Top Rated Episodes of Person of Interest
Explore the highest rated episodes of Person of Interest ranked by viewer scores and vote count. Discover fan favorites, standout episodes, and the most popular moments from the series.
#1. Return 0
With a final, desperate gamble, Finch, Reese, Fusco, and Shaw set out on a last mission: to avert Samaritan's destruction of The Machine and secure its dominion over humanity.
#2. YHWH
Finch and Root are in a desperate rush to safeguard The Machine, now pinpointed by the pursuing artificial intelligence, Samaritan. Meanwhile, Reese finds himself caught in the crossfire of a final, brutal…
#3. Firewall
With each passing second, Reese finds himself cornered with his point of interest in the city's most intensely monitored district. He is left to depend on the assistance of Finch, Carter, and…
#4. The Devil's Share
While the Point of Interest team pursues justice for Carter's murder, Finch begins to suspect one of his own may be willing to cross a line in their efforts to resolve the…
#5. Deus Ex Machina
Driven by desperation, the team races against time to avert the activation of Samaritan, the malevolent AI program poised to make them its initial targets. Simultaneously, a protracted conflict with Vigilance, the…
#6. The Day the World Went Away
When a critical mistake reveals Finch's true identity, his call comes, triggering a perilous and increasingly violent sequence of confrontations with Samaritan's agents.
#7. B.S.O.D.
Reese and Finch race against time to salvage the Machine's source code before it succumbs to irreversible decay. Meanwhile, Root battles for survival as a relentless wave of Samaritan agents closes in.…
#8. Asylum
Reese and Fusco find themselves embroiled in the escalating conflict between Elias and Dominic, two ambitious crime bosses vying for power. Meanwhile, a promising lead regarding Shaw's location draws Finch and Root…
#9. The Crossing
The pursuit of justice against the criminal enterprise has entered a critical phase. Reese's name appears on the list.
#10. Zero Day
When a virus disrupts the system, figures appear haphazardly. The team’s pursuit leads them to a tech millionaire, a figure remarkably difficult to find.
#11. If-Then-Else
A coordinated cyber-attack by a shadowy group known as the Samaritan crippled the stock exchange, plunging the world into the precipice of economic collapse. Faced with imminent global catastrophe, the team found…
#12. God Mode
Finch and Reese find themselves working with unlikely partners in a desperate bid to repair the machine. Meanwhile, Detective Carter’s pursuit of Cal Beecher’s killer leads her into conflict with HR, a…
#13. Prophets
As Reese begins mandatory counseling to address his volatile impulses, Root, Shaw, and Finch dedicate their efforts to assisting a newly identified person of interest.
#14. No Good Deed
The newest arrival's inquisitive nature may prove perilous, drawing him into a shadowy government plot—a plot with which Finch is intimately acquainted. Separately, Reese discovers a significant detail about Finch's history.
#15. Endgame
The device presented Finch with thirty-eight numbers simultaneously, unlocking details of Carter’s history.
#16. The Cold War
The Samaritan AI demonstrated its capabilities by effectively eliminating crime from the city for a single day, a calculated move intended to compel The Machine to reveal itself from its concealed position.
#17. .exe
Reese and Shaw pushed onward, striving to bridge the distance with Finch, as he embarked on a perilous infiltration of a high-security government installation. This desperate undertaking held the potential to extinguish…
#18. The Devil You Know
Reese faces a solitary mission: he must rescue Elias from the Brotherhood's grasp. With Shaw's identity compromised, and Root currently escorting her to an undisclosed location beneath the city, he is left…
#19. Razgovor
Upon the girl’s identification by the system, Shaw must remain within close proximity; her keen observational abilities pose a risk of revealing Carter’s mission.
#20. Mors Praematura
Released from the psychiatric ward, Root seeks Shaw’s assistance with a message originating from the machine. Meanwhile, Finch and Reese begin investigating a quiet, unassuming investigator.
#21. Control-Alt-Delete
The official tasked with managing sensitive governmental data – Control – finds himself increasingly skeptical of the Samaritan program's methods and motives. Simultaneously, disturbing reports emerge from the Northeast detailing the actions…
#22. Relevance
The government’s most effective weapon against impending terrorism – a tracker who neutralizes threats before they materialize – now finds herself hunted. She has become the quarry of Reese and Finch, a…
#23. Sotto Voce
The enigmatic criminal known only as "The Voice" has resurfaced, ensnaring Reese and Fusco within their own precinct. They find themselves surrounded by armed gang members and the latest person of interest.…
#24. /
The Machine tasked Root with locating a janitor shrouded in secrets. However, when her presence unexpectedly threatens his life, Finch is also given his number.
