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Season 1

  • S01E01 Pilot

    • September 22, 2011
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch must figure out whether a young prosecutor is a victim or a suspect.

  • S01E02 Ghosts

    • September 29, 2011
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch question the machine's reliability when it prompts the investigation of a teenager who was killed years earlier; Finch recalls the origin of the machine.

  • S01E03 Mission Creep

    • October 6, 2011
    • CBS

    Reese infiltrates a gang to get closer to a former Marine that the machine tagged.

  • S01E04 Cura Te Ipsum

    • October 13, 2011
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch try to unravel a threat to a promising young doctor.

  • S01E05 Judgement

    • October 20, 2011
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a Person of Interest who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice.

  • S01E06 The Fix

    • October 27, 2011
    • CBS

    Reese becomes romantically involved with the newest Person of Interest: an attractive woman who isn't all that she seems.

  • S01E07 Witness

    • November 3, 2011
    • CBS

    The Machine identifies a school teacher who witnessed a mob hit as their next POI and Reese and Finch rush to save his life.

  • S01E08 Foe

    • November 17, 2011
    • CBS

    When Reese and Finch discover that their latest POI has connections to Cold War Soviet espionage circles, they quickly learn how covert ops were handled in a world before The Machine.

  • S01E09 Get Carter

    • December 8, 2011
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E10 Number Crunch

    • December 15, 2011
    • CBS

    As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese and Finch, The Machine ups the ante for the duo by giving them four Social Security numbers instead of one.

  • S01E11 Super

    • January 12, 2012
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E12 Legacy

    • January 19, 2012
    • CBS

    When 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 wrong side of the tracks who turned her life around and became a lawyer.

  • S01E13 Root Cause

    • February 2, 2012
    • CBS

    The Machine gives Reese and Finch the number of a down-and-out man who has been pushed too far, and they're forced to turn to former Person of Interest Zoe Morgan for help.

  • S01E14 Wolf and Cub

    • February 9, 2012
    • CBS

    The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing concerned that the son of his former business partner is dangerously close to finding out about the Machine.

  • S01E15 Blue Code

    • February 16, 2012
    • CBS

    Reese discovers there’s more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.

  • S01E16 Risk

    • February 23, 2012
    • CBS

    The Machine leads Reese and Finch to Wall Street when a sharp young trader at a major investment bank becomes embroiled in a multi-million dollar financial scam.

  • S01E17 Baby Blue

    • March 8, 2012
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch are puzzled when the machine names a 6-month-old baby as the latest person of interest; Detective Carter questions her allegiances when Elias resurfaces.

  • S01E18 Identity Crisis

    • March 29, 2012
    • CBS

    The Machine's latest number presents a unique challenge for Reese and Finch since the person has virtually no digital footprint - and appears to be leading a double life.

  • S01E19 Flesh and Blood

    • April 5, 2012
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E20 Matsya Nyaya

    • April 26, 2012
    • CBS

    To track the latest person of interest, Reese goes under cover as part of an armored truck crew; throughout the case, Reese is reminded of tough decisions he was forced to make during his last CIA mission.

  • S01E21 Many Happy Returns

    • May 3, 2012
    • CBS

    On Reese's birthday, Finch gives him the day off in hope of keeping him away from the latest person of interest.

  • S01E22 No Good Deed

    • May 10, 2012
    • CBS

    A person of interest winds up in the middle of a dark government conspiracy that Finch is all too familiar with; Reese makes a discovery about Finch's past.

  • S01E23 Firewall

    • May 17, 2012
    • CBS

    Reese becomes trapped with his POI in a heavily surveilled part of the city and must rely on Finch, Carter and Fusco's help.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Contingency

    • September 27, 2012
    • CBS

    Reese asks Detectives Carter and Fusco for help finding Finch, who was kidnapped by his nemesis.

  • S02E02 Bad Code

    • October 4, 2012
    • CBS

    As Reese investigates a cold case, he gets closer to Finch and his kidnapper, Root.

  • S02E03 Masquerade

    • October 18, 2012
    • CBS

    Reese protects the spoiled daughter of a Brazilian diplomat.

  • S02E04 Triggerman

    • October 25, 2012
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch wonder if they should intervene when they learn that a mob enforcer's life is in danger; Finch turns to an unexpected source for help.

  • S02E05 Bury the Lede

    • November 1, 2012
    • CBS

    Reese must surreptitiously protect an investigative reporter without becoming a part of her story.

  • S02E06 The High Road

    • November 8, 2012
    • CBS

    The Machine’s latest number sends Reese to the suburbs.

