Is dealing with the devil ever a good idea? Would you even recognize the devil if you met him face to face? Would there be peace on earth if you could somehow capture Satan himself and confine him to a prison cell? October is the month of ghosts, goblins, witches, and devils, so it seems like the perfect time to look back at two episodes of The Twilight Zone that feature the devil as a main piece of the story. Read More... The post Dealing with the Devil appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

A computer program often ends with “Return 0”, meaning without an error. In this episode titled “Return 0”, while our beloved Machine may not have had such a normal exit, a number of the story threads, and certainly the series, had a satisfying ending. Not all rainbows and unicorns, certainly, but then this series has always asked the hard questions, and those questions usually have hard answers. And while this series has been an action show surrounded by those questions (and this episode was no exception), the relationships, that have grown very organically and changed quite a bit over the years, become the focus of this finale. Both Darrell and Doug agree; this is one of the best series finales they’ve seen. Read more... The post POI32 – S5E13 – Return a Hero appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In “.EXE”, Finch is ready to kill Samaritan, even if it means also killing his own Machine. He and Greer have it out over who’s vision of the place of AIs in this world is better, bringing up front some of the core questions that this series has asked, and whether one or the other is willing to die themselves (or kill their creation) for that vision. Something to think about. And in between crises, Harold and the Machine consider what life would have been like for our heroes had the Machine never been built. Better? Worse? Something to think about. Read more... The post POI31 – S5E12 – It’s a Wonderful … Machine appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In the episode “Synecdoche”, our heroes get out of their comfort zone in New York City, and are tasked with protecting the President. But, why are those who protect the irrelevant numbers assigned to one of the most relevant terrorist targets in the world? And can the Machine adequately protect the team in Washington, DC? Shaw is still not entirely sure she’s not in a simulation still. Perhaps this might convince her that this is reality. And what of Harold Finch? Where’s he off to, and what does his choice of bird for his alias this time perhaps say about what’s going on inside his head? Read more... The post POI30 – S5E11 – Team Machine: DC appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

With only 3 episodes left and following hot on the heels of the death of Root, Amy Acker came home to Dallas to mingle with fans at Fan Expo Dallas. Amy spent much of the day signing autographs for the horde of fans waiting to get a personal moment with the actress we all love. Read More... The post POI Amy Acker Dallas Fan Expo Panel appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In “Sotto Voce”, a villain from season 3 returns, and fakes out Team Machine. When even Elias is concerned for your safety, it’s really time to be careful, and beware in whom you trust. And finally, Fusco gets the answers he’s been asking for (and, frankly, deserving for quite some time). In “The Day The World Went Away”, POI’s 100th episode, Finch finds that he is the “Number of the Week”. But after being captured by Greer, and given a “Get Out Of Jail Free” card courtesy of a Root-voiced Machine, is he about to boil over? The deaths of 2 of of the people who have been working with you can do that to someone, even the (formerly) mild-mannered Harold Finch. Read more... The post POI29 – S5E0910 – Eulogy for Elias, Requiem for Root appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In this 3-episode Person Of Interest extravaganza, Darrel and Doug (or Doug and Darrell) talk about all the episodes this week. On top of that, the discussion turns to free will when it comes to saving someone. How far should Team Machine go to protect the potential victims? How much should the team tell Fusco or Elias, even if it risks their lives? And how much free will should Finch give to his Artificial Super Intelligence? We’ve got different opinions among the characters. In “A More Perfect Union”, the ever-creepy Samari-Kid tells Shaw that if they don’t let Samaritan run their lives, only death awaits. In “QSO”, we see how far the reach of Samaritan has gone. Next time you print something, be watchful. And the number of the week accepts the help of Team Machine, only to exercise his free will and try to get the word out about Samaritan, which works out about how you’d expect. And in “Reassortment”, we have the question; how much freedom and information about yourself are you prepared to give up in order to get security? A very thought-provoking set of episodes, to say the least. Read more... The post POI28 – S5E060708 – A More Reassorted QSO appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Two episodes again this week, and each let us know what’s been happening to a character we haven’t seen in a while. In “6,741”, we find out what’s been happening to Shaw while she was captured by the minions of Samaritan. In an attempt to discover the location of the secret Machine lair, she’s fooled into thinking she’s escaped. But her loyalty to her comrades keeps her from revealing this key piece of information. In “ShotSeeker”, Samaritan gets a new set of ears to go with it’s many eyes. But we hear once again that, while homicides are down, suicides and missing persons cases are up. Is this an attempt by Samaritan to keep these events off the Machine’s radar, since it only looks for murders? And it appears our heros get involved in one of these missing person cases. Will it lead to an understanding of Samaritan’s endgame? And then, at the very end, an old friend shows up. Nice twist. Read more... The post POI27 – S5E0405 – The Return Of Shaw-lias appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

