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Last Rewatch: 27/08/2021 -

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Finch discovered that the machine sees everything, potential terrorist acts and violent crimes that involve ordinary people. When the government considered violent crimes between normal people "irrelevant", Finch built a back door into the system that gives him the social security number of a person involved in a future violent crime so he could act. Partnered with John Reese, an ex-CIA agent, the two work in secret to prevent violent crimes before they can happen. Eventually their activities lead to being hunted by the New York Police Department, CIA Agents in pursuit of Reese who was listed as dead, a computer hacker named Root who wants access to the Machine, and government officials who want to keep all knowledge of the Machine a complete secret.

Person of Interest premiered on September 22, 2011 and ended on June 21, 2016. Person of Interest ran for 5 seasons, the last season was a shortened season to conclude the show with 13 episodes. In total there are 103 episodes. This one is absolutely one of my favorite shows of the last decade. Formed together a fantastic cast, really great group of actors, very believable performances.

While it is science fiction, it really is quite conceivable that this is going to happen in our future and of course in part this already is the happening.

According to CBS, Person of Interest received the highest test ratings of any drama pilot in 15 years, what one CBS executive called "crazy broad appeal you don't usually see", prompting CBS to move CSI, which was broadcast on Thursday for over 10 years, to Wednesday, opening up a slot for Person of Interest. The pilot episode won its time slot, drawing 13.2 million viewers. (Wiki)

With the third season Taraji P. Henson, who played Joss Carter, left the show, which really was disappointing, but we gained two female stars whom both really impressed me: Sarah Shahi as Sameen Shaw and Amy Acker as Root. I've been following Amy Acker for quite some time now and I have to say, she really is a joy to watch, very talented. Although last few years I haven't seen her in anything. I loved Sarah Shahi in Life, thought this was a show which was cancelled way to early after only two seasons.

On Rotten Tomatoes Person of Interest is also a high rated TV show. On average the critical reviewers it's currently (January 2021) on 92%, audiences rate it a bit lower but still high: 79%.

If you look per season, first four seasons have a rating of 100%! Only the last season is the odd season with only a 63% rating. Last rewatch is from 2017 and I cannot remember being disappointed with the last season.

Plot (IMDb): A billionaire software-genius named Harold Finch creates a Machine for the government that is designed to detect acts of terror before they can happen, by monitoring the entire world through every cell-phone, email and surveillance camera.