Person of Interest Season 5 Episode Guide
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Season 5 has 13 episodes, from May 3, 2016 to June 21, 2016. Descriptions stay brief and spoiler-light.
Episode 1: B.S.O.D.
Airdate: May 3, 2016
Description: It's a race against time as Reese and Finch try to get the dying Machine to the subway station so that they can decompress it to a server capable of holding its memory.
Episode 2: SNAFU
Airdate: May 9, 2016
Description: Finch and Root try to deal with the Machine's reboot, but it flags them–and Reese–as threats due to their violent histories.
Episode 3: Truth Be Told
Airdate: May 10, 2016
Description: Past and present collide when the team's newest Number is investigating the death of his brother…
Episode 4: 6,741
Airdate: May 16, 2016
Description: Sameen escapes from Decima and reunites with the team, but is plagued by strange visions and searing headaches.
Episode 5: ShotSeeker
Airdate: May 17, 2016
Description: Reese protects an NYPD analyst whose investigation into a software glitch has drawn the attention of Samaritan.
Episode 6: A More Perfect Union
Airdate: May 23, 2016
Description: The Machine sends Reese and Finch to a wedding to protect a pair of POIs before their nuptials.
Episode 7: QSO
Airdate: May 24, 2016
Description: Root goes undercover at a radio station to protect the host of a conspiracy theory show who stumbles upon information that could get him killed.
Episode 8: Reassortment
Airdate: May 24, 2016
Description: Reese and Finch become trapped in a hospital that becomes ground zero for a deadly viral outbreak.
Episode 9: Sotto Voce
Airdate: May 30, 2016
Description: The mysterious criminal mastermind known as "The Voice" returns and traps Reese and Fusco in their own precinct with several armed gang members and the latest POI.
Episode 10: The Day the World Went Away
Airdate: May 31, 2016
Description: Finch's number comes up when a fatal error blows his cover identity and sets off a deadly series of escalating encounters with Samaritan's operatives.
Episode 11: Synecdoche
Airdate: June 7, 2016
Description: The team must unravel a conspiracy and stay ahead of the Secret Service when the President of the United States becomes their newest POI.
Episode 12: .exe
Airdate: June 14, 2016
Description: As Reese and Shaw race to catch up with Finch, he infiltrates a maximum-security government facility in a desperate mission which could mean the end for not only Samaritan, but for himself and The Machine as well.
Episode 13: return 0
Airdate: June 21, 2016
Description: As Finch's virus spreads, destroying both Samaritan and the Machine, Samaritan makes one last desperate attempt to preserve itself and the team undertakes one last mission to stop it…