# List of Person of Interest episodes

Person of Interest is an American science fiction crime drama television series created by Jonathan Nolan, who serves as an executive producer alongside J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Chris Fisher, Greg Plageman, and Denise Thé. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2011, and stars Jim Caviezel as John Reese, a former CIA agent who is presumed dead. He is approached by a mysterious billionaire named Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) who is trying to prevent violent crimes before they happen by using an advanced surveillance system dubbed "The Machine" that provides the Social Security number of a person of interest who will be involved in an imminent lethal crime as either a perpetrator or a victim. Their unique brand of vigilante justice attracts the attention of two NYPD officers, Joss Carter (Taraji P. Henson) and Lionel Fusco (Kevin Chapman), whom Reese uses to his advantage as he investigates the person of interest. Reese and Finch are later aided by Samantha "Root" Groves (Amy Acker), a highly intelligent computer hacker and contract killer whom the Machine later identifies as its "analog interface", and Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi), a former ISA assassin who unknowingly dealt with the "relevant" numbers found by the Machine.
During the course of the series, 103 episodes of Person of Interest aired over five seasons, between September 22, 2011, and June 21, 2016.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 23 | 23 | September 22, 2011 (2011-09-22) | May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17) |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27) | May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09) |
| 3 | 23 | 23 | September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24) | May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13) |
| 4 | 22 | 22 | September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23) | May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05) |
| 5 | 13 | 13 | May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03) | June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2011–12)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | David Semel | Jonathan Nolan | September 22, 2011 (2011-09-22) | 296807 | 13.33 |
| 2 | 2 | "Ghosts" | Richard J. Lewis | Greg Plageman & Jonathan Nolan | September 29, 2011 (2011-09-29) | 2J6202 | 12.51 |
| 3 | 3 | "Mission Creep" | Steven DePaul | Patrick Harbinson | October 6, 2011 (2011-10-06) | 2J6203 | 11.57 |
| 4 | 4 | "Cura Te Ipsum" | Charles Beeson | Denise Thé | October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13) | 2J6204 | 12.04 |
| 5 | 5 | "Judgment" | Colin Bucksey | David Slack | October 20, 2011 (2011-10-20) | 2J6205 | 12.42 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Fix" | Dennis Smith | Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski | October 27, 2011 (2011-10-27) | 2J6206 | 11.62 |
| 7 | 7 | "Witness" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Amanda Segel | November 3, 2011 (2011-11-03) | 2J6207 | 11.76 |
| 8 | 8 | "Foe" | Milan Cheylov | Sean Hennen | November 17, 2011 (2011-11-17) | 2J6208 | 11.65 |
| 9 | 9 | "Get Carter" | Alex Zakrzewski | Greg Plageman & Denise Thé | December 8, 2011 (2011-12-08) | 2J6209 | 12.66 |
| 10 | 10 | "Number Crunch" | Jeffrey Hunt | Patrick Harbinson | December 15, 2011 (2011-12-15) | 2J6210 | 12.93 |
| 11 | 11 | "Super" | Stephen Williams | David Slack | January 12, 2012 (2012-01-12) | 2J6211 | 14.86 |
| 12 | 12 | "Legacy" | Brad Anderson | Amanda Segel | January 19, 2012 (2012-01-19) | 2J6212 | 14.40 |
| 13 | 13 | "Root Cause" | Richard J. Lewis | Erik Mountain | February 2, 2012 (2012-02-02) | 2J6213 | 15.10 |
| 14 | 14 | "Wolf and Cub" | Chris Fisher | Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski | February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09) | 2J6214 | 15.14 |
| 15 | 15 | "Blue Code" | David Von Ancken | Denise Thé | February 16, 2012 (2012-02-16) | 2J6215 | 13.16 |
| 16 | 16 | "Risk" | Jeff T. Thomas | Sean Hennen | February 23, 2012 (2012-02-23) | 2J6216 | 14.56 |
| 17 | 17 | "Baby Blue" | Larry Teng | Patrick Harbinson | March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08) | 2J6217 | 15.67 |
| 18 | 18 | "Identity Crisis" | Charles Beeson | Amy Berg | March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29) | 2J6218 | 14.59 |
| 19 | 19 | "Flesh and Blood" | Stephen Semel | Amanda Segel | April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05) | 2J6219 | 13.69 |
| 20 | 20 | "Matsya Nyaya" | Kevin Bray | Ray Utarnachitt | April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26) | 2J6220 | 12.73 |
| 21 | 21 | "Many Happy Returns" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Story by : Erik Mountain & Jonathan Nolan Teleplay by : Erik Mountain | May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03) | 2J6221 | 13.27 |
| 22 | 22 | "No Good Deed" | Stephen Williams | David Slack | May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10) | 2J6222 | 12.96 |
| 23 | 23 | "Firewall" | Richard J. Lewis | Greg Plageman & Jonathan Nolan | May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17) | 2J6223 | 13.47 |

