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s05e13 · 2016-06-22
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Person of Interest
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What it is
You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it. I designed the Machine to detect acts of terror but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people. People like you. Crimes the government considered "irrelevant". They wouldn't act so I decided I would. But I needed a partner. Someone with the skills to intervene. Hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. You'll never find us. But victim or perpetrator, if your number is up, we'll find you.
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22 this season · 104 totals04e01 Panopticon 2014-09-24 02:00
Panopticon
Forced to take on new identities created by Root, the team tries 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.
s04e02 Nautilus 2014-10-01 02:00
Nautilus
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.
s04e03 Wingman 2014-10-08 02:00
Wingman
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. 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,.
s04e04 Brotherhood 2014-10-15 02:00
Brotherhood
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.
s04e05 Prophets 2014-10-22 02:00
Prophets
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.
s04e06 Pretenders 2014-10-29 02:00
Pretenders
Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect a 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.
s04e07 Honor Among Thieves 2014-11-12 03:00
Honor Among Thieves
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.
s04e08 Point of Origin 2014-11-19 03:00
Point of Origin
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.
s04e09 The Devil You Know 2014-11-26 03:00
The Devil You Know
Reese and Finch are caught in a power struggle for control of the city's gangs when Elias is targeted by Dominic, the ambitious leader of the Brotherhood. Meanwhile, Root and Shaw disagree over how to handle a new threat from Samaritan.
s04e10 The Cold War 2014-12-17 03:00
The Cold War
Samaritan shows its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding.
s04e11 If-Then-Else 2015-01-07 03:00
If-Then-Else
Samaritan launches a cyber-attack on the stock exchange, leaving the team with no choice but to embark on a possible suicide mission in a desperate attempt to stop a global economic catastrophe.
s04e12 Control-Alt-Delete 2015-01-14 03:00
Control-Alt-Delete
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.
s04e13 M.I.A. 2015-02-04 03:00
M.I.A.
Reese and Root'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.
s04e14 Guilty 2015-02-11 03:00
Guilty
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.
s04e15 Q&A 2015-02-18 03:00
Q&A
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 who Finch tried to protect from Samaritan, reaches out to him for aid.
s04e16 Blunt 2015-02-25 03:00
Blunt
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.
s04e17 Karma 2015-03-11 02:00
Karma
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.
s04e18 Skip 2015-03-25 02:00
Skip
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.
s04e19 Search and Destroy 2015-04-08 02:00
Search and Destroy
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.
s04e20 Terra Incognita 2015-04-15 02:00
Terra Incognita
Reese finds himself on a perilous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.
s04e21 Asylum 2015-04-29 02:00
Asylum
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.
s04e22 YHWH 2015-05-06 02:00
YHWH
Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan, while Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between rival crime bosses Elias and Dominic.