Reese and Finch are confused when the Machine names a six-month-old child, Leila Smith, as the latest POI. Reese and Finch turn into overly protective parents—with an arsenal at their disposal—as they investigate her origins.
The next number belongs to Adam Saunders , a trader with a Wall Street investment firm. Adam is a high roller: plays big and wins big, is in a relationship with a firm partner, and is in the SEC’s gunsights for suspected illegal trading.
The latest number that the Machine dispenses belongs to Michael Cahill , who on the surface is an unassuming and upstanding but solitary citizen, which masks the fact of being involved in a major smuggling ring led by a man named Vargas .
Darren McGrady’s apartment is a crime scene—his older brother, Travis, has been killed. Carter learns that the perpetrators were linked to local comic-book store owner and drug dealer Andre .
After Matheson is found dead, the hacker, identifying herself as “Root”, admits to Finch that she had him killed to tie up loose ends. Root acknowledges Finch, by name, as a worthy adversary.
Reese finally decides to meet with Detective Carter, who, by helping him and Finch in their next case, is provided a little insight into what he and Finch do.
Finch takes a wounded Reese to the morgue, where he pays a morgue assistant to suture Reese’s wounds. While Reese is in a wheelchair, Finch rents an apartment for him.
