Person of Interest: Season 4

2014 · 22 episodes · ★ 8.2

What Season 4 of Person of Interest

Samaritan is now up and running, and the team of Reese, Finch, Shaw, and Root lives in hiding in plain sight. Using new identities created by Root, they try to stay under the radar while the Decima organization steers their decisions. Samaritan is an all-knowing artificial intelligence that governs itself, evolves nonstop, and grows stronger every day. The protagonists are now targets too, and they must find a way to defeat this machine before the future becomes even more dangerous.

22episodes

Sep 23, 2014premiered

May 5, 2015latest episode

15.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Panopticon
Sep 23, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.2
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 at risk of being detected by Samaritan.
Directing: Richard J. Lewis · Writing: Erik Mountain, Greg Plageman · Starring: Enrico Colantoni, John Nolan, David Valcin, John Doman
4x02 Nautilus
Sep 30, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
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 mysterious scavenger hunt.
Director: Chris Fisher · Writers: Melissa Scrivner-Love, Dan Dietz · Starring: Andreas Damm, Quinn Shephard, David Starzyk, Samantha Posey
4x03 Wingman
Oct 7, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
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 play by the rules at his new day job. The Machine sends Finch and Root on a mysterious errand.
Director: Frederick E. O. Toye · Writer: Amanda Segel · Starring: Ryan Woodle, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Chris Santangelo, Ryan O'Nan
4x04 Brotherhood
Oct 14, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Director: Chris Fisher · Writer: Denise Thé · Starring: Enrico Colantoni, Tobias Truvillion, Jamie Hector, Winston Duke
4x05 Prophets
Oct 21, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.8
While Reese is forced to go to counseling for his violent tendencies, Root, Shaw and Finch try to help a new POI.
Director: Kenneth Fink · Writer: Lucas O'Connor · Starring: Wrenn Schmidt, Brett Cullen, John Nolan, Pedro Marcelino
4x06 Pretenders
Oct 28, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
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 his academic cover identity.
Director: Stephen Surjik · Writer: Ashley Gable · Starring: Enrico Colantoni, John Nolan, David Valcin, Erik Jensen
4x07 Honor Among Thieves
Nov 11, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
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 and Root undertake a dangerous sabotage mission.
Director: Sylvain White · Writer: David Slack · Starring: Andreas Damm, Gerardo Celasco, Johnny Sparks, David Vadim
4x08 Point of Origin
Nov 18, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.2
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 – armed with information from Samaritan – hunts a member of the team.
Director: Richard J. Lewis · Writer: Tony Camerino · Starring: Wrenn Schmidt, John Nolan, Andreas Damm, Adria Arjona
4x09 The Devil You Know
Nov 25, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.7
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.
Director: Richard J. Lewis · Writer: Erik Mountain · Starring: Enrico Colantoni, John Nolan, David Valcin, Jamie Hector
4x10 The Cold War Mid-Season Finale
Dec 16, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.7
Samaritan shows its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding.
Director: Michael Offer · Writer: Amanda Segel · Starring: John Nolan, Julian Ovenden, Cara Buono, Oakes Fegley
4x11 If-Then-Else
Jan 6, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.8
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.
Director: Chris Fisher · Writer: Denise Thé · Starring: John Nolan, Julian Ovenden, Cara Buono, Mark Gessner
4x12 Control-Alt-Delete
Jan 13, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.7
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 pair of vigilantes rampaging through the Northeast begin to surface.
Director: Stephen Surjik · Writer: Andy Callahan · Starring: Camryn Manheim, John Nolan, John Doman, Theodora Miranne
4x13 M.I.A.
Feb 3, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
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.
Directing: Kevin Bray · Writing: Lucas O'Connor · Starring: John Nolan, Adria Arjona, Maddie Corman, Brian Edwards
4x14 Guilty
Feb 10, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 7.5
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 to the department’s therapist.
Director: Kate Woods · Writer: David Slack · Starring: Paige Turco, Wrenn Schmidt, Blair Brown, Tina Benko
4x15 Q&A
Feb 17, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
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 whom Finch tried to protect from Samaritan, reaches out to him for aid.
Directing: Stephen Semel · Writing: Dan Dietz · Starring: John Nolan, Quinn Shephard, Heléne Yorke, Bella Dayne
4x16 Blunt
Feb 24, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Director: Frederick E. O. Toye · Writers: Amanda Segel, Greg Plageman · Starring: Annie Ilonzeh, Jessica Pimentel, Winston Duke, Luke Kleintank
4x17 Karma
Mar 10, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 7.3
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 state in the days following the bombing that killed his best friend, Nathan Ingram.
Director: Chris Fisher · Writers: Sabir Pirzada, Hillary Benefiel · Starring: Elizabeth Marvel, Wrenn Schmidt, Matt Golden, Marjan Neshat
4x18 Skip
Mar 24, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
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 began in Shanghai in motion.
Directing: Helen Shaver · Writing: Ashley Gable · Starring: Wrenn Schmidt, Jessica Hecht, Katheryn Winnick, Annie Ilonzeh
4x19 Search and Destroy
Apr 7, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Director: Stephen Surjik · Writer: Zak Schwartz · Starring: Paige Turco, John Nolan, Cara Buono, Aasif Mandvi
4x20 Terra Incognita
Apr 14, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 7.7
Reese finds himself on a dangerous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close.
Director: Alrick Riley · Writers: Erik Mountain, Melissa Scrivner-Love · Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Al Sapienza, Patch Darragh, Zachary Booth
4x21 Asylum
Apr 28, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.9
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 possible trap, and Control goes rogue to uncover the true intentions of the Samaritan program.
Directing: Frederick E. O. Toye · Writing: Denise Thé, Andy Callahan · Starring: Enrico Colantoni, Camryn Manheim, John Nolan, David Valcin
4x22 YHWH Season Finale
May 5, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 9.2
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 Elias and Dominic.
Director: Chris Fisher · Writers: Greg Plageman, Dan Dietz · Starring: Enrico Colantoni, Camryn Manheim, Wrenn Schmidt, John Nolan