A mystery man named Finch contacts an ex-CIA agent, John Reese, and offers him the chance to save people. Finch can identify someone involved in a future unhappy crime, but is unable to confirm if they are the victim, the perpetrator, or a witness. Reese's first case: determine what danger a young woman district attorney faces and stop it.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 1 of Person of Interest resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Person of Interest Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - Ghosts
• s01e03 - Mission Creep
• s01e04 - Cura Te Ipsum
• s01e05 - Judgement
• s01e06 - The Fix
• s01e07 - Witness
• s01e08 - Foe
• s01e09 - Get Carter
• s01e10 - Number Crunch
• s01e11 - Super
• s01e12 - Legacy
• s01e13 - Root Cause
• s01e14 - Wolf and Cub
• s01e15 - Blue Code
• s01e16 - Risk
• s01e17 - Baby Blue
• s01e18 - Identity Crisis
• s01e19 - Flesh and Blood
• s01e20 - Matsya Nyaya
• s01e21 - Many Happy Returns
• s01e22 - No Good Deed
• s01e23 - Firewall

Person of Interest Show Summary

John Reese, a former Green Beret and CIA field officer, was living as a vagrant in New York City after the passing of the woman he loves. He is approached by Harold Finch, a reclusive billionaire computer genius who is living under an assumed identity. Finch explains that after September 11, 2001, he built a computer system for the government that uses information gleaned from omnipresent surveillance to predict future terrorist attacks.

However, Finch discovered that the computer was predicting ordinary crimes as well. The government is not interested in these results, but Finch is determined to stop the predicted crimes. Without knowing what the crime will be, when it will occur, or even if the person they were alerted to is a victim or perpetrator, Reese and Finch must try to stop the crime from occurring.

They are helped by NYPD Detectives Lionel Fusco, a corrupt officer whom Reese coerces into helping them, and Joss Carter, who is investigating Reese for his vigilante activities.