Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2011)

Overview

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 iden…

Cast

Jim Caviezel as John Reese
Jim Caviezel

as John Reese

Michael Emerson as Harold Finch
Michael Emerson

as Harold Finch

Kevin Chapman as Lionel Fusco
Kevin Chapman

as Lionel Fusco

Taraji P. Henson as Joss Carter
Taraji P. Henson

as Joss Carter

Episodes

Pilot poster

Pilot 7.6

September 22, 2011

When the social security number of a young prosecutor comes up, Reese and Finch work together to figure out if their pe…

Ghosts poster

Ghosts 7.8

September 29, 2011

Reese and Finch question the machine's reliability when they are asked to investigate a teenager who was killed years e…

Mission Creep poster

Mission Creep 7.1

October 6, 2011

Reese goes undercover to find the threat surrounding the next person on Finch's list: a young army veteran named Joey D…

Cura Te Ipsum poster

Cura Te Ipsum 7.9

October 13, 2011

Reese and Finch get some help from Detective Fusco as they surveil their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she’s on…

Judgement poster

Judgement 8.0

October 20, 2011

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

The Fix poster

The Fix 7.9

October 27, 2011

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

Witness poster

Witness 8.5

November 3, 2011

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

Foe poster

Foe 8.0

November 17, 2011

When Reese and Finch discover that their latest POI has connections to Cold War Soviet espionage circles, they quickly …

Get Carter poster

Get Carter 8.0

December 8, 2011

Reese and Finch’s game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machine decl…

Number Crunch poster

Number Crunch 8.1

December 15, 2011

As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese and Finch, The Machine ups the ante for…

Super poster

Super 8.2

January 12, 2012

Reese is confined to a wheelchair recovering from his gunshot wound, but Finch sets him up in an apartment where he’s t…

Legacy poster

Legacy 7.4

January 19, 2012

When Carter finally comes face-to-face with Reese, he urges her to join forces to help with their latest POI, a scrappy…

Root Cause poster

Root Cause 8.3

February 2, 2012

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 t…

Wolf and Cub poster

Wolf and Cub 7.8

February 9, 2012

The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing…

Blue Code poster

Blue Code 8.1

February 16, 2012

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

Risk poster

Risk 8.3

February 23, 2012

The Machine leads Reese and Finch to Wall Street when a sharp young trader at a major investment bank becomes embroiled…

Baby Blue poster

Baby Blue 7.6

March 8, 2012

When The Machine spits out the number of a 6-month-old baby, Reese and Finch turn into overly protective parents – with…

Identity Crisis poster

Identity Crisis 8.1

March 29, 2012

The Machine's latest number presents a unique challenge for Reese and Finch since the person has virtually no digital f…

Flesh and Blood poster

Flesh and Blood 8.1

April 5, 2012

When The Machine spits out five numbers, naming the Don of each of New York’s crime families, Reese and Finch suspect E…

Matsya Nyaya poster

Matsya Nyaya 8.3

April 26, 2012

Reese goes undercover as an armored car company employee, and faces memories from his past with the CIA.

Many Happy Returns poster

Many Happy Returns 8.1

May 3, 2012

Finch gives Reese his birthday off so that his partner doesn't have to face a Number that is tied to Reese's past.

No Good Deed poster

No Good Deed 8.7

May 10, 2012

The newest POI’s curiosity could spell his doom when he finds himself embroiled in a dark government conspiracy – one t…

Firewall poster

Firewall 9.2

May 17, 2012

As the clock ticks down, Reese winds up trapped with his POI in the most heavily surveilled part of the city, forced to…