Person of Interest
Stuck the LandingFinale "Return 0" scored 9.8, one of its highest-rated episodes.
Near-future techTechnology one step ahead of today, and what it costs us.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 7/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 7/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 7/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jim CaviezelTaraji P. HensonKevin ChapmanMichael EmersonAmy AckerSarah Shahi
Written by
Jonathan Nolan
Starring
Jim CaviezelTaraji P. HensonKevin ChapmanMichael EmersonAmy AckerSarah Shahi
Written by
Jonathan Nolan
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Person of Interest Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | ||
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| S1 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.6 | |
| S2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.4 | ||
| S3 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.6 | |
| S4 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 9.7 | ||
| S5 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
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About
"A procedural that quietly becomes prophetic sci-fi"
A reclusive billionaire and a presumed-dead CIA operative use a secret AI that predicts violent crimes before they happen, racing to save the person named next. It starts as a lean case-of-the-week procedural but quietly builds into a sprawling, paranoid saga about surveillance, free will, and what a machine mind owes the people it watches. The tone shifts from punchy action thriller to something closer to techno-philosophical drama, carried by terrific ensemble chemistry and a mythology that rewards patience with one of network TV's smartest endings.
Watch it for
the slow transformation from crime-of-the-week procedural into a prescient, deeply human meditation on AI and surveillance.
Maybe skip if
you dislike formulaic early episodes and slow-burn mythology before the payoff fully arrives.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 12011
8.6118K2316h 51m
A supercomputer developed by reclusive billionaire and software genius Harold Finch analyzes data patterns in surveillance for the U.S. government to identify impending acts of terrorism. But the computer, known only as "The Machine", can also identify ordinary people who are about to be involved in violent crimes. Can those crimes be stopped before they take place? Secretly tapping into The Machine, Finch and ex-CIA agent John Reese use vigilante tactics and state-of-the-art technology to identify the soon-to-be victims and prevent the crimes from occuring. Meanwhile, two NYPD detectives Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco are drawn into the cases and the mystery surrounding the two covert crime fighters.
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Season 22012
8.793K2216h 9m
The Machine identifies another gripping season's worth of potential crimes that must be stopped. Adversaries from Reese's undercover past and Finch's government work threaten the team's crime-fighting mission and anonymity. Meanwhile, Detectives Carter and Fusco face down FBI probes and the dangerous tentacles of the police conspiracy known as "HR".
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Season 32013
9.0104K2316h 41m
The team suffers a devastating loss and confront staggering challenges. Adapting to the next evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, Finch and Reese team with rogue agent Sameen Shaw to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco finally unravel the criminal police conspiracy "HR" - but at a tragic cost. And former cyber-enemy — and now highly tuned confederate of The Machine — Root becomes an unpredictable ally when the team learns a second surveillance apparatus to rival The Machine is on the verge of activation.
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Season 42014
9.0102K2215h 54m
Although they’ve saved countless lives thanks to The Machine’s omniscience, John Reese and Harold Finch, along with lethal operative Sameen Shaw and unpredictable cyber-hacker Root now face an uncertain future. With a second machine — Samaritan — now online, the elusive team are now targets themselves, hiding in plain sight. The only thing more frightening than the ruthless Decima organization calling the shots is leaving those decisions up to an untested Machine. Facing a dangerous tomorrow, the POI team must find a way to outsmart Samaritan, an all-seeing, all-powerful artificial intelligence that’s self-governing, continually evolving and growing stronger every day.
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Season 52016
9.271K139h 26m
For years, the Person of Interest team have been protected by The Machine, but as worlds collided and a rival AI known as Samaritan finally cornered The Machine inside the nation’s power grid, it was the POI team’s turn to protect Finch’s creation. In season five, the cold war is over. The world around us might look the same, but something has drastically changed. Samaritan’s lethal “correction” has initiated its control. Finch’s Machine is essentially dead. Shaw is still missing. And the team is once again hiding in plain sight. But with Samaritan’s invisible grip tightening everywhere, will Finch be able to rebuild and resurrect The Machine? And if he does, will it be the same Machine when it comes back online?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jim Caviezel John Reese
Taraji P. Henson Detective Jocelyn 'Joss' Carter, Officer Jocelyn 'Joss' Carter
Kevin Chapman Detective Lionel Fusco
Michael Emerson Harold Finch, Harold Wren, Emile Bertrand
Amy Acker Root, The Machine, Caroline Turing
Sarah Shahi Sameen Shaw
John Nolan John Greer, Greer
Enrico Colantoni Carl Elias, Charlie Burton
Robert John Burke Officer Patrick Simmons
Al Sapienza Detective Raymond Terney
Crew
Jonathan Nolan
Greg Plageman
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