Person of Interest: Season 4
Person of Interest Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The series is an American science fiction crime drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2011, to June 21, 2016, with its five seasons consisting of 103 episodes. John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead or involved in events detailed across the series run. The production involves action and adven
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series follows John Reese, who is a former CIA paramilitary operative and is presumed dead or involved in prior events.
- The overarching saga is broadcast as an American science fiction crime drama television series on CBS.
- The series combines elements of action, adventure, crime, and sci-fi and fantasy across its multi-season run.
- The foundational premise establishes that people are being watched by surveillance systems.
Season overview
Person of Interest Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The series is an American science fiction crime drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2011, to June 21, 2016, with its five seasons consisting of 103 episodes. John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead or involved in events detailed across the series run. The production involves action and adventure, crime, and sci-fi and fantasy elements. Viewers watch the ongoing narrative as the characters navigate their world where they are being watched.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Panopticon
Sep 23, 2014
Forced to take on new identities provided by Root, the team members try to adapt to their new lives. However, some find it hard to ignore The Machine's numbers, which puts them all
Nautilus
Sep 30, 2014
Despite not wanting to help with the new numbers, Finch's interest is piqued when the newest person of interest turns out to be a brilliant college student involved with a mysterio
Wingman
Oct 7, 2014
Finch recruits Fusco to stick close to the latest POI, a professional 'wingman', but learning how to approach women soon becomes the least of his worries. Reese must find a way to
Brotherhood
Oct 14, 2014
Reese's cover job as a detective at the NYPD becomes complicated when the young brother and sister he's protecting become targets of a gang investigation.
Prophets
Oct 21, 2014
While Reese is forced to go to counseling for his violent tendencies, Root, Shaw and Finch try to help a new POI.
Pretenders
Oct 28, 2014
Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect a unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as fake detective. Finch travels to Hong Kong as part of h
Honor Among Thieves
Nov 11, 2014
Shaw joins a team of international thieves in order to keep tabs on the latest POI, but an unexpected turn of events puts her in danger of being detected by Samaritan. Also, Finch
Point of Origin
Nov 18, 2014
Reese volunteers as an NYPD police academy instructor in order to keep an eye on a talented young officer whose suspicious actions make him question her motives. Meanwhile, Martine
The Devil You Know
Nov 25, 2014
Reese must save Elias from the Brotherhood. He can't get any help from Root or Shaw since Shaw's cover is blown and Root is escorting her to underground.
The Cold War
Dec 16, 2014
Samaritan shows its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding.
If-Then-Else
Jan 6, 2015
Samaritan launches a cyber-attack on the stock exchange, forcing the team to risk their lives in a desperate mission to stop a global economic catastrophe.
Control-Alt-Delete
Jan 13, 2015
Control, who oversees the handling of relevant numbers for the government, begins to question the methods and intentions of the Samaritan program. Also, alarming news reports of a
M.I.A.
Feb 3, 2015
Root and Reese investigate a small town in upstate New York that holds the key to Shaw's location... and whether she's dead or alive.
Guilty
Feb 10, 2015
When the Machine arranges for Finch to sit on the jury of a murder trial, he begins to suspect that a fellow juror is set to rig the proceedings. Meanwhile, Reese begins to open up
Q&A
Feb 17, 2015
Reese tries to protect a software programmer with a mysterious second life, but it’s unclear which side of her life the threat is coming from. Meanwhile, Claire, a young hacker who
Blunt
Feb 24, 2015
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.
Karma
Mar 10, 2015
Reese and Finch try to protect a psychologist whose unorthodox methods for helping his patients find closure could cost him dearly. Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal Finch’s fragile sta
Skip
Mar 24, 2015
Reese must protect a bounty hunter who refuses to allow the potential threat to her life sway her from the relentless pursuit of her target. Also, Finch tries to set the plan he be
Search and Destroy
Apr 7, 2015
Reese and Finch scramble to protect a software CEO when his behavior becomes increasingly erratic following a hacker attack that reveals all his secrets and unravels his life.
Terra Incognita
Apr 14, 2015
Reese finds himself on a dangerous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.
Asylum
Apr 28, 2015
Reese and Fusco get caught in the war between the two newest POIs, rival crime bosses Elias and Dominic. Also, a tantalizing clue to Shaw’s whereabouts leads Finch and Root into a
YHWH
May 5, 2015
Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan. Also, Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between rival crime bosses Eli