There were 2 POI episodes this week, and we cover them both. In "SNAFU", we get a little facial recognition problem, as the Machine tries to figure out who's who on the team. Hilarity ensures, but only until our favorite computer thinks the good guys are the bad guys because of all the harm they've caused. Finch realizes that the Machine is seeing all their actions all at once, unaware of the time component, how they've changed, and the context in which they were done. This brings up some questions to us about good, evil and forgiveness. Is doing bad things in the service of a good outcome always acceptable? Do the ends always justify the means, and how has Team Machine changed it's methods over time? The Machine takes matters into it's own ... I/O ports by keeping Harold from rebooting it. Not so hilarious anymore, eh? In "Truth Be Told", Resse's CIA past comes back to haunt him, as he comes face to face with the latest number; a man who's brother Reese killed. Will this blow his cover? And can he truly lead a normal life while the numbers keep on coming? Meanwhile, Root, who once again has a Machine-supplied cover identity, discovers how Samaritan is getting malware into all that hardware. And we see again another difference between how Finch wants to approach defeating Samaritan, and how Root wants to do it. "No risk, no reward, Harry." Read more... The post POI26 – S5E0203 – Truth be SNAFUed appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Team Machine is trying to get our favorite AI back to the subway station lair before it dies with the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). (OK, a computer running Linux does not do the BSOD; that’s a Windows thing, but work with me here.) While Finch and Reese dodge Samaritan goons on their way back, Root does a little catching up with an old employer / hacker / “electronics recycler”. >wink winkRead more... The post POI25 – S5E01 – Ghost in the Game Console appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

It's been almost a year since we've put out a podcast episode about a TV episode of POI; that's how long they've made us wait. So if you memory has been compressed, like the Machine's, you may have forgotten some of what happened last season. Never fear, though! With Darrell's rewatch of season 4 (and Doug's cribbing of CBS's website), we are here to catch you up and make our predictions about the upcoming season (who will live and who will die, how this all ends). CBS has decided to compress the season as well, so we'll be podcasting just once a week on Wednesday nights, covering everything shown that week. Many weeks that's 2 episodes, and in once case, it'll be 3! And in our (rather extended) spoilers section, we'll run down the episode titles and speculate on what they will mean. Read more... The post POI24 – Season 4 Recap and Season 5 Look-ahead appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Just when you thought you'd have to wait until 2016 to get more Person of Interest Podcast goodness, we're back! In this special episode of Person of Interest Podcast we have some exclusive content from San Diego Comic Con 2015! We were able to get invited to participate in the press room for Person of Interest at SDCC so our SDCC correspondents, Chip and Sara Mims were happy to accept the invitation. Chip and Sara give us some great insight on the discussions that took place in the press room, what they learned about the upcoming 12-episode 5th season, and all the other goodies they got to experience at Comic Con! The press room included Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Kevin Chapman, Amy Acker, and Executive producers Jonah Nolan, Greg Plageman, and Denise Thé. Read More... The post POI23 – San Diego 2015 POI Press Room and Recap appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In the season 4 finale, “YHWH”, we find out where The Machine has been hiding all this time, but then, so does Samaritan. In a desperate attempt to save itself, it slips into God Mode, and sends Root and Finch on a shopping trip before sending them to the hub of electrical activity in an attempt to save itself (or die trying). Reese and Fusco get an escape plan courtesy of The Machine as well. (She’s been busy.) But while Fusco is escorting Elias and Dominic to central booking, and escape plan first looks like it’s going to work. But then a Samaritan asset has other plans for the gang leaders. And in a hail of bullets, we fade to black. Wow, what a season. Read More... The post POI22 – S4E22 – Getting God Off the Grid appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

The battle between Elias and Dominic heats up, Shaw is almost rescued, Root may lose her contact with The Machine, and Control is out of control trying to find a Samaritan mole. Read more... The post POI21 – S4E21 – The Inmates Are Running the Asylum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

“Terra Incognita” is Latin for “unknown territory”, and we go into some territory that is very unknown. John is in unknown territory, out of the view of The Machine, and while there slips into some of the unknown territory of the mind. Carter, is that you? Read more... The post POI20 – S4E20 – Carter Incognita appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

