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This is dedicated to my favorite TV shows, Criminal Minds and Person of Interest. Criminal Minds is a show that has helped me immensely to deal with personal issues from childhood, and to better protect and educate myself regarding various obscure subjects. In short, I'm obsessed, and consider myself one of its biggest fans. The table not yet in existence on this page merely serves as a template for what will be the eventual creation of the Wikipedia page entitled Criminal Minds (season 12). I don't know too much about sandboxes, but I am beginning to learn and adapt to the ways of Wikipedia! I am fairly well-versed in writing HTML and CSS code and I love math so I understand the binary and hexadecimal numerical systems considerably, which is why I so much enjoy creating these types of tables. I'm hoping that what is in my sandbox cannot be subject to deletion. Since it is in no way linked to any official Criminal Minds pages, I believe it does not violate the WP:TVUPCOMING policy because it is not an official page. If any editors believe otherwise, I am open to suggestions!

Criminal Minds (season 11)

Criminal Minds was renewed for an eleventh season on May 11, 2015, with an initial order for 22 episodes and is confirmed to premier on September 30, 2015. The series will proudly produce its 250th episode this season; it has been confirmed by Joe Mantegna, himself, that he will be directing episodes 3 and 17 of the season, the latter of which will be the 250th episode of the series.

There will be some interesting cast changes this season, as Aisha Tyler has signed on for a recurring role as Dr. Tara Lewis. Although she will be filling the space left by the departure of Kate Callahan and JJ's temporary absence, it was confirmed in a recent interview by Executive producer Erica Messer that Aisha Tyler is in no way replacing Jennifer Love Hewitt, and that Kate Callahan's space will remain open. Also, Joe Mantegna hinted at it, but now Erica Messer has officially confirmed that Paget Brewster will be returning as Emily Prentiss, also in a recurring capacity.

Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Main cast	Recurring
David Rossi	Joe Mantegna	entire season	—
Derek Morgan	Shemar Moore	18 episodes (episodes 1-18)	—
Dr. Spencer Reid	Matthew Gray Gubler	19 episodes (episodes 1-7, 11-22)	—
Jennifer "JJ" Jareau	A. J. Cook	18 episodes (episodes 1, 7-22)	—
Penelope Garcia	Kirsten Vangsness	entire season	—
Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner	Thomas Gibson	entire season	—
Mateo "Matt" Cruz	Esai Morales	—	2 episodes (episodes 21, 22)
Dr. Tara Lewis	Aisha Tyler	—	18 episodes (episodes 1-6, 8-13, 17-22)
Savannah Hayes	Rochelle Aytes	—	5 episodes (episodes 11, 15-18)
Diana Reid	Jane Lynch	—	1 episode (episode 11)
Emily Prentiss	Paget Brewster	—	1 episode (episode 19)
William LaMontagne, Jr.	Josh Stewart	—	1 episode (episode 22)
Michael LaMontagne	Phoenix Andersen	—	2 episodes (episodes 1, 22)
Henry LaMontagne	Mekhai Andersen	—	1 episode (episode 22)
Jack Hotchner	Cade Owens	—	1 episode (episode 22)

It is confirmed that all cast members will be returning for the season, with the exception of Jennifer Love Hewitt, whose character, Kate Callahan, gave Hotch her resignation in the season ten finale. The reason for this mirrored her real life decision to take a year off to spend time with her new baby and family, as she was pregnant and her pregnancy was written into the show. Although JJ announced to Reid that she was also pregnant, she will be returning for season 11 as a main cast member, being absent for around only 5 episodes.

