9.0/104,086 votes#1 - The Contingency
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2012
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
9.0/103,722 votes#2 - Bad Code
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2012
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
8.3/103,156 votes#3 - Masquerade
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2012
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
8.1/103,025 votes#4 - Triggerman
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2012
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
8.7/103,324 votes#5 - Bury the Lede
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2012
Reese must protect an investigative journalist through surreptitious means to avoid becoming part of her story.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: David Slack
8.3/102,976 votes#6 - The High Road
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2012
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
8.4/103,095 votes#7 - Critical
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2012
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
8.1/103,025 votes#8 - Til Death
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2012
The team is spread thin when a husband and wife’s numbers both come up
Director: Helen Shaver
Writer: Amanda Segel
8.1/102,875 votes#9 - C.O.D.
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2012
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
8.8/103,308 votes#10 - Shadow Box
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2012
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
8.9/103,570 votes#11 - 2πR
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/3/2013
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
9.4/104,254 votes#12 - Prisoner's Dilemma
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/2013
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
9.2/103,711 votes#13 - Dead Reckoning
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/2013
Reese is abducted by a former acquaintance planning a massive and potentially deadly act of cyber-warfare.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Erik Mountain
8.3/102,960 votes#14 - One Percent
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/2013
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
8.5/103,021 votes#15 - Booked Solid
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/2013
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
9.3/104,754 votes#16 - Relevance
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/2013
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
8.5/103,067 votes#17 - Proteus
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/2013
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
8.2/102,796 votes#18 - All In
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/2013
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
8.6/103,022 votes#19 - Trojan Horse
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/4/2013
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
8.8/103,134 votes#20 - In Extremis
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/25/2013
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
9.4/104,171 votes#21 - Zero Day
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2013
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
9.5/104,723 votes#22 - God Mode
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2013
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
The Best Episodes of Person of Interest Season 2
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Contingency" is the best rated episode of "Person of Interest" season 2. It scored 9/10 based on 4086 votes. Directed by Richard J. Lewis and written by Jonathan Nolan, Denise Thé, it aired on 9/27/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Bad Code".