The threads start to get brought back together, as Samaritan plays a game of “Search and Destroy” with Sulaiman Khan. Sulaiman's software, supposedly scanning for viruses, is really searching out The Machine. Will it find The Machine? Can it? We’re nearing the end of the season, and hopefully the writers will give us answer. If they Khan. Read More... The post POI19 – S4E19 – Catch Me if You Khan appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Hope you didn’t “Skip” this episode. A bounty hunter makes her catch, Root save Finch (but Finch doesn’t agree she did), Iris closes up, and Mr. Thornhill is back in play. Things seem to be ramping up to the season finale. Any idea what might be in store? Read more... The post POI18 – S4E18 – Frankie, My Dear, I Don’t Skip on Bail appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Shane Edwards is a psychologist, and a one-man Karmic machine. But Harold Finch, drawing from his own emotional past, has to convince him that revenge is just not the way to get closure. Read more... The post POI17 – S4E17 – Revenge Is Not the Answer appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Someone’s trying to steal from criminals, because they don’t call the cops. But, to be “blunt”, that can get you caught between the Brotherhood and the Cartel. Better have Team Machine in your corner. Read more... The post POI16 – S4E16 – Team Machine vs. Mary Jane appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In today’s “Q&A”, we’ll talk about who you should take advice from when you’re depressed, and whether Samaritan is the good guy or the bad guy. The answers aren’t always what you’d expect. Read more... The post POI15 – S4E15 – Siri, I’m Depressed appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Getting back to how it all started, with just Finch and Reese, “Guilty” puts Harold in the jury box sitting next to the latest number to save or arrest. Occasional friend and jury expert Zoe Morgan does show up to give the guys a hand in trying to figure out which. It’s “Person of Interest” meets “12 Angry Men” meets “Fringe”! Read more... The post POI14 – S4E14 – 12 Angry Finches appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Is Shaw dead, or is she just “MIA”? Reese and Root hope she’s still alive as they follow the clues and take in some of the sights of Maple, NY and its town fair. (Talk about a couple of fish out of water.) But underneath the surface of a care-free town lies a puppet master, probing humanity to try to understand it. Read more... The post POI13 – S4E13 – Welcome to Maple appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In “Control-Alt-Delete”, Control finds out she’s not really in control;Samaritan is. And when Samaritan is done with you, he frames you as a terrorist and gets the ISA agents to take you out. Not the kind of boss you want to work for. And when Team Machine has Control under their control, they play a game of “Bad Cop, Bad Cop”. That is, until Harold steps in and gives her a peek behind the Samaritan curtain. Will she open her eyes? Read more... The post POI12 – S4E12 – Good Cop, Bad Cop, and Harold appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

The Machine has to rescue its “acolytes” (as Greer put it) from a Samaritan trap. And it has to choose between hundreds of thousands of potential scenarios in its head; hence the episode title “If-Then-Else." That, a truly stunning development for our heroes, and a 2003 game of chess with Mr. Finch is part of this second installment of a POI trilogy. Makes me worry for part three. Read more... The post POI11 – S4E11 – A Lot on Its Mind appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

This episode, “The Cold War”, is the first of a 3-part trilogy, and in it we see the two machines size each other up and show what they can do. A prelude to, perhaps, a “hot war” to come, and a parallel, perhaps, to Elias and Dominic. Samaritan shows what it can do to get the trains to (literally) run on time, and what it can do to send the city into chaos. And a little child shall speak for it. Read more... The post POI10 – S4E10 – Order and Chaos appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Carl Elias is “The Devil You Know”, but Dominic and the Brotherhood manage to get him right where they want him. However, as Elias often points out, he has more than one way out of everything. And in the meantime, Dominic gets closer to uncovering “the game within the game”; how Team Machine has been helping Elias, and discovering who they are. Read more... The post POI09 – S4E09 – Invictus Maneo appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In “Point of Origin”, Reese thinks he’s found a mole in the police academy, but she’s really a cop who’s looking for the mole. Mole-ception! Reese’s therapist thinks he has a superhero complex, but as it turns out, he really is a superhero. And Samaritan puts the pieces together, with some help from Martine, his “Terminator”, and bullets start flying around Shaw. Is she the next casualty on Team Machine? Read more... The post POI08 – S4E08 – It’s All About the Relationships appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In "Honor Among Thieves", it takes a thief to catch a thief, but this week it takes one to protect one, from Samaritan. Meanwhile, Samaritan’s plot to put spy tablets in the hands of every school child is stopped by Harold and Root (playing a blonde version of Mary Poppins (sort of (and Root’s playing it, not Harold))). Read more... The post POI07 – S4E07 – It Takes a Thief appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Walter Dang is a mild-mannered insurance salesman by day. But when duty calls, he becomes Detective Jack Forge, a makeshift “Man in the Suit”. He is one of the “Pretenders” along with John Reese/Reilly and Harold Finch/Whistler. But you don’t pretend around the two biggest crime bosses in New York City; in fact, you might just enlist their help. Read more... The post POI06 – S4E06 – The Secret Life of Walter…Dang appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Simon Lee, the ‘prophet’ in “Prophets”, may see his profits plummet after someone manipulates both the votes and the candidates to get a governor friendly to his cause into office. And some back story of the Machine from 2001 gives us cause for suspicion for 2014. Read more... The post POI05 – S4E05 – Get Out And Vote…Or Not appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

