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.

Last Updated: 6/18/2025Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Terra Incognita
star
7.31
3000 votes

#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.

Directors: Alrick Riley
Watch Now:Apple TV
Karma
star
7.48
2956 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Chris Fisher
Watch Now:Apple TV
Guilty
star
7.53
2724 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Kate Woods
Writer: David Slack
Watch Now:Apple TV
Mission Creep
star
7.63
7879 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Steven DePaul
Watch Now:Apple TV
Blunt
star
7.65
2734 votes

#5 - Blunt

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2015

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.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Ghosts
star
7.65
8306 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
Watch Now:Apple TV
Truth Be Told
star
7.69
3679 votes

#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.

Directors: Stephen Surjik
Watch Now:Apple TV
Triggerman
star
7.72
5435 votes

#8 - 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.

Watch Now:Apple TV
A More Perfect Union
star
7.72
3652 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Alrick Riley
Watch Now:Apple TV
C.O.D.
star
7.73
4934 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Clark Johnson
Watch Now:Apple TV
Foe
star
7.73
6875 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Milan Cheylov
Writer: Sean Hennen
Watch Now:Apple TV
Pilot
star
7.74
10169 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: David Semel
Watch Now:Apple TV
The High Road
star
7.75
5310 votes

#13 - The High Road

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2012

The Machine’s latest number sends Reese to the suburbs.

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Cura Te Ipsum
star
7.75
7635 votes

#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.

Directors: Charles Beeson
Writer: Denise Thé
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Proteus
star
7.76
5060 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: Kenneth Fink
Writer: Sean Hennen
Watch Now:Apple TV
Q&A
star
7.76
2663 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Stephen Semel
Writer: Dan Dietz
Watch Now:Apple TV
Baby Blue
star
7.78
5992 votes

#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.

Directors: Larry Teng
Watch Now:Apple TV
Risk
star
7.78
6031 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Sean Hennen
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Witness
star
7.80
6789 votes

#19 - 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.

Writer: Amanda Segel
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Reasonable Doubt
star
7.80
4563 votes

#20 - Reasonable Doubt

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2013

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.

Directors: Stephen Williams
Watch Now:Apple TV
Brotherhood
star
7.80
3380 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Chris Fisher
Writer: Denise Thé
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Skip
star
7.81
3104 votes

#22 - Skip

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/2015

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

Directors: Helen Shaver
Writer: Ashley Gable
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Wolf and Cub
star
7.82
6256 votes

#23 - 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.

Directors: Chris Fisher
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All In
star
7.82
4920 votes

#24 - All In

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/2013

Finch and Reese head to Atlantic City to protect the latest person of interest, an elderly gambler; Carter tries to clear another detective's name.

Directors: Tricia Brock
Watch Now:Apple TV
Masquerade
star
7.83
5603 votes

#25 - Masquerade

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2012

Reese protects the spoiled daughter of a Brazilian diplomat.

Directors: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Watch Now:Apple TV