8.3/103,265 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
8.3/102,933 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
8.6/103,210 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
8.0/102,978 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
9.1/103,705 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
9.0/103,397 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
8.6/103,090 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
9.4/104,411 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: Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski
9.7/106,949 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
9.7/106,830 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
9.1/103,511 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
9.1/103,409 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
8.8/103,372 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
8.1/102,803 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
8.5/102,910 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
9.2/103,828 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
9.1/103,311 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
8.2/102,646 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
8.6/102,862 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
9.1/103,328 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
9.2/103,385 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
9.1/103,297 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
9.7/106,361 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
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!
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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 3265 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".