The 'Assassination Chain' meme features a scene from the television series 'Person of Interest', where four characters are in a standoff inside a church, each holding another at gunpoint. The image used in the meme is a multi-panel format that depicts this intense moment, often humorously expanded with additional images of characters or people aiming at each other to extend the chain.
The meme originated from an episode of the 'Person of Interest' TV series titled 'The Cold War', which aired on December 16th, 2014. In the episode, characters Jeremy Lambert, Root, Martine Rousseau, and John Reese are involved in a tense standoff, pointing guns at each other in a sequential arrangement. The specific scene has been used to create the meme template. The episode details can be found on Wikipedia. Additionally, a video clip of the scene is available on YouTube.[1]
Origin: 2014