Series synopsis
Person of Interest is an American drama action & adventure crime sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2011. It ended on June 21, 2016. It was created by Jonathan Nolan. It stars Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Kevin Chapman and Taraji P. Henson.
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.
Premise
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.
Premise: You're being watched.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jim Caviezel as John Reese
- Michael Emerson as Harold Finch
- Kevin Chapman as Lionel Fusco
- Taraji P. Henson as Joss Carter
- Sarah Shahi as Sameen Shaw
- Enrico Colantoni as Carl Elias
- Elizabeth Marvel as Alicia Corwin
- Wrenn Schmidt as Iris Campbell
Supporting cast
- Al Sapienza as Raymond Terney
- Robert John Burke as Patrick Simmons
- Brett Cullen as Nathan Ingram
- Carrie Preston as Grace Hendricks
Guest cast
- Amy Acker as Root
- Camryn Manheim as Control
- John Nolan as John Greer
- Natalie Zea as Diane Hanson
- Alan Dale as Ulrich Kohl
- Valentina de Angelis as Theresa Whitaker
- Linda Cardellini as Megan Tillman
- James Carpinello as Joey Durban
- Malik Yoba as Andre Wilcox
- David Costabile as Samuel Gates
- Tim Guinee as Mark Lawson
- Bridget Regan as Wendy McNally
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 120 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 17 | September 4, 2012 | September 4, 2012 |
| Season 1 | 23 | September 22, 2011 | May 17, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 27, 2012 | May 9, 2013 |
| Season 3 | 23 | September 24, 2013 | May 13, 2014 |
| Season 4 | 22 | September 23, 2014 | May 5, 2015 |
| Season 5 | 13 | May 3, 2016 | June 21, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Extended Pilot Episode - Unaired When the social security number of a young prosecutor comes up, Reese and Finch work together to figure out if their person of interest is the victim or perpetrator. |
September 4, 2012 |
| 2 |
Living in the Age of Surveillance Interviews with cast, crew and security experts about living under technological surveillance in the modern day. |
September 4, 2012 |
| 3 |
Gag Reel Season 1 Gag reel with flubbed scenes that were cut from season 1. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot When the social security number of a young prosecutor comes up, Reese and Finch work together to figure out if their person of interest is the victim or perpetrator. |
September 22, 2011 |
| 2 |
Ghosts Reese and Finch question the machine's reliability when they are asked to investigate a teenager who was killed years earlier; Finch remembers the origin of the machine. |
September 29, 2011 |
| 3 |
Mission Creep Reese goes undercover to find the threat surrounding the next person on Finch's list: a young army veteran named Joey Durban. |
October 6, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Contingency With Finch missing – kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root, Reese enlists Detectives Carter and Fusco to get his friend back, Meanwhile, The Machine never sleeps, disseminating a new number to Reese. |
September 27, 2012 |
| 2 |
Bad Code The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root. |
October 4, 2012 |
| 3 |
Masquerade 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. |
October 18, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Liberty The Machine, now completely self-governed with its whereabouts unknown, resumes giving Finch its "irrelevant" numbers for people in danger, which include a U.S. naval officer in town for Fleet Week. However, with so many sailors flooding the streets of New York City, finding the officer in time presents an even bigger challenge for Reese and Shaw. |
September 24, 2013 |
| 2 |
Nothing to Hide The number comes up for an Internet entrepreneur in the business of eliminating people's privacy, but finds his own being rapidly stripped away. As his life spirals out of control, Reese tries to protect him while Finch calls on Shaw, Carter and Fusco for help finding whoever is after him. |
October 1, 2013 |
| 3 |
Lady Killer The team suspects the latest number to be a potential stalker/ killer. Root plots her escape from the institution and gives her psychiatrist a big surprise. |
October 8, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Panopticon Forced 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. |
September 23, 2014 |
| 2 |
Nautilus Despite 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. |
September 30, 2014 |
| 3 |
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. 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. |
October 7, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B.S.O.D. 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. |
May 3, 2016 |
| 2 |
SNAFU 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. |
May 9, 2016 |
| 3 |
Truth Be Told Reese’s cover could be blown when he realizes the latest POI has ties to his old CIA colleague, Kara Stanton. |
May 10, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 22, 2011 |
| Last aired | June 21, 2016 |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 22:00:00 |