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The Worst Episodes of Person of Interest

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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 Worst Episode
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    Person of Interest Season 4 Episode 17 - Karma
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    #1 - Karma

    S4:E17

    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

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  2. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 3 - Mission Creep
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Patrick Harbinson

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  3. Person of Interest Season 4 Episode 14 - Guilty
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #3 - Guilty

    S4:E14

    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

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  4. Person of Interest Season 4 Episode 16 - Blunt
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Frederick E. O. Toye
    Writers:Amanda Segel, Greg Plageman

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  5. Person of Interest Season 4 Episode 4 - Brotherhood
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #5 - Brotherhood

    S4:E4

    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

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  6. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 2 - Ghosts
    7.6/10(45 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.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writers:Jonathan Nolan, Greg Plageman

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  7. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 12 - Legacy
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Brad Anderson
    Writer:Amanda Segel

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  8. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 17 - Baby Blue
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Larry Teng
    Writer:Patrick Harbinson

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  9. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 5 - Judgement
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:David Slack

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  10. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 6 - The Fix
    7.7/10(39 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.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writers:Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski

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  11. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 8 - Foe
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Sean Hennen

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  12. Person of Interest Season 2 Episode 4 - Triggerman
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Erik Mountain

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  13. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 2 - Nothing to Hide
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    #13 - Nothing to Hide

    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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  14. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 14 - Provenance
    7.7/10(34 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writer:Sean Hennen

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  15. Person of Interest Season 4 Episode 6 - Pretenders
    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #15 - Pretenders

    S4:E6

    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

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  16. Person of Interest Season 4 Episode 20 - Terra Incognita
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    #16 - Terra Incognita

    S4:E20

    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

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  17. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Jonathan Nolan

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  18. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 4 - Cura Te Ipsum
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Denise Thé

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  19. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 14 - Wolf and Cub
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Chris Fisher
    Writers:Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski

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  20. Person of Interest Season 2 Episode 8 - Til Death
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #20 - Til Death

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Helen Shaver
    Writer:Amanda Segel

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  21. Person of Interest Season 2 Episode 18 - All In
    7.9/10(33 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Tricia Brock
    Writer:Lucas O'Connor

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  22. Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 15 - Last Call
    7.9/10(37 votes)

    #22 - Last Call

    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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  23. Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 3 - Truth Be Told
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    #23 - Truth Be Told

    S5:E3

    Reese’s cover could be blown when he realizes the latest POI has ties to his old CIA colleague, Kara Stanton.

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writer:Erik Mountain

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  24. Person of Interest Season 1 Episode 9 - Get Carter
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writers:Denise Thé, Greg Plageman

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  25. Person of Interest Season 2 Episode 6 - The High Road
    8.0/10(34 votes)

    #25 - The High Road

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writers:Nic Van Zeebroeck, Michael Sopczynski

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Karma" is the worst rated episode of "Person of Interest". It scored 7.3/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by Chris Fisher and written by Sabir Pirzada, Hillary Benefiel, it aired on 3/10/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mission Creep".