Person of Interest

1. S01E01PilotSeptember 22, 2011 7.7John Reese is a former CIA operative living off the grid in NYC. When Reese is hauled into NYPD's 8th Precinct for a skirmish on the subway,
2. S01E02GhostsSeptember 29, 2011 7.5Finch gives Reese another social security number from the machine -- another chance to stop something terrible from happening. But there's s
3. S01E03Mission CreepOctober 6, 2011 7.1Reese goes undercover to find the threat surrounding the next person on Finch's list: a young army veteran named Joey Durban. Fresh out of t
4. S01E04Cura Te IpsumOctober 13, 2011 7.7Reese and Finch surveil their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she's on call and after hours to unravel the threat surrounding the promi
5. S01E05JudgementOctober 20, 2011 7.8When the Machine produces the social security number of a judge renowned for his tough sentencing, Reese and Finch have the added challenge
6. S01E06The FixOctober 27, 2011 8.0Reese is captivated by their newest POI - a beautiful, shrewd and remarkably resourceful woman.
7. S01E07WitnessNovember 3, 2011 7.8Finch gets the number belonging to Charlie Burton, a high school history teacher in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and an unlucky witness to a Ru
8. S01E08FoeNovember 17, 2011 7.5Reese and Finch receive the number for Wallace Negel -- a mysterious man who hasn't had a single electronic transaction in his name since 19
9. S01E09Get CarterDecember 8, 2011 8.0Reese and Finch's game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machine declares that she is thei
10. S01E10Number CrunchDecember 15, 2011 8.1­The machine gives Finch 4 numbers almost simultaneously, which means the POI's are probably connected. When they find the first number murd
11. S01E11SuperJanuary 12, 2012 8.0Reese 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
12. S01E12LegacyJanuary 19, 2012 7.8When 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
13. S01E13Root CauseFebruary 2, 2012 8.1­Reese and Finch's latest POI is a down-on-his-luck man who may have reached his breaking point. As the case evolves, the duo calls upon a f
14. S01E14Wolf and CubFebruary 9, 2012 7.6The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing concerned that the s
15. S01E15Blue CodeFebruary 16, 2012 7.8Reese infiltrates a group that specializes in couriering contraband in order to get close to their POI, the #2 in the operation. He's surpri
16. S01E16RiskFebruary 23, 2012 7.8The Machine leads Reese and Finch to Wall Street when a sharp young trader at a major investment bank becomes embroiled in a multi-million d
17. S01E17Baby BlueMarch 8, 2012 7.7When 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
18. S01E18Identity CrisisMarch 29, 2012 8.0Finch and Reese are stymied to find their most recent POI is actually two different people. One is a beautiful woman who is an art dealer wh
19. S01E19Flesh and BloodApril 5, 2012 7.9When 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 e
20. S01E20Matsya NyayaApril 26, 2012 8.3The Machine's latest mark puts Reese undercover as part of an armored truck crew, a case that brings back memories of his last CIA mission a
21. S01E21Many Happy ReturnsMay 3, 2012 8.1It's Reese's birthday, and Finch gifts him with a day off - especially when he realizes that The Machine's latest number is sure to revive p
22. S01E22No Good DeedMay 10, 2012 7.8The newest POI's curiosity could spell his doom when he finds himself embroiled in a dark government conspiracy - one that Finch is all too
23. S01E23Season's bestFirewallMay 17, 2012 8.6When a psychologist's number comes up, Reese must protect her from one of her patients while eluding capture by the FBI, who are closing in

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01The ContingencySeptember 27, 2012 8.1With Finch missing - kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root, in last season's finale cliffhanger - Reese enlists Detectives Carter and Fusco
2. S02E02Bad CodeOctober 4, 2012 8.1The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root.
3. S02E03MasqueradeOctober 18, 2012 7.9With Finch back in the Library, Reese returns to field work, only to face his toughest case yet - protecting the privileged daughter of a Br
4. S02E04TriggermanOctober 25, 2012 7.6When The Machine gives them the number of a mob enforcer whose life becomes endangered, Reese and Finch must decide whether to intervene or
5. S02E05Bury the LedeNovember 1, 2012 7.8Reese must protect an investigative journalist through surreptitious means to avoid becoming part of her story.
