Person of Interest: EPs Tease CBS Series Finale

Can Team Machine free humanity from Samaritan? Whose number is up in the June 21st Person of Interest TV show finale? Creator and executive producer Jonathan Nolan and fellow EP Greg Plagemen aren’t saying, but they did discuss the final days of the series, starring Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Kevin Chapman, and Sarah Shahi.

Reporting from the ATX TV Festival in Austin TX, Deadline says the only finale detail the duo let slip is that “Return 0” features a Fitbit. Per the report, Nolan said it is “more of an emotional finale” than expected. He also said the series finale will “revisit relationships that we never got a chance to get to before,” adding that “doesn’t work out so well.”

 

 

Here is more from Deadline:

 

“It didn’t quite end exactly as we anticipated,” Nolan said, but promised that “the body count is the same.”

On the ending of season 5, Nolan mentioned that while they “had a good idea that this was probably it,” the creators “would have loved to have done more season [sic].” However, being able to give it a proper send-off “is a great position to be in.”

Despite a shortened season, Nolan said that although he felt that they had a “lot to say about these characters,” the brevity didn’t take away from the any essential elements to the storyline. Plageman also didn’t rule out the possibility of a reboot. “Regardless of the characters, it’s something I can see another incarnation of someday” he said, but warned “I think by the time the bloodbath of the finale is over you might have different thoughts.”

 

Here is the CBS press release for the Person of Interest TV series finale, “Return 0.”

 

06.02.2016

FINCH, REESE, FUSCO AND SHAW EMBARK ON ONE LAST MISSION TO PREVENT SAMARITAN FROM DESTROYING THE MACHINE AND CEMENTING ITS HOLD OVER MANKIND, ON THE SERIES FINALE OF “PERSON OF INTEREST,” TUESDAY, JUNE 21

“return 0” – Finch, Reese, Fusco and Shaw embark on one last mission to prevent Samaritan from destroying The Machine and cementing its hold over mankind, on the series finale of PERSON OF INTEREST, Tuesday, June 21 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

REGULAR CAST:

Jim Caviezel (John Reese)
Michael Emerson (Harold Finch)
Kevin Chapman (Lionel Fusco)
Sarah Shahi (Sameen Shaw)
Amy Acker (Root)

RECURRING CAST:

John Doman (Sen. Garrison)
Josh Close (Jeff Blackwell)

GUEST CAST:

Justin Grace (Younger Cop)
John Douglas Thompson (Murphy)
Amy Tribbey (Reese’s Mother)
Jack Davis (Little Reese)
Rebecca Darke (Dying Lady)
Michael De Nola (Taxi Driver)
Andrew Haserlat (Lead Tech)
Marvin Avila (Tech #2)
Neal Matarazzo (Lt. Kearny)
Kate Kearney Patch (Chairwoman)
Dick Brennan (Newscaster)
Kristine Johnson (News Anchor)
Miguel Cervantes (Uniform)
Jason Tottenham (Suited Man)
Dylan Chalfy (Hanger)
Wayne Maugans (Man)
Jacob Berher (Guard)

WRITTEN BY: Executive Producers Jonathan Nolan and Denise Thé

DIRECTED BY: Chris Fisher

GENRE: Drama

Official CBS Website: http://www.cbs.com/PersonOfInterest

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PersonOfInterestCBS

Twitter: http://twitter.com/PersonInterest

Instagram: POI_CBS

CBS Twitter: http://twitter.com/CBSTweet

Cast on Twitter:

Kevin Chapman: @POIFusco
Sarah Shahi: @OnlySarahShahi
Amy Acker: @AmyAcker
Bear the Dog: @BearDeHond
POI Writers Office: @POIWritersRoom

 

 

What do you think? Did CBS cancel the Person of Interest TV show too soon? What do you want to see happen in the Person of Interest TV series finale?