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The Worst Episodes of Person of Interest

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The Worst Episodes of Person of Interest

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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  1. Background image for Mission Creep
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #1 - Mission Creep

    S1:E3

    Reese goes undercover to find the threat surrounding the next person on Finch's list: a young army veteran named Joey Durban.

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  2. Background image for Legacy
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Legacy

    S1:E12

    When Carter finally comes face-to-face with Reese, he urges her to join forces to help with their latest POI, a scrappy young woman from the wrong side of the tracks who turned her life around and became a lawyer.

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  3. Background image for Baby Blue
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #3 - Baby Blue

    S1:E17

    When The Machine spits out the number of a 6-month-old baby, Reese and Finch turn into overly protective parents – with an arsenal at their disposal. Meanwhile, when Elias resurfaces, Detective Carter begins to question her new allegiance with Reese and Finch

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  4. Background image for Pilot
    7.7/10(34 votes)

    #4 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    When the social security number of a young prosecutor comes up, Reese and Finch work together to figure out if their person of interest is the victim or perpetrator.

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  5. Background image for Triggerman
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #5 - Triggerman

    S2:E4

    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.

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  6. Background image for Ghosts
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #6 - Ghosts

    S1:E2

    Reese and Finch question the machine's reliability when they are asked to investigate a teenager who was killed years earlier; Finch remembers the origin of the machine.

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  8. Background image for Judgement
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #7 - Judgement

    S1:E5

    Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a Person of Interest who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
  9. Background image for Wolf and Cub
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #8 - Wolf and Cub

    S1:E14

    The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing concerned that the son of his former business partner is dangerously close to finding out about the Machine.

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  10. Background image for Cura Te Ipsum
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    #9 - Cura Te Ipsum

    S1:E4

    Reese and Finch get some help from Detective Fusco as they surveil their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she’s on call and after hours to unravel the threat surrounding the promising young physician.

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  11. Background image for The Fix
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    #10 - The Fix

    S1:E6

    Reese becomes romantically involved with the newest Person of Interest: an attractive woman who isn't all that she seems.

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  12. Background image for Number Crunch
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    #11 - Number Crunch

    S1:E10

    As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese and Finch, The Machine ups the ante for the duo by giving them four Social Security numbers instead of one.

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  13. Background image for Blunt
    7.9/10(2.7k votes)

    #12 - Blunt

    S4:E16

    Reese and Finch must protect Harper, a street-smart grifter, when her plan to steal cash from a medical marijuana dispensary goes up in smoke.

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  14. Background image for Foe
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Foe

    S1:E8

    When Reese and Finch discover that their latest POI has connections to Cold War Soviet espionage circles, they quickly learn how covert ops were handled in a world before The Machine.

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    Director:Milan Cheylov
  15. Background image for Blue Code
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Blue Code

    S1:E15

    Reese discovers there’s more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.

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  16. Background image for Flesh and Blood
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Flesh and Blood

    S1:E19

    When The Machine spits out five numbers, naming the Don of each of New York’s crime families, Reese and Finch suspect Elias is planning to eliminate his competition.

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  17. Background image for The High Road
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #16 - The High Road

    S2:E6

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

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  18. Background image for Til Death
    8.0/10(23 votes)

    #17 - Til Death

    S2:E8

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

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    Director:Helen Shaver
  19. Background image for C.O.D.
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #18 - C.O.D.

    S2:E9

    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.

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  20. Background image for Booked Solid
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    #19 - Booked Solid

    S2:E15

    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.

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  21. Background image for All In
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #20 - All In

    S2:E18

    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.

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  22. Background image for Reasonable Doubt
    8.0/10(3.1k votes)

    #21 - Reasonable Doubt

    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.

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  23. Background image for Provenance
    8.0/10(2.9k votes)

    #22 - Provenance

    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.

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    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #23 - Get Carter

    S1:E9

    Reese and Finch’s game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machine declares that she is their newest POI.

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  25. Background image for Masquerade
    8.1/10(26 votes)

    #24 - Masquerade

    S2:E3

    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.

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  26. Background image for Shadow Box
    8.1/10(26 votes)

    #25 - Shadow Box

    S2:E10

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mission Creep" is the worst rated episode of "Person of Interest". It scored 7.4/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Steven DePaul and written by Patrick Harbinson, it aired on 10/6/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Legacy".