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 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#12 - The High Road
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2012
The Machine’s latest number sends Reese to the suburbs.
#13 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#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.
#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 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#25 - Masquerade
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2012
Reese protects the spoiled daughter of a Brazilian diplomat.