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Season 1
Ep 1 - Pilot Toggle seen
Reese and Finch must figure out whether a young prosecutor is a victim or a suspect.
Ep 2 - Ghosts Toggle seen
Reese and Finch question the machine's reliability when it prompts the investigation of a teenager who was killed years earlier; Finch recalls the origin of the machine.
Ep 3 - Mission Creep Toggle seen
Reese infiltrates a gang to get closer to a former Marine that the machine tagged.
Ep 4 - Cura Te Ipsum Toggle seen
Reese and Finch try to unravel a threat to a promising young doctor.
Ep 5 - Judgement Toggle seen
Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a Person of Interest who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice.
Ep 6 - The Fix Toggle seen
Reese becomes romantically involved with the newest Person of Interest: an attractive woman who isn't all that she seems.
Ep 7 - Witness Toggle seen
The Machine identifies a school teacher who witnessed a mob hit as their next POI and Reese and Finch rush to save his life.
Ep 8 - Foe Toggle seen
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.
Ep 9 - Get Carter Toggle seen
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.
Ep 10 - Number Crunch Toggle seen
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.
Ep 11 - Super Toggle seen
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.
Ep 12 - Legacy Toggle seen
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.
Ep 13 - Root Cause Toggle seen
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.
Ep 14 - Wolf and Cub Toggle seen
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.
Ep 15 - Blue Code Toggle seen
Reese discovers there’s more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.
Ep 16 - Risk Toggle seen
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.
Ep 17 - Baby Blue Toggle seen
Reese and Finch are puzzled when the machine names a 6-month-old baby as the latest person of interest; Detective Carter questions her allegiances when Elias resurfaces.
Ep 18 - Identity Crisis Toggle seen
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.
Ep 19 - Flesh and Blood Toggle seen
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.
Ep 20 - Matsya Nyaya Toggle seen
To track the latest person of interest, Reese goes under cover as part of an armored truck crew; throughout the case, Reese is reminded of tough decisions he was forced to make during his last CIA mission.
Ep 21 - Many Happy Returns Toggle seen
On Reese's birthday, Finch gives him the day off in hope of keeping him away from the latest person of interest.
Ep 22 - No Good Deed Toggle seen
A person of interest winds up in the middle of a dark government conspiracy that Finch is all too familiar with; Reese makes a discovery about Finch's past.
Ep 23 - Firewall Toggle seen
Reese becomes trapped with his POI in a heavily surveilled part of the city and must rely on Finch, Carter and Fusco's help.
Season 2
Ep 1 - The Contingency Toggle seen
Reese asks Detectives Carter and Fusco for help finding Finch, who was kidnapped by his nemesis.
Ep 2 - Bad Code Toggle seen
As Reese investigates a cold case, he gets closer to Finch and his kidnapper, Root.
Ep 3 - Masquerade Toggle seen
Reese protects the spoiled daughter of a Brazilian diplomat.
Ep 4 - Triggerman Toggle seen
Reese and Finch wonder if they should intervene when they learn that a mob enforcer's life is in danger; Finch turns to an unexpected source for help.
Ep 5 - Bury the Lede Toggle seen
Reese must surreptitiously protect an investigative reporter without becoming a part of her story.
Ep 6 - The High Road Toggle seen
The Machine’s latest number sends Reese to the suburbs.
Ep 7 - Critical Toggle seen
A resourceful third party raises the stakes as Finch and Reese try to protect their latest person of interest, a brilliant surgeon.
Ep 8 - Til Death Toggle seen
The team faces a challenge when the numbers of both a man and his wife come up in the machine.
Ep 9 - C.O.D. Toggle seen
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.
Ep 10 - Shadow Box Toggle seen
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.
Ep 11 - 2πR Toggle seen
Finch goes under cover to protect a youth who reminds him of himself; Carter goes on a dangerous mission for the FBI.
Ep 12 - Prisoner's Dilemma Toggle seen
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.
Ep 13 - Dead Reckoning Toggle seen
Reese is captured by a former acquaintance planning a massive and potentially deadly act of cyber-warfare.
Ep 14 - One Percent Toggle seen
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.
Ep 15 - Booked Solid Toggle seen
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.
Ep 16 - Relevance Toggle seen
The latest POI - a deadly government operative who tackles terrorist threats - proves difficult for Reese and Finch to protect.
Ep 17 - Proteus Toggle seen
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.
Ep 18 - All In Toggle seen
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.
