Release OrderRecommended
0 / 5 watchedAir order. The Samaritan arc builds across seasons, so watch straight through.
- 1 Person of Interest Season 1 23 episodes. Reese and Finch assemble the team around the numbers the Machine produces.
- 2 Person of Interest Season 2 22 episodes. Decima, Root, and the second Machine storyline pull the show toward AI war.
- 3 Person of Interest Season 3 23 episodes. Vigilance and the government plot end with Samaritan coming online.
- 4 Person of Interest Season 4 22 episodes. Samaritan rules in secret while the team hides and regroups.
- 5 Person of Interest Season 5 13 episodes. The Machine versus Samaritan endgame; return 0 aired June 21, 2016. Latest released entry.
About Person of Interest
Person of Interest aired on CBS for five seasons and 103 episodes, from September 22, 2011 to June 21, 2016. Jonathan Nolan created it, with Jim Caviezel as ex-CIA operative John Reese and Michael Emerson as billionaire Harold Finch. The Machine feeds them Social Security numbers of ordinary people tied to violent crimes the government calls irrelevant.
Watch in air order. Number-of-the-week cases build into the war with Decima and the rival AI Samaritan, and the final season pays off threads from the first. The series finale, return 0, aired June 21, 2016.
Good to know
Season counts run 23, 22, 23, 22 and 13. CBS aired the shortened 13-episode final season in May and June 2016. The Samaritan arc builds across seasons, so broadcast order is story order.
