Person of Interest

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 22, 2011
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 471 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 416 out of 471
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 471
  3. Negative: 29 out of 471
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  1. JohnCarter
    Sep 22, 2011
    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.
  2. hbo
    Oct 13, 2011
    1
    This show was a surprise for me. After all the hype and the talk, I was expecting something that would blow me away, instead I got something that bored me silly. I had to force myself to sit through a whole episode and when i finally finished, I promised myself never again. I guess what I'm saying is....This person, has no interest!
  3. RPrevidi
    Apr 15, 2014
    3
    I honestly don't understand where all the 10 ratings come from... Is it people that have switched over from reality TV? Is it the CSI crew who like the twist it adds to the mystery / murder of the week genre? I honestly wanted to like the show. Two of my favorite actors from shows / movies past and I bought into the hype. Bought the first two seasons and I gutted it out through the firstI honestly don't understand where all the 10 ratings come from... Is it people that have switched over from reality TV? Is it the CSI crew who like the twist it adds to the mystery / murder of the week genre? I honestly wanted to like the show. Two of my favorite actors from shows / movies past and I bought into the hype. Bought the first two seasons and I gutted it out through the first 10 episodes... If you like CSI, I'm betting you would like this show. For me... I need a longer / more complex story arc that's more committed to character development and the unraveling of a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma (favorite Churchill quote). This show is bland and formulaic. It simply doesn't hold my interest enough to sit through an entire episode...… Expand
  4. LookMorris
    May 22, 2016
    2
    Would of been a great series but, the lefty leading man is a big Yawn!!
    not enough sexual tension to keep me from recurrently falling asleep.

    (the leading man wasn’t even a good sleeping pill)
  5. centaurdgh
    Feb 10, 2015
    1
    My wife and I have finally given up on this show.It used to be very good and very interesting,but killing off the good characters,trivializing the interesting ones and concentrating on ones who should have been killed off years ago has just driven the show in a ridiculous direction. I guess the writers just wanted to" go where no one has ever gone before" but they just killed it forMy wife and I have finally given up on this show.It used to be very good and very interesting,but killing off the good characters,trivializing the interesting ones and concentrating on ones who should have been killed off years ago has just driven the show in a ridiculous direction. I guess the writers just wanted to" go where no one has ever gone before" but they just killed it for us.Putting someone like Root in the drivers seat was totally stupid.… Expand
  6. sab123
    Feb 11, 2017
    3
    Wooden characters - check
    Implausible plot - check
    Incredible (as in impossible to believe) action scenes - check
    Target audience, under 15 boys - check

Awards & Rankings

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#69 Best TV Season of 2011
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#11 Most Discussed TV Season of 2011
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#18 Most Shared TV Season of 2011

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Chuck Barney
    Dec 1, 2011
    63
    So far, though, it has mostly kept its ambition in check, preferring to follow the playbook of a typical crime procedural, with a little more darkness and a little less energy.
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  2. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Nov 29, 2011
    75
    This could grow into a show of more than ordinary interest. [28 Nov 2011, p.57]
  3. Zap2it (Inside the Box)
    Reviewed by: David Eckstein
    Sep 22, 2011
    50
    The characters aren't terribly deep and the dialog doesn't take advantage of Emerson's and Caviezel's acting chops.
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