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Person of Interest
2011 - 2016 8.1 (1818 votes) 5 Seasons
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CBS
Created By
Jonathan Nolan

Person of Interest

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Overview

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 

Key Crew

Producer: Athena Wickham

Top Cast

Jim Caviezel
Jim Caviezel

John Reese

Michael Emerson
Michael Emerson

Harold Finch

Kevin Chapman
Kevin Chapman

Lionel Fusco

Amy Acker
Amy Acker

Root

Sarah Shahi
Sarah Shahi

Sameen Shaw

Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 (2012)

No overview available.

17 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Extended Pilot Episode - Unaired
2012-09-04

When the social security number of a young prosecutor comes up, Reese and Finch work together to figure out if their person of interest is the victim or perpetrator.

Runtime: 56 min
Episode 2: Living in the Age of Surveillance
2012-09-04

Interviews with cast, crew and security experts about living under technological surveillance in the modern day.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Gag Reel Season 1

Gag reel with flubbed scenes that were cut from season 1.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 4: Gag Reel Season 2

Gag reel with flubbed scenes that were cut from season 2.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 5: View from the Machine - 24 Hours Behind Person of Interest

A 24 hour look behind the scenes of Person of Interest, with interviews by cast and crew

Runtime: 21 min
Episode 6: Gag Reel Season 3

Gag reel with flubbed scenes that were cut from season 3.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 7: 2013 Comic Con Panel Q&A with Cast & Creators

Comic Con panel and Q&A with cast and creators in 2013. Hosted by Ralph Cirella.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 8: Bear on Set

Behind the scenes with Boker the Belgian Malinois who plays Bear and his handler and trainer.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 9: Person of Interest - The Future of A.I.

Season 3 extra

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 10: Saying Goodbye to a Friend

Season 3 extra

Runtime: 6 min
Episode 11: Gag Reel Season 4

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 12: 2014 Comic-Con Panel

Season 4 extra

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 13: Going Underground with Root and Finch

Season 4 extra

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 14: Music of Interest

Season 4 extra

Runtime: 18 min
Episode 15: Finale for the Fans

Season 5 extra

Runtime: 17 min
Episode 16: 2015 Comic-Con Panel

Season 5 extra

Runtime: 33 min
Episode 17: Revelations of Person of Interest

Runtime: 18 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2011)

A supercomputer developed by reclusive billionaire and software genius Harold Finch analyzes data patterns in surveillance for the U.S. government to identify impending acts of terrorism. But the computer, known only as "The Machine", can also identify ordinary people who are about to be involved in violent crimes. Can those crimes be stopped before they take place? Secretly tapping into The Machine, Finch and ex-CIA agent John Reese use vigilante tactics and state-of-the-art technology to identify the soon-to-be victims and prevent the crimes from occuring. Meanwhile, two NYPD detectives Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco are drawn into the cases and the mystery surrounding the two covert crime fighters.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Pilot
2011-09-22

When the social security number of a young prosecutor comes up, Reese and Finch work together to figure out if their person of interest is the victim or perpetrator.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Ghosts
2011-09-29

Reese and Finch question the machine's reliability when they are asked to investigate a teenager who was killed years earlier; Finch remembers the origin of the machine.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Mission Creep
2011-10-06

Reese goes undercover to find the threat surrounding the next person on Finch's list: a young army veteran named Joey Durban.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: Cura Te Ipsum
2011-10-13

Reese and Finch get some help from Detective Fusco as they surveil their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she’s on call and after hours to unravel the threat surrounding the promising young physician.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Judgement
2011-10-20

Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a Person of Interest who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 6: The Fix
2011-10-27

Reese becomes romantically involved with the newest Person of Interest: an attractive woman who isn't all that she seems.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Witness
2011-11-03

The Machine identifies a school teacher who witnessed a mob hit as their next POI and Reese and Finch rush to save his life.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: Foe
2011-11-17

