shrinivasgaikwad The show just shows brilliance in its every episode it is written so beautifully and it is not just a fairy tale with plane simple characters and a simple story of a detective, well if that is what you think from the description then you are wrong its much much more..........man so much more than just a A.I. based detective show The first two seasons are Detective based more of a introduction to all the characters and build up .Even though its a build up it is mind blowing............The third season is half detective show and half of new A.I. surprises by third season season the world of P.O.I is complex and quite developed. The fourth season............Contains the best episode on tv ever created. I mean it is not some out of the world episode it is more of a presentation which impresses the viewer. The fourth season is where the Enemy A.I. takes control.......The fifth season is a masterpiece the best season on tv with the best ending ever the best closure for any tv series...........Hands down the most perfect ending The writing is perfect out of the world The Actors have lived their roles. Perfect and fitting star cast especially Root and Shaw The background score fits perfectly the season finales always end with a songs which leaves you with chills........... I believe this is what real tv should be best Sci-Fi show ever created.. Story + little Humour + The machine+ The characters = Best A Must watch MASTERPIECE

Sarah C. I don't want to go full fangirl on this show -- a show that has to be one of my favorite shows of all time -- because, truly, it has many flaws (which were exponentially increasing since mid-season 3) culminating in the pointless slaughter of Taraji P. Henson's well-developed character detective Carter (compared to the comic relief 2D character Fusco who I, reluctantly, have to admit, gained some "substance" later on, making Carter's murder slightly more meaningful and giving his character development a boost in the process but I am still disappointed the writers just axed Henson's character for this cheap parlor trick and I loathe them for that but also am grateful they slipped in John + Joss' part-platonic part-anticipatory kiss as it was a stellar catharsis) whose death makes as much sense as introducing an anthropomorphic furry rabbit alcoholic with an Australian accent to the show. For some reason, a highly trained ex-CIA operative who always wears his bulletproof vest and who previously convinced Carter to wear one too but now, conveniently, they drop their guard DURING THE HIGHEST STATE OF DANGER and at the SAME moment as they were walking out of the police station, the "bad guy" pops out of nowhere in a Shakespearean deux ex machina fashion and fatally shoots them both but since John incidentally wore a "plot armor" he survives while Carter is sacrificed for plot advancement? I get that the writers wanted to convey John was a human, not some invincible comic book superhero (the mysterious ASMR-ish low growl makes it pretty obvious which one) and that death may come in times you least expect it (how very poetic - I mean, pathetic), but still killing off Carter for sh(l)ock value was idiotic. I assume the writers merely tried to impress the Game of Thrones' staff and hoped they'd be hired? I almost lost Interest after that but obviously returned and am glad I did since there were new promising characters like The Control (who has to be the baddest mom on television and a true inspiration for young female villains worldwide) and season 4 role reversal-ism with "the gang" being on the opposite end of the panopticon stick yet still continued helping (or stopping) people. The "battle" between two ASIs was borderline asinine, basically "lawful neutral" and "lawful evil" worlds colliding and I found writers' inability to either primarily focus on the numbers (vigilante part) or the big-picture techno-thriller plot (espionage part) distracting although I like that they portrayed artificial superintelligence in a much more neutral/slightly positive light than, say, The 100 (incidentally I found out about POI through The 100's comment section where "everyone" was declaring that you should DEFINITELY check out POI and I am glad I did) which reduced its potentially terrific ASI character "A.L.I.E." to a cheap 80s science fiction B-movie villain as SF shows featuring an ASI/AI often do. I also have to fruitlessly praise how devoid of sex stereotypes this show is although I could not help but notice how slightly racially charged it was, at least in the "let's fall in love" episode where suddenly, umm, everyone got a date and it paired an African-American character with an African-American character because, duh, they OBVIOUSLY stick together. Dating racial segregation, yay! Anyhow, Caviezel is charming both on-screen and off-screen and the dynamics between his and Emerson's character that sometimes border on innocuous homoeroticism is sublime and obviously they were meant for each other (platonically, of course). It's maybe true that everyone on the show is a raging sociopath but ironically the most humane character here is the silent ASI protagonist, The Machine, who, in the end, teaches "the gang" an It's a Wonderful Life lesson.In short for you label-philes out there, POI is an eclectic mix of 1960s/Cold War era British espionage drama (that I have never seen but if I had a British grandpa I would picture him watching it all day long and screaming loudly at no one particular about 'blimey, commies infiltrated the guvnah office, even the queen is a Soviet spy now, innit'), 1980s action hero one-liners (which is where the show draws its humor from), 1990s procedural cop show, 2000s conspiracy paranoia and surveillance fears (check the episode #1.22 "No Good Deed" that foresees NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden) with a pinch of endearing science fiction (don't you just love The Machine?) all packaged into a thrilling package that you will either love or hate (possibly both).* * * Ex post fun fact (from Forbes Finance): Did you know that the median age of people who watched the show on TV was over 60? Gee, who would have known. My ad hoc British grandpa would have loved this show! LMAO.

adonis98-743-186503 An ex-assassin and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes--including the civilians' roles--are left a mystery. Person of Interest benefits from Jim Caviezel's and Michael Emerson's chemistry when on the same time it has a smart plot, good written characters, great perfomances and lots of action and suspense and even tho it does have some flaws as all tv shows have threw some episodes it's still a well made and well written TV Series. (8/10)

hcatch In my opinion, Person Of Interest deserves to be a much more well-known show. The plot is original, yet stays within reason. Much like other successful shows like Breaking Bad, there are more than a few episodes/climaxes of the show which are insanely good, tying up the loose ends and topping off the build ups created in the previous episodes. With over 100 episodes you might expect there to be a drop in quality throughout the course of the show, however, this is not the case at all. It is very consistent from start to finish.Although not on the same level as Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad, Person of Interest is definitely worth watching (if you have time!).