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
234	1	"The Job"	Glenn Kershaw	Breen Frazier	September 30, 2015 (2015-09-30)	1101	10.08
235	2	"The Witness"	John Terlesky	Sharon Lee Watson	October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)	1102	9.08
236	3	"'Til Death Do Us Part"	Joe Mantegna	Karen Maser	October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14)	1103	9.08
237	4	"Outlaw"	Larry Teng	Virgil Williams	October 21, 2015 (2015-10-21)	1104	8.47
238	5	"The Night Watch"	Thomas Gibson	Bruce Zimmerman	October 28, 2015 (2015-10-28)	1105	7.64
239	6	"Pariahville"	Félix Alcalá	Erik Stiller	November 4, 2015 (2015-11-04)	1106	7.79
240	7	"Target Rich"	Glenn Kershaw	Jim Clemente	November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11)	1107	8.51
241	8	"Awake"	Christoph Schrewe	Kimberly Ann Harrison	November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)	1108	8.14
242	9	"Internal Affairs"	Diana C. Valentine	Sharon Lee Watson	December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)	1109	8.75
243	10	"Future Perfect"	Laura Belsey	Bruce Zimmerman	December 9, 2015 (2015-12-09)	1110	9.27
244	11	"Entropy"	Heather Cappiello	Breen Frazier	January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13)	1111	9.33
245	12	"Drive"	Tawnia McKiernan	Karen Maser	January 20, 2016 (2016-01-20)	1112	9.25
246	13	"The Bond"	Hanelle M. Culpepper	Kimberly Ann Harrison	January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27)	1113	9.22
247	14	"Hostage"	Bethany Rooney	Virgil Williams	February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10)	1114	8.97
248	15	"A Badge and a Gun"	Rob Bailey	Jim Clemente	February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)	1115	8.64
249	16	"Derek"	Thomas Gibson	Breen Frazier	March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02)	1116	9.32
250	17	"The Sandman"	Joe Mantegna	Bruce Zimmerman	March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)	1117	9.80
251	18	"A Beautiful Disaster"	Matthew Gray Gubler	Kirsten Vangsness & Erica Messer	March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23)	1118	10.94
252	19	"Tribute"	Tawnia McKiernan	Virgil Williams	March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30)	1119	9.34
253	20	"Inner Beauty"	Alec Smight	Haben Merker	April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)	1120	9.17
254	21	"Devil's Backbone"	Félix Alcalá	Sharon Lee Watson	April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20)	1121	9.14
255	22	"The Storm"	Glenn Kershaw	Erica Messer & Breen Frazier	May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04)	1122	8.84

Criminal Minds (season 12)

Criminal Minds was renewed for a twelfth season by CBS on May 6, 2016. It was announced on June 9, 2016 that veteran crime drama actor Adam Rodriguez will be joining the cast as a series regular in the wake of Shemar Moore's exit. The season will consist of 22 episodes. As of June 15th, writing for Season 2 has already begun, with at least two episodes - and, the general direction in which the plot is headed - already mapped out. Not much else is known about Season 12, other than the fact that it will air in the Fall of 2016.

Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Main cast	Recurring
David Rossi	Joe Mantegna	entire season	—
Luke Alvez	Adam Rodriguez	entire season	—
Emily Prentiss	Paget Brewster	(episodes 3-22)	—
Dr. Spencer Reid	Matthew Gray Gubler	entire season	—
Jennifer "JJ" Jareau	A. J. Cook	entire season	—
Penelope Garcia	Kirsten Vangsness	entire season	—
Dr. Tara Lewis	Aisha Tyler	entire season (absent - episode 3)	—
Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner	Thomas Gibson	(episodes 1-2)	—
Mateo "Matt" Cruz	Esai Morales	—	(episodes 6, 21-22)

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
256	1	"The Crimson King"	Glenn Kershaw	Breen Frazier	September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)	1201	9.82
257	2	"Sick Day"	Larry Teng	Virgil Williams	October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)	1202	7.62
258	3	"Taboo"	Alec Smight	Karen Maser	October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)	1203	8.40
259	4	"Keeper"	Thomas Gibson	Bruce Zimmerman	October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)	1204	TBD
260	5	"The Anti-Terrorism Squad"	Tawnia McKiernan	Stephanie SenGupta	November 2, 2016 (2016-11-02)	1205	TBD
261	6	"Elliott's Pond"	Matthew Gray Gubler	Erica Messer	November 9, 2016 (2016-11-09)	1206	TBD
262	7	"Mirror Image"	Joe Mantegna	Breen Frazier	November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)	1207	TBD
263	8	"Scarecrow"	Christoph Schrewe	Karen Maser	November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30)	1208	TBD
264	9	"Profiling 202"	Rob Bailey	Virgil Williams	December 7, 2016 (2016-12-07)	1209	TBD
265	10	"Seek and Destroy"	Diana C. Valentine	Erik Stiller	December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)	1210	TBD
266	11	"Surface Tension"	Oz Scott	Bruce Zimmerman	January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)	1211	TBD
267	12	"TBA"	Félix Alcalá	Jim Clemente	January 18, 2017 (2017-01-18)	1212	TBD
268	13	"TBA"	Glenn Kershaw	Kirsten Vangsness & Erica Messer	January 25, 2017 (2017-01-25)	1213	TBD
269	14	"Mr. Scratch, Part II"	Matthew Gray Gubler	Breen Frazier	February 2, 2017 (2017-02-02)	1214	TBD
270	15	"TBA"	Alec Smight	Stephanie SenGupta	February 9, 2017 (2017-02-09)	1215	TBD
271	16	"The Inquiry"	Joe Mantegna	Virgil Williams	February 16, 2017 (2017-02-16)	1216	TBD
272	17	"TBA"	Glenn Kershaw	TBA	February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23)	1217	TBD
273	18	"TBA"	Simon Mirren	TBA	March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	1218	TBD