### Season 2 (2012–13)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 24 | 1 | "The Contingency" | Richard J. Lewis | Denise Thé & Jonathan Nolan | September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27) | 2J7201 | 14.28 |
| 25 | 2 | "Bad Code" | Jon Cassar | Greg Plageman & Patrick Harbinson | October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04) | 2J7202 | 14.58 |
| 26 | 3 | "Masquerade" | Jeffrey Hunt | Melissa Scrivner Love | October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18) | 2J7203 | 13.93 |
| 27 | 4 | "Triggerman" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Erik Mountain | October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25) | 2J7204 | 14.03 |
| 28 | 5 | "Bury the Lede" | Jeffrey Hunt | David Slack | November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01) | 2J7205 | 13.66 |
| 29 | 6 | "The High Road" | Félix Alcalá | Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski | November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08) | 2J7206 | 14.87 |
| 30 | 7 | "Critical" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Sean Hennen | November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15) | 2J7207 | 14.57 |
| 31 | 8 | "'Til Death" | Helen Shaver | Amanda Segel | November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29) | 2J7208 | 14.43 |
| 32 | 9 | "C.O.D." | Clark Johnson | Ray Utarnachitt | December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06) | 2J7209 | 14.18 |
| 33 | 10 | "Shadow Box" | Stephen Surjik | Patrick Harbinson | December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13) | 2J7210 | 14.08 |
| 34 | 11 | "2πR" | Richard J. Lewis | Dan Dietz | January 3, 2013 (2013-01-03) | 2J7211 | 16.23 |
| 35 | 12 | "Prisoner's Dilemma" | Chris Fisher | David Slack | January 10, 2013 (2013-01-10) | 2J7212 | 15.67 |
| 36 | 13 | "Dead Reckoning" | John Dahl | Erik Mountain | January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31) | 2J7213 | 15.71 |
| 37 | 14 | "One Percent" | Chris Fisher | Denise Thé & Melissa Scrivner Love | February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07) | 2J7214 | 14.88 |
| 38 | 15 | "Booked Solid" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski | February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14) | 2J7215 | 14.87 |
| 39 | 16 | "Relevance" | Jonathan Nolan | Amanda Segel & Jonathan Nolan | February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21) | 2J7216 | 14.22 |
| 40 | 17 | "Proteus" | Kenneth Fink | Sean Hennen | March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07) | 2J7217 | 14.57 |
| 41 | 18 | "All In" | Tricia Brock | Lucas O'Connor | March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14) | 2J7218 | 14.34 |
| 42 | 19 | "Trojan Horse" | Jeffrey Hunt | Dan Dietz & Erik Mountain | April 4, 2013 (2013-04-04) | 2J7219 | 14.57 |
| 43 | 20 | "In Extremis" | Chris Fisher | Greg Plageman & Tony Camerino | April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25) | 2J7220 | 13.22 |
| 44 | 21 | "Zero Day" | Jeffrey Hunt | Amanda Segel & David Slack | May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02) | 2J7221 | 12.96 |
| 45 | 22 | "God Mode" | Richard J. Lewis | Patrick Harbinson & Jonathan Nolan | May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09) | 2J7222 | 13.16 |

