The BEST episodes of Person of Interest season 1
Every episode of Person of Interest season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Person of Interest season 1!
An ex-CIA agent and a mysterious billionaire prevent violent crimes with the help of an all-seeing machine that can predict events before they happen.
#1 - Firewall
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/17/2012
Reese becomes trapped with his POI in a heavily surveilled part of the city and must rely on Finch, Carter and Fusco's help.
#2 - Many Happy Returns
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2012
On Reese's birthday, Finch gives him the day off in hope of keeping him away from the latest person of interest.
#3 - No Good Deed
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2012
A person of interest winds up in the middle of a dark government conspiracy that Finch is all too familiar with; Reese makes a discovery about Finch's past.
#4 - Number Crunch
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2011
As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese and Finch, The Machine ups the ante for the duo by giving them four Social Security numbers instead of one.
#5 - Flesh and Blood
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/2012
When The Machine spits out five numbers, naming the Don of each of New York’s crime families, Reese and Finch suspect Elias is planning to eliminate his competition.
#6 - Matsya Nyaya
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/2012
To track the latest person of interest, Reese goes under cover as part of an armored truck crew; throughout the case, Reese is reminded of tough decisions he was forced to make during his last CIA mission.
#7 - Root Cause
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2012
The Machine gives Reese and Finch the number of a down-and-out man who has been pushed too far, and they're forced to turn to former Person of Interest Zoe Morgan for help.
#8 - Super
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2012
Reese is confined to a wheelchair recovering from his gunshot wound, but Finch sets him up in an apartment where he’s to keep an eye on the Super, who is their latest POI. Also, Finch approaches Carter and gives her a POI to show her what they do.
#9 - The Fix
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2011
Reese becomes romantically involved with the newest Person of Interest: an attractive woman who isn't all that she seems.
#10 - Get Carter
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2011
Reese and Finch’s game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machine declares that she is their newest POI.
#11 - Identity Crisis
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/2012
The Machine's latest number presents a unique challenge for Reese and Finch since the person has virtually no digital footprint - and appears to be leading a double life.
#12 - Legacy
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2012
When Carter finally comes face-to-face with Reese, he urges her to join forces to help with their latest POI, a scrappy young woman from the wrong side of the tracks who turned her life around and became a lawyer.
#13 - Blue Code
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2012
Reese discovers there’s more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.
#14 - Judgement
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2011
Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a Person of Interest who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice.
#15 - Wolf and Cub
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2012
The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing concerned that the son of his former business partner is dangerously close to finding out about the Machine.
#16 - Witness
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2011
The Machine identifies a school teacher who witnessed a mob hit as their next POI and Reese and Finch rush to save his life.
#17 - Risk
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/2012
The Machine leads Reese and Finch to Wall Street when a sharp young trader at a major investment bank becomes embroiled in a multi-million dollar financial scam.
#18 - Baby Blue
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/8/2012
Reese and Finch are puzzled when the machine names a 6-month-old baby as the latest person of interest; Detective Carter questions her allegiances when Elias resurfaces.
#19 - Cura Te Ipsum
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2011
Reese and Finch try to unravel a threat to a promising young doctor.
#20 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2011
Reese and Finch must figure out whether a young prosecutor is a victim or a suspect.
#21 - Foe
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2011
When Reese and Finch discover that their latest POI has connections to Cold War Soviet espionage circles, they quickly learn how covert ops were handled in a world before The Machine.
#22 - Ghosts
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2011
Reese and Finch question the machine's reliability when it prompts the investigation of a teenager who was killed years earlier; Finch recalls the origin of the machine.
#23 - Mission Creep
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2011
Reese infiltrates a gang to get closer to a former Marine that the machine tagged.