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Person of Interest: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 22, 2011
  • Season #: 1
Person of Interest Image
Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 108 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Reese (Jim Caviezel) is a former CIA agent presumed dead who is recruited by Finch (Michael Emerson), a mysterious billionaire, to help stop crime before it happens with the help of Finch's software.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Sep 22, 2011
    100
    Person of Interest separates itself from the gimmick pack, not only because of superbly nuanced characterization and writing but also because of how it engages a post-9/11 sense of paranoia in its viewers.
  2. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Sep 22, 2011
    60
    Clever but somehow not very absorbing, Person might provoke the paranoid while leaving the generation who's grown up on camera wondering what all the fuss is about.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Aaron Riccio
    Sep 16, 2011
    25
    There isn't a single interesting person in CBS's dud-on-arrival Person of Interest; at best, there's only a single interesting idea.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 44
  3. Negative: 3 out of 44
  1. KennyG
    10
    Great, Great, Great Show! A mix of science fiction, drama, action, espionage, etc., etc. I'm sorry for those of you who don't get it. There are no show like this one. Basically you have "at least" one imperfect person helping others.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Slingr
    5
    A welcome change to TV's lineup. The pilot was by no means mind blowing but the show has potential. Here's to hoping a bigger plot line is revealed soon.… Expand
    • 0 of 3 users said yes
  3. JohnCarter
    0
    I'm pretty tolerant, but we really don't need a revenge fantasy masquerading as moral nobility. I was going to take off 2 points for unrelenting grimness, but had to take off 8 more for its sense of right and wrong. Even if it is TV.… Expand
    • 0 of 6 users said yes

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