Wolf and Cub (Person of Interest)

"Wolf and Cub" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Person of Interest. It is the 14th overall episode of the series and is written by Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski and directed by Chris Fisher. It aired on CBS in the United States and on CTV in Canada on February 9, 2012.

"Wolf and Cub"
Person of Interest episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 14
Directed byChris Fisher
Written byNic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski
Produced by
Featured musicRamin Djawadi
Cinematography byTeodoro Maniaci
Editing byRay Daniels
Production code2J6214
Original air dateFebruary 9, 2012
Running time44 minutes
Guest appearance(s)

Plot

Finch (Michael Emerson) and Reese (Jim Caviezel) enter the library for the first time since Finch's encounter with Root. Reese receives the number of Darren McGrady (Astro). He finds McGrady's apartment home is a crime scene, Darren's older brother, Travis, having recently been murdered. Carter (Taraji P. Henson) tells him that the perpetrators were three males linked to local comic-book store owner and drug dealer Andre (Malik Yoba).

Travis had ejected the youths for harassing a waitress at a local chicken shop; they then followed him home and murdered him. Darren had seen them leaving and called the police, who arrived only after Travis had been dead for some time. Now, desperate for justice, Darren has pawned his television set and trumpet to buy a gun and is about to shoot one of the men, Brick (Ro Boddie). Reese finds him and calls Carter. Carter arrests Brick as Reese and Darren rush off in her car.

Reese leaves him at a convent with Fusco, who is still trailing Finch. Darren escapes, but Reese finds him again. Darren tries to hire Reese to avenge his brother's death, but Reese just keeps a quarter and says he will work to put his brother's killers behind bars, meaning no killing. Reese captures one of the perpetrators in a police car with a load of bottles and threatens the other by burning the drug money until he discloses the location of the murder weapon.

Corrupt police captain and HR member Lynch (Michael Mulheren) intervenes to have Brick released in less than a day. Before Reese can send the gun to the police, Darren takes it and runs off, intending to kill his brother's murderers. Reese calls Carter and she and Fusco rush arrive in time to stop Darren and capture the killers, but Fusco is shot when Andre tries to kill Darren. With Darren safe, Reese drives him to meet his new foster family.

Reception

Viewers

In its original American broadcast, "Wolf and Cub" was seen by an estimated 15.14 million household viewers and gained a 3.3/8 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.[1] This was a slight increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 15.10 million viewers with a 3.3/9 in the 18-49 demographics.[2] With these ratings, Person of Interest was the second most watched show on CBS for the night beating The Mentalist and !Rob!, but behind The Big Bang Theory, second on its timeslot and fourth for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind Grey's Anatomy, The Big Bang Theory, and American Idol.

Critical reviews

"Wolf and Cub" received generally positive reviews from critics. Keysha Couzens of TV Overmind wrote "Reese pulls out most of his favorite tricks in this episode as he tries to help the kid cope with his loss while keeping him from falling prey to the lure of finding revenge for himself."[3]

Luke Gelineau of TV Equals wrote "This was a fun episode of Person of Interest, as just about every episode of this show is entertaining, but I hope we make some major moves in the next few episodes as the first season comes to a close."[4]

Sean McKenna of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.2 star rating out of 5 and wrote "Although I was a bit disappointed that Will appeared and then decided to leave at the end of the episode (why so quickly? I hope he returns.) the rest of the episode continued to prove the show's fun entertaining factor. I mean, who doesn't love that cool rock synth when Reese shoots bean bags or calmly walks up to his enemies after crashing their car?"[5]

References
  1. Gorman, Bill (February 10, 2012). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory,' 'American Idol,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'The Mentalist,' 'Vampire Diaries' Adjusted Up; 'Rob,' 'Private Practice,' 'The Finder,' 'Up All Night' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  2. Gorman, Bill (February 3, 2012). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'American Idol,' 'Big Bang Theory,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Office,' 'Mentalist' Adjusted Up; 'Rob' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  3. Couzens, Keysha (February 10, 2012). "Person of Interest 1.14 "Wolf and Cub" Review". TV Overmind. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  4. Gelineau, Luke (February 9, 2012). "Person of Interest "Wolf and Cub" Review". TV Equals. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  5. McKenna, Sean (February 9, 2012). "Person of Interest Review: Training Day". TV Fanatic. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
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