<p>It's certainly possible. It would be a fascinating plot twist. On the other hand, I think Samaritan would only turn on him if he became a clear threat to its goals. If he remains completely dedicated to keeping Samaritan in power, he's probably safe. As far as I can tell, Samaritan is already independent. Greer is basically following its directives without questioning them. </p>

<p>I get the feeling that these algorithms that Harold's new "friend" is developing are going to be the key development this season. Thus I expect to see more of what they do later this year.  As for "Finding the Machine," ever since it was freed it could almost anywhere, and its probably divided itself in several places. In essence I expect it would be just as hard to find Samaritan as it is the Machine if not harder, and the machine could replace and continue to grow in number of servers without anyone the wiser. </p>

<p>I got the feeling that Greer wasn´t too fond of being out of the loop in the last episode, not knowing whats going on. Wonder if he turns traitor when he finds out that "god" doesn´t really care about humanity. </p>

<p>Yeah, Greer had a puzzled and concerned look on his face. I was surprised to see it. It definitely made me wonder if he's having second thoughts, or if he's worried that Samaritan is doing things he doesn't understand.  </p>

<p>It would be interesting if Samaritan were to do things different from what Greer's concept of a free, benevolent, logical leader would do... how would Greer react to that? </p><p>If Samaritan decides that humanity is 'Irrelevant', for instance... as The Machine 'cares', and Samaritan doesn't... or as Root so eloquently put, the difference between The Machine and Samaritan is that The Machine has Finch. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>RaptorNXT wrote:
It would be interesting if Samaritan were to do things different from what Greer's concept of a free, benevolent, logical leader would do... how would Greer react to that? <p>If Samaritan decides that humanity is 'Irrelevant', for instance... as The Machine 'cares', and Samaritan doesn't... or as Root so eloquently put, the difference between The Machine and Samaritan is that The Machine has Finch. </p> </i></div>
<p>Greer never thought of Samaritan as a benevolent overlord: right in Deus Ex Machina, halfway through the data assimilation, Samaritan had over 3000 targets to eliminate and Millions of Deviants identified in the States alone. </p><p>Plus, i think Samaritan is more powerful. It has unlimited resources, it's backed by an internacional, faceless, multibillion dolar organization, has hundreds of human agents working for it, and the reason it failed when Arthur Claypool created it was because fast enough hardware didn't exist at the time. And last but not least, the Machine's care for human life doesn't let it take the necessary actions to protect itself or to kill competition, unlike Samaritan.
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<div class="quote"><i>TheSamaritanUknow wrote:
<div class="quote">RaptorNXT wrote:
It would be interesting if Samaritan were to do things different from what Greer's concept of a free, benevolent, logical leader would do... how would Greer react to that? <p>If Samaritan decides that humanity is 'Irrelevant', for instance... as The Machine 'cares', and Samaritan doesn't... or as Root so eloquently put, the difference between The Machine and Samaritan is that The Machine has Finch. </p> </i></div>
Greer never thought of Samaritan as a benevolent overlord: right in Deus Ex Machina, halfway through the data assimilation, Samaritan had over 3000 targets to eliminate and Millions of Deviants identified in the States alone. <p>Plus, i think Samaritan is more powerful. It has unlimited resources, it's backed by an internacional, faceless, multibillion dolar organization, has hundreds of human agents working for it, and the reason it failed when Arthur Claypool created it was because fast enough hardware didn't exist at the time. And last but not least, the Machine's care for human life doesn't let it take the necessary actions to protect itself or to kill competition, unlike Samaritan.
</p> </div> <p>With Samaritan so powerful, what will it take to take it down? </p><p>And what is the status of Samaritan's 'request' to Greer to 'Find The Machine'? </p><p>Holding my breath... </p>

<p>We all are... </p><p>I'm hoping the missile Mr. Egret stole will be put to good use. </p><p>And the Machine figured out how to fool Samaritan once so, who knows... </p>

<p>The Machine did try and prevent Samaratain from comming on-line. It gave the crew the senators number to take him out, but Finch did not want to. and subsequently left the team for a while. </p>

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<p>The Machine never told them it was a number to kill. That would have been a choice left to the team, as Finch always intended for the Machine to work, preserving our free will. With time they would have figured out another way. </p><p>But I got really scared when The Machine admited to Samaritan that it can't win the battle. I hope it was bluff... </p>