#25. Aletheia
The POI team found themselves beset by a growing number of adversaries as they fought to safeguard a dying man – one whose time had come. They strained to hold back the…
#26. Dead Reckoning
Reese found herself taken, a victim of someone from her past. The person responsible harbored designs on a large-scale cyberattack, one with the potential for devastating consequences.
#27. Beta
Using Samaritan's data streams, Decima tracks Reese and Shaw. Meanwhile, Greer targets Finch's most profound vulnerability—his affection for Grace Hendricks, his former fiancée—hoping to draw him from his seclusion.
#28. A House Divided
When an unseen force obscures The Machine's vision of the coming catastrophe, it transmits five disparate numbers to the team, a fragmented guide to assemble a complete understanding. Simultaneously, Root’s team of…
#29. 2πR
Driven by a kinship with a young man echoing his own past, Finch operates in the shadows, offering protection. Meanwhile, Carter undertakes a perilous assignment for the FBI.
#30. Death Benefit
Adopting the guise of a Secret Service agent, Reese seeks proximity to the latest person of interest: a U.S. congressman. This individual may possess the crucial element needed to disrupt Decima's efforts…
#31. RAM
The hidden workings of Finch's activities prior to his recruitment of Reese come to light, revealing unsettling connections to happenings in the world today.
#32. Prisoner's Dilemma
To aid Reese, Carter initiates a campaign of psychological maneuvering against the FBI. Reese navigates confrontations with figures from his past and those newly drawn to his orbit. Meanwhile, Detective Fusco finds…
#33. SNAFU
During the reboot sequence, the Machine encountered a malfunction. As a result, Reese and Fusco were provided with the data of countless individuals unconnected to any criminal activity. Simultaneously, Finch and Root…
#34. Search and Destroy
As a software CEO’s carefully constructed world begins to fracture under the weight of a devastating hacker attack – one that exposes his deepest secrets and throws his life into disarray –…
#35. Lethe
Glimpses of Finch's youth illuminate the genesis of The Machine. Meanwhile, the team is given the contact of a man nearing the end of his life, and Reese departs the POI team…
#36. 4C
Reese boarded the international flight with the intention of leaving everything – the team, the lingering shadows of the past – behind. However, a simmering anger began to build within him as…
#37. Q&A
Reese struggles to shield a software programmer whose private life remains shrouded in secrecy, unsure whether the danger stems from that hidden world. At the same time, Claire, a young hacker whom…
#38. In Extremis
In cases of poisoning involving individuals of interest, Finch and Reese are granted a mere twenty-four hours to pinpoint the toxin and identify the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Detective Fusco must confront a past…
#39. The Contingency
Finch was gone—taken by his adversary, Root, the hacker. Determined to bring him home, Reese turned to Detectives Carter and Fusco for help. At the same time, The Machine continued its tireless…
#40. Bury the Lede
To avoid entanglement in her narrative, Reese must safeguard an investigative journalist through clandestine measures.
#41. Nautilus
Finch was reluctant to engage with the latest figures, but a spark of curiosity ignited when the newest person of interest proved to be a remarkably bright college student entangled in an…
#42. Synecdoche
A conspiracy unfolds, demanding the team’s full attention as they navigate the complexities of a new Person of Interest: the President of the United States. Simultaneously, Finch distances himself, contemplating measures of…
#43. Bad Code
The Machine provided a numerical clue from a long-forgotten case, drawing Reese inexorably nearer to both Finch and the captor, Root.
#44. M.I.A.
Root and Reese journey to a secluded town in upstate New York, a place harboring the answer to Shaw's whereabouts—and the unsettling question of whether she still lives.
#45. Many Happy Returns
For Reese's birthday, Finch granted him the day off, wanting to shield his partner from a presence inextricably linked to a painful chapter in their history.
#46. QSO
Undercover, Root infiltrates a radio station to safeguard the host of a fringe-theory program, a man who has unearthed information with potentially lethal consequences. Meanwhile, agents of Samaritan attempt to sway a…
#47. ShotSeeker
Reese shields an NYPD analyst whose inquiry into a software anomaly has attracted the unwanted attention of Samaritan. Simultaneously, Reese and Fusco find themselves targeted by an associate of Elias, driven by…
#48. Matsya Nyaya
Reese assumed the guise of an employee for an armored transport firm, a deliberate descent into a world he thought he'd left behind. The carefully constructed facade, however, proved a poor shield…
#49. Witness
The Machine flagged a schoolteacher, a witness to a violent crime, as their primary point of interest. Reese and Finch moved with urgency to ensure his safety.
#50. Most Likely To...
At the high school reunion, Reese and Shaw assumed the identities of fellow alumni, their presence a calculated move to monitor the latest person of interest. Separately, Finch and Fusco journeyed to…
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