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Because Root. Root. There is absolutely no way in hell that Root would let Shaw shoot herself in front of her. They have all underestimated Root’s love for Shaw. Person of Interest has given us another masterpiece, perfectly written, in character, heart wrenching Root/Shaw moment. This is what we didn’t get to see in 6741, or in If-Then-Else. We know that Shaw would die for Root, we’ve seen it, she’s said it, for real (“But the one person I couldn’t kill was you”), and yes Root is much more open and out there with her love for Shaw but now we have truly seen it and more importantly so has Shaw. 

Root’s bittersweet smiles, the banter, her recklessness, this is how Shaw really knows that it’s real. And now we get to see it from Root’s perspective. Because she just got Shaw back and there is no way in hell she is losing her this quickly. 

“I can’t live without you,” Root says, and Shaw says “Dammit Root,” but she what she really means is “I can’t live without you either” and her exasperation mimics that eyeroll in If-Then-Else and these two have been back together for two minutes and I already can’t handle it. 

So, none of that messy stuff because this is not goodbye-goodbye.