Season 4

Person of InterestSeason 4

2014
22 Episodes

Although they’ve saved countless lives thanks to The Machine’s omniscience, John Reese and Harold Finch, along with lethal operative Sameen Shaw and unpredictable cyber-hacker Root now face an uncertain future. With a second machine — Samaritan — now online, the elusive team are now targets themselves, hiding in plain sight. The only thing more frightening than the ruthless Decima organization calling the shots is leaving those decisions up to an untested Machine. Facing a dangerous tomorrow, the POI team must find a way to outsmart Samaritan, an all-seeing, all-powerful artificial intelligence that’s self-governing, continually evolving and growing stronger every day.

Episodes

Panopticon
S04E01
8.2

Panopticon

Forced to take on new identities provided by Root, the team members try to adapt to their new lives. However, some find it hard to ignore The Machine's numbers, which puts them all at risk of being detected by Samaritan.

23 Sept 201443m
Nautilus
S04E02
8.3

Nautilus

Despite not wanting to help with the new numbers, Finch's interest is piqued when the newest person of interest turns out to be a brilliant college student involved with a mysterious scavenger hunt.

30 Sept 201443m
Wingman
S04E03
8.0

Wingman

Finch recruits Fusco to stick close to the latest POI, a professional 'wingman', but learning how to approach women soon becomes the least of his worries. Reese must find a way to play by the rules at his new day job. The Machine sends Finch and Root on a mysterious errand.

07 Oct 201443m
Brotherhood
S04E04
7.5

Brotherhood

Reese's cover job as a detective at the NYPD becomes complicated when the young brother and sister he's protecting become targets of a gang investigation.

14 Oct 201443m
Prophets
S04E05
8.8

Prophets

While Reese is forced to go to counseling for his violent tendencies, Root, Shaw and Finch try to help a new POI.

21 Oct 201443m
Pretenders
S04E06
7.5

Pretenders

Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect a unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as fake detective. Finch travels to Hong Kong as part of his academic cover identity.

28 Oct 201443m
Honor Among Thieves
S04E07
8.0

Honor Among Thieves

Shaw joins a team of international thieves in order to keep tabs on the latest POI, but an unexpected turn of events puts her in danger of being detected by Samaritan. Also, Finch and Root undertake a dangerous sabotage mission.

11 Nov 201443m
Point of Origin
S04E08
8.2

Point of Origin

Reese volunteers as an NYPD police academy instructor in order to keep an eye on a talented young officer whose suspicious actions make him question her motives. Meanwhile, Martine – armed with information from Samaritan – hunts a member of the team.

18 Nov 201443m
The Devil You Know
S04E09
8.7

The Devil You Know

Reese must save Elias from the Brotherhood. He can't get any help from Root or Shaw since Shaw's cover is blown and Root is escorting her to underground.

25 Nov 201443m
The Cold War
S04E10
8.8

The Cold War

Samaritan shows its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding.

16 Dec 201443m
If-Then-Else
S04E11
8.8

If-Then-Else

Samaritan launches a cyber-attack on the stock exchange, forcing the team to risk their lives in a desperate mission to stop a global economic catastrophe.

06 Jan 201543m
Control-Alt-Delete
S04E12
8.7

Control-Alt-Delete

Control, who oversees the handling of relevant numbers for the government, begins to question the methods and intentions of the Samaritan program. Also, alarming news reports of a pair of vigilantes rampaging through the Northeast begin to surface.

13 Jan 201543m
M.I.A.
S04E13
8.3

M.I.A.

Root and Reese investigate a small town in upstate New York that holds the key to Shaw's location... and whether she's dead or alive.

03 Feb 201543m
Guilty
S04E14
7.4

Guilty

When the Machine arranges for Finch to sit on the jury of a murder trial, he begins to suspect that a fellow juror is set to rig the proceedings. Meanwhile, Reese begins to open up to the department’s therapist.

10 Feb 201543m
Q&A
S04E15
8.4

Q&A

Reese tries to protect a software programmer with a mysterious second life, but it’s unclear which side of her life the threat is coming from. Meanwhile, Claire, a young hacker whom Finch tried to protect from Samaritan, reaches out to him for aid.

17 Feb 201543m
Blunt
S04E16
7.4

Blunt

Reese and Finch must protect Harper, a street-smart grifter, when her plan to steal cash from a medical marijuana dispensary goes up in smoke.

24 Feb 201543m
Karma
S04E17
7.3

Karma

Reese and Finch try to protect a psychologist whose unorthodox methods for helping his patients find closure could cost him dearly. Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal Finch’s fragile state in the days following the bombing that killed his best friend, Nathan Ingram.

10 Mar 201543m
Skip
S04E18
8.0

Skip

Reese must protect a bounty hunter who refuses to allow the potential threat to her life sway her from the relentless pursuit of her target. Also, Finch tries to set the plan he began in Shanghai in motion.

24 Mar 201543m
Search and Destroy
S04E19
8.4

Search and Destroy

Reese and Finch scramble to protect a software CEO when his behavior becomes increasingly erratic following a hacker attack that reveals all his secrets and unravels his life.

07 Apr 201543m
Terra Incognita
S04E20
7.6

Terra Incognita

Reese finds himself on a dangerous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.

14 Apr 201543m
Asylum
S04E21
8.9

Asylum

Reese and Fusco get caught in the war between the two newest POIs, rival crime bosses Elias and Dominic. Also, a tantalizing clue to Shaw’s whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a possible trap, and Control goes rogue to uncover the true intentions of the Samaritan program.

28 Apr 201543m
YHWH
S04E22
9.2

YHWH

Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan. Also, Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between rival crime bosses Elias and Dominic.

05 May 201543m