Person of Interest: Cura Te Ipsum
November 21, 2024 9:43 AM - Season 1, Episode 4 - Subscribe
Reese and Finch follow their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she's on call and after hours to unravel the threat surrounding the promising young physician.
Reese suspects the young doctor is the next target of serial rapist Benton, but in reality she's targeting Benton who raped her sister. While she is able to successfully abduct Benton Reese intercepts her and tells her that if she kills Benton in cold blood, it will destroy her. Reese says by handing over Benton, she'll get her life back. Crying she hands over the keys.
Benton wakes up tied to a chair. Reese and Benton engage in a discussion about if either of them can actually change with the show ending ambiguously as Reese says, "Which do you think I'll regret more: Letting you live or letting you die? Andrew, help me make a good decision."
Points of Interest:
Cura te ipsum is a Latin expression, translated as "You cure yourself." It was a proverb already known in Jesus' day which he quoted in Greek as, "Physician, heal thyself," found at Luke 4:23. Later, it was translated to Latin in the Vulgate text. Although it literally means take care of yourself, it is usually said in a mocking way to mean, "Don't try to fix others when you are the one that needs fixing," as in Luke. Luke, being a physician, would have remembered the saying.
Actress Linda Cardellini, who plays Dr. Megan Tillman, whose specialty is emergency medicine, previously played ER Nurse Samantha Taggart from Season 11 - 15 of the NBC series ER.
According to Jonah Nolan, the ending of the episode is deliberately ambiguous, leaving each viewer to decide whether Reese killed Benton or not.
Reese suspects the young doctor is the next target of serial rapist Benton, but in reality she's targeting Benton who raped her sister. While she is able to successfully abduct Benton Reese intercepts her and tells her that if she kills Benton in cold blood, it will destroy her. Reese says by handing over Benton, she'll get her life back. Crying she hands over the keys.
Benton wakes up tied to a chair. Reese and Benton engage in a discussion about if either of them can actually change with the show ending ambiguously as Reese says, "Which do you think I'll regret more: Letting you live or letting you die? Andrew, help me make a good decision."
Points of Interest:
Cura te ipsum is a Latin expression, translated as "You cure yourself." It was a proverb already known in Jesus' day which he quoted in Greek as, "Physician, heal thyself," found at Luke 4:23. Later, it was translated to Latin in the Vulgate text. Although it literally means take care of yourself, it is usually said in a mocking way to mean, "Don't try to fix others when you are the one that needs fixing," as in Luke. Luke, being a physician, would have remembered the saying.
Actress Linda Cardellini, who plays Dr. Megan Tillman, whose specialty is emergency medicine, previously played ER Nurse Samantha Taggart from Season 11 - 15 of the NBC series ER.
According to Jonah Nolan, the ending of the episode is deliberately ambiguous, leaving each viewer to decide whether Reese killed Benton or not.
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However it is also meant to show the beginning of changes to Reese's character and his outlook.
But yeah I found this one not great.
posted by miss-lapin at 9:54 AM on November 21