The best episodes of Person of Interest
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- 01
When 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 fast. Meanwhile, Finch receives an unwelcome visit from an old acquaintance.
- 02
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.
- 03
The 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 and painful decisions he was forced to make.
- 04
As Finch's virus spreads, destroying both Samaritan and the Machine, Samaritan makes one last desperate attempt to preserve itself and the team undertakes one last mission to stop it... and not everyone will survive.
- 05
Reese and Finch realize that a virus has rendered The Machine erratic, causing it to issue numbers irregularly. As they race against the viral countdown, the team searches for a tech millionaire so elusive no one has ever seen him. Also, Detective Carter's mission to bring Cal Beecher's murderer to justice lands her squarely within the sights of the HR criminal organization.
- 06
The machine gives Finch 4 numbers almost simultaneously, which means the POI's are probably connected. When they find the first number murdered, Reese enlists Finch and Fusco to help keep the others safe. Unfortunately Finch isn't able to get there in time for the second victim. Reese figures out that the remaining two numbers are foster sisters and manages to rescue them from an attempt on their life. Finch determines that all four seemingly unconnected people met at the scene of a car accident and they did something to make them targets.
- 07
Reese 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 former POI for help, the resourceful and well-connected Zoe.
- 08
It'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 painful memories.
- 09
With Finch missing - kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root, in last season's finale cliffhanger - Reese enlists Detectives Carter and Fusco to get his friend back.
- 10
The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root.
- 11
Reese & Finch team up with surprising allies in a race to save The Machine from Root and the mysterious international organization Decima, who have both re-emerged with dangerous agendas. As the POI team faces off against enemies old and new, the nature of Finch's relationship with former partner Nathan Ingram is revealed along with his original motivation for wanting to save The Machine's irrelevant numbers. Meanwhile, in her mission to bring Cal Beecher's murderer to justice, Detective Carter finds herself up against the criminal organization known as HR.
- 12
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.
- 13
Reese is captivated by their newest POI - a beautiful, shrewd and remarkably resourceful woman.
- 14
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.
- 15
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.
- 16
Finch 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 who is worried because she thinks someone is following her. The other is a man who was badly beaten and seems to be running an MDMA factory.
- 17
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.
- 18
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.
- 19
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.
- 20
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.
- 21
Finch goes undercover as a high school substitute teacher to protect a teen genius POI as Carter undertakes a dangerous mission to stop the FBI from determining that an imprisoned Reese is the "Man In a Suit".
- 22
While Carter engages in mental warfare with the FBI to help Reese evade Agent Donnelly's narrowing focus, Reese crosses paths with foes both old and new. Meanwhile, Det. Fusco is forced to fly solo to help the team's newest POI: supermodel Karolina Kurkova.
- 23
Reese is abducted by an old acquaintance planning a massive act of cyber-warfare that could lead to Reese's death.
- 24
Reese 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 they realize any guest or staff member could be her potential killer. Meanwhile, Detective Carter weighs a major offer from the FBI.
- 25
It'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 capable of holding its memory. Meanwhile, Root turns to an old friend for identity papers as Decima agents close in on her, and Fusco deals with IAB in the aftermath of Dominic and Elias's deaths.
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