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Person of Interest: Season 2

22 episodes Premiered Sep 27, 2012 Updated Sep 20, 2026

Person of Interest Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The series follows John Reese, who is a former CIA paramilitary operative. The narrative is part of an action, adventure, crime, sci-fi, and fantasy television series that originally aired on CBS. Because the provided source material contains only brief promotional text and basic database entries about the series, specific narrative detail

Previously on Person of Interest

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • John Reese is a former CIA paramilitary operative who is presumed dead.
  • The series falls under the genres of action, adventure, crime, and sci-fi and fantasy.
  • The show is an original series broadcast on CBS.
  • Season 2 consists of 22 episodes continuing the overarching saga.

Season overview

Person of Interest Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The series follows John Reese, who is a former CIA paramilitary operative. The narrative is part of an action, adventure, crime, sci-fi, and fantasy television series that originally aired on CBS. Because the provided source material contains only brief promotional text and basic database entries about the series, specific narrative details, character arcs, and episodic plots for Season 2 beyond the 22-episode count and the background of John Reese cannot be stated. The show continues to explore its core premise involving surveillance and individuals of interest as detailed across database records from sources including The Movie Database and ČSFD.cz.

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Season 2 Episodes

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The Contingency

Sep 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 n

S2·E2 Core

Bad Code

Oct 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.

S2·E3 Core

Masquerade

Oct 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.

S2·E4 Core

Triggerman

Oct 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 jus

S2·E5 Core

Bury the Lede

Nov 1, 2012

Reese must protect an investigative journalist through surreptitious means to avoid becoming part of her story.

S2·E6 Core

The High Road

Nov 8, 2012

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

S2·E7 Core

Critical

Nov 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

S2·E8 Core

Til Death

Nov 29, 2012

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

S2·E9 Core

C.O.D.

Dec 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.

S2·E10 Core

Shadow Box

Dec 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 act

S2·E11 Core

2πR

Jan 3, 2013

Finch goes under cover to protect a youth who reminds him of himself; Carter goes on a dangerous mission for the FBI.

S2·E12 Core

Prisoner's Dilemma

Jan 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

S2·E13 Mytharc

Dead Reckoning

Jan 31, 2013

Reese is abducted by a former acquaintance planning a massive and potentially deadly act of cyber-warfare.

S2·E14 Core

One Percent

Feb 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.

S2·E15 Core

Booked Solid

Feb 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.

S2·E16 Core

Relevance

Feb 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 p

S2·E17 Core

Proteus

Mar 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

S2·E18 Core

All In

Mar 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.

S2·E19 Core

Trojan Horse

Apr 4, 2013

Finch infiltrates a tech corporation to gather intel on an executive whose number has come up; Carter questions Beecher's integrity.

S2·E20 Core

In Extremis

Apr 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.

S2·E21 Mytharc

Zero Day

May 2, 2013

When a virus causes the machine to malfunction, numbers are issued irregularly; the team searches for an extremely elusive tech millionaire.

S2·E22 Mytharc

God Mode

May 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