When Reese and Finch discover that their latest POI has connections to Cold War Soviet espionage circles, they quickly learn how covert ops were handled in a world before The Machine.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: Get Carter
2011-12-08

Reese and Finch’s game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machine declares that she is their newest POI.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: Number Crunch
2011-12-15

As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese and Finch, The Machine ups the ante for the duo by giving them four Social Security numbers instead of one.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: Super
2012-01-12

Reese is confined to a wheelchair recovering from his gunshot wound, but Finch sets him up in an apartment where he’s to keep an eye on the Super, who is their latest POI. Also, Finch approaches Carter and gives her a POI to show her what they do.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Legacy
2012-01-19

When Carter finally comes face-to-face with Reese, he urges her to join forces to help with their latest POI, a scrappy young woman from the wrong side of the tracks who turned her life around and became a lawyer.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: Root Cause
2012-02-02

The Machine gives Reese and Finch the number of a down-and-out man who has been pushed too far, and they're forced to turn to former Person of Interest, Zoe Morgan, for help.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 14: Wolf and Cub
2012-02-09

The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing concerned that the son of his former business partner is dangerously close to finding out about the Machine.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 15: Blue Code
2012-02-16

Reese discovers there’s more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 16: Risk
2012-02-23

The Machine leads Reese and Finch to Wall Street when a sharp young trader at a major investment bank becomes embroiled in a multi-million dollar financial scam.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 17: Baby Blue
2012-03-08

When The Machine spits out the number of a 6-month-old baby, Reese and Finch turn into overly protective parents – with an arsenal at their disposal. Meanwhile, when Elias resurfaces, Detective Carter begins to question her new allegiance with Reese and Finch

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 18: Identity Crisis
2012-03-29

The Machine's latest number presents a unique challenge for Reese and Finch since the person has virtually no digital footprint - and appears to be leading a double life.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 19: Flesh and Blood
2012-04-05

When The Machine spits out five numbers, naming the Don of each of New York’s crime families, Reese and Finch suspect Elias is planning to eliminate his competition.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 20: Matsya Nyaya
2012-04-26

Reese goes undercover as an armored car company employee, and faces memories from his past with the CIA.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 21: Many Happy Returns
2012-05-03

Finch gives Reese his birthday off so that his partner doesn't have to face a Number that is tied to Reese's past.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 22: No Good Deed
2012-05-10

The newest POI’s curiosity could spell his doom when he finds himself embroiled in a dark government conspiracy – one that Finch is all too familiar with. Meanwhile, Reese uncovers something revealing about Finch’s past.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 23: Firewall
2012-05-17

As the clock ticks down, Reese winds up trapped with his POI in the most heavily surveilled part of the city, forced to rely on the help of Finch, Carter and Fusco to fend off the FBI, corrupt cops and a slew of old foes.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2012)

The Machine identifies another gripping season's worth of potential crimes that must be stopped. Adversaries from Reese's undercover past and Finch's government work threaten the team's crime-fighting mission and anonymity. Meanwhile, Detectives Carter and Fusco face down FBI probes and the dangerous tentacles of the police conspiracy known as "HR".

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Contingency
2012-09-27

With Finch missing – kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root, Reese enlists Detectives Carter and Fusco to get his friend back, Meanwhile, The Machine never sleeps, disseminating a new number to Reese.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Bad Code
2012-10-04

The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Masquerade
2012-10-18

With Finch back in the Library, Reese returns to field work, only to face his toughest case yet – protecting the privileged daughter of a Brazilian diplomat.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: Triggerman
2012-10-25

When The Machine gives them the number of a mob enforcer whose life becomes endangered, Reese and Finch must decide whether to intervene or allow karma to balance the scales of justice. Meanwhile, Finch seeks aid from an unlikely source.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Bury the Lede
2012-11-01

Reese must protect an investigative journalist through surreptitious means to avoid becoming part of her story.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: The High Road
2012-11-08

Reese goes undercover in an idyllic neighborhood when The Machine’s latest number sends him to the suburbs.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Critical
2012-11-15

