6. A More Perfect Union

Complete story — includes the ending

The latest number belong to a marriage license, sending Reese and Finch to a wedding to prevent what appears to be a typical case of disapproval of the Groom by the Bride's father, however the situation proves to be more complex. Samaritan has now begun to track Fusco, having previously labeled him a "potential obstructionist". Root assigns the Machine's next number to Fusco. In an act of desperation, Greer takes Shaw on a "field trip", trying to bend her moral compass in favor of Samaritan. Fusco's investigation leads him back to Bruce Moran, who seems to be caught up in a Samaritan-engineered interference with a demolition project. In another attempt to persuade Shaw, she is led to meet Gabriel, Samaritan's analog interface, who gives an apocalyptic depiction of what Samaritan is capable of. As the narrative returns to the biometric simulation room, revealing the events not to have been a simulation, but a manipulation of Shaw's thoughts and neurological activity. Fusco and Bear arrive at the eventual demolition site, finding many of the missing persons he has been investigating, including Krupa and a dead Bruce Moran, only to be caught in the middle of the demolition operation itself.