The Best Episodes of Person of Interest Season 2

Finch and Reese team up with unexpected allies as they race to fix the machine; as Detective Carter tries to apprehend Cal Beecher's murderer, she finds herself up against HR -- a criminal organization.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Patrick Harbinson, Jonathan Nolan

Carter tries to help Reese by engaging in mental warfare with the FBI; Reese has encounters with old and new enemies; Detective Fusco must protect supermodel Karolina Kurkova, the latest person of interest.

Director: Chris Fisher

Writer: David Slack

When a virus causes the machine to malfunction, numbers are issued irregularly; the team searches for an extremely elusive tech millionaire.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

Writer: David Slack, Amanda Segel

A lethal 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. However, their pursuit proves to be their most formidable when they discover that her remarkable skill set equals their own.

Director: Jonathan Nolan

Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Amanda Segel

Reese is abducted by a former acquaintance planning a massive and potentially deadly act of cyber-warfare.

Director: John Dahl

Writer: Erik Mountain

With Finch missing – kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root, Reese enlists Detectives Carter and Fusco to get his friend back, Meanwhile, The Machine never sleeps, disseminating a new number to Reese.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Denise Thé

The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root.

Director: Jon Cassar

Writer: Patrick Harbinson, Greg Plageman

Finch goes under cover to protect a youth who reminds him of himself; Carter goes on a dangerous mission for the FBI.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Dan Dietz

As the FBI pursues "the man in the suit," Reese is even more determined to protect the latest person of interest after learning she is the sister of a soldier who was killed in action.

Director: Stephen Surjik

Writer: Patrick Harbinson

When a person of interest is poisoned, Finch and Reese only have 24 hours to identify the toxin and find the person responsible; Detective Fusco's past catches up to him.

Director: Chris Fisher

Writer: Greg Plageman, Tony Camerino

Reese must protect an investigative journalist through surreptitious means to avoid becoming part of her story.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

Writer: David Slack

Finch infiltrates a tech corporation to gather intel on an executive whose number has come up; Carter questions Beecher's integrity.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

Writer: Erik Mountain, Dan Dietz

As Reese and Finch try to save a hotel maid's life, they encounter a litany of suspects; Detective Carter considers a significant offer from the FBI.

Director: Fred Toye

Writer: Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski

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.

Director: Fred Toye

Writer: Sean Hennen

As Finch and Reese try to protect six people simultaneously, clues lead them to a coastal town; when a storm forces Finch and Reese to seek shelter in a police station with a group of locals, they realize a killer may be in their midst.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Sean Hennen

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.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

Writer: Melissa Scrivner-Love

Reese goes undercover in an idyllic neighborhood when The Machine’s latest number sends him to the suburbs.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writer: Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski

Finch and Reese meet their match: a tech billionaire whose curiosity and endless resources could expose their identities and ruin their efforts to save his life.

Director: Chris Fisher

Writer: Melissa Scrivner-Love, Denise Thé

Finch and Reese head to Atlantic City to protect the latest person of interest, an elderly gambler; Carter tries to clear another detective's name.

Director: Tricia Brock

Writer: Lucas O'Connor

The team is spread thin when a husband and wife’s numbers both come up

Director: Helen Shaver

Writer: Amanda Segel

When the machine names a New York cabdriver as a person of interest, any of his passengers could be a part of the impending crime.

Director: Clark Johnson

Writer: Ray Utarnachitt

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. Meanwhile, Finch seeks aid from an unlikely source.

Director: James Whitmore Jr.

Writer: Erik Mountain