“Brotherhood”, the gang and the relationship, both play big parts as Team Machine saves a couple of kids trying to escape the foster system, while inadvertently running into the top dog in the gang (and his mole). Read more... (for excerpt only) The post POI04 – S4E04 – The Man With the Plan appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Fusco gets a wingman, as he helps Team Machine protect their person of interest. Meanwhile, Finch and Root go on an errand for The Machine that tests Harold’s limits on how far he will go to do what it asks. And who can forget his Mr. Egret persona? Read more... If you’re in the market for [[[Person of Interest]]] DVDs or other merchandise, click on the link The post POI03 – S4E03 – Dating Tips From Lionel Fusco appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

“Shall we play a game?” That quote was dangerous back in the 80’s in the movie “War Games”, and it’s just as dangerous when Samaritan asks it. And for both, the answer is the same; the only way to win is not to play. But Claire takes up the challenge, and Samaritan has another asset, in spite of the efforts of Team Machine. But this does get Harold Finch back in the game (so to speak), and the band is fully back together again, although playing different parts (so to speak). Read more... The post POI02 – S4E02 – Samaritan Plays A Game appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

With the team spread out to the four winds, with new identities given to them by The Machine, some are fine with their new surroundings, and some most certainly are not. No numbers, and a mad Samaritan in control, give some of our heroes a bit of an itch to get back into the saving people business. But like a determined agent trying to get his band back together, The Machine manages to slowly start moving her chess pieces into position, and even creates a way for them to communicate, all behind the back of Samaritan. Two all-seeing AIs. Truly, the Panopticon. Read more... The post POI01 – S4E01 – Team Machine 2.0 appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Listen in as Darrell and Doug give you a bit of the backstory of Person of Interest. If you’re going to be watching it and either you’ve forgotten what’s going on, or if season 4 will be the first time you’ve watched it, let’s get you caught up. We'll talk about the story so far, the characters that have made the show so great, and predictions for the upcoming season. Read more... The post POI00 – Introduction and Story Summary appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

After a trial run of several new podcasts and hosts throughout the summer, Golden Spiral Media is ready to announce 9 new podcasts for the fall 2014 TV season! Who is Golden Spiral Media? What started as The Fringe Podcast in 2008 and became Golden Spiral Media in 2011 is now a premiere podcast network! Golden Spiral Media has built a reputation for in-depth, community engaging, professional quality podcasts about TV, Film, and Self Improvement. Check out our catalog of podcasts. What is changing? Not much! Previously, all Golden Spiral Media podcasts were hosted by Golden Spiral Media co-founder, Darrell Darnell and one other person. We have now added several new personalities to the Golden Spiral Media host lineup which will allow Golden Spiral Media to deliver more professional quality, community engaging, in-depth podcasts than ever before! Read More... The post Golden Spiral Media Announces 9 NEW Podcasts appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

In this special San Diego Comic Con 2014 podcast, we share press room interviews with the cast of the hit CBS drama, Person of Interest. In this interview you'll hear from Michael Emerson who plays Harold Finch, Jim Caviezel who plays John Reese, Kevin Chapman who plays Detective Lionel Fusco, Amy Acker who plays Root, Sarah Shahi who plays Shaw, and executive producer, Greg Plageman. Person of Interest returns Tuesday, September 23 at 10pm on CBS. Read More... The post SDCC 2014 Person of Interest Press Room Interviews appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.