The episode begins with a short replay of Finch splicing the telephone circuits, so that both Reese and Root receive calls from the Machine, which asks them both, "Can you hear me?"
The Machine relays quick warnings to Reese (with Sameen Shaw) and Root (with Finch), saving both duos from a number of potential threats.
Detective Carter is interviewed by IA about the shooting of an armed suspect whose gun disappeared in a setup by HR.
Root finds Lawrence Szilard, the Project Manager for Northern Lights, responsible for building the Machine in a safe place.
Finch returns to the library and, upon realizing that the Machine knew about Ingram's death, starts to help the irrelevant numbers.
He states that he feels responsible for the events that transpired, especially the ones in Reese's life, because of his attempt to insert the new code in the Machine.
"[2] Matt Fowler of IGN also praised the episode, saying that it delivered some "amazing flashback moments" but that the Carter story "still felt rushed.