Reese and Finch try to protect a psychologist whose unorthodox methods for helping his patients find closure could cost him dearly. Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal Finch's fragile state in the days following the bombing that killed his best friend, Nathan Ingram.
Origin of the Title[]
Karma is the Asian religious principle that one's past actions influence one's future life. In more common usage, karma is the belief that we each get what is coming to us as a result of our previous acts.
The flashbacks in the episode are connected to the flashbacks in the season 3 episode “The Devil's Share”, even though there is no chronologic order given. In “The Devil's Share” Finch states to his therapist "I've been thinking about doing something radical, as a tribute to [Nathan's] memory", while in this episode's flashbacks Finch comes after Alicia Corwin, blaming her for Nathan's death. Both flashbacks take place in 2010, after the ferry bombing.
