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Person of Interest
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.
- Created by:
- Jonathan Nolan
- Cast:
- Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Kevin Chapman, Amy Acker
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- CBS
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Seasons
Season 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 8.2Panopticon
2014-09-23 · 43mForced 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.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.3Nautilus
2014-09-30 · 43mDespite 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.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.0Wingman
2014-10-07 · 43mFinch 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.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.5Brotherhood
2014-10-14 · 43mReese'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.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 8.8Prophets
2014-10-21 · 43mWhile Reese is forced to go to counseling for his violent tendencies, Root, Shaw and Finch try to help a new POI.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.6Pretenders
2014-10-28 · 43mReese, 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.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 8.0Honor Among Thieves
2014-11-11 · 43mShaw 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.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 8.1Point of Origin
2014-11-18 · 43mReese 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.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 8.7The Devil You Know
2014-11-25 · 43mReese 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.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 8.7The Cold War
2014-12-16 · 43mSamaritan shows its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 8.8If-Then-Else
2015-01-06 · 43mSamaritan 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.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 8.7Control-Alt-Delete
2015-01-13 · 43mControl, 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.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 8.3M.I.A.
2015-02-03 · 43mRoot 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.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.4Guilty
2015-02-10 · 43mWhen 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.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 8.4Q&A
2015-02-17 · 43mReese 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.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 7.4Blunt
2015-02-24 · 43mReese and Finch must protect Harper, a street-smart grifter, when her plan to steal cash from a medical marijuana dispensary goes up in smoke.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 7.3Karma
2015-03-10 · 43mReese 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.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 8.0Skip
2015-03-24 · 43mReese 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.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 8.4Search and Destroy
2015-04-07 · 43mReese 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.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 7.7Terra Incognita
2015-04-14 · 43mReese finds himself on a dangerous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 8.9Asylum
2015-04-28 · 43mReese 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.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 9.2YHWH
2015-05-05 · 43mFinch 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.
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Jim Caviezel
John Reese
Michael Emerson
Harold Finch
Kevin Chapman
Lionel Fusco
Amy Acker
Root
Sarah Shahi
Sameen Shaw