### Season 3 (2013–14)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 46 | 1 | "Liberty" | Chris Fisher | Greg Plageman & Denise Thé | September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24) | 2J7601 | 12.44 |
| 47 | 2 | "Nothing to Hide" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Erik Mountain | October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01) | 2J7602 | 12.35 |
| 48 | 3 | "Lady Killer" | Omar Madha | Amanda Segel | October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) | 2J7603 | 11.65 |
| 49 | 4 | "Reasonable Doubt" | Stephen Williams | Melissa Scrivner Love | October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15) | 2J7604 | 12.69 |
| 50 | 5 | "Razgovor" "Разговор" | Kenneth Fink | David Slack | October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22) | 2J7605 | 13.17 |
| 51 | 6 | "Mors Praematura" | Helen Shaver | Dan Dietz | October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29) | 2J7606 | 12.00 |
| 52 | 7 | "The Perfect Mark" | Stephen Surjik | Sean Hennen | November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05) | 2J7607 | 11.79 |
| 53 | 8 | "Endgame" | Sylvain White | Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski | November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12) | 2J7608 | 12.60 |
| 54 | 9 | "The Crossing" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Denise Thé | November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19) | 2J7609 | 12.28 |
| 55 | 10 | "The Devil's Share" | Chris Fisher | Amanda Segel & Jonathan Nolan | November 26, 2013 (2013-11-26) | 2J7610 | 11.89 |
| 56 | 11 | "Lethe" | Richard J. Lewis | Erik Mountain | December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17) | 2J7611 | 12.40 |
| 57 | 12 | "Aletheia" | Richard J. Lewis | Lucas O'Connor | January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) | 2J7612 | 12.10 |
| 58 | 13 | "4C" | Stephen Williams | Melissa Scrivner Love & Greg Plageman | January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) | 2J7613 | 12.54 |
| 59 | 14 | "Provenance" | Jeffrey Hunt | Sean Hennen | February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04) | 2J7614 | 12.35 |
| 60 | 15 | "Last Call" | Jeff T. Thomas | Dan Dietz | February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25) | 2J7615 | 11.00 |
| 61 | 16 | "RAM" | Stephen Surjik | Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski | March 4, 2014 (2014-03-04) | 2J7616 | 10.64 |
| 62 | 17 | "/" "Root Path" | Jeffrey Lee Gibson | David Slack | March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18) | 2J7617 | 10.94 |
| 63 | 18 | "Allegiance" | Jeffrey Hunt | Tony Camerino | March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25) | 2J7618 | 12.23 |
| 64 | 19 | "Most Likely To..." | Kevin Hooks | Melissa Scrivner Love & Denise Thé | April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01) | 2J7619 | 11.45 |
| 65 | 20 | "Death Benefit" | Richard J. Lewis | Erik Mountain & Lucas O'Connor | April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15) | 2J7620 | 10.74 |
| 66 | 21 | "Beta" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Sean Hennen & Dan Dietz | April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29) | 2J7621 | 11.31 |
| 67 | 22 | "A House Divided" | Chris Fisher | Amanda Segel | May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06) | 2J7622 | 10.50 |
| 68 | 23 | "Deus Ex Machina" | Chris Fisher | Greg Plageman & David Slack | May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13) | 2J7623 | 10.95 |

### Season 4 (2014–15)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 69 | 1 | "Panopticon" | Richard J. Lewis | Erik Mountain & Greg Plageman | September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23) | 3J5401 | 10.58 |
| 70 | 2 | "Nautilus" | Chris Fisher | Dan Dietz & Melissa Scrivner Love | September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30) | 3J5402 | 10.72 |
| 71 | 3 | "Wingman" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Amanda Segel | October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07) | 3J5403 | 9.64 |
| 72 | 4 | "Brotherhood" | Chris Fisher | Denise Thé | October 14, 2014 (2014-10-14) | 3J5404 | 9.72 |
| 73 | 5 | "Prophets" | Kenneth Fink | Lucas O'Connor | October 21, 2014 (2014-10-21) | 3J5405 | 9.40 |
| 74 | 6 | "Pretenders" | Stephen Surjik | Ashley Gable | October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28) | 3J5406 | 9.72 |
| 75 | 7 | "Honor Among Thieves" | Sylvain White | David Slack | November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11) | 3J5407 | 9.11 |
| 76 | 8 | "Point of Origin" | Richard J. Lewis | Tony Camerino | November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) | 3J5408 | 9.87 |
| 77 | 9 | "The Devil You Know" | Richard J. Lewis | Erik Mountain | November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25) | 3J5409 | 9.04 |
| 78 | 10 | "The Cold War" | Michael Offer | Amanda Segel | December 16, 2014 (2014-12-16) | 3J5410 | 8.94 |
| 79 | 11 | "If-Then-Else" | Chris Fisher | Denise Thé | January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06) | 3J5411 | 10.08 |
| 80 | 12 | "Control-Alt-Delete" | Stephen Surjik | Andy Callahan | January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13) | 3J5412 | 10.16 |
| 81 | 13 | "M.I.A." | Kevin Bray | Lucas O'Connor | February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03) | 3J5413 | 9.28 |
| 82 | 14 | "Guilty" | Kate Woods | David Slack | February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10) | 3J5414 | 9.53 |
| 83 | 15 | "Q&A" | Stephen Semel | Dan Dietz | February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17) | 3J5415 | 9.17 |
| 84 | 16 | "Blunt" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Amanda Segel & Greg Plageman | February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24) | 3J5416 | 9.63 |
| 85 | 17 | "Karma" | Chris Fisher | Hillary Benefiel & Sabir Pirzada | March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10) | 3J5417 | 8.67 |
| 86 | 18 | "Skip" | Helen Shaver | Ashley Gable | March 24, 2015 (2015-03-24) | 3J5418 | 9.15 |
| 87 | 19 | "Search and Destroy" | Stephen Surjik | Zak Schwartz | April 7, 2015 (2015-04-07) | 3J5419 | 8.67 |
| 88 | 20 | "Terra Incognita" | Alrick Riley | Erik Mountain & Melissa Scrivner Love | April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14) | 3J5420 | 9.21 |
| 89 | 21 | "Asylum" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Andy Callahan & Denise Thé | April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28) | 3J5421 | 8.45 |
| 90 | 22 | "YHWH" | Chris Fisher | Dan Dietz & Greg Plageman | May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05) | 3J5422 | 8.18 |