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

In early 2009, Michael Ausiello from Entertainment Weekly said that he and studios were discussing the possibility of a spin-off of the procedural crime drama Criminal Minds. Studio Producer Ed Bernero confirmed it by disclosing that "it's safe to say there will be something soon." The show had a completely new cast, with the exception of Kirsten Vangsness, who reprised her role as Penelope Garcia. By late 2010, the director had been chosen, and the casting completed. It was announced that Forest Whitaker would star. Whitaker's character, Samuel "Sam" "Coop" Cooper, and his team were introduced in Criminal Minds Season 5. Richard Schiff had a recurring role as FBI Director Jack Fickler.

Samuel Cooper and his team set the stage for the spin-off in the 18th episode of the fifth season of Criminal Minds, "The Fight" (April 7, 2010). This "back-door pilot" approach was also used for other CBS shows that were introduced in original series, such as CSI: Miami (2002-2012), CSI: NY (2004-2013) and NCIS: Los Angeles. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was the first cancellation of CBS remakes and CSI: NY was picked up for an eighth season in its place.

Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Main cast	Recurring
BAU Team Leader Samuel Cooper	Forest Whitaker	entire season	—
Senior SSA Beth Griffith	Janeane Garofalo	entire season	—
SA-Pending Johnathan "Prophet" Simms	Michael Kelly	entire season	—
SSA Gina LaSalle	Beau Garrett	entire season	—
SSA Mick Rawson	Matt Ryan	entire season	—
Technical Analyst, Agent Penelope Garcia	Penelope Garcia	entire season	—
SES Section Chief Erin Strauss	Jayne Atkinson	—	1 episode (pilot)
FBI Director Jack Fickler	Richard Schiff	—	4 episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release dates
			First aired	Last aired	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Discs
	Pilot	1	April 7, 2010 (2010-04-07)		September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)	February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)	March 2, 2011 (2011-03-02)	6
	1	13	February 16, 2011 (2011-02-16)	May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)	September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06)	—	—	4
Total			February 16, 2011 (2011-02-16) – May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)

Pilot— Criminal Minds (season 5)

Criminal Minds Series No.	Criminal Minds Season 5 No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Criminal Minds Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
109	18	"The Fight"	Richard Shepard	Teleplay by: Chris Mundy Story by: Chris Mundy & Edward Allen Bernero	April 7, 2010 (2010-04-07)	518	12.70
The BAU team travels to San Francisco to investigate the murders of several homeless men that occurred over the last three years. They begin working with another team of BAU agents who are investigating the murders of father-daughter duos, also occurring over the last three years, when both cases are connected. This episode launches the spin-off, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.

