P.O.I. Easter eggs intentionally planted by Nolan and Plageman?

So in the season 2 premiere of Person of Interest, Contingency, we are given clues which imply that Finch’s kidnapper, Root, fell off the grid around the time she was 14, and that her real name is Hanna Frey. Hold that thought for just a sec.

Earlier today I was browsing some of the newer TED Talks videos (cuz I’m a science nerd) and came across one that was all about predicting patterns of human behaviour using computer algorithms in order to prevent crime. Obviously, being a hard-core Irrelevant (Person of Interest fan) I just HAD to watch the video, because it’s always terrifying neat to see just how fine the line between science-fact and science-fiction is in the Person of Interest universe.

So right about the time when my head asploded was when I saw that the presenter’s name was Hannah Fry, thinking that name sounds strangely familiar… Where have I heard that lately?

And then I realized that Root’s real name is Hanna Frey.

Hanna Frey = Hannah Fry? Coincidence? Or is this Jonah Nolan and Greg Plagemen being the clever, sneaky geniuses we know they are?

Reminds me of how they alluded to Ray Kurzweil, famous futurist and advocate of the technological singularity, by naming the first relevant number generated by The Machine after him. Or how Root’s alter ego Caroline Turing refers to the father of A.I., Alan Turing.

Thoughts anyone?

P.S. Click on the post title to watch Hannah Fry’s TED Talk.

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  3. penemuel said: Freaky-ass awesomeness…
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    The fact that J.J. Abrams was involved with the show was what prompted me to examine things much more closely; things...
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    I know that JJ Abrams is somewhere in the background of this show, not the main show runner, but in every JJ show there...
  8. lenoraliccioli answered: This gives me chills. I’m positive that you are right about the reference to Hannah Fry,
  9. jjlowe58 reblogged this from magicb0x and added:
    Dude this is cooooooool!
  10. aliasofwestgate answered: I really wouldnt’ put it past them. All the correct cultural references and fandom stuff in Wolf and Cub? All these? Of course.
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    connections were accidents but...brilliant writing, ideals
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    think you are on...something. Nothing happens
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    O M G………….I don’t...be very excited or very scared with this possible connectiong
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