Category "person-of-interest"

How did Finch's cover identity get blown?

In Person of Interest, in "The Day The World Went Away", Finch's cover identity is exposed after he visited a cafe he brought Grace to. How did Samaritan establ

What is the significance of the password?

In Person Of Interest S05E12, the password to Ice-9 is Dashwood. What is its significance? Was this ever mentioned before in the series? Basically what is Das

What stops government from turning off the feeds?

The two warring AIs in Person Of Interest rely on NSA government surveillance feeds for their ability to predict terrorist and criminal activity. Samaritan reli

Why does Samaritan need permission to access the feeds?

At the end of season 3 of Person of Interest, we see how the new rival AI Samaritan needs access to the government feeds. Greer explicitly asks Senator Garrison

Finch's actions in Person of Interest S3E20

At the end of S3E20 ("Death Benefit"), and made clear in S3E21, Finch peaces out for a while. Why does he do this? He stated he'd be out if Reese killed the se

Person of Interest S02E09: Paid in "half"?

In Person of Interest S02E09 "C.O.D.", a cab driver is paid for a getaway. The perp pays him $500 in cash, tearing the bills in half and promising to hand over

Why does Elias' younger version look more like Anthony rather than Elias?

In Season 1 Episode 19 "Flesh_and_Blood" of Person of Interest, we see Elias in flashback scenes. His style of standing, way of talking, hair style and face res

Is the Joker mask used in the prank an homage to The Dark Knight?

In Person of Interest Season 1 episode 20, "Matsya Nyaya", John went undercover as a rookie under Tommy Clay. This episode is mostly themed about robbery and te

Why doesn't the machine share the SSNs of important characters like Tyrell?

In Person of Interest season 1 episode 20 "Matsya Nyay", Kara gives a bad tip to Mark Snow to lure Mark and Tyrell to a hotel. There she kills Tyrell and kidnap

How did Finch and Reese know that Hersh is going to poison Shaw

In Person of Interest Season 2 Episode 16 "Relevance", Hersh grabs Shaw from behind and injects her with poison and she collapses. Later, Carter and Fusco tell

Why does John Reese mostly wear a suit

I understand that John Reese from Person of Interest was a CIA operative and FBI and CIA operatives wear suits. And CIA operatives are mostly shown wearing the

Why was there no secret identity or blindspot created for Detective Fusco?

When Samaritan goes online in Person of Interest, the Machine creates 7 secret identities and Root accquires 7 servers to make a blindspot to save people relate

Why does Root refer to the Machine as "She", not "He"?

This previous question about Person of Interest already asked why everyone else but Root called the Machine "she" rather than "it". But in this question I'm mor

Why does Harold mostly keep the same first name when he creates fake identities/aliases?

I have noticed the aliases used by Harold in Person of Interest: Harold Finch Harold Crane ("Risk", "Triggerman", "Critical", "Til Death") Harold Crow ("Identi

Why does Team Machine need to save the Machine instead of creating a new

In Person of Interest, we know that the Machine is created by Harold. The power only comes to the machine by getting data from feeds, otherwise, the logic/struc

Why does the machine give the number of Terry Easton?

In Season 5 Episode 9 of Person of Interest, Reese was following Terry Easton, a locksmith, as he had received his number. He finds him with an active bomb an

Why does Harold choose to lock down the machine again?

In Person Of Interest, Harold designs an AI that can predict crime and terrorism. He "locks down" the machine because he cannot foresee the consequences of its

What was the deal between the Machine and John?

In the last episode of Person of Interest, we see that Harold decides to go on top of a building to upload the Machine's copy on a satellite. He knows that whoe

Does the Machine remember already reported numbers?

If the machine from Person of Interest remembers absolutely nothing over midnight, shouldn't it repeatedly report the same (both relevant and irrelevant) social

What is Lionel Fusco's actual rank in Person of Interest?

In the pilot, the corrupt prosecutor Diane Hansen refers to Lionel Fusco as Officer following his testimony at her trial. He's later referred to as a Detective