Season 1 (2011)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
5	1	"Here Is the Fire"	Andrew Bernstein	Chris Mundy & Ian Goldberg	March 16, 2011 (2011-03-16)	101	13.06
After explosions occur in a school the BAU rush to solve the case involving a pipe bomber in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
4	2	"Lonely Heart"	Michael Watkins	Shintaro Shimosawa	February 23, 2011 (2011-02-23)	104	10.87
Agent Cooper must unveil a shocking link involving a string of murders of single businessmen that occurs at hotels in Cincinnati.
3	3	"See No Evil"	Rob Spera	Barry Schindel	March 2, 2011 (2011-03-02)	109	11.33
The Red Cell team tries to connect two unusual murders in Tucson, Arizona. The first murder victim has his eyes removed while the second victim was killed by being stabbed in the ear with an ice pick. Both victims were subdued using a paralytic agent.
1	4	"Two of a Kind"	John Terlesky	Rob Fresco	February 16, 2011 (2011-02-16)	107	12.04
As child abductions occur in Cleveland, Agent Cooper and his team must attempt to catch the unsub before more kids are in danger.
4	5	"One Shot Kill"	Terry McDonough	Rob Fresco	March 9, 2011 (2011-03-09)	102	10.31
The Red Cell team profiles a serial sniper in Chicago who attempts to target Mick.
6	6	"Devotion"	Stephen Cragg	Shintaro Shimosawa	March 23, 2011 (2011-03-23)	111	9.53
The BAU tries to close a case, after several victims were kidnapped and were found hanged across several states.
7	7	"Jane"	Rob Hardy	Glen Mazzara	March 30, 2011 (2011-03-30)	108	9.41
The red cell team tries to solve a series of abduction of several women in Indianapolis where the unsub varies his victim preference.
9	8	"Smother"	Phil Abraham	Joy Blake & Melissa Blake	April 13, 2011 (2011-04-13)	105	8.86
While Beth discovers a dark secret of Mick, the team must uncover a frightening truth of abductions involving new mothers in Manchester, New Hampshire, when one takes a deadly turn.
8	9	"Nighthawk"	Dwight Little	Ian Goldberg	April 6, 2011 (2011-04-06)	106	9.02
Agent Cooper and his team must uncover a connection involving a series of murders in Tulsa, Oklahoma which have occurred in the last 24 hours.
10	10	"The Time Is Now"	Tim Matheson	Joy Blake & Melissa Blake	May 4, 2011 (2011-05-04)	110	10.83
When a girl in Los Angeles who manipulated teen boys into killing their families' case mistrials and falls on the hands of Agent Cooper, he must work with his team to solve the case.
11	11	"Strays"	Anna J. Foerster	Chris Mundy & Glen Mazzara	May 11, 2011 (2011-05-11)	103	9.31
When FBI Director Fickler's goddaughter, who is also the estranged daughter of a federal judge, is kidnapped, Agent Cooper and his team must try all means to get her back safely and apprehend the kidnapper.
12	12	"The Girl in the Blue Mask"	Félix Alcalá	Mark Richard	May 18, 2011 (2011-05-18)	112	8.46
The red cell team must solve a case involving a killer who disfigures the faces of his victims, a case in which the first victim was found in the FBI's backyard: Quantico, Virginia. They are eventually led to his home in Bullhead City, Arizona.
13	13	"Death by a Thousand Cuts"	Edward Allen Bernero	Ian Goldberg	May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)	113	7.25
Agent Cooper and his team travel to Dallas in an attempt to close a case of a serial abductor and shooter by proxy who randomly kills for fun. Also, Prophet and Beth go undercover and Beth's fate is compromised.

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is the second spin-off of the CBS smash hit crime drama, Criminal Minds. The first spin-off, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, spun off from Criminal Minds' Season 5, Episode 18, "The Fight" and lasted only one season. This show was spun off from Criminal Minds' Season 10, Episode 19, "Beyond Borders", and has enjoyed more success than its predecessor, as it was renewed for a second season by CBS on May 16th, 2016.

Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Main cast	Recurring
Jack Garrett	Gary Sinise	entire season	—
Clara Seger	Alana de la Garza	entire season	—
Matthew Simmons	Daniel Henney	entire season	—
Russ "Monty" Montgomery	Tyler James Williams	entire season	—
M.E. Mae Jarvis	Annie Funke	entire season	—
SES Section Chief Mateo "Matt" Cruz	Esai Morales	—	2 episodes

Special Guests

• David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Senior Supervisory Special Agent (episode 1)
• Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), Technical Analyst, Special Agent (episode 7)

Series Overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release dates
			First aired	Last aired	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Discs
	Pilot	1	April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08)		August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25)	December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)	December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)	6
	1	13	March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)	May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)	—	—	—	—

Pilot—Criminal Minds (season 10)

Criminal Minds Series No.	Criminal Minds Season 10 No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Criminal Minds Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
229	19	"Beyond Borders"	Glenn Kershaw	Erica Messer	April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08)	1019	10.39

Season 1 (2016)

