The WORST episodes of Person of Interest
Every episode of Person of Interest ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Person of Interest!
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 - Terra Incognita
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/2015
Reese finds himself on a perilous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.
#2 - Guilty
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2015
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.
#3 - Karma
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/10/2015
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.
#4 - The Devil You Know
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2014
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.
#5 - 6,741
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2016
Sameen Shaw escapes her captors, but the team is unsure of her mental state when she begins to act paranoid and reckless.
#6 - A More Perfect Union
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2016
The Machine sends Reese and Finch to a wedding to protect a pair of POIs before their nuptials. Also, Fusco becomes angry at being kept in the dark by the team and takes it upon himself to investigate a string of missing person reports.
#7 - Truth Be Told
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/10/2016
Reese’s cover could be blown when he realizes the latest POI has ties to his old CIA colleague, Kara Stanton.
#8 - Brotherhood
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2014
Reese's cover job as an NYPD detective becomes complicated when the young brother and sister he's protecting become targets of a gang investigation.
#9 - Point of Origin
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2014
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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - QSO
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/2016
Root goes undercover at a radio station to protect the host of a conspiracy theory show who stumbles upon information that could get him killed. Also, Samaritan’s agents try to convince a member of the team that their goals are noble.
#13 - Q&A
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2015
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.
#14 - Cura Te Ipsum
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2011
Reese and Finch try to unravel a threat to a promising young doctor.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Triggerman
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2012
Reese and Finch wonder if they should intervene when they learn that a mob enforcer's life is in danger; Finch turns to an unexpected source for help.
#19 - The High Road
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2012
The Machine’s latest number sends Reese to the suburbs.
#20 - Proteus
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/2013
As Finch and Reese try to protect six people simultaneously, clues lead them to a coastal town; when a storm forces Finch and Reese to seek shelter in a police station with a group of locals, they realize a killer may be in their midst.
#21 - C.O.D.
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2012
When the machine names a New York cabdriver as a person of interest, any of his passengers could be a part of the impending crime.
#22 - Pretenders
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2014
Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect an unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as a fake detective. Meanwhile, Finch travels to Hong Kong as part of his academic cover identity.
#23 - The Cold War
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2014
Samaritan demonstrates its true power by taking control of New York for 48 hours and erasing crime from the city in an attempt to lure The Machine out of hiding.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.