
Pilot
Episode 1 • Sep 22, 2011
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.
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.
103 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
2011
Rating
8.1/10
1,902 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Sep 22, 2011
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.
Episode 2 • Sep 29, 2011
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.
Episode 3 • Oct 06, 2011
Reese goes undercover to find the threat surrounding the next person on Finch's list: a young army veteran named Joey Durban.
Episode 4 • Oct 13, 2011
Reese and Finch get some help from Detective Fusco as they surveil their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she’s on call and after hours to unravel the threat surrounding the promising young physician.
Episode 5 • Oct 20, 2011
Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a Person of Interest who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice.
Episode 6 • Oct 27, 2011
Reese becomes romantically involved with the newest Person of Interest: an attractive woman who isn't all that she seems.
Episode 1 • Sep 27, 2012
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.
Episode 2 • Oct 04, 2012
The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root.
Episode 3 • Oct 18, 2012
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.
Episode 4 • Oct 25, 2012
When The Machine gives them the number of a mob enforcer whose life becomes endangered, Reese and Finch must decide whether to intervene or allow karma to balance the scales of justice. Meanwhile, Finch seeks aid from an unlikely source.
Episode 5 • Nov 01, 2012
Reese must protect an investigative journalist through surreptitious means to avoid becoming part of her story.
Episode 6 • Nov 08, 2012
Reese goes undercover in an idyllic neighborhood when The Machine’s latest number sends him to the suburbs.
Episode 1 • Sep 24, 2013
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.
Episode 2 • Oct 01, 2013
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.
Episode 3 • Oct 08, 2013
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.
Episode 4 • Oct 15, 2013
The team must figure out if a prominent lawyer orchestrated the murder of her husband or if she is being framed; Carter is spotted with Reese by her new partner.
Episode 5 • Oct 22, 2013
Shaw must stay close to a 10-year-old girl with highly developed surveillance skills when she is identified by the machine; Carter's mission could be exposed.
Episode 6 • Oct 29, 2013
After being freed from her confinement to the psych ward, Root needs Shaw's help with a directive from the machine; Finch and Reese look into a mild-mannered investigator.
Episode 1 • Sep 23, 2014
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.
Episode 2 • Sep 30, 2014
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.
Episode 3 • Oct 07, 2014
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.
Episode 4 • Oct 14, 2014
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.
Episode 5 • Oct 21, 2014
While Reese is forced to go to counseling for his violent tendencies, Root, Shaw and Finch try to help a new POI.
Episode 6 • Oct 28, 2014
Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect a unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as fake detective. Finch travels to Hong Kong as part of his academic cover identity.
Episode 1 • May 03, 2016
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.
Episode 2 • May 09, 2016
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.
Episode 3 • May 10, 2016
Reese’s cover could be blown when he realizes the latest POI has ties to his old CIA colleague, Kara Stanton.
Episode 4 • May 16, 2016
Shaw escapes her captors, but the team is unsure of her mental state when she begins to act paranoid and reckless.
Episode 5 • May 17, 2016
Reese protects an NYPD analyst whose investigation into a software glitch has drawn the attention of Samaritan. Also, Reese and Fusco are threatened by an ally of Elias’s, who is looking to avenge his friend’s death.
Episode 6 • May 23, 2016
The 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 the dark by the team and takes it upon himself to investigate a string of missing person reports.
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