quickly, he scoops up all the suspects from their current settings.
Natalie’s mother is receiving messages from a loan shark. Natalie is using the phone to communicate with someone unknown, and the messages are coming from a number that she doesn’t know.
Natalie meets the man she owes money to on the eve of her wedding. She needs to pay the full amount plus interest and to “text when good.” Eventually, she agrees to meet at Selby Road, where she catches up with her mum’s contact and agrees to pay up. However, they’re being followed.
Natalie returns home after losing her tail and is preparing for her wedding. Unfortunately, she’s arrested just as she’s about to walk down the aisle. As she’s bundled into the back of her car and taken to Bishop’s Gate Police Station, Natalie is complicit with what’s happening.
As the plane approaches Berlin, Sean begins to feel anxious. The attendant tells him that she will let him use the bathroom, butSean insists she let him use the lavatories first. Eventually she agrees and Sean is able to go about his business.
As he heads inside, Sean grabs a different passport, changes his appearance and manages to slip off the flight completely undetected. The door to the lavatory is kept locked and police soon bust in… only to find it empty. ..
Vanessa Okoye is a senior investigating officer from the Anti Kidnap and Extortion Unit. She’s been working on this case for a while and she’s got a lot of experience with the suspects.
As the rights-readers sit in their cells, we see a rotating shot of four main characters: Scott in the US, who contemplates whether he has the right guys; the rights-readers themselves; and a lawyer present if they so wish. None of them want to have a lawyer present, but as they sit in their cells, they can see how Scott is thinking.
The Episode Review
The editing is all over the shop and while I appreciate the intention here is to intentionally distort the story and make this confusing, it actually takes a long time to get a feel for what’s happening and that detracts from the enjoyment.
The suspects in the masks were deduced by the police from the clues they found. There are billions of people on Earth, but it’s likely that we’ll find out soon.
The cinematography is good, although the dialogue at times borders on preachy and at worse, feels completely unnatural. The editing, as mentioned earlier, is the biggest culprit here and the unnatural reactions from all of those arrested is either a sign that they’re hiding something or, again, playing into the unnatural characters at the helm of this one. I’ll let you be the judge of that! ..
Suspicion is set to rely on its next few episodes to make its case as a competent and enthralling thriller. We’ll see what happens.