6. S02E06The High RoadNovember 8, 2012 7.7Reese goes undercover in an idyllic neighborhood when The Machine's latest number sends him to the suburbs.
7. S02E07CriticalNovember 15, 2012 7.8The Machine gives Finch and Reese the number of a brilliant surgeon, but they soon discover that a resourceful third party has raised the st
8. S02E08'Til DeathNovember 29, 2012 7.4The team is spread thin when a husband and wife's numbers both come up.
9. S02E09C.O.D.December 6, 2012 7.6Finch and Reese's surveillance skills are pushed to the limit when a New York City cab driver's number comes up and any one of his passenger
10. S02E10Shadow BoxDecember 13, 2012 7.8While the FBI refocuses their efforts to catch "The Man in the Suit," Reese's latest POI becomes a personal quest after he learns that she's
11. S02E112πRJanuary 3, 2013 7.9Finch goes undercover as a high school substitute teacher to protect a teen genius POI as Carter undertakes a dangerous mission to stop the
12. S02E12Prisoner's DilemmaJanuary 10, 2013 7.9While Carter engages in mental warfare with the FBI to help Reese evade Agent Donnelly's narrowing focus, Reese crosses paths with foes both
13. S02E13Dead ReckoningJanuary 31, 2013 7.9Reese is abducted by an old acquaintance planning a massive act of cyber-warfare that could lead to Reese's death.
14. S02E14One PercentFebruary 7, 2013 7.7Reese and Finch meet their match in a tech billionaire POI whose curiosity and limitless resources threaten to expose their identities and s
15. S02E15Booked SolidFebruary 14, 2013 7.9Reese and Finch race to save a hotel maid's life but find themselves surrounded by more suspects than they may be able to eliminate when the
16. S02E16RelevanceFebruary 21, 2013 7.7A lethal and sexy government operative who tracks and stops terrorist threats before they occur finds herself on the run - and the new focus
17. S02E17ProteusMarch 7, 2013 7.8After The Machine gives Reese and Finch six numbers at once, their search for clues leads them to a coastal town where they are forced to ri
18. S02E18All InMarch 14, 2013 7.1When an elderly gambler's number comes up, Reese and Finch head to Atlantic City to delve beneath the surface of their POI's seemingly ordin
19. S02E19Trojan HorseApril 4, 2013 7.7When the number of a leading tech executive comes up, Finch infiltrates her corporation to gather intel but can't determine whether she is w
20. S02E20In ExtremisApril 25, 2013 7.7When a luminary in the world of medicine is poisoned, Reese and Finch have just 24 hours to determine the deadly toxin he was given and find
21. S02E21Season's bestZero DayMay 2, 2013 8.2Reese and Finch realize that a virus has rendered The Machine erratic, causing it to issue numbers irregularly. As they race against the vir
22. S02E22God ModeMay 9, 2013 8.1Reese & Finch team up with surprising allies in a race to save The Machine from Root and the mysterious international organization Decim

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01LibertySeptember 24, 2013 7.2The Machine, now completely self governed with its whereabouts unknown, resumes giving Finch its "irrelevant" numbers for people in danger,
2. S03E02Nothing to HideOctober 1, 2013 7.3The number comes up for an Internet entrepreneur in the business of eliminating people's privacy, but finds his own being rapidly stripped a
3. S03E03Lady KillerOctober 8, 2013 7.4Reese and Finch enlist the help of Carter, Shaw and Zoe Morgan, who use their feminine wiles to bait a chameleon playboy who is either a pre
4. S03E04Reasonable DoubtOctober 15, 2013 7.4The team gets the number of a prominent New York lawyer and has to determine whether she orchestrated the death of her recently murdered hus
5. S03E05Season's bestRazgovorOctober 22, 2013 7.7When Shaw is tasked to stay close to a 10-year-old identified by The Machine, she grudgingly develops respect for the young girl's skills in
6. S03E06Mors PraematuraOctober 29, 2013 7.3Freed from her psych ward confinement, Root receives a directive from The Machine that requires Shaw's assistance - by any means necessary -
7. S03E07The Perfect MarkNovember 5, 2013 7.0The number comes up of a hypnotherapist whose life, upon investigation by the POI team, suggests he is more than just a master of the mind.