Ep 19 - Trojan Horse Toggle seen
Finch infiltrates a tech corporation to gather intel on an executive whose number has come up; Carter questions Beecher's integrity.
Ep 20 - In Extremis Toggle seen
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.
Ep 21 - Zero Day Toggle seen
When a virus causes the machine to malfunction, numbers are issued irregularly; the team searches for an extremely elusive tech millionaire.
Ep 22 - God Mode Toggle seen
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.
Season 3
Ep 1 - Liberty Toggle seen
Reese and Shaw struggle to find a naval officer among all those in town for Fleet Week; Carter puts a plan in motion to get rid of those who set her up; Root tests her new surroundings.
Ep 2 - Nothing to Hide Toggle seen
Reese tries to protect an Internet entrepreneur who targets people's privacy; Carter is paired with a rookie partner.
Ep 3 - Lady Killer Toggle seen
Finch and Reese ask Zoe Morgan, Carter and Shaw to help them determine if a playboy is a predator or a target; Root plots an escape from the psych ward with the help of the machine.
Ep 4 - Reasonable Doubt Toggle seen
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.
Ep 5 - Razgovor Toggle seen
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.
Ep 6 - Mors Praematura Toggle seen
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.
Ep 7 - The Perfect Mark Toggle seen
The team is met with surprises during an investigation into a hypnotherapist; an antiquities dealer has ties to a crime organization.
Ep 8 - Endgame Toggle seen
The machine gives Finch 38 numbers at once; information about Carter's past is revealed.
Ep 9 - The Crossing Toggle seen
The battle to bring a crime organization to justice reaches a new level; Reese's number comes up in the machine.
Ep 10 - The Devil's Share Toggle seen
As the team seeks justice for a death, Finch fears one team member will go too far; the number of one of HR's key players comes up in the machine.
Ep 11 - Lethe Toggle seen
Flashbacks reveal Finch's creation of the machine; Reese hits the road, leaving the team to deal with the aftermath of their war with HR.
Ep 12 - Aletheia Toggle seen
Multiple enemies target the team as they try to protect a dying man; Reese's absence could lead to catastrophic repercussions.
Ep 13 - 4C Toggle seen
Reese gets on an international flight -- intending to leave the team and the past behind -- but realizes his travel plans were manipulated.
Ep 14 - Provenance Toggle seen
Reese comes back to New York; surprising events lead to the team planning a heist that could send them all to jail.
Ep 15 - Last Call Toggle seen
Finch tries to protect a 911 operator by going under cover in an emergency call center; the threat proves to be larger than anticipated.
Ep 16 - RAM Toggle seen
Secrets of Finch's pre-Reese operation are revealed -- including surprising ties to current events.
Ep 17 - / Toggle seen
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.
Ep 18 - Allegiance Toggle seen
When Reese and Finch have to protect a former government contractor who is following a UN diplomat, they are thrust into the murky waters of international politics.
Ep 19 - Most Likely To ... Toggle seen
In order to protect the latest person of interest, Shaw and Reese go under cover at a high school reunion; Fusco and Finch go to Washington, D.C., to investigate Vigilance's most recent attack.
Ep 20 - Death Benefit Toggle seen
Reese goes under cover as a secret service agent in order to get close to the latest person of interest, a congressman who may have the key to derailing Decima's plan for a second machine.
Ep 21 - Beta Toggle seen
Reese and Shaw are hunted by Decima; Greer uses Finch's greatest weakness -- his former fiancee -- to lure him out of hiding.
Ep 22 - A House Divided Toggle seen
The machine sends the team five different numbers to investigate when an unknown entity blocks details about an impending catastrophic event; Root's hackers arrive in New York.
Ep 23 - Deus Ex Machina Toggle seen
The team work to stop Samaritan from coming online and targeting them; the battle against Vigilance reaches a conclusion.
Season 4
Ep 1 - Panopticon Toggle seen
In the fourth season premiere, the team must devise new ways to continue their work without being detected by Samaritan after they're forced to take on new identities created by Root. Some, however, find it hard to ignore the Machine's numbers, putting them all at risk of being seen by the rival machine.
Ep 2 - Nautilus Toggle seen
Although Finch insists that he no longer wishes to help with new numbers, his interest is piqued when Reese learns that the newest POI is a brilliant college student engaged in a mysterious, life-and-death scavenger hunt. Now he must decide if he can help without alerting Samaritan.
