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The Best Episodes of Person of Interest Season 3

Every episode of Person of Interest Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Person of Interest Season 3!

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by...
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Liberty" is the best rated episode of "Person of Interest" season 3. It scored 8.3/10 based on 3234 votes. Directed by Chris Fisher and written by Greg Plageman, Denise Thé, it aired on 9/24/2013. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Nothing to Hide".

  • Liberty
    8.3/103,234 votes

    #1 - Liberty

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2013

    The Machine, now completely self-governed with its whereabouts unknown, resumes giving Finch its "irrelevant" numbers for people in danger, which include a U.S. naval officer in town for Fleet Week. However, with so many sailors flooding the streets of New York City, finding the officer in time presents an even bigger challenge for Reese and Shaw.

    Director: Chris Fisher

    Writer: Greg Plageman, Denise Thé

  • Nothing to Hide
    8.3/102,901 votes

    #2 - Nothing to Hide

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2013

    The number comes up for an Internet entrepreneur in the business of eliminating people's privacy, but finds his own being rapidly stripped away. As his life spirals out of control, Reese tries to protect him while Finch calls on Shaw, Carter and Fusco for help finding whoever is after him.

    Director: Fred Toye

    Writer: Erik Mountain

  • Lady Killer
    8.6/103,173 votes

    #3 - Lady Killer

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2013

    The team suspects the latest number to be a potential stalker/ killer. Root plots her escape from the institution and gives her psychiatrist a big surprise.

    Director: Omar Madha

    Writer: Amanda Segel

  • Reasonable Doubt
    8.0/102,947 votes

    #4 - Reasonable Doubt

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2013

    The team must figure out if a prominent lawyer orchestrated the murder of her husband or if she is being framed; Carter is spotted with Reese by her new partner.

    Director: Stephen Williams

    Writer: Melissa Scrivner-Love

  • Razgovor
    9.1/103,670 votes

    #5 - Razgovor

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2013

    Shaw must stay close to a 10-year-old girl with highly developed surveillance skills when she is identified by the machine; Carter's mission could be exposed.

    Director: Kenneth Fink

    Writer: David Slack

  • Mors Praematura
    9.0/103,361 votes

    #6 - Mors Praematura

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2013

    After being freed from her confinement to the psych ward, Root needs Shaw's help with a directive from the machine; Finch and Reese look into a mild-mannered investigator.

    Director: Helen Shaver

    Writer: Dan Dietz

  • The Perfect Mark
    8.6/103,055 votes

    #7 - The Perfect Mark

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2013

    The team is met with surprises during an investigation into a hypnotherapist; an antiquities dealer has ties to a crime organization.

    Director: Stephen Surjik

    Writer: Sean Hennen

  • Endgame
    9.4/104,370 votes

    #8 - Endgame

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2013

    The machine gives Finch 38 numbers at once; information about Carter's past is revealed.

    Director: Sylvain White

    Writer: Michael Sopczynski, Nic Van Zeebroeck

  • The Crossing
    9.7/106,886 votes

    #9 - The Crossing

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2013

    The battle to bring a crime organization to justice reaches a new level; Reese's number comes up in the machine.

    Director: Fred Toye

    Writer: Denise Thé

  • The Devil's Share
    9.7/106,779 votes

    #10 - The Devil's Share

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2013

    As the POI team seeks justice for Carter’s murder, Finch realizes one of his team members may go one step too far in order to end the war with HR. Also, The Machine gives out the number for NYPD Officer Patrick Simmons, one of the crime organization’s key players.

    Director: Chris Fisher

    Writer: Amanda Segel, Jonathan Nolan

  • Lethe
    9.1/103,476 votes

    #11 - Lethe

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2013

    Flashbacks to Finch’s adolescence provide insight into his creation of The Machine. Also, the team receives the number of an already dying man, and Reese leaves the POI team behind in the aftermath of the war with the crime organization, HR.