The Machine gives Finch and Reese the number of a brilliant surgeon, but they soon discover that a resourceful third party has raised the stakes for this POI, forcing them to turn to an unlikely source for help.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: Til Death
2012-11-29

The team is spread thin when a husband and wife’s numbers both come up

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: C.O.D.
2012-12-06

When the machine names a New York cabdriver as a person of interest, any of his passengers could be a part of the impending crime.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: Shadow Box
2012-12-13

As the FBI pursues "the man in the suit," Reese is even more determined to protect the latest person of interest after learning she is the sister of a soldier who was killed in action.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 11: 2πR
2013-01-03

Finch goes under cover to protect a youth who reminds him of himself; Carter goes on a dangerous mission for the FBI.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Prisoner's Dilemma
2013-01-10

Carter tries to help Reese by engaging in mental warfare with the FBI; Reese has encounters with old and new enemies; Detective Fusco must protect supermodel Karolina Kurkova, the latest person of interest.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: Dead Reckoning
2013-01-31

Reese is abducted by a former acquaintance planning a massive and potentially deadly act of cyber-warfare.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 14: One Percent
2013-02-07

Finch and Reese meet their match: a tech billionaire whose curiosity and endless resources could expose their identities and ruin their efforts to save his life.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 15: Booked Solid
2013-02-14

As Reese and Finch try to save a hotel maid's life, they encounter a litany of suspects; Detective Carter considers a significant offer from the FBI.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 16: Relevance
2013-02-21

A lethal government operative who tracks and stops terrorist threats before they occur finds herself on the run – and the new focus of Reese and Finch's attention. However, their pursuit proves to be their most formidable when they discover that her remarkable skill set equals their own.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 17: Proteus
2013-03-07

As Finch and Reese try to protect six people simultaneously, clues lead them to a coastal town; when a storm forces Finch and Reese to seek shelter in a police station with a group of locals, they realize a killer may be in their midst.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 18: All In
2013-03-14

Finch and Reese head to Atlantic City to protect the latest person of interest, an elderly gambler; Carter tries to clear another detective's name.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 19: Trojan Horse
2013-04-04

Finch infiltrates a tech corporation to gather intel on an executive whose number has come up; Carter questions Beecher's integrity.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 20: In Extremis
2013-04-25

When a person of interest is poisoned, Finch and Reese only have 24 hours to identify the toxin and find the person responsible; Detective Fusco's past catches up to him.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 21: Zero Day
2013-05-02

When a virus causes the machine to malfunction, numbers are issued irregularly; the team searches for an extremely elusive tech millionaire.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 22: God Mode
2013-05-09

Finch and Reese team up with unexpected allies as they race to fix the machine; as Detective Carter tries to apprehend Cal Beecher's murderer, she finds herself up against HR -- a criminal organization.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2013)

The team suffers a devastating loss and confront staggering challenges. Adapting to the next evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, Finch and Reese team with rogue agent Sameen Shaw to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco finally unravel the criminal police conspiracy "HR" - but at a tragic cost. And former cyber-enemy — and now highly tuned confederate of The Machine — Root becomes an unpredictable ally when the team learns a second surveillance apparatus to rival The Machine is on the verge of activation.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Liberty
2013-09-24

The Machine, now completely self-governed with its whereabouts unknown, resumes giving Finch its "irrelevant" numbers for people in danger, which include a U.S. naval officer in town for Fleet Week. However, with so many sailors flooding the streets of New York City, finding the officer in time presents an even bigger challenge for Reese and Shaw.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Nothing to Hide
2013-10-01

The number comes up for an Internet entrepreneur in the business of eliminating people's privacy, but finds his own being rapidly stripped away. As his life spirals out of control, Reese tries to protect him while Finch calls on Shaw, Carter and Fusco for help finding whoever is after him.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Lady Killer
2013-10-08

