New York City

During the spring break, I went to California. It was a really nice journey except we fought with a cab driver, almost missed our train and totally missed our flight.  But it was still pretty fun. We basically took any public transportation in Los Angeles and San Francisco, including Bart, Caltrain, Metro, yellow cab and Amtrak train. Our tour was tough and complex, but we made it. Please clap for us.

Enough for the chit-chat and back to my theme. Person of Interest never shot any scene in California, because the story mainly happened in New York City. I cannot really relate POI with my experience in California. So, this week, let’s talk about New York City!

The whole cast of POI basically only works in NYC. Although in the show it seems that characters have been to other cities, or even other countries, the crew actually had never leave NYC. In one of the scenes, the story told the audience that Harold Finch went to Hong Kong; however, the crew just shot that scene in the China Town in NYC, which is pretty disappointing.

Everybody knows that New York is a big city. And in my opinion, it is also the most famous city in America. However, this show chose New York City and set the background at here not only because New York is famous. POI chose New York because this city perfectly coordinates with the theme of this show – darkness and intensity. For a long time, NYC is well-known for its high crime rate. In the show, NYC is presented as a corrupted and crime-infested place. Gangs, mobs and corrupt polices take over the whole city. The main characters are trying to improve the society under this situation and bring justice to this place. Also, artificial intelligence, the Machine and the Samaritan are monitoring the citizens. This surreal setting does not seem strange when it happens in NY; but if the article intelligence is in Wyoming, it will be hard for the audience to accept. New York City is very advanced with all those skyscrapers, subways, billboards and vehicles. Therefore, the situation of NYC makes the story more convincing and realistic.

Thereby there is no reason to blame POI for no shooting in other places, because New York City perfectly matches with the story. And the directors also well utilized the beauty of NYC and make the show even better. 

Pictures of some filming scenes for POI:

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Pictures of Brooklyn. These places just like purposely designed for crime shows.

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