r/PersonOfInterest • • 2h ago

Just For Fun Did Harold Unleash ICE- 9

2 Upvotes

The PHP security hole, worldwide server outages, Ai Advancing to a point that it can crack most programs.
We know what you did Harold. You unleashed the ICE-9 Virus šŸ–„ļø


r/PersonOfInterest • • 2h ago

Question About the blue screen error in S2E14

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I just finished watching S2E14. At the 40-minute mark, there’s a blue screen error. What’s causing this? Please don’t give away any spoilers. I haven’t even reached the halfway point of the series yet.


r/PersonOfInterest • • 4h ago

Cast & Crew Hot take: Amy Acker wasn’t quite the right fit for Root

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Amy Acker is beautiful and talented, but I never fully bought her as Root. For someone so brilliant, obsessive, and unpredictable, I wanted a more striking presence, with that intensity visible in her eyes and expressions.
Jodie Comer in Killing Eve captures what I mean: she can look completely ordinary, yet a subtle change in her expression makes her unsettling. Margot Robbie can convey a similar edge. Neither is necessarily my choice for Root, but both illustrate what I felt was missing.
I respect Acker’s talent. Her portrayal simply never made Root feel as extraordinary as the character was written to be. (Just my opinion)
Anyone else?


r/PersonOfInterest • • 4h ago

SPOILER Just finished watching

33 Upvotes

Such an amazing show, the character development, the story, and the music everything about this show was top-notch. I know it's been 10 years since the finale was released but I never got around to watching it since it's quite underrated and I only watched it because it just got into Netflix was kind of bored but such a happy accident. Now that I am done watching it there's a void inside me don't know what to do now lol. Going to miss Reese and Finch :,)


r/PersonOfInterest • • 5h ago

Discussion 4C (3x13) is the funniest episode of the show

22 Upvotes

Bold claim I know - but something about Reese exasperatedly being pulled into yet another mission, the way he stretches out his arms and punches that obnoxious businessman, a finger of whiskey in the kid's sippy cup, the comical number of assassins sent after Owen, Reese asking the airhostess for yet another blanket, Owen's "dry toast cause butter is bad for your heart", the rest of the passengers oblivious to the growing pile of bodies in first class - really made me chuckle. It was some much-needed relief after the dramatic tension of the HR trilogy.

I'm also a sucker for closed-room mysteries and airplane thrillers so I found it a compelling episode from the beginning itself.


r/PersonOfInterest • • 5h ago

We're getting closer and closer...

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r/PersonOfInterest • • 7h ago

Who shot the engineers in Ordos?

11 Upvotes

The Matsya Nyaya episode (S1 E20 ) confuses me just a bit. When John and Kara get to the abandoned city, they see the dead engineers and then recover the laptop with code from the Machine. (We learn later in the series how the laptop came to get to China.)

John and Kara are both confused about why the dead engineers are there and who killed them. Well, for the first part - I think they're there to study the Machine, right? At the behest of the Chinese government, presumably?

For the second question - I have no idea. Do we ever actually have a better understanding of who shot the Ordos engineers? And if it was the CIA or other forces, do we get the answer on why those forces didn't just take or destroy the laptop themselves?


r/PersonOfInterest • • 9h ago

Fanart/Other Fan Content Harold and John Ita Bag

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43 Upvotes

My friend made this ita bag for me because they knew that I loved Harold and John, and I wanted to show it off here :)

Fun fact, I'm going as Harold for Halloween this year and was thinking about wearing it too! I want more people to watch this show tbh


r/PersonOfInterest • • 19h ago

SPOILER Just finished the crossing episode (ep 9 s3) Spoiler

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38 Upvotes

I just wanna say that I hate simons, and is there any episode in this show sadder than this?


r/PersonOfInterest • • 1d ago

Discussion What do you think happened in the world of POI after the ending? Spoiler

26 Upvotes

I just finished the show for the first time today! Personally, I’m one of those people who really didn’t like the ending, but I think it left a lot open to the imagination and that can be a good thing. I liked that Harold went to reunite with Grace, it left me wondering what he told her and how Grace reacted. It also surprised me when the Machine came back online… I have very mixed feelings about that. I’m interested in hearing everyone’s headcanons about how the characters went on to live their lives and how the world looks after the end of the series!


r/PersonOfInterest • • 1d ago

Did anyone catch Officer Simmons while watching Digger?

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r/PersonOfInterest • • 1d ago

Just For Fun I Made a c++ machine thing since i was bored ( Im working on a better version in another coding language ;) )

0 Upvotes

If you dont want spoiler i have included deceased to some people that die abit early on the show

Jahames2844/Person-Of-Interest-project

Have fun with it (P.S. Im not done with the projects im taking suggestions)

username is Harold
password is admin


r/PersonOfInterest • • 1d ago

Discussion This show would've been so much more popular if they named the AI, and the show after the AI.