The team suspects the latest number to be a potential stalker/ killer. Root plots her escape from the institution and gives her psychiatrist a big surprise.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: Reasonable Doubt
2013-10-15

The team must figure out if a prominent lawyer orchestrated the murder of her husband or if she is being framed; Carter is spotted with Reese by her new partner.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Razgovor
2013-10-22

Shaw must stay close to a 10-year-old girl with highly developed surveillance skills when she is identified by the machine; Carter's mission could be exposed.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: Mors Praematura
2013-10-29

After being freed from her confinement to the psych ward, Root needs Shaw's help with a directive from the machine; Finch and Reese look into a mild-mannered investigator.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: The Perfect Mark
2013-11-05

The team is met with surprises during an investigation into a hypnotherapist; an antiquities dealer has ties to a crime organization.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: Endgame
2013-11-12

The machine gives Finch 38 numbers at once; information about Carter's past is revealed.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: The Crossing
2013-11-19

The battle to bring a crime organization to justice reaches a new level; Reese's number comes up in the machine.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: The Devil's Share
2013-11-26

As the POI team seeks justice for Carter’s murder, Finch realizes one of his team members may go one step too far in order to end the war with HR. Also, The Machine gives out the number for NYPD Officer Patrick Simmons, one of the crime organization’s key players.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: Lethe
2013-12-17

Flashbacks to Finch’s adolescence provide insight into his creation of The Machine. Also, the team receives the number of an already dying man, and Reese leaves the POI team behind in the aftermath of the war with the crime organization, HR.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Aletheia
2014-01-07

Multiple enemies converge on the POI team as they protect a dying man whose number has come up. They struggle to keep their enemies at bay but without Reese, who has left them and their mission behind following the tragic war with HR, being down one man could have catastrophic repercussions for the team.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: 4C
2014-01-14

Reese boards an international flight in an attempt to put the team and the past behind him, but is angered when he realizes his travel plans have been manipulated.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 14: Provenance
2014-02-04

Reese rejoins Finch in New York, but when the team receives the number of a highly skilled antiquities thief, a surprising turn of events finds them planning a heist which could land them all in jail.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 15: Last Call
2014-02-25

Finch goes undercover in an emergency call center to protect a 911 operator, but it soon becomes clear that the threat reaches further than the team could have anticipated.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 16: RAM
2014-03-04

The secrets of Finch’s operation before he enlisted Reese are revealed, including shocking ties to present-day events.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 17: /
2014-03-18

The Machine assigns Root to seek out a janitor with a mysterious past, but when her very presence puts his life in danger, Finch also receives his number.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 18: Allegiance
2014-03-25

Finch and Reese must delve into the murky waters of international politics when they are given the number of a former government contractor who is stalking a UN diplomat. Also, an enemy attempts to gain an upper hand on Root.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 19: Most Likely To...
2014-04-01

Reese and Shaw pose as alumni at a high school reunion in order to keep eyes on the latest POI. Meanwhile, Finch and Fusco travel to Washington, D.C., to investigate the motivations behind Vigilance’s latest attack.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 20: Death Benefit
2014-04-15

Reese poses as a Secret Service agent to get close to the latest POI, a U.S. congressman who may hold the key to derailing Decima’s plans to bring a second Machine online.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 21: Beta
2014-04-29

As Decima uses Samaritan’s feeds to hunt Reese and Shaw, Greer exploits Finch’s greatest weakness in an attempt to lure him out of hiding: his love for his former fiancée, Grace Hendricks.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 22: A House Divided
2014-05-06

When an unknown entity prevents The Machine from seeing the full picture of an impending catastrophic event, it sends the team five separate numbers to help them piece together the bigger picture. Meanwhile, Root’s team of hackers arrives in New York.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 23: Deus Ex Machina
2014-05-13

The team takes desperate action in its race to prevent the malevolent AI program Samaritan from coming online and making them its first targets. Meanwhile, the months-long battle with the anti-surveillance terrorist group Vigilance comes to a shocking conclusion.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2014)