Production Order

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"The Harmful One"	Colin Bucksey	Erica Messer	March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)	101	8.88
When three Americans who have travelled to Thailand for some volunteer work go missing, SSA Jack Garrett (Gary Sinise) and his unit, the FBI's International Response Team, go to Bangkok to investigate. Unfortunately, time is not on their side with a violent storm looming, so they must reach out to a former colleague - cultural anthropologist Clara Seger (Alana de la Garza) - who helps to speed things along, while their evidence is still intact. The storm will render their forensic evidence useless, so this case will require all hands on deck!
2	"Love Interrupted"	Paul A. Kaufman	Adam Glass	April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)	102	7.91
When a couple on their honeymoon is believed to have gone missing in Belize, Jack and the team are called out to their last known location to investigate what is believed to have been a targeted abduction of the couple.
3	"De Los Inocentes"	Jeannot Szwarc	Christopher Barbour	April 27, 2016 (2016-04-27)	103	6.58
When a woman is killed under strange circumstances while vacationing with her family in Mexico, the team travels to investigate what they believe to be a targeted homicide. The investigation shifts focus, however, onto the husband as the prime suspect after he suddenly flees without a trace.
4	"Harvested"	Rob Bailey	Erica Meredith	March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23)	104	7.75
While a man was enjoying a festival in Mumbai, India with a friend, he wakes up one morning, missing both his friend and one of his kidneys! The International Response Team is called to Mumbai to find whomever is responsible and bring them to justice. Their investigation, however, leads them to believe that this UnSub is much more than a black market organ peddler.
5	"The Ballad of Nick & Nat"	Jeremiah Chechik	Daniele Nathanson	May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)	105	5.94
The International Response Team travels the island nation of Cuba to search for possible spree killers after multiple American victims are found in different locations throughout the island. Before they depart, they are warned by Section Chief Mateo Cruz to tread carefully, as this will have been the first time American and Cuban authorities are working in tandem since the Cuban Revolution.
6	"Citizens of the World"	Alec Smight	Matthew Lau	April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20)	106	7.55
The International Response Team is called to Morocco to investigate the likely abduction of an elderly couple who had gone on a cruise in Casablanca. Is it discerned that this is definitely not the first offense by the unsub(s).
7	"Denial"	Rod Holcomb	Adam Glass	March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30)	107	7.32
The International Team heads to Cairo, Egypt when an ex-U.S. serviceman of Egyptian-American descent is killed in what is revealed to be a gas attack and his best friend has been abducted. Throughout the investigation, the team is thrown many unexpected developments, theorizing back and forth between whether these are hate crimes or terrorism.
8	"The Lonely Heart"	Constantine Makris	Ticona S. Joy	April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06)	108	7.07
The International Response Team heads to Paris, France to search for an UnSub targeting Americans who live there. It is discovered that the extremely disturbing nature of these crimes is much worse than expected, and this unsub in particular proves difficult to locate.
9	"The Matchmaker"	Matt Earl Beesley	Tim Clemente	May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04)	109	6.82
An American girl has gone missing when she travelled to Turkey to meet whom she was led to believe was her boyfriend; it is discovered that the person behind this is using a ruse to abduct American girls, and try to recruit them as terrorists.
10	"Whispering Death"	Larry Teng	Adam Glass	April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06)	110	7.44
The team travels to Tokyo, Japan to help the local officials investigate what is believed to be a set of homicides, made to look like suicides, however, the local officials are not convinced. Meanwhile, Mae tries to encourage Clara to get out more and enjoy herself.
11	"Iquiniso"	Laura Belsey	Christopher Barbour	May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)	111	6.05
The IRT head to Johannesburg, South Africa when an American college student working there is killed and his brother goes missing. The team suspect a gang could be behind both. Meanwhile, Jack works the case with a profiler he’s worked with before who has an unorthodox style of investigation.
12	"El Toro Bravo"	Tawnia McKiernan	Erica Meredith	May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)	112	5.74
The International Response Team is asked to travel to Pamplona, Spain and investigate the possibility of a crime when the grizzly discovery is made of the ears of an American tourist, it is suspected that this is only the tip of the iceberg.
13	"Paper Orphans"	Félix Alcalá	Erica Messer	May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)	113	5.19
When the daughter of an American family visiting Haiti to adopt a child is abducted, the IRT travels to there to try and find her. Also, Jack and his wife Karen prepare to send their daughter Josie to college.

Airing Order

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"The Harmful One"	Colin Bucksey	Erica Messer	March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)	101	8.88
When three Americans who have travelled to Thailand for some volunteer work go missing, SSA Jack Garrett (Gary Sinise) and his unit, the FBI's International Response Team, go to Bangkok to investigate. Unfortunately, time is not on their side with a violent storm looming, so they must reach out to a former colleague - cultural anthropologist Clara Seger (Alana de la Garza) - who helps to speed things along, while their evidence is still intact. The storm will render their forensic evidence useless, so this case will require all hands on deck!
2	"Harvested"	Rob Bailey	Erica Meredