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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!

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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 initiating their own type of justice. With the special training

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 9 - The Crossing
    9.7/10(9002 votes)

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Frederick E. O. Toye
    Writer:Denise Thé

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  2. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 10 - The Devil's Share
    9.6/10(8697 votes)

    S3:E10

    As the POI team seeks justice for a 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
    Writers:Jonathan Nolan, Amanda Segel

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  3. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 23 - Deus Ex Machina
    9.6/10(7869 votes)

    S3:E23

    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
    Writers:David Slack, Greg Plageman

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  4. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 8 - Endgame
    9.4/10(5318 votes)

    S3:E8

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

    Director:Sylvain White
    Writers:Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski

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  5. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 16 - RAM
    9.2/10(4670 votes)

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writers:Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski

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  6. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 21 - Beta
    9.2/10(4198 votes)

    S3:E21

    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:Frederick E. O. Toye
    Writers:Dan Dietz, Sean Hennen

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  7. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 5 - Razgovor
    9.1/10(4517 votes)

    S3:E5

    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

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  8. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 11 - Lethe
    9.1/10(4335 votes)

    S3:E11

    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

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  9. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 12 - Aletheia
    9.1/10(4225 votes)

    S3:E12

    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

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  10. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 20 - Death Benefit
    9.1/10(4121 votes)

    S3:E20

    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
    Writers:Erik Mountain, Lucas O'Connor

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  11. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 22 - A House Divided
    9.1/10(4072 votes)

    S3:E22

    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

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  12. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 17 - /
    9.0/10(4078 votes)

    S3:E17

    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

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  13. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 6 - Mors Praematura
    8.9/10(4143 votes)

    S3:E6

    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

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  14. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 13 - 4C
    8.8/10(4169 votes)

    S3:E13

    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
    Writers:Greg Plageman, Melissa Scrivner-Love

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  15. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 3 - Lady Killer
    8.5/10(3910 votes)

    S3:E3

    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

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  16. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 7 - The Perfect Mark
    8.5/10(3766 votes)

    S3:E7

    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

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  17. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 19 - Most Likely To...
    8.5/10(3529 votes)

    S3:E19

    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
    Writers:Melissa Scrivner-Love, Denise Thé

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  18. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 15 - Last Call
    8.4/10(3613 votes)

    S3:E15

    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

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  19. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 1 - Liberty
    8.2/10(3987 votes)

    S3:E1

    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
    Writers:Greg Plageman, Denise Thé

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  20. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 2 - Nothing to Hide
    8.2/10(3615 votes)

    S3:E2

    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:Frederick E. O. Toye
    Writer:Erik Mountain

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  21. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 18 - Allegiance
    8.1/10(3325 votes)

    S3:E18

    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

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  22. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 14 - Provenance
    8.0/10(3526 votes)

    S3:E14

    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

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  23. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 4 - Reasonable Doubt
    7.9/10(3737 votes)

    S3:E4

    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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Crossing" is the best rated episode of "Person of Interest" season 3. It scored 9.7/10 based on 9002 votes. Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye and written by Denise Thé, it aired on 11/19/2013. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Devil's Share".