The episode concludes with a series of events that fundamentally change the series' status quo:
To protect themselves from the public fallout, Senator Garrison orders Control to shut down the Northern Lights program immediately. Person of Interest 3x19
Peter Collier and Vigilance intercept Finch, stealing the classified documents and leaking them to the press. The episode concludes with a series of events
With the government no longer receiving "relevant" (terror-related) numbers, the Machine begins reassigning these numbers to Root as "Tertiary Operations". Fun Trivia Person of Interest: Season 3, Episode 19 | Cast and Crew Episode 19 | Cast and Crew