8. S03E08EndgameNovember 12, 2013 7.4The POI team's war with HR nears a boiling point when Finch receives 38 numbers at once from The Machine. He discovers they are connected to
9. S03E09The CrossingNovember 19, 2013 7.5Danger closes in when the battle to bring the crime organization HR to justice reaches new heights. Also, when The Machine suddenly gives ou
10. S03E10The Devil's ShareNovember 26, 2013 7.6As 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 wi
11. S03E11LetheDecember 17, 2013 7.4Flashbacks to Finch's adolescence provide insight into his creation of The Machine. Also, the team receives the number of an already dying m
12. S03E12AletheiaJanuary 7, 2014 7.4Multiple enemies converge on the POI team as they protect a dying man with a connection to Finch's past whose number has come up. They strug
13. S03E134CJanuary 14, 2014 7.1Reese 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
14. S03E14ProvenanceFebruary 4, 2014 7.2Reese rejoins Finch in New York, but when the team receives the number of a highly skilled antiquities thief, a surprising turn of events fi
15. S03E15Last CallFebruary 25, 2014 7.4Finch goes undercover in an emergency call center to protect a 911 operator, but it soon becomes clear that the threat reaches further than
16. S03E16RAMMarch 4, 2014 7.4The secrets of Finch's operation before he enlisted Reese are revealed, including shocking ties to present-day events.
17. S03E17/March 18, 2014 7.4The Machine assigns Root to seek out a janitor with a mysterious past, but when her very presence puts his life in danger, Finch also receiv
18. S03E18AllegianceMarch 25, 2014 7.0Finch and Reese must delve into the murky waters of international politics when they are given the number of a former government contractor
19. S03E19Most Likely To...April 1, 2014 7.4Reese 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 Washing
20. S03E20Death BenefitApril 15, 2014 7.3Reese 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
21. S03E21BetaApril 29, 2014 7.5As 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: h
22. S03E22A House DividedMay 6, 2014 7.4When an unknown entity prevents The Machine from seeing the full picture of an impending catastrophic event, it sends the team five separate
23. S03E23Deus Ex MachinaMay 13, 2014 7.6The team takes desperate actions in its race to prevent the malevolent AI program Samaritan from coming online and making them its first tar

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01PanopticonSeptember 23, 2014 7.2Forced 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 Machi
2. S04E02NautilusSeptember 30, 2014 7.0Although 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
3. S04E03WingmanOctober 7, 2014 7.1Finch recruits Fusco to stick close to the latest POI, a professional "wingman," but learning how to approach women soon becomes the least o
4. S04E04BrotherhoodOctober 14, 2014 7.2Reese'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
5. S04E05ProphetsOctober 21, 2014 7.3Finch is suspicious when a gifted political pollster's number comes up at the same time that his typically ironclad predictions go wrong, an
6. S04E06PretendersOctober 28, 2014 7.1Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect a unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as fake detective.
