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This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.
Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-21 · 25 entries checked · 14 flagged · 40 issues confirmed · 14 corrected · 26 still open
Harold Finch — In 'Lethe,' John Reese does not leave for Colorado; he leaves for upstate New York.
Harold Finch — The estimated household viewers for 'Lethe' was approximately 10.19 million, not 12.4 million.
John Reese — Reese was not discharged as a Sergeant after 12 years; he was a Sergeant First Class (E-7) when he left the Army.
John Reese — Reese did not witness the Twin Towers fall on television while on vacation in Mexico; in canon, he and Jessica saw it on TV while at a bar in New York City.
Harold Greer — The episode 'The Devil's Share' is Season 3, Episode 18, not Episode 17.
Harold Greer — The company Maxwell Limited is not controlled by the NSA; it is a private defense contractor that holds the chip for the NSA.
Root — Root forces a doctor to fix her left ear with a device before arriving at Maxwell Limited, but in the episode, she has a doctor fix her ear after arriving at Maxwell Limited, not before.
Root — Root declines Finch's offer to work together to stop Samaritan, leaving for Paraguay at the end of the episode, but in the episode, she actually leaves for an unspecified location, not explicitly Paraguay.
Section Four — The group is never referred to as 'Team Machine' in the show; the fan term is 'Team Machine' but the entry presents it as an official name, which is not canon.
Section Four — The claim that Team Machine was established by Harold Finch 'during the escalating conflict with Samaritan' is misleading; the core group existed long before Samaritan's emergence.
Privacy Rights — The first major reveal of privacy rights themes in Person of Interest is misattributed to Season 1 Episode 'Witness' (episode 8). The correct episode is 'Witness' (Season 1, Episode 16), not episode 8.
Privacy Rights — The tagline 'In a world that sees everything, the right to remain unseen is the ultimate freedom' is not a canonical tagline from the show; it is an invented or atmospheric flavor line.
Utilitarianism — The entry states 'Finch originally wrote the code that became the Machine before shutting it down due to ethical concerns.' In canon, Finch built the Machine for the government, then shut it down after realizing its potential for abuse, but he did not write th
Utilitarianism — The entry states 'Samaritan was developed by Decima Technologies with significant funding from intelligence agencies.' In canon, Samaritan was developed by Decima Technologies, but its primary funding and backing came from a private consortium of wealthy indiv
Human Agency — The Machine was built after the 9/11 attacks, not the 2005 London bombings.
Human Agency — The Machine was designed to operate autonomously with limited human oversight, not subject to government oversight initially; Samaritan was built to be controlled by human operators.
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