Person of Interest Season 1 Episode Guide
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Season 1 has 23 episodes, from September 22, 2011 to May 17, 2012. Descriptions stay brief and spoiler-light.
Episode 1: Pilot
Airdate: September 22, 2011
Description: John Reese is a former CIA operative living off the grid in NYC.
Episode 2: Ghosts
Airdate: September 29, 2011
Description: Finch gives Reese another social security number from the machine — another chance to stop something terrible from happening.
Episode 3: Mission Creep
Airdate: October 6, 2011
Description: Reese goes undercover to find the threat surrounding the next person on Finch's list: a young army veteran named Joey Durban.
Episode 4: Cura Te Ipsum
Airdate: October 13, 2011
Description: Reese and Finch surveil their latest POI, Dr.
Episode 5: Judgement
Airdate: October 20, 2011
Description: When the Machine produces the social security number of a judge renowned for his tough sentencing, Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a POI who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice.
Episode 6: The Fix
Airdate: October 27, 2011
Description: Reese is captivated by their newest POI – a beautiful, shrewd and remarkably resourceful woman.
Episode 7: Witness
Airdate: November 3, 2011
Description: Finch gets the number belonging to Charlie Burton, a high school history teacher in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and an unlucky witness to a Russian mafia murder.
Episode 8: Foe
Airdate: November 17, 2011
Description: Reese and Finch receive the number for Wallace Negel — a mysterious man who hasn't had a single electronic transaction in his name since 1989.
Episode 9: Get Carter
Airdate: December 8, 2011
Description: 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.
Episode 10: Number Crunch
Airdate: December 15, 2011
Description: The machine gives Finch 4 numbers almost simultaneously, which means the POI's are probably connected.
Episode 11: Super
Airdate: January 12, 2012
Description: 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.
Episode 12: Legacy
Airdate: January 19, 2012
Description: 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.
Episode 13: Root Cause
Airdate: February 2, 2012
Description: Reese and Finch's latest POI is a down-on-his-luck man who may have reached his breaking point.
Episode 14: Wolf and Cub
Airdate: February 9, 2012
Description: The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI.
Episode 15: Blue Code
Airdate: February 16, 2012
Description: Reese infiltrates a group that specializes in couriering contraband in order to get close to their POI, the #2 in the operation.
Episode 16: Risk
Airdate: February 23, 2012
Description: 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.
Episode 17: Baby Blue
Airdate: March 8, 2012
Description: When The Machine spits out the number of a 6-month-old baby, Reese and Finch turn into overly protective parents – with an arsenal at their disposal.
Episode 18: Identity Crisis
Airdate: March 29, 2012
Description: Finch and Reese are stymied to find their most recent POI is actually two different people.
Episode 19: Flesh and Blood
Airdate: April 5, 2012
Description: 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.
Episode 20: Matsya Nyaya
Airdate: April 26, 2012
Description: The Machine's latest mark puts Reese undercover as part of an armored truck crew, a case that brings back memories of his last CIA mission and painful decisions he was forced to make.
Episode 21: Many Happy Returns
Airdate: May 3, 2012
Description: It's Reese's birthday, and Finch gifts him with a day off – especially when he realizes that The Machine's latest number is sure to revive painful memories.
Episode 22: No Good Deed
Airdate: May 10, 2012
Description: The newest POI's curiosity could spell his doom when he finds himself embroiled in a dark government conspiracy – one that Finch is all too familiar with.
Episode 23: Firewall
Airdate: May 17, 2012
Description: When a psychologist's number comes up, Reese must protect her from one of her patients while eluding capture by the FBI, who are closing in fast.