Ep 3 - Wingman Toggle seen
Finch recruits Fusco to stay close to the latest POI, a professional "wingman" whose number has come up, but learning how to approach women soon becomes the least of his worries. Meanwhile, Reese must find a way to play by the rules at his new day job as the Machine sends Finch and Root on a mysterious errand.
Ep 4 - Brotherhood Toggle seen
Reese's cover job as an NYPD detective becomes complicated when the young brother and sister he's protecting become targets of a gang investigation.
Ep 5 - Prophets Toggle seen
Finch is suspicious when a gifted political pollster's number comes up at the same time that his typically ironclad predictions go wrong – and believes that the two events are linked. Meanwhile, Reese is sidelined by a direct order from Captain Moreno. Jason Ritter guest stars as pollster Simon Lee.
Ep 6 - Pretenders Toggle seen
Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect an unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as fake detective. Meanwhile, Finch travels to Hong Kong as part of his academic cover identity.
Ep 7 - Honor Among Thieves Toggle seen
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. Finch and Root, meanwhile, undertake a dangerous sabotage mission.
Ep 8 - Point of Origin Toggle seen
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.
Ep 9 - The Devil You Know Toggle seen
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.
Ep 10 - The Cold War Toggle seen
Samaritan demonstrates its true power by taking control of New York for 48 hours and erasing crime from the city in an attempt to lure The Machine out of hiding.
Ep 11 - If-Then-Else Toggle seen
Samaritan launches a cyber-attack on the stock exchange, forcing the team to risk their lives in a desperate mission to stop a global catastrophe.
Ep 12 - Control-Alt-Delete Toggle seen
Control, who oversees the handling of relevant numbers for the government, begins to question the methods and intentions of the Samaritan program. Root and Reese start looking for Shaw, whom they believe is still alive.
Ep 13 - M.I.A. Toggle seen
Root and Reese’s hunt for Shaw takes them to a small town in upstate New York where it becomes apparent that not everything is as idyllic as it seems. Also, Fusco teams with a former POI to tackle the newest number.
Ep 14 - Guilty Toggle seen
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.
Ep 15 - Q&A Toggle seen
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.
Ep 16 - Blunt Toggle seen
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.
Ep 17 - Karma Toggle seen
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.
Ep 18 - Skip Toggle seen
Reese must protect a bounty hunter who refuses to let the potential threat to her life deter her from the relentless pursuit of her target. Also, Finch tries to set the plan he began in Shanghai in motion.
Ep 19 - Search and Destroy Toggle seen
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.
Ep 20 - Terra Incognita Toggle seen
Reese finds himself on a perilous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.
Ep 21 - Asylum Toggle seen
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.
Ep 22 - YHWH Toggle seen
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.
Season 5
Ep 1 - B.S.O.D. Toggle seen
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.
Ep 2 - SNAFU Toggle seen
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.
Ep 3 - Truth Be Told Toggle seen
Reese’s cover could be blown when he realizes the latest POI has ties to his old CIA colleague, Kara Stanton.
Ep 4 - ShotSeeker Toggle seen
Ep 5 - A More Perfect Union Toggle seen
Ep 6 - QSO Toggle seen
Ep 7 - 6,741 Toggle seen
Ep 8 - Reassortment Toggle seen
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.
Ep 9 - Sotto Voce Toggle seen
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.
Ep 10 - The Day the World Went Away Toggle seen
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.
Ep 11 - Synecdoche Toggle seen
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.
Ep 12 - .exe Toggle seen
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.
Ep 13 - return 0 Toggle seen
Finch, Reese, Fusco, and Shaw embark on one last mission to prevent Samaritan from destroying The Machine and cementing its hold over mankind.
John Reese, a presumed dead former CIA agent who is approached by a mysterious billionaire named Harold Finch to prevent violent crimes before they happen by using an advanced surveillance system dubbed "The Machine". Their unique brand of vigilante justice attracts the attention of two NYPD officers, Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco, whom Reese uses to his advantage as he investigates persons of interest. Reese and Finch are later aided by Samantha "Root" Groves , a highly intelligent computer hacker and contract killer who the Machine later identifies as its "analog interface" and Sameen Shaw, a former ISA assassin who unknowingly dealt with the "relevant" numbers found by the Machine.
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Finch, Reese, Fusco, and Shaw embark on one last mission to prevent Samaritan from destroying The Machine and cementing its hold over mankind.
Status:
Ended
Network:
CBS
Airs:
00:00:00
Runtime:
45 minutes