    Director: Richard J. Lewis

    Writer: Erik Mountain

  • Aletheia
    9.1/103,377 votes

    #12 - Aletheia

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2014

    Multiple enemies converge on the POI team as they protect a dying man whose number has come up. They struggle to keep their enemies at bay but without Reese, who has left them and their mission behind following the tragic war with HR, being down one man could have catastrophic repercussions for the team.

    Director: Richard J. Lewis

    Writer: Lucas O'Connor

  • 4C
    8.9/103,342 votes

    #13 - 4C

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2014

    Reese boards an international flight in an attempt to put the team and the past behind him, but is angered when he realizes his travel plans have been manipulated.

    Director: Stephen Williams

    Writer: Melissa Scrivner-Love, Greg Plageman

  • Provenance
    8.1/102,775 votes

    #14 - Provenance

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2014

    Reese rejoins Finch in New York, but when the team receives the number of a highly skilled antiquities thief, a surprising turn of events finds them planning a heist which could land them all in jail.

    Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

    Writer: Sean Hennen

  • Last Call
    8.5/102,880 votes

    #15 - Last Call

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2014

    Finch goes undercover in an emergency call center to protect a 911 operator, but it soon becomes clear that the threat reaches further than the team could have anticipated.

    Director: Jeff T. Thomas

    Writer: Dan Dietz

  • RAM
    9.3/103,798 votes

    #16 - RAM

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2014

    The secrets of Finch’s operation before he enlisted Reese are revealed, including shocking ties to present-day events.

    Director: Stephen Surjik

    Writer: Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski

  • /
    9.1/103,284 votes

    #17 - /

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/2014

    The Machine assigns Root to seek out a janitor with a mysterious past, but when her very presence puts his life in danger, Finch also receives his number.

    Director: Jeffrey Lee Gibson

    Writer: David Slack

  • Allegiance
    8.2/102,623 votes

    #18 - Allegiance

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/2014

    Finch and Reese must delve into the murky waters of international politics when they are given the number of a former government contractor who is stalking a UN diplomat. Also, an enemy attempts to gain an upper hand on Root.

    Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

    Writer: Tony Camerino

  • Most Likely To...
    8.6/102,836 votes

    #19 - Most Likely To...

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/2014

    Reese and Shaw pose as alumni at a high school reunion in order to keep eyes on the latest POI. Meanwhile, Finch and Fusco travel to Washington, D.C., to investigate the motivations behind Vigilance’s latest attack.

    Director: Kevin Hooks

    Writer: Melissa Scrivner-Love, Denise Thé

  • Death Benefit
    9.1/103,299 votes

    #20 - Death Benefit

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/2014

    Reese poses as a Secret Service agent to get close to the latest POI, a U.S. congressman who may hold the key to derailing Decima’s plans to bring a second Machine online.

    Director: Richard J. Lewis

    Writer: Lucas O'Connor, Erik Mountain

  • Beta
    9.2/103,357 votes

    #21 - Beta

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/2014

    As Decima uses Samaritan’s feeds to hunt Reese and Shaw, Greer exploits Finch’s greatest weakness in an attempt to lure him out of hiding: his love for his former fiancée, Grace Hendricks.

    Director: Fred Toye

    Writer: Sean Hennen, Dan Dietz

  • A House Divided
    9.1/103,272 votes

    #22 - A House Divided

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2014

    When an unknown entity prevents The Machine from seeing the full picture of an impending catastrophic event, it sends the team five separate numbers to help them piece together the bigger picture. Meanwhile, Root’s team of hackers arrives in New York.

    Director: Chris Fisher

    Writer: Amanda Segel

  • Deus Ex Machina
    9.7/106,321 votes

    #23 - Deus Ex Machina

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2014

    The team takes desperate action in its race to prevent the malevolent AI program Samaritan from coming online and making them its first targets. Meanwhile, the months-long battle with the anti-surveillance terrorist group Vigilance comes to a shocking conclusion.

    Director: Chris Fisher

    Writer: David Slack, Greg Plageman