CBS's Person of Interest wrapped up its freshman season Thursday with the episode "Firewall," which left our characters in a bit of a quagmire. Finch (Michael Emerson) was captured by Root (Rachel Miner), the villainous hacker from earlier in season one looking to find the Machine. Reese (Jim Caviezel), while searching for Finch, decided to speak directly to the Machine... and in the final moments of the episode, the Machine apparently gave Reese a call on a payphone. Has the Singularity come to Person of Interest? Is the Machine self-aware? It would certainly appear so, but we'll have to wait until Person of Interest season 2 to find out.

Speaking to TV Guide, star Michael Emerson shared a little bit about what he thought of the season's final twist. “We’re so used to thinking of the machine in one way – as the ever-present source of information in the background," he said. "It’s sort of omniscient but definitely under the control of its builders and operators. I don’t think anyone has ever considered that the machine was capable of independent activity. I think that’s a notion that comes up before we’re done.”

“It's a great cliff-hanger and it will determine everything that happens for quite a few episodes when we come back in Season 2," he added, promising more action and suspense. "The real physical danger will surprise the audience, and the audience will be left thinking, ‘How can they go on doing what they do?’ The circle must be broken, the audience will feel.”

Emerson, best known for playing the shifty Benjamin Linus on LOST, compared the cliffhanger to those of his previous show, noting "metaphysical" similarities that would leave viewers wondering, "'Oh wow, what does that mean?'"

Person of Interest will return to CBS in the fall.

滬江娛樂快訊：《疑犯追蹤》第一季在懸念中結束：宅總芬奇身陷險境，被未曾謀面的老對手——女黑客Root綁架；里瑟決定直接與“機器”對話，在最后一刻，街頭公用電話響起，機器竟然給了他回應……這一出人意料的狀況是否將會在下一季得到解答？機器是否已有了自我意識？我們只能靜待《疑犯追蹤》第二季揭曉真相。

男主角之一邁克爾·艾默生日前接受TV Guide的采訪中與粉絲分享了他對季末大轉折的一些想法?！拔覀儠晳T性地認為機器作為信息的來源，始終只是一個單向的存在。它的信息涵蓋萬事萬物，但仍然需要其設計者和使用者的來操作。我想，應該沒有人料到機器已有智能。這是一個非常具有前瞻性的概念?！?/p>

“這一點很動人心弦，而且在第二季開始的幾集中它將決定劇情的走向，”他補充道，“實實在在的生命威脅將會逼近，觀眾將在震驚之余開始揣測：‘他們要如何繼續(xù)這場冒險？’兩人以往的常規(guī)肯定會被打破，觀眾會感受到這一點的?！彼€透露第二季將有更多動作場面和更多懸疑元素。

《疑犯追蹤》第二季將于今年秋季回歸熒屏，等待著更多更出人意料的劇情吧！