Person of Interest Season 2 Episode Guide
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Season 2 has 22 episodes, from September 27, 2012 to May 9, 2013. Descriptions stay brief and spoiler-light.
Episode 1: The Contingency
Airdate: September 27, 2012
Description: With Finch missing – kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root, in last season's finale cliffhanger – Reese enlists Detectives Carter and Fusco to get his friend back.
Episode 2: Bad Code
Airdate: October 4, 2012
Description: The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root.
Episode 3: Masquerade
Airdate: October 18, 2012
Description: With Finch back in the Library, Reese returns to field work, only to face his toughest case yet – protecting the privileged daughter of a Brazilian diplomat.
Episode 4: Triggerman
Airdate: October 25, 2012
Description: When The Machine gives them the number of a mob enforcer whose life becomes endangered, Reese and Finch must decide whether to intervene or allow karma to balance the scales of justice.
Episode 5: Bury the Lede
Airdate: November 1, 2012
Description: Reese must protect an investigative journalist through surreptitious means to avoid becoming part of her story.
Episode 6: The High Road
Airdate: November 8, 2012
Description: Reese goes undercover in an idyllic neighborhood when The Machine's latest number sends him to the suburbs.
Episode 7: Critical
Airdate: November 15, 2012
Description: The Machine gives Finch and Reese the number of a brilliant surgeon, but they soon discover that a resourceful third party has raised the stakes for this POI, forcing them to turn to an unlikely source for help.
Episode 8: 'Til Death
Airdate: November 29, 2012
Description: The team is spread thin when a husband and wife's numbers both come up.
Episode 9: C.O.D.
Airdate: December 6, 2012
Description: Finch and Reese's surveillance skills are pushed to the limit when a New York City cab driver's number comes up and any one of his passengers could be involved in the impending crime.
Episode 10: Shadow Box
Airdate: December 13, 2012
Description: While the FBI refocuses their efforts to catch "The Man in the Suit," Reese's latest POI becomes a personal quest after he learns that she's the sister of a soldier who was killed in action.
Episode 11: 2πR
Airdate: January 3, 2013
Description: Finch goes undercover as a high school substitute teacher to protect a teen genius POI as Carter undertakes a dangerous mission to stop the FBI from determining that an imprisoned Reese is the "Man In a Suit".
Episode 12: Prisoner's Dilemma
Airdate: January 10, 2013
Description: While Carter engages in mental warfare with the FBI to help Reese evade Agent Donnelly's narrowing focus, Reese crosses paths with foes both old and new.
Episode 13: Dead Reckoning
Airdate: January 31, 2013
Description: Reese is abducted by an old acquaintance planning a massive act of cyber-warfare that could lead to Reese's death.
Episode 14: One Percent
Airdate: February 7, 2013
Description: Reese and Finch meet their match in a tech billionaire POI whose curiosity and limitless resources threaten to expose their identities and sabotage their efforts to save his life.
Episode 15: Booked Solid
Airdate: February 14, 2013
Description: Reese and Finch race to save a hotel maid's life but find themselves surrounded by more suspects than they may be able to eliminate when they realize any guest or staff member could be her potential killer.
Episode 16: Relevance
Airdate: February 21, 2013
Description: A lethal and sexy government operative who tracks and stops terrorist threats before they occur finds herself on the run – and the new focus of Reese and Finch's attention.
Episode 17: Proteus
Airdate: March 7, 2013
Description: After The Machine gives Reese and Finch six numbers at once, their search for clues leads them to a coastal town where they are forced to ride out a storm with a group of locals in a police station.
Episode 18: All In
Airdate: March 14, 2013
Description: When an elderly gambler's number comes up, Reese and Finch head to Atlantic City to delve beneath the surface of their POI's seemingly ordinary life for answers.
Episode 19: Trojan Horse
Airdate: April 4, 2013
Description: When the number of a leading tech executive comes up, Finch infiltrates her corporation to gather intel but can't determine whether she is working in her company's best interest or planning to destroy it from the inside.
Episode 20: In Extremis
Airdate: April 25, 2013
Description: When a luminary in the world of medicine is poisoned, Reese and Finch have just 24 hours to determine the deadly toxin he was given and find the person behind the attack.
Episode 21: Zero Day
Airdate: May 2, 2013
Description: Reese and Finch realize that a virus has rendered The Machine erratic, causing it to issue numbers irregularly.
Episode 22: God Mode
Airdate: May 9, 2013
Description: Reese & Finch team up with surprising allies in a race to save The Machine from Root and the mysterious international organization Decima, who have both re-emerged with dangerous agendas.