### Season 5 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 91 | 1 | "B.S.O.D." | Chris Fisher | Greg Plageman & Tony Camerino | May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03) | 3J6001 | 7.35 |
| 92 | 2 | "SNAFU" | Chris Fisher | Lucas O'Connor | May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09) | 3J6002 | 5.80 |
| 93 | 3 | "Truth Be Told" | Stephen Surjik | Erik Mountain | May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10) | 3J6003 | 7.34 |
| 94 | 4 | "6,741" | Chris Fisher | Lucas O'Connor & Denise Thé | May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) | 3J6007 | 5.31 |
| 95 | 5 | "ShotSeeker" | Maja Vrvilo | Andy Callahan | May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17) | 3J6004 | 6.97 |
| 96 | 6 | "A More Perfect Union" | Alrick Riley | Melissa Scrivner Love | May 23, 2016 (2016-05-23) | 3J6005 | 5.49 |
| 97 | 7 | "QSO" | Kate Woods | Hillary Benefiel | May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24) | 3J6006 | 5.33 |
| 98 | 8 | "Reassortment" | Kenneth Fink | Tony Camerino | May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24) | 3J6008 | 4.92 |
| 99 | 9 | "Sotto Voce" | Margot Lulick | Sabir Pirzada | May 30, 2016 (2016-05-30) | 3J6009 | 5.49 |
| 100 | 10 | "The Day the World Went Away" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Andy Callahan & Melissa Scrivner Love | May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31) | 3J6010 | 6.66 |
| 101 | 11 | "Synecdoche" | Tim Matheson | Jacey Heldrich & Joshua Brown | June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07) | 3J6011 | 6.36 |
| 102 | 12 | ".exe" | Greg Plageman | Greg Plageman & Erik Mountain | June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14) | 3J6012 | 6.27 |
| 103 | 13 | "return 0" | Chris Fisher | Jonathan Nolan & Denise Thé | June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21) | 3J6013 | 6.51 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Average |
| | 1 | 13.33 | 12.51 | 11.57 | 12.04 | 12.42 | 11.62 | 11.76 | 11.65 | 12.66 | 12.93 | 14.86 | 14.40 | 15.10 | 15.14 | 13.16 | 14.56 | 15.67 | 14.59 | 13.69 | 12.73 | 13.27 | 12.96 | 13.47 | 13.31 |
| | 2 | 14.28 | 14.58 | 13.93 | 14.03 | 13.66 | 14.87 | 14.57 | 14.43 | 14.18 | 14.08 | 16.23 | 15.67 | 15.71 | 14.88 | 14.87 | 14.22 | 14.57 | 14.34 | 14.57 | 13.22 | 12.96 | 13.16 | – | 14.41 |
| | 3 | 12.44 | 12.35 | 11.65 | 12.69 | 13.17 | 12.00 | 11.79 | 12.60 | 12.28 | 11.89 | 12.40 | 12.10 | 12.54 | 12.35 | 11.00 | 10.64 | 10.94 | 12.23 | 11.45 | 10.74 | 11.31 | 10.50 | 10.95 | 11.83 |
| | 4 | 10.58 | 10.72 | 9.64 | 9.72 | 9.40 | 9.72 | 9.11 | 9.87 | 9.04 | 8.94 | 10.08 | 10.16 | 9.28 | 9.53 | 9.17 | 9.63 | 8.67 | 9.15 | 8.67 | 9.21 | 8.45 | 8.18 | – | 9.42 |
| | 5 | 7.35 | 5.80 | 7.34 | 5.31 | 6.97 | 5.49 | 5.33 | 4.92 | 5.49 | 6.66 | 6.36 | 6.27 | 6.51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.14 |

## Home media releases

| Season | Episodes | DVD and Blu-ray release dates | DVD and Blu-ray release dates | DVD and Blu-ray release dates |
| Season | Episodes | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 |
| 1 | 23 | September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04) | March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18) | November 7, 2012 (2012-11-07) |
| 2 | 22 | September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03) | June 16, 2014 (2014-06-16) | October 16, 2013 (2013-10-16) |
| 3 | 23 | September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02) | September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21) | October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08) |
| 4 | 22 | August 11, 2015 (2015-08-11) | September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05) | September 2, 2015 (2015-09-02) |
| 5 | 13 | July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19) | September 11, 2017 (2017-09-11) | February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01) |
| Complete Series | 103 | July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19) | September 11, 2017 (2017-09-11) | February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01) |