They break into an FBI evidence lockup to retrieve classified documents regarding the government's secret surveillance program, . Major Consequences (The "Wham" Ending)
Peter Collier and Vigilance intercept Finch, stealing the classified documents and leaking them to the press. Person of Interest 3x19
The episode concludes with a series of events that fundamentally change the series' status quo: They break into an FBI evidence lockup to
John Reese, Sameen Shaw, Harold Finch, Lionel Fusco, Root, Peter Collier, and Control. Finch and Fusco travel to D.C..
Following the death of a government employee, Leona Wainwright, in a suicide bombing by the anti-surveillance group , Finch and Fusco travel to D.C..