Network: CBS
Episodes: 103 (hour)
Seasons: Five
TV show dates: September 22, 2011 — June 21, 2016
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson, and Kevin Chapman.
TV show description:
This crime drama follows a presumed dead former-CIA agent named John Reese (Jim Caviezel) who teams up with a mysterious billionaire, Mr. Finch (Michael Emerson), who’s also believed to be dead. Their goal is to prevent violent crimes by using technology and their own brand of vigilante justice.
Finch is a software genius who has invented a program that uses pattern recognition to identify people who are about to be involved in violent crimes — either the victim or the perpetrator. It was originally built for the government to prevent another 9/11 disaster but found that it was predicting less catastrophic, “irrelevant” crimes. Finch built a “backdoor” into the machine so that, before erasing the “irrelevant” data each night, Finch is sent the social security number of a person about to be involved in a serious crime.
Finch recruits Reese because of his special training in covert operations. Using their combined skills, resources and advanced surveillance technology, they work outside of the law to identify “persons of interest” and stop crimes before they occur.
Reese’s actions draw the attention of the NYPD — including homicide detectives Carter (Taraji P. Henson) and Fusco (Kevin Chapman). The latter is a corrupt cop and Reese blackmails him into being a source of information inside the department.
With infinite crimes to investigate, Reese and Finch find that locating the right person, with the right information, at the right time, can change everything.
Episode #103 — 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.
First aired: June 21, 2016.
What do you think? Do you like the Person of Interest TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
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Outstanding program. Well written, well acted. It didn’t pander to the lowest common denominator that is so prevalent on todays television. I’m sad to see it go.
they always cut the good shows, this was one of the best ones on tv. it had everything in it a tv show would and could want.
this show was awesome, I can’t believe that they are going to get rid of it, they seem to cut the good shows all the time.
do not cancel!! it is a great show!!!
This show is amazing!! There should not be a cancellation. Tremendous actors & actresses, equally great writers CBS why would you consider cancellation?
This show should not be cancelled, it is a show of intrigue, drama, action and an ongoing story of life . CBS cancelling it makes the letters CBS , appear to mean ” Can’t Be Smart “.
This show is the best TV series around. The genius writing and characters are stellar. This should not be cancelled. I can’t believe CBS is even considering it.
This show should not be canceled, it is one of the best on CBS. Im done with CBS period
I love this show and do not understand why you would cancel it. Please keep it going for those of us who love happy endings with lots of adventure. Love the dog, Bear, too. I watch on Netflix.
this show needs to continue!
I can’t believe that the network cancelled another good show! I have been a loyal viewer of this show from the beginning the reason it was different from alot of the other shows some I’m sorry to say were crap! It just goes to show that the executives don’t care what the people want. I’m sorry to see this thriller of a show go. I can only hope that this show gets picked up by Netflix it still has fans so I guess we will see. Bad move CBS!
This show shouldn’t be cancel if cbs want renew it can Netflix renew it
shouldn’t cancel the show should bring it back all the team members band together find the lost team member and then they ride off into the sunset give it a happy ending remember good guys always win .
Please don’t cancel this. It is a great show with heart – not many shows out there have the creativity and genuine entertainment value as this show. The CBS execs who cancelled this should be fired.
I started watching person of interest on net flix , I’m up to episode 16 and I can’t get enough. The time slot was difficult to watch on cbs and time warner on demand is horrible, when it comes to catching up on many other shows. For example Sleepy Hollow another show I enjoyed switched to friday nights . I would miss the show and would not air episodes missed. For example, If I missed episodes 9,10,11,12, they would put episode 9 and 12 thats it. They do that often . So you lose interest in the shows. Its a… Read more »
Bring it Back. One of the Best Crime shows I have ever seen. I’m 56 so I’ve seen a lot of them. Love this show especially when Taraji P Henson was on it.