  • S02E07 Critical

    • November 15, 2012
    • CBS

    A resourceful third party raises the stakes as Finch and Reese try to protect their latest person of interest, a brilliant surgeon.

  • S02E08 Til Death

    • November 29, 2012
    • CBS

    The team faces a challenge when the numbers of both a man and his wife come up in the machine.

  • S02E09 C.O.D.

    • December 6, 2012
    • CBS

    When the machine names a New York cabdriver as a person of interest, any of his passengers could be a part of the impending crime.

  • S02E10 Shadow Box

    • December 13, 2012
    • CBS

    As the FBI pursues "the man in the suit," Reese is even more determined to protect the latest person of interest after learning she is the sister of a soldier who was killed in action.

  • S02E11 2πR

    • January 3, 2013
    • CBS

    Finch goes under cover to protect a youth who reminds him of himself; Carter goes on a dangerous mission for the FBI.

  • S02E12 Prisoner's Dilemma

    • January 10, 2013
    • CBS

    Carter tries to help Reese by engaging in mental warfare with the FBI; Reese has encounters with old and new enemies; Detective Fusco must protect supermodel Karolina Kurkova, the latest person of interest.

  • S02E13 Dead Reckoning

    • January 31, 2013
    • CBS

    Reese is captured by a former acquaintance planning a massive and potentially deadly act of cyber-warfare.

  • S02E14 One Percent

    • February 7, 2013
    • CBS

    Finch and Reese meet their match: a tech billionaire whose curiosity and endless resources could expose their identities and ruin their efforts to save his life.

  • S02E15 Booked Solid

    • February 14, 2013
    • CBS

    As Reese and Finch try to save a hotel maid's life, they encounter a litany of suspects; Detective Carter considers a significant offer from the FBI.

  • S02E16 Relevance

    • February 21, 2013
    • CBS

    The latest POI - a deadly government operative who tackles terrorist threats - proves difficult for Reese and Finch to protect.

  • S02E17 Proteus

    • March 7, 2013
    • CBS

    As Finch and Reese try to protect six people simultaneously, clues lead them to a coastal town; when a storm forces Finch and Reese to seek shelter in a police station with a group of locals, they realize a killer may be in their midst.

  • S02E18 All In

    • March 14, 2013
    • CBS

    Finch and Reese head to Atlantic City to protect the latest person of interest, an elderly gambler; Carter tries to clear another detective's name.

  • S02E19 Trojan Horse

    • April 4, 2013
    • CBS

    Finch infiltrates a tech corporation to gather intel on an executive whose number has come up; Carter questions Beecher's integrity.

  • S02E20 In Extremis

    • April 25, 2013
    • CBS

    When a person of interest is poisoned, Finch and Reese only have 24 hours to identify the toxin and find the person responsible; Detective Fusco's past catches up to him.

  • S02E21 Zero Day

    • May 2, 2013
    • CBS

    When a virus causes the machine to malfunction, numbers are issued irregularly; the team searches for an extremely elusive tech millionaire.

  • S02E22 God Mode

    • May 9, 2013
    • CBS

    Finch and Reese team up with unexpected allies as they race to fix the machine; as Detective Carter tries to apprehend Cal Beecher's murderer, she finds herself up against HR -- a criminal organization.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Liberty

    • September 24, 2013
    • CBS

    Reese and Shaw struggle to find a naval officer among all those in town for Fleet Week; Carter puts a plan in motion to get rid of those who set her up; Root tests her new surroundings.

  • S03E02 Nothing to Hide

    • October 1, 2013
    • CBS

    Reese tries to protect an Internet entrepreneur who targets people's privacy; Carter is paired with a rookie partner.

  • S03E03 Lady Killer

    • October 8, 2013
    • CBS

    Finch and Reese ask Zoe Morgan, Carter and Shaw to help them determine if a playboy is a predator or a target; Root plots an escape from the psych ward with the help of the machine.

  • S03E04 Reasonable Doubt

    • October 15, 2013
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E05 Razgovor

    • October 22, 2013
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E06 Mors Praematura

    • October 29, 2013
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E07 The Perfect Mark

    • November 5, 2013
    • CBS

    The team is met with surprises during an investigation into a hypnotherapist; an antiquities dealer has ties to a crime organization.

  • S03E08 Endgame

    • November 12, 2013
    • CBS

    The machine gives Finch 38 numbers at once; information about Carter's past is revealed.

  • S03E09 The Crossing

    • November 19, 2013
    • CBS

    The battle to bring a crime organization to justice reaches a new level; Reese's number comes up in the machine.

