Person of Interest

Season 2 Episode 7

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Reese and Finch set out to protect a surgeon who has come up as their newest Person of Interest. However, when they discover that someone from Reese's past is involved, they turn to a former Number for help.

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  • Person of Interest "Critical" Review: Bring On the Bad Guys 83

    Person of Interest "Critical" Review: Bring On the Bad Guys

    This real-world Batman show is becoming a moving comic book, thanks to an expanding arsenal of villains.

    By Tim Surette, Nov 16, 2012

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    SUBMIT REVIEW

    • Somebody tell me why? Please stop now.

      1.0
      By ironman166, Feb 11, 2013
      This show in normally entertaining; however, tonight it crashed and burned. You can always tell when a show starts to lose it's direction and tonight was that night. The writers felt it was time to throw in their "social" message and try to influence the audience. If you are an avid TV watcher you would recognize the same thing occurred on SVU last season and caused me to stop watching it. This season they have stayed away form the "social issues" and returned to the show basics, crime & suspense. If the writers of "Person of Interest" want to keep loyal viewers stop now with the "social" crap. I will also change my overall rating until this show gets back on track.moreless

    • Quality

      9.5
      By POI_Fan, Nov 26, 2012
      I LOVED this episode! Multiple storylines, SMART villains, bring back an old character and re-occurring villain and my all time favorite, story misdirection. You think the story is going one way and it goes the other. First off, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but let me bring up a couple common complaints:



      1) the ER / surgery scenes were not accurate. WHO CARES? If you can make it realistic to the common viewer, that's all that matters. Whenever I watch tv or movies I always accept a certain amount of fudge factor. FF is simply entertainment subbed in for actual facts and procedures. If I wanted to see a 100% accurate ER / surgery scene, I'd watch the Discovery Channel. And if every tv show got cancelled because it wasn't 100% accurate to their professions, Grey's Anatomy would've been cancelled eons ago.

      2) The same sex couple situation was inappropriate. - Meh. Did it interrupt or ruin the story? No. You could've subbed in a friend, her husband, her daughter, her sister, an aunt and the story wouldn't have changed at all.

      3) The story was average. - The WORST episode of POI is better than 90% of the crap out there. I too have stopped watching SVU (not because of Stabler) but because the writing went down the tubes. The stories became less factual more story based, characters became one maybe TWO dimensional and the stories just were flat and boring. POI need not worry about that. Not yet, any ways.



      So I loved the episode and since I can't give ANY episode a full 10, I'll give it a 9.5; cause well, it could always be better, right? :)moreless

    • Higher and Higher

      10
      By JooPaulo3, Nov 19, 2012
      Person of Interest did again, another excellent episode, another interesting and smart villain name Westley. Other good point great action scenes, I like the all storylines.

    • A clever title goes here!

      9.5
      By JDML23, Nov 18, 2012
      I thought this was a great episode! Not only was I on the edge of my seat to see if the number would become the perpetrator or not but I was also deeply amused by the return of Leon. The fact that Team Machine have yet another big bad going up against them is interesting. I think that all those intelligent and dangerous bad guys bring an interesting dynamic to POI. Root is clearly a evil Finch while Wesley is a Reese who went dark side and stayed there. It almost makes me wonder if those two will meet up to face our heroes.



      Seeing how Leon contributed to the success of foiling the baddies now has me wondering if one of the reasons the Machine brought up his number was as a replacement for Finch to work with Reese, other than just saving his life, I mean.



      Very enjoyable episode that even with the Carter bits advancing the Snow storyline is strong on it's own. Finch's horrified and sick "It's so squishy." was hilarious!moreless

    • Every number is worth saving

      9.5
      By svgd, Nov 17, 2012
      Loved this episode. Enjoyed it immensely. A lesbian couple doesn't tarnish an episode anymore than a mob hit man, an ex safe cracker or a reporter with questionable etihics. Gay marriage is legal in New York. The show is in New York. They were just another couple who needed help.
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    Cast & Crew: STARS

    James Caviezel

    James Caviezel

    John Reese
    Taraji Henson

    Taraji Henson

    Detective Carter
    Kevin Chapman

    Kevin Chapman

    Detective Lionel Fusco
    Michael Emerson

    Michael Emerson

    Harold Finch
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    Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

    Sharon Leal

    Sharon Leal

    Dr. Madeleine Enright

    Guest Star

    Julian Sands

    Julian Sands

    Alistair Wesley

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    Erica Leerhsen

    Erica Leerhsen

    Amy

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    Michael Kelly

    Michael Kelly

    Mark Snow

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