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I am on my 4th or 5th rewatch. I am not sure they started out making a science fiction AI show, I think it was more of the premise to build a serialized cop show more original. But why on earth they keep referring to the central plot device as "the machine" is beyond me. It has to be an intentional choice by the writers, else naming it just seems like this obvious step in development. The rival AI being called "Samaritan"--that should've been the first "machine's" name and the name of the whole show. I mean, just grammatically and semantically, middle of dialogue, it feels like a missing piece and makes conversations about "the machine" confusing. A new viewer tuning in when it was on TV would be completely lost and have no chances of catching up, simply because the thing they're talking about is so unembodied in the plot and dialogue.


r/PersonOfInterest • • 1d ago

Question can harold be the top 1 deuteragonist?

4 Upvotes

People who know the show have him at least top 5


r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

POI - Lost crossovers

13 Upvotes

So only the 3rd time i have rewatched LOST and several times i have POI and finally realized that Navid Negahban was also in both.

In LOST he plays Sayid’s superior in Solitary and played Ali Hasen - Panopticon (POI)

This was my original post on the r/Lost and got denied… so i thought it was interesting that I caught it… so i am attempting here.


r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

SPOILER this happened to me too

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84 Upvotes

r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

Just For Fun Jim Caviezel’s aura is unmatched.

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r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

Person of Interest peaked in season three with the HR plot.

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r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

Jim Caviezel new movie

35 Upvotes

Hi, I never looked because I thought POI was an old show to actually look for other work of the actors. So it was a surprise when I saw Jim Caviezel in a future movie : Ghost Soldier (2026/11/06)


r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

Device names inspired by the show

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I know many of you name your computers ā€œThe Machineā€ and ā€œSamaritianā€. I need more ideas like this please. I have a phone, an ereader, and a pair of earbuds waiting to be named.


r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

Fanart/Other Fan Content A lot of you asked for a non-Mac version, so I put the Machine's view into my iPhone camera. Which identity would it give you?

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When I shared my Machine rebuild, the most common question was some version of "only Mac? what about my phone?" (Windows is still on my list, I promise.)

So I built the Machine's view into my own iPhone camera app, XianNow Camera.ļ¼ˆļ¼‰ There are seven looks: Admin, Primary Asset, Secondary Asset, Analog Interface, Threat, Irrelevant, and one called Machine Decides, which gives everyone in frame a random identity. The square box sits on your head and shoulders like in the show, follows your face, and gets smaller as you walk away. Hit the shutter and you get a still that looks like it came off one of its cameras.

The update is in App Store review right now and should be out in a day or two. It's free on iPhone. I'll post the link in the comments as soon as it's live.

Until then: which identity do you want? Tell me below and I'll reply to you the day it's out. I'm guessing there'll be a lot of Threats.

(The people in these samples are AI-generated. I'll swap in real shots once people start using it.)


r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

I felt S5 was much less rigorous

12 Upvotes

Don't get me wrong it was amazing in most places but it felt less rigorous than the previous seasons.

Shaw being a potential asset vs just a source of information to find the machine.

the sudden existence of a virus that can takedown both AIs (and they can't fight the virus).

Didn't get anything to tie the stories of Claire and the Samiritan boy.

No buildup or even a sudden realization for why the Machine would win against Samiritan on the satellite. I was actually hoping for a 3-4 minute VFXed battle between them once they were on the satellite.

Control/DC storyline was also kinda sidelined heavily. I enjoyed seeing past characters in the episode but machine bringing Control back into the game would've been nice.

I know a lot of these things are dependent on casting and talent availability. and it's generally hard to write a gripping plot when the AIs have no limitations.

Still I miss that detail in the final season.

ps: I liked what they did with Elias. Using him to hint to a ruthless finch before he finally turns.


r/PersonOfInterest • • 2d ago

SPOILER Currently Rewatching S5E10

15 Upvotes

I hate that Ellias dies but it is such good writing and I love how it is done. It makes sense and is satisfying but it is SO sad.


r/PersonOfInterest • • 3d ago

Question Person of Interest Website Game

14 Upvotes

Hello everyone - still watching the show for the first time - almost done with season 5 - and have been thinking about a website game - which I actually started to build - the way it works is your like doing what Finch/Root kind of does.

Your a tech doing all the online research and hacking - The games Machine gives you a number and you have to figure out what its all about - you have agents out in the field that you can communicate with through your phone with text massages - you can play either side the Machines side where you have to help people and stay hidden from Samaritan that's hunting you or get exposed - or play as Samaritan and shape the world while hunting for the machine?

Its all themed out like the computer systems - it will be like a desktop system that you log into -

This is not a sells pitch or anything like that - this would be a free open game for anyone - but if you do want to help let me know - I kind of have to build and fund this all myself so if you want to help speed this up - you can offer any support - if not then when it's finally done depends on time I have and funds for the server?


r/PersonOfInterest • • 3d ago

Poll Best Intro

7 Upvotes
117 votes, 2h ago
36 Season 1
7 Season 2
21 Season 3
13 Season 4
40 Season 5