  • S03E10 The Devil's Share

    • November 26, 2013
    • CBS

    As the team seeks justice for a death, Finch fears one team member will go too far; the number of one of HR's key players comes up in the machine.

  • S03E11 Lethe

    • December 17, 2013
    • CBS

    Flashbacks reveal Finch's creation of the machine; Reese hits the road, leaving the team to deal with the aftermath of their war with HR.

  • S03E12 Aletheia

    • January 7, 2014
    • CBS

    Multiple enemies target the team as they try to protect a dying man; Reese's absence could lead to catastrophic repercussions.

  • S03E13 4C

    • January 14, 2014
    • CBS

    Reese gets on an international flight -- intending to leave the team and the past behind -- but realizes his travel plans were manipulated.

  • S03E14 Provenance

    • February 4, 2014
    • CBS

    Reese comes back to New York; surprising events lead to the team planning a heist that could send them all to jail.

  • S03E15 Last Call

    • February 25, 2014
    • CBS

    Finch tries to protect a 911 operator by going under cover in an emergency call center; the threat proves to be larger than anticipated.

  • S03E16 RAM

    • March 4, 2014
    • CBS

    Secrets of Finch's pre-Reese operation are revealed -- including surprising ties to current events.

  • S03E17 /

    • March 18, 2014
    • CBS

    The Machine assigns Root to seek out a janitor with a mysterious past, but when her very presence puts his life in danger, Finch also receives his number.

  • S03E18 Allegiance

    • March 25, 2014
    • CBS

    When Reese and Finch have to protect a former government contractor who is following a UN diplomat, they are thrust into the murky waters of international politics.

  • S03E19 Most Likely To...

    • April 1, 2014
    • CBS

    In order to protect the latest person of interest, Shaw and Reese go under cover at a high school reunion; Fusco and Finch go to Washington, D.C., to investigate Vigilance's most recent attack.

  • S03E20 Death Benefit

    • April 15, 2014
    • CBS

    Reese goes under cover as a secret service agent in order to get close to the latest person of interest, a congressman who may have the key to derailing Decima's plan for a second machine.

  • S03E21 Beta

    • April 29, 2014
    • CBS

    Reese and Shaw are hunted by Decima; Greer uses Finch's greatest weakness -- his former fiancee -- to lure him out of hiding.

  • S03E22 A House Divided

    • May 6, 2014
    • CBS

    The machine sends the team five different numbers to investigate when an unknown entity blocks details about an impending catastrophic event; Root's hackers arrive in New York.

  • S03E23 Deus Ex Machina

    • May 13, 2014
    • CBS

    The team work to stop Samaritan from coming online and targeting them; the battle against Vigilance reaches a conclusion.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Panopticon

    • September 23, 2014
    • CBS

    In the fourth season premiere, the team must devise new ways to continue their work without being detected by Samaritan after they're forced to take on new identities created by Root. Some, however, find it hard to ignore the Machine's numbers, putting them all at risk of being seen by the rival machine.

  • S04E02 Nautilus

    • September 30, 2014
    • CBS

    Although 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 brilliant college student engaged in a mysterious, life-and-death scavenger hunt. Now he must decide if he can help without alerting Samaritan.

  • S04E03 Wingman

    • October 7, 2014
    • CBS

    Finch recruits Fusco to stay close to the latest POI, a professional "wingman" whose number has come up, but learning how to approach women soon becomes the least of his worries. Meanwhile, Reese must find a way to play by the rules at his new day job as the Machine sends Finch and Root on a mysterious errand.

  • S04E04 Brotherhood

    • October 14, 2014
    • CBS

    Reese's cover job as an NYPD detective becomes complicated when the young brother and sister he's protecting become targets of a gang investigation.

  • S04E05 Prophets

    • October 21, 2014
    • CBS

    Finch is suspicious when a gifted political pollster's number comes up at the same time that his typically ironclad predictions go wrong – and believes that the two events are linked. Meanwhile, Reese is sidelined by a direct order from Captain Moreno. Jason Ritter guest stars as pollster Simon Lee.

  • S04E06 Pretenders

    • October 28, 2014
    • CBS

    Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect an unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as a fake detective. Meanwhile, Finch travels to Hong Kong as part of his academic cover identity.

  • S04E07 Honor Among Thieves

    • November 11, 2014
    • CBS

    Shaw 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 being detected by Samaritan. Finch and Root, meanwhile, undertake a dangerous sabotage mission.

  • S04E08 Point of Origin

    • November 18, 2014
    • CBS

    Reese volunteers as an NYPD police academy instructor in order to keep an eye on a talented young officer whose suspicious actions make him question her motives. Meanwhile, Martine – armed with information from Samaritan – hunts a member of the team.