7. S04E07Honor Among ThievesNovember 11, 2014 7.2Shaw 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 b
8. S04E08Point of OriginNovember 18, 2014 6.8Reese volunteers as an NYPD police academy instructor in order to keep an eye on a talented young officer whose suspicious actions make him
9. S04E09The Devil You KnowNovember 25, 2014 7.4Reese 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 th
10. S04E10The Cold WarDecember 16, 2014 6.9Samaritan shows its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding.
11. S04E11Season's bestIf-Then-ElseJanuary 6, 2015 7.7Samaritan launches a cyber-attack on the stock exchange, leaving the team with no choice but to embark on a possible suicide mission in a de
12. S04E12Control-Alt-DeleteJanuary 13, 2015 7.3Control, who oversees the handling of relevant numbers for the government, begins to question the methods and intentions of the Samaritan pr
13. S04E13M.I.A.February 3, 2015 7.3Reese 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
14. S04E14GuiltyFebruary 10, 2015 7.0When 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 proceed
15. S04E15Q&AFebruary 17, 2015 7.0Reese tries to protect a software programmer with a mysterious second life, but it's unclear which side of her life the threat is coming fro
16. S04E16BluntFebruary 24, 2015 7.0Reese and Finch must protect Harper, a street-smart grifter, when her plan to steal cash from a medical marijuana dispensary goes up in smok
17. S04E17KarmaMarch 10, 2015 7.1Reese and Finch try to protect a psychologist whose unorthodox methods for helping his patients find closure could cost him dearly. Meanwhil
18. S04E18SkipMarch 24, 2015 7.3Reese must protect a bounty hunter who refuses to let the potential threat to her life deter her from the relentless pursuit of her target.
19. S04E19Search and DestroyApril 7, 2015 7.7Reese and Finch scramble to protect a software CEO when his behavior becomes increasingly erratic following a hacker attack that reveals all
20. S04E20Terra IncognitaApril 14, 2015 7.0Reese finds himself on a perilous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.
21. S04E21AsylumApril 28, 2015 7.5Reese 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
22. S04E22YHWHMay 5, 2015 7.5Finch 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

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01B.S.O.D.May 3, 2016 7.9It's a race against time as Reese and Finch try to get the dying Machine to the subway station so that they can decompress it to a server ca
2. S05E02SNAFUMay 9, 2016 7.9Finch and Root try to deal with the Machine's reboot, but it flags them--and Reese--as threats due to their violent histories. Meanwhile, Re
3. S05E03Truth Be ToldMay 10, 2016 7.7Past and present collide when the team's newest Number is investigating the death of his brother... who Reese killed when he worked for the
4. S05E046,741May 16, 2016 7.6Sameen escapes from Decima and reunites with the team, but is plagued by strange visions and searing headaches. She soon realizes that somet
5. S05E05ShotSeekerMay 17, 2016 7.7Reese protects an NYPD analyst whose investigation into a software glitch has drawn the attention of Samaritan. Also, Reese and Fusco are th
6. S05E06A More Perfect UnionMay 23, 2016 7.5The 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 t
7. S05E07QSOMay 24, 2016 7.7Root goes undercover at a radio station to protect the host of a conspiracy theory show who stumbles upon information that could get him kil
8. S05E08ReassortmentMay 24, 2016 7.5Reese and Finch become trapped in a hospital that becomes ground zero for a deadly viral outbreak. Also, Samaritan's newest recruit has seco
9. S05E09Sotto VoceMay 30, 2016 8.0The mysterious criminal mastermind known as "The Voice" returns and traps Reese and Fusco in their own precinct with several armed gang memb
10. S05E10Season's bestThe Day the World Went AwayMay 31, 2016 8.4Finch's number comes up when a fatal error blows his cover identity and sets off a deadly series of escalating encounters with Samaritan's o
11. S05E11SynecdocheJune 7, 2016 8.1The team must unravel a conspiracy and stay ahead of the Secret Service when the President of the United States becomes their newest POI. Al
12. S05E12.exeJune 14, 2016 8.0As Reese and Shaw race to catch up with Finch, he infiltrates a maximum-security government facility in a desperate mission which could mean
13. S05E13return 0June 21, 2016 8.3As Finch's virus spreads, destroying both Samaritan and the Machine, Samaritan makes one last desperate attempt to preserve itself and the t

Season 5 ranked & reviewed