Although they’ve saved countless lives thanks to The Machine’s omniscience, John Reese and Harold Finch, along with lethal operative Sameen Shaw and unpredictable cyber-hacker Root now face an uncertain future. With a second machine — Samaritan — now online, the elusive team are now targets themselves, hiding in plain sight. The only thing more frightening than the ruthless Decima organization calling the shots is leaving those decisions up to an untested Machine. Facing a dangerous tomorrow, the POI team must find a way to outsmart Samaritan, an all-seeing, all-powerful artificial intelligence that’s self-governing, continually evolving and growing stronger every day.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Panopticon
2014-09-23

Forced to take on new identities provided by Root, the team members try to adapt to their new lives. However, some find it hard to ignore The Machine's numbers, which puts them all at risk of being detected by Samaritan.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Nautilus
2014-09-30

Despite not wanting to help with the new numbers, Finch's interest is piqued when the newest person of interest turns out to be a brilliant college student involved with a mysterious scavenger hunt.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Wingman
2014-10-07

Finch recruits Fusco to stick close to the latest POI, a professional 'wingman', but learning how to approach women soon becomes the least of his worries. Reese must find a way to play by the rules at his new day job. The Machine sends Finch and Root on a mysterious errand.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: Brotherhood
2014-10-14

Reese's cover job as a detective at the NYPD becomes complicated when the young brother and sister he's protecting become targets of a gang investigation.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Prophets
2014-10-21

While Reese is forced to go to counseling for his violent tendencies, Root, Shaw and Finch try to help a new POI.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: Pretenders
2014-10-28

Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect a unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as fake detective. Finch travels to Hong Kong as part of his academic cover identity.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Honor Among Thieves
2014-11-11

Shaw joins a team of international thieves in order to keep tabs on the latest POI, but an unexpected turn of events puts her in danger of being detected by Samaritan. Also, Finch and Root undertake a dangerous sabotage mission.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: Point of Origin
2014-11-18

Reese volunteers as an NYPD police academy instructor in order to keep an eye on a talented young officer whose suspicious actions make him question her motives. Meanwhile, Martine – armed with information from Samaritan – hunts a member of the team.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: The Devil You Know
2014-11-25

Reese must save Elias from the Brotherhood. He can't get any help from Root or Shaw since Shaw's cover is blown and Root is escorting her to underground.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: The Cold War
2014-12-16

Samaritan shows its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: If-Then-Else
2015-01-06

Samaritan launches a cyber-attack on the stock exchange, forcing the team to risk their lives in a desperate mission to stop a global economic catastrophe.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Control-Alt-Delete
2015-01-13

Control, who oversees the handling of relevant numbers for the government, begins to question the methods and intentions of the Samaritan program. Also, alarming news reports of a pair of vigilantes rampaging through the Northeast begin to surface.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: M.I.A.
2015-02-03

Root and Reese investigate a small town in upstate New York that holds the key to Shaw's location... and whether she's dead or alive.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 14: Guilty
2015-02-10

When the Machine arranges for Finch to sit on the jury of a murder trial, he begins to suspect that a fellow juror is set to rig the proceedings. Meanwhile, Reese begins to open up to the department’s therapist.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 15: Q&A
2015-02-17

Reese tries to protect a software programmer with a mysterious second life, but it’s unclear which side of her life the threat is coming from. Meanwhile, Claire, a young hacker whom Finch tried to protect from Samaritan, reaches out to him for aid.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 16: Blunt
2015-02-24

Reese and Finch must protect Harper, a street-smart grifter, when her plan to steal cash from a medical marijuana dispensary goes up in smoke.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 17: Karma
2015-03-10

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 18: Skip
2015-03-24

Reese must protect a bounty hunter who refuses to allow the potential threat to her life sway her from the relentless pursuit of her target. Also, Finch tries to set the plan he began in Shanghai in motion.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 19: Search and Destroy
2015-04-07

Reese and Finch scramble to protect a software CEO when his behavior becomes increasingly erratic following a hacker attack that reveals all his secrets and unravels his life.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 20: Terra Incognita
2015-04-14

Reese finds himself on a dangerous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 21: Asylum
2015-04-28

Reese and Fusco get caught in the war between the two newest POIs, rival crime bosses Elias and Dominic. Also, a tantalizing clue to Shaw’s whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a possible trap, and Control goes rogue to uncover the true intentions of the Samaritan program.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 22: YHWH
2015-05-05

Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan. Also, Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between rival crime bosses Elias and Dominic.

Runtime: 44 min
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Season 5 (2016)

For years, the Person of Interest team have been protected by The Machine, but as worlds collided and a rival AI known as Samaritan finally cornered The Machine inside the nation’s power grid, it was the POI team’s turn to protect Finch’s creation. In season five, the cold war is over. The world around us might look the same, but something has drastically changed. Samaritan’s lethal “correction” has initiated its control. Finch’s Machine is essentially dead. Shaw is still missing. And the team is once again hiding in plain sight. But with Samaritan’s invisible grip tightening everywhere, will Finch be able to rebuild and resurrect The Machine? And if he does, will it be the same Machine when it comes back online?

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: B.S.O.D.
2016-05-03

Reese and Finch attempt to rescue the Machine’s source code before it deteriorates beyond repair. Also, Root fights for her life against an onslaught of Samaritan’s agents and Fusco is faced with hard questions following the deaths of Dominic and Elias.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: SNAFU
2016-05-09

The Machine experiences a glitch during rebooting, supplying Reese and Fusco with the numbers of dozens of people not actually involved in crimes, while also locking Finch and Root out after identifying them as threats based on past violent behavior.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Truth Be Told
2016-05-10

Reese’s cover could be blown when he realizes the latest POI has ties to his old CIA colleague, Kara Stanton.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: 6,741
2016-05-16

Shaw escapes her captors, but the team is unsure of her mental state when she begins to act paranoid and reckless.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: ShotSeeker
2016-05-17

Reese protects an NYPD analyst whose investigation into a software glitch has drawn the attention of Samaritan. Also, Reese and Fusco are threatened by an ally of Elias’s, who is looking to avenge his friend’s death.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: A More Perfect Union
2016-05-23

The Machine sends Reese and Finch to a wedding to protect a pair of POIs before their nuptials. Also, Fusco becomes angry at being kept in the dark by the team and takes it upon himself to investigate a string of missing person reports.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: QSO
2016-05-24

Root goes undercover at a radio station to protect the host of a conspiracy theory show who stumbles upon information that could get him killed. Also, Samaritan’s agents try to convince a member of the team that their goals are noble.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: Reassortment
2016-05-24

Reese and Finch become trapped in a hospital that becomes ground zero for a deadly viral outbreak. Also, Samaritan’s newest recruit has second thoughts and Shaw continues to struggle with reality.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: Sotto Voce
2016-05-30

The mysterious criminal mastermind known as “The Voice” returns and traps Reese and Fusco in their own precinct with several armed gang members and the latest POI. Also, Root makes a shocking discovery.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: The Day the World Went Away
2016-05-31

Finch’s number comes up when a fatal error blows his cover identity and sets off a deadly series of escalating encounters with Samaritan’s operatives.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: Synecdoche
2016-06-07

The team must unravel a conspiracy and stay ahead of the Secret Service when the President of the United States becomes their newest POI. Also, Finch separates himself from the team and considers taking drastic action to combat Samaritan.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: .exe
2016-06-14

As Reese and Shaw race to catch up with Finch, he infiltrates a maximum-security government facility in a desperate mission which could mean the end for not only Samaritan, but for himself and The Machine as well.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: return 0
2016-06-21

Finch, Reese, Fusco and Shaw embark on one last mission to prevent Samaritan from destroying The Machine and cementing its hold over mankind.

Runtime: 44 min

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