Person of Interest

Genre-defining TV that knows how to make the best of its medium. What starts out as a procedural "crime of the week" show slowly and intelligently builds into one of finest pieces of near-future sci-fi. A superb cast combined with confident and original storytelling make this one of my favourite shows of the past 10 years. [Update after the final episode]: Perfection. They could not have finished this show better than they did in the shortened final seaon.

It's unbelievable how often this show is on its A-game. Once it gets going, every third ep or so is a series classic. One of my favorite eps is ranked 59th on imdb and I can't contest its placement. Even the lulls are great, I have a low tolerance for standalone eps but this show consistently manages to get me invested in the stories of people I'll never see again. Don't be turned off by the network procedural trappings because beneath them is a smart, highly relevant & seriously intense show.

Much better than I expected. Really was at the forefront of the data mining and surveillance state era we are in right now. The season long plots are generally delicious and there is a surprising number of good standalones. This was before Jonathan Nolan went up his own ass a lot with Westworld and has simpler/ more effective storytelling. Amy Acker steals the whole show, she is perfect as always as Root. I even like Caviezel's dead eyes delivery for some reason.

One of those shows thats good enough to watch, but you know you won't go out of your way to see.

Watched a good number of the first series but it never really seemed to 'grow' or make the most of it's premise, happy to be an equaliser where computers are the answer to everything like in buffy...

Brilliant show, season 1-4 were perfect, but felt like the ending was rushed.

1x; Stopped after S1.

S3 and S5 are great, and the rest are mostly good. Season 4's best episode is an all-timer.

Surveillance becomes the show’s real atmosphere, hanging over every episode like a cold, invisible god that knows too much and forgives nothing. What begins as a sleek crime machine slowly unfolds into something darker and more ambitious, blending paranoia, technology, and moral exhaustion with surprising emotional weight. Its procedural bones remain visible, but the larger design gives it bite. 7.5/10 — Smart, tense, and quietly devastating.

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