Season 5

Air date:2016-05-03
User score:
8.7
Number of episodes:13

For years, the Person of Interest team have been protected by The Machine, but as worlds collided and a rival AI known as Samaritan finally cornered The Machine inside the nation’s power grid, it was the POI team’s turn to protect Finch’s creation. In season five, the cold war is over. The world around us might look the same, but something has drastically changed. Samaritan’s lethal “correction” has initiated its control. Finch’s Machine is essentially dead. Shaw is still missing. And the team is once again hiding in plain sight. But with Samaritan’s invisible grip tightening everywhere, will Finch be able to rebuild and resurrect The Machine? And if he does, will it be the same Machine when it comes back online?

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List of Episodes

S5E1

9.1

Air date: 2016-05-03

Runtime: 44 min

Reese and Finch attempt to rescue the Machine’s source code before it deteriorates beyond repair. Also, Root fights for her life against an onslaught of Samaritan’s agents and Fusco is faced with hard questions following the deaths of Dominic and Elias.

S5E2

8.6

Air date: 2016-05-09

Runtime: 44 min

The Machine experiences a glitch during rebooting, supplying Reese and Fusco with the numbers of dozens of people not actually involved in crimes, while also locking Finch and Root out after identifying them as threats based on past violent behavior.

S5E3

8.0

Air date: 2016-05-10

Runtime: 44 min

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

S5E4

8.5

Air date: 2016-05-16

Runtime: 44 min

Shaw escapes her captors, but the team is unsure of her mental state when she begins to act paranoid and reckless.

S5E5

8.4

Air date: 2016-05-17

Runtime: 44 min

Reese protects an NYPD analyst whose investigation into a software glitch has drawn the attention of Samaritan. Also, Reese and Fusco are threatened by an ally of Elias’s, who is looking to avenge his friend’s death.

S5E6

8.1

Air date: 2016-05-23

Runtime: 44 min

The Machine sends Reese and Finch to a wedding to protect a pair of POIs before their nuptials. Also, Fusco becomes angry at being kept in the dark by the team and takes it upon himself to investigate a string of missing person reports.

S5E7

8.5

Air date: 2016-05-24

Runtime: 44 min

Root goes undercover at a radio station to protect the host of a conspiracy theory show who stumbles upon information that could get him killed. Also, Samaritan’s agents try to convince a member of the team that their goals are noble.

S5E8

8.4

Air date: 2016-05-24

Runtime: 44 min

Reese and Finch become trapped in a hospital that becomes ground zero for a deadly viral outbreak. Also, Samaritan’s newest recruit has second thoughts and Shaw continues to struggle with reality.

S5E9

8.8

Air date: 2016-05-30

Runtime: 44 min

The mysterious criminal mastermind known as “The Voice” returns and traps Reese and Fusco in their own precinct with several armed gang members and the latest POI. Also, Root makes a shocking discovery.

S5E10

9.2

Air date: 2016-05-31

Runtime: 44 min

Finch’s number comes up when a fatal error blows his cover identity and sets off a deadly series of escalating encounters with Samaritan’s operatives.

S5E11

8.6

Air date: 2016-06-07

Runtime: 44 min

The team must unravel a conspiracy and stay ahead of the Secret Service when the President of the United States becomes their newest POI. Also, Finch separates himself from the team and considers taking drastic action to combat Samaritan.

S5E12

8.9

Air date: 2016-06-14

Runtime: 44 min

As Reese and Shaw race to catch up with Finch, he infiltrates a maximum-security government facility in a desperate mission which could mean the end for not only Samaritan, but for himself and The Machine as well.