  • S04E09 The Devil You Know

    • November 25, 2014
    • CBS

    Reese must save Elias from the Brotherhood. He can't get any help from Root or Shaw since Shaw's cover is blown and Root is escorting her to underground.

  • S04E10 The Cold War

    • December 16, 2014
    • CBS

    Samaritan demonstrates its true power by taking control of New York for 48 hours and erasing crime from the city in an attempt to lure The Machine out of hiding.

  • S04E11 If-Then-Else

    • January 6, 2015
    • CBS

    Samaritan launches a cyber-attack on the stock exchange, forcing the team to risk their lives in a desperate mission to stop a global catastrophe.

  • S04E12 Control-Alt-Delete

    • January 13, 2015
    • CBS

    Control, who oversees the handling of relevant numbers for the government, begins to question the methods and intentions of the Samaritan program. Root and Reese start looking for Shaw, whom they believe is still alive.

  • S04E13 M.I.A.

    • February 3, 2015
    • CBS

    Root and Reese’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 it seems. Also, Fusco teams with a former POI to tackle the newest number.

  • S04E14 Guilty

    • February 10, 2015
    • CBS

    When 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 proceedings. Meanwhile, Reese begins to open up to the department’s therapist.

  • S04E15 Q&A

    • February 17, 2015
    • CBS

    Reese tries to protect a software programmer with a mysterious second life, but it’s unclear which side of her life the threat is coming from. Meanwhile, Claire, a young hacker whom Finch tried to protect from Samaritan, reaches out to him for aid.

  • S04E16 Blunt

    • February 24, 2015
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch must protect Harper, a street-smart grifter, when her plan to steal cash from a medical marijuana dispensary goes up in smoke.

  • S04E17 Karma

    • March 10, 2015
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch try to protect a psychologist whose unorthodox methods for helping his patients find closure could cost him dearly. Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal Finch’s fragile state in the days following the bombing that killed his best friend, Nathan Ingram.

  • S04E18 Skip

    • March 24, 2015
    • CBS

    Reese must protect a bounty hunter who refuses to let the potential threat to her life deter her from the relentless pursuit of her target. Also, Finch tries to set the plan he began in Shanghai in motion.

  • S04E19 Search and Destroy

    • April 7, 2015
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch scramble to protect a software CEO when his behavior becomes increasingly erratic following a hacker attack that reveals all his secrets and unravels his life.

  • S04E20 Terra Incognita

    • April 14, 2015
    • CBS

    Reese finds himself on a perilous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.

  • S04E21 Asylum

    • April 28, 2015
    • CBS

    Reese 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 whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a possible trap, and Control goes rogue to uncover the true intentions of the Samaritan program.

  • S04E22 YHWH

    • May 5, 2015
    • CBS

    Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan. Also, Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between rival crime bosses Elias and Dominic.

Season 5

  • S05E01 B.S.O.D.

    • May 3, 2016
    • CBS

    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.

  • S05E02 SNAFU

    • May 9, 2016
    • CBS

    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.

  • S05E03 Truth Be Told

    • May 10, 2016
    • CBS

    Reese’s cover could be blown when he realizes the latest POI has ties to his old CIA colleague, Kara Stanton.

  • S05E04 6,741

    • May 16, 2016
    • CBS

    Sameen Shaw escapes her captors, but the team is unsure of her mental state when she begins to act paranoid and reckless.

  • S05E05 ShotSeeker

    • May 17, 2016
    • CBS

    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.

  • S05E06 A More Perfect Union

    • May 23, 2016
    • CBS

    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.

  • S05E07 QSO

    • May 24, 2016
    • CBS

    Root goes undercover at a radio station to protect the host of a conspiracy theory show who stumbles upon information that could get him killed. Also, Samaritan’s agents try to convince a member of the team that their goals are noble.

  • S05E08 Reassortment

    • May 24, 2016
    • CBS

    Reese and Finch become trapped in a hospital that becomes ground zero for a deadly viral outbreak. Also, Samaritan’s newest recruit has second thoughts and Shaw continues to struggle with reality.

  • S05E09 Sotto Voce

    • May 30, 2016
    • CBS

    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.

  • S05E10 The Day the World Went Away

    • May 31, 2016
    • CBS

    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.

  • S05E11 Synecdoche

    • June 7, 2016
    • CBS

    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.

  • S05E12 .exe

    • June 14, 2016
    • CBS

    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.

  • S05E13 return 0

    • June 21, 2016
    • CBS

    Finch, Reese, Fusco, and Shaw embark on one last mission to prevent Samaritan from destroying The Machine and cementing its hold over mankind.