PERSON OF INTEREST
Season 4, episode 1
“PANOPTICON”
PERSON OF INTEREST is a crime thriller about an ex-CIA agent, John Reese (series star JIM CAVIEZEL), and a mysterious billionaire, Harold Finch (series star MICHAEL EMERSON), who prevent violent crimes by utilizing an all-seeing “Machine” that can predict the events before they happen. Although they have successfully prevented numerous crimes thanks to The Machine’s omniscience, the POI team was unable to stop the malevolent artificial intelligence known as Samaritan from coming online. Brought to life by Greer (recurring guest star JOHN NOLAN), head of the private technology corporation Decima, Samaritan has the full power of the U.S. government behind it and is using those resources to hunt Finch and Reese, along with former government assassin Shaw (series star SARAH SHAHI) and the hacker known as Root (series star AMY ACKER). The team has been forced to go underground to avoid being detected by Samaritan and Decima, leaving behind NYPD Detective Lionel Fusco (series star KEVIN CHAPMAN), the sole member of the team unaware of the Machine’s existence. Cut off from their resources and each other, the team must now find a way to lead unassuming lives while still protecting average citizens from the unseen dangers around them.
In the fourth season premiere, the team must devise new ways to continue their work without being detected by Samaritan after they’re forced to take on new identities created by Root. Some, however, find it hard to ignore the Machine’s numbers, putting them all at risk of being seen by the rival Machine.
Written by: Greg Plageman
Erik Mountain
Directed by: Richard J. Lewis