Category "person-of-interest"

How did the Machine correlate data over time if its memories were being erased?

In the TV series, Person of Interest, Harold Finch claims that, at one point, most of the Machine's memories were erased at midnight in order to keep it from be

Why did Harold, John, and Root continue to use the subway tunnel after Shaw was captured?

In Person of Interest, the team continues to use the subway tunnel as a "base of operations" even after Shaw is captured by Samaritan operatives. Given that the

How did the Machine win against Samaritan within the satellite?

When Root sets up a virtual battleground inside a laptop, Samaritan had won in every battle-simulation and the Machine had a winning count of zero simulations.

What were Category III threats?

Immediately after Control was ordered to shut down the program in Person of Interest, she could be seen sadly looking at a folder labeled "Category IV - threats

What's the status of the Thornhill corporation?

Spoilers for the whole show! In Person of Interest, near the end of season 2, the Machine forms and uses the Thornhill persona and the Thornhill Corporation, w

How medically accurate is this quote from Person of Interest?

In the TV drama Person Of Interest Season 2 Episode 15 (Title: Booked Solid), former CIA agent Reese encounters another agent Hershe and a fight ensues which la

Who is Greer talking to in Episode 19, Season 2?

Towards the end of the Person of Interest Season 2 episode “Trojan Horse” (E19), Greer is shown talking to someone on the phone. It sounds like he i

How did Root find out about the Machine and Finch?

How was Root able to understand that the Machine exists in the first place in Person of Interest? I can't remember that it was revealed in any episode.

Why not save John Reese with the help of the same Thornhill snipers from the same episode who helped earlier?

In Season 5 episode 3 of Person of Interest Fusco and Reese were saved by snipers who as Finch described were hired by Thornhill (the Machine). So the question

Why does Reese get cleaned up?

In the pilot episode of Person Of Interest, we first meet John Reese as a depressed, possibly suicidal, messed up tramp. He has long dirty and unkempt hair and

How did Reese's father die?

In Person Of Interest's final episode, the Machine, while fading away from the viral attack, talks to Harold and explains some key lessons it learned about peop

Who was Harold Finch's father?

Is there any explanation of who was Harold Finch's father? Based on feeds that machine presents in the series, they were living in a suburban home, remote from

In "Mission Creep" (season 1, episode 3), why was it worth it to Sam Latimer to do what he did regarding his own men?

In "Mission Creep" (season 1, episode 3), why was it worth it to Sam Latimer (--SPOILER--) to kill off his own men every few months to avoid turnover? If

Why was the Samaritan facility in South Africa instead of somewhere much closer?

Why was the Samaritan facility Shaw was held at in South Africa, instead of somewhere much, much closer? Greer would have to be flying for 14 hours 35 minute