Season 5
The final war between the Machine and Samaritan.
The fifth and final season of Person of Interest aired on CBS from May 3 to June 21, 2016. The Machine is restored onto a makeshift network, while Samaritan holds Shaw and runs thousands of simulations on her, making her believe an implant in her brain stem controls her, to learn where the Machine is.
Quick Facts
- Network
- CBS
- Aired
- May 3 - June 21, 2016
- Average viewers
- 6.14 million
- Finale
- "return 0"
Facts from the source article.
Background
Samaritan spreads an infection to collect people's DNA through vaccination. Root is killed escaping Samaritan's operatives, and the Machine takes her voice as its own. Finch steals and arms Ice-9, a virus that can destroy Samaritan along with the Machine; Greer dies trying to stop him, and Reese sacrifices himself so the virus can finish its work. Finch survives and returns to his fiancée, and the Machine later contacts Shaw, having restored itself from a satellite. The finale "return 0" was widely acclaimed, though the season averaged a series-low 6.14 million viewers.
Source
Text adapted from Season 5 on the Person of Interest Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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