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Greg Plageman. Producer: The Peripheral. Greg Plageman is known for The Peripheral (2022), Person of Interest (2011) and Cold Case (2003).
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- Greg Plageman
- Producer, Additional Crew, Writer
- "Pilot"
- "Witness"
- "No Good Deed"
- "Firewall"
- "Relevance"
- "Zero Day"
- "The Devil's Share"
- "If-Then-Else"
- "6,741"
- "The Day The World Went Away"
When the series begins, the Machine has been operational for many years. Finch locates and recruits Reese, who is experiencing homelessness, to help him handle the irrelevant numbers. Thus, Reese becomes known as the Man in a Suit, a well-dressed do-gooder who shows up when there's trouble, which places him on Detective Carter's radar. Looking back...
Finch and Reese are tasked with protecting Charlie Burton (Enrico Colantoni), a seemingly innocent schoolteacher on the run from the Russian mob. However, the case isn't all that it seems. While Charlie isn't a perpetrator in this specific instance, he's not just a victim either. At the end of the hour, the dynamic duo learns that Charlie is actual...
When a mid-level NSA analyst named Henry Peck (Jacob Pitts) comes extremely close to discovering the Machine's existence and leaking it to the press, it falls on Finch and Reese to protect him because the government decides to assassinate him to protect the program. While it may seem as though this story was inspired by Edward Snowden, this episode...
The street-level and slow-burning sci-fi arcs finally converge in the season 1 finale when Reese comes to the aid of Caroline Turing (Acker), a therapist HR has been charged with killing. Meanwhile, both Fusco and Carter were running interference with the FBI, who were also hunting the Man in the Suit. Like "Witness," however, there's a twist: Caro...
Executive producer J. J. Abramsoriginally suggested Nolan make his directorial debut with the pilot, but Nolan decided to wait until this game-changing and propulsive season 2 installment, which he co-wrote with Segel. "Relevance" boldly sidelines the show's cast for most of its runtime, choosing to focus on Shahi's Sameen Shaw, a government agent ...
There comes a point in Person of Interest's run where you realize you've grown to care about the Machine, a "character" without a physical form or voice (for now at least). The show accomplishes this astounding feat thanks in part to how much Root cared for and worshipped the Machine (Root refers to the Machine with she/her pronouns, whereas Finch ...
In season 3, Detective Carter embarked on a crusade to take down HR once and for all, with or without Team Machine's help. While she succeeded, she paid the price because Officer Simmons (Robert John Burke), the last HR lieutenant standing, shot and killed her right after the FBI arrested HR's leader. In "The Devil's Share," the episode that follow...
Written by Denise Thé, "If-Then-Else" is one of the drama's best outings. After the ruthless competing A.I. Samaritan causes chaos in the market as a way of asserting control over the world, Team Machine ventures into the bowels of the New York Stock Exchange to set things right. Unfortunately, the whole scheme was a trap to catch them, and Samarit...
After being absent for many episodes, Shahi returns in "6,741," which begins with Shaw escaping Samaritan's clutches, returning to New York, reuniting with the team, and finally consummating her relationship with Root. Unfortunately, everything starts falling apart and Shaw eventually kills Reese. Worried that she'll betray the team even more, Shaw...
Finch's number is up in Person of Interest's 100th episode, which featured the death of two major characters: Elias, who tried his best to help Finch avoid capture, and Root, who took a bullet for the Machine's maker while evading Samaritan's operatives. Both deaths finally push Finch over the edge and he finally decides to kill Samaritan by any me...
Apr 25, 2016 · RELATED: What to Binge Watch: Person of Interest. When Shaw reunites with those closest to her, “Root is caught somewhere between elation and trepidation; Shaw is damaged goods,” Plageman says ...
Dec 28, 2012 · PLAGEMAN: We really enjoyed having Michael’s wife, Carrie Preston, on the show. That was a phenomenal episode, with 208. We fully intend to tell that story, before the season is done.
May 17, 2016 · When it came to the Root and Shaw relationship and about bringing Shahi back to the show, Plageman remarked, "Obviously, we had a limited availability with Sarah at the beginning of the season...
Jun 21, 2016 · The Person of Interest executive producers, Jonathan Nolan and Greg Plageman, spoke with TV Insider about the finale’s goodbyes, if there’s a future beyond the show, and more.
Jun 1, 2016 · In real life, Preston is Michael Emerson’s wife. Introduced in season one, episode 22, “No Good Deed.” “Turns out Michael Emerson has great chemistry with his wife,” Plageman says.
