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Person of Interest Season 3

Person of Interest

Season 3

September 24, 2013 23 episodes

The team suffers a devastating loss and confront staggering challenges. Adapting to the next evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, Finch and Reese team with rogue agent Sameen Shaw to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco finally unravel the criminal police conspiracy "HR" - but at a tragic cost. And former cyber-enemy — and now highly tuned confederate of The Machine — Root becomes an unpredictable ally when the team learns a second surveillance apparatus to rival The Machine is on the verge of activation.

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Liberty
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E1. Liberty

43m Sep 24, 2013

The Machine, now completely self-governed with its whereabouts unknown, resumes giving Finch its "irrelevant" numbers for people in danger, which include a U.S. naval officer in town for Fleet Week. However, with so many sailors flooding the streets of New York City, finding the officer in time presents an even bigger challenge for Reese and Shaw.

Nothing to Hide
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E2. Nothing to Hide

43m Oct 1, 2013

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.

Lady Killer
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E3. Lady Killer

43m Oct 8, 2013

The team suspects the latest number to be a potential stalker/ killer. Root plots her escape from the institution and gives her psychiatrist a big surprise.

Reasonable Doubt
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E4. Reasonable Doubt

43m Oct 15, 2013

The team must figure out if a prominent lawyer orchestrated the murder of her husband or if she is being framed; Carter is spotted with Reese by her new partner.

Razgovor
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E5. Razgovor

43m Oct 22, 2013

Shaw must stay close to a 10-year-old girl with highly developed surveillance skills when she is identified by the machine; Carter's mission could be exposed.

Mors Praematura
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E6. Mors Praematura

43m Oct 29, 2013

After being freed from her confinement to the psych ward, Root needs Shaw's help with a directive from the machine; Finch and Reese look into a mild-mannered investigator.

The Perfect Mark
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E7. The Perfect Mark

43m Nov 5, 2013

The team is met with surprises during an investigation into a hypnotherapist; an antiquities dealer has ties to a crime organization.

Endgame
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E8. Endgame

43m Nov 12, 2013

The machine gives Finch 38 numbers at once; information about Carter's past is revealed.

The Crossing
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E9. The Crossing

43m Nov 19, 2013

The battle to bring a crime organization to justice reaches a new level; Reese's number comes up in the machine.

The Devil's Share
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E10. The Devil's Share

43m Nov 26, 2013

As the POI team seeks justice for Carter’s murder, Finch realizes one of his team members may go one step too far in order to end the war with HR. Also, The Machine gives out the number for NYPD Officer Patrick Simmons, one of the crime organization’s key players.

Lethe
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E11. Lethe

43m Dec 17, 2013

Flashbacks to Finch’s adolescence provide insight into his creation of The Machine. Also, the team receives the number of an already dying man, and Reese leaves the POI team behind in the aftermath of the war with the crime organization, HR.

Aletheia
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E12. Aletheia

43m Jan 7, 2014

Multiple enemies converge on the POI team as they protect a dying man whose number has come up. They struggle to keep their enemies at bay but without Reese, who has left them and their mission behind following the tragic war with HR, being down one man could have catastrophic repercussions for the team.

4C
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E13. 4C

43m Jan 14, 2014

Reese boards an international flight in an attempt to put the team and the past behind him, but is angered when he realizes his travel plans have been manipulated.

Provenance
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E14. Provenance

42m Feb 4, 2014

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.

Last Call
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E15. Last Call

43m Feb 25, 2014

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.

RAM
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E16. RAM

43m Mar 4, 2014

The secrets of Finch’s operation before he enlisted Reese are revealed, including shocking ties to present-day events.

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E17. /

43m Mar 18, 2014

The Machine assigns Root to seek out a janitor with a mysterious past, but when her very presence puts his life in danger, Finch also receives his number.

Allegiance
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E18. Allegiance

43m Mar 25, 2014

Finch and Reese must delve into the murky waters of international politics when they are given the number of a former government contractor who is stalking a UN diplomat. Also, an enemy attempts to gain an upper hand on Root.

Most Likely To...
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E19. Most Likely To...

43m Apr 1, 2014

Reese and Shaw pose as alumni at a high school reunion in order to keep eyes on the latest POI. Meanwhile, Finch and Fusco travel to Washington, D.C., to investigate the motivations behind Vigilance’s latest attack.

Death Benefit
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E20. Death Benefit

43m Apr 15, 2014

Reese poses as a Secret Service agent to get close to the latest POI, a U.S. congressman who may hold the key to derailing Decima’s plans to bring a second Machine online.

Beta
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E21. Beta

43m Apr 29, 2014

As Decima uses Samaritan’s feeds to hunt Reese and Shaw, Greer exploits Finch’s greatest weakness in an attempt to lure him out of hiding: his love for his former fiancée, Grace Hendricks.

A House Divided
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E22. A House Divided

43m May 6, 2014

When an unknown entity prevents The Machine from seeing the full picture of an impending catastrophic event, it sends the team five separate numbers to help them piece together the bigger picture. Meanwhile, Root’s team of hackers arrives in New York.

Deus Ex Machina
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E23. Deus Ex Machina

43m May 13, 2014

The team takes desperate action in its race to prevent the malevolent AI program Samaritan from coming online and making them its first targets. Meanwhile, the months-long battle with the anti-surveillance terrorist group Vigilance comes to a shocking conclusion.

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