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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please don’t cancel, it is the only good show on Australian TV
We love this show. It has outstanding drama, it’s own kind of humor, a great cast, and is always a new, exciting, and excellent episode. Please do not cancel this show.
Love this show. Should not have been cancelled
Person of Interest was a great show and should not have been cancelled.
I think it is one of the most interesting shows on TV, It really shouldn’t be canceled. We can only hope.
I agree Persons of Interest is a good show and should not be cancelled. Hopefully CBS execs get wise and renew or someone else picks it up. I am so tired of all these reality shows that I am seriously considering getting rid of my TV and saving money on my cable bills. Not getting value for money any more. Like the song says 57 channels and nothing on except it’s 357 channels and nothing on.
I’m so happy there will be alternative stations like Netflix, because CBS can not and will not stand by their shows. Person of Interest was good drama.
Best show on television! For the Love of All That’s holy, please do not cancel this show. CBS if you need money I’ll send you some.
I don’t think it should of been cancelled. I really liked the show. Always thought it was entertaining & had great action scenes.
A really great television show. It was a very interesting show with an amazing mix of actors. Sad to hear Persons of Interest is being cancelled. I agree that maybe the show was beginning to hit a little to close to home with our real life government. Hopefully one of the other networks or netflixs seriously considers producing Persons of Interest
I said the same thing about it being too close to home for our government.
The show was great, why did they cancel the show? I wander if the show was hitting home…things that make you go hmmmmmm
Very much enjoyed and looked forward to seeing the show. Followed it faithfully. It was fresh and had an interesting mix of characters. Thought it was original in concept and loved seeing the interactions between the different factions involved. Kind of left us hanging also which is very disappointing.
I liked this show.. I have been looking forward to it returning. The acting was so good and the idea was original.. I would love to watch it again!!!
If it’s good it goes. It was however more interesting when they where hiding and helping.
Going this new route of being on the run was a dead end.
I always enjoyed it. Sad to see it go.