POI S5E07 QSO, p7 [Root x Shaw]

alarm fire. Root. Episode summary: While Fusco and Bear recover in a hospital from their near-demolition, Root visits him and hands him an exit strategy consisting of ID’s and documents made by the Machine. Root is then sent on a series of whimsical, ominously productive tertiary missions by the Machine after it had discovered that Samaritan has been using the radiowave frequencies of station AM 520 to communicate with its operatives via a sophisticated code, which most people believe to be feedback noise from the radio waves. Upon realizing that this is why the Machine sent her there, Root uses Samaritan’s own equipment to send a message to Shaw to give her hope. Reese is as helpful as he can possibly be without stepping into the AI-based argument between Finch and Root. Finch does not necessarily agree with the Machine not forcing the radio host to quit to save his life from Samaritan, but Root believes the Machine maintains its belief that humans have free will and it protects