Person of Interest
Season 3
201323 episodes
The team suffers a devastating loss and confront staggering challenges. Adapting to the next evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, Finch and Reese team with rogue agent Sameen Shaw to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco finally unravel the criminal police conspiracy "HR" - but at a tragic cost. And former cyber-enemy — and now highly tuned confederate of The Machine — Root becomes an unpredictable ally when the team learns a second surveillance apparatus to rival The Machine is on the verge of activation.
Episode 1
Liberty
Sep 24, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.2TMDB
The Machine, now completely self-governed with its whereabouts unknown, resumes giving Finch its "irrelevant" numbers for people in danger, which include a U.S. naval officer in town for Fleet Week. However, with so many sailors flooding the streets of New York City, finding the officer in time presents an even bigger challenge for Reese and Shaw.
Episode 2
Nothing to Hide
Oct 1, 201343m
TMDB rating 7.7TMDB
The number comes up for an Internet entrepreneur in the business of eliminating people's privacy, but finds his own being rapidly stripped away. As his life spirals out of control, Reese tries to protect him while Finch calls on Shaw, Carter and Fusco for help finding whoever is after him.
Episode 3
Lady Killer
Oct 8, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.2TMDB
The team suspects the latest number to be a potential stalker/ killer. Root plots her escape from the institution and gives her psychiatrist a big surprise.
Episode 4
Reasonable Doubt
Oct 15, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.1TMDB
The team must figure out if a prominent lawyer orchestrated the murder of her husband or if she is being framed; Carter is spotted with Reese by her new partner.
Episode 5
Razgovor
Oct 22, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.6TMDB
Shaw must stay close to a 10-year-old girl with highly developed surveillance skills when she is identified by the machine; Carter's mission could be exposed.
Episode 6
Mors Praematura
Oct 29, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.6TMDB
After being freed from her confinement to the psych ward, Root needs Shaw's help with a directive from the machine; Finch and Reese look into a mild-mannered investigator.
Episode 7
The Perfect Mark
Nov 5, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
The team is met with surprises during an investigation into a hypnotherapist; an antiquities dealer has ties to a crime organization.
Episode 8
Endgame
Nov 12, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.7TMDB
The machine gives Finch 38 numbers at once; information about Carter's past is revealed.
Episode 9
The Crossing
Nov 19, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.9TMDB
The battle to bring a crime organization to justice reaches a new level; Reese's number comes up in the machine.
Episode 10
The Devil's Share
Nov 26, 201343m
TMDB rating 9.1TMDB
As the POI team seeks justice for Carter’s murder, Finch realizes one of his team members may go one step too far in order to end the war with HR. Also, The Machine gives out the number for NYPD Officer Patrick Simmons, one of the crime organization’s key players.
Episode 11
Lethe
Dec 17, 201343m
TMDB rating 8.5TMDB
Flashbacks to Finch’s adolescence provide insight into his creation of The Machine. Also, the team receives the number of an already dying man, and Reese leaves the POI team behind in the aftermath of the war with the crime organization, HR.
Episode 12
Aletheia
Jan 7, 201443m
TMDB rating 8.6TMDB
Multiple enemies converge on the POI team as they protect a dying man whose number has come up. They struggle to keep their enemies at bay but without Reese, who has left them and their mission behind following the tragic war with HR, being down one man could have catastrophic repercussions for the team.
Episode 13
4C
Jan 14, 201443m
TMDB rating 8.4TMDB
Reese boards an international flight in an attempt to put the team and the past behind him, but is angered when he realizes his travel plans have been manipulated.
Episode 14
Provenance
Feb 4, 201442m
TMDB rating 7.6TMDB
Reese rejoins Finch in New York, but when the team receives the number of a highly skilled antiquities thief, a surprising turn of events finds them planning a heist which could land them all in jail.
Episode 15
Last Call
Feb 25, 201443m
TMDB rating 7.9TMDB
Finch goes undercover in an emergency call center to protect a 911 operator, but it soon becomes clear that the threat reaches further than the team could have anticipated.
Episode 16
RAM
Mar 4, 201443m
TMDB rating 8.5TMDB
The secrets of Finch’s operation before he enlisted Reese are revealed, including shocking ties to present-day events.
Episode 17
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Mar 18, 201444m
TMDB rating 8.6TMDB
The Machine assigns Root to seek out a janitor with a mysterious past, but when her very presence puts his life in danger, Finch also receives his number.
Episode 18
Allegiance
Mar 25, 201443m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Finch and Reese must delve into the murky waters of international politics when they are given the number of a former government contractor who is stalking a UN diplomat. Also, an enemy attempts to gain an upper hand on Root.
Episode 19
Most Likely To...
Apr 1, 201443m
TMDB rating 8.2TMDB
Reese and Shaw pose as alumni at a high school reunion in order to keep eyes on the latest POI. Meanwhile, Finch and Fusco travel to Washington, D.C., to investigate the motivations behind Vigilance’s latest attack.
Episode 20
Death Benefit
Apr 15, 201443m
TMDB rating 8.6TMDB
Reese poses as a Secret Service agent to get close to the latest POI, a U.S. congressman who may hold the key to derailing Decima’s plans to bring a second Machine online.
Episode 21
Beta
Apr 29, 201443m
TMDB rating 8.5TMDB
As Decima uses Samaritan’s feeds to hunt Reese and Shaw, Greer exploits Finch’s greatest weakness in an attempt to lure him out of hiding: his love for his former fiancée, Grace Hendricks.
Episode 22
A House Divided
May 6, 201443m
TMDB rating 8.5TMDB
When an unknown entity prevents The Machine from seeing the full picture of an impending catastrophic event, it sends the team five separate numbers to help them piece together the bigger picture. Meanwhile, Root’s team of hackers arrives in New York.
Episode 23
Deus Ex Machina
May 13, 201443m
TMDB rating 9.1TMDB
The team takes desperate action in its race to prevent the malevolent AI program Samaritan from coming online and making them its first targets. Meanwhile, the months-long battle with the anti-surveillance terrorist group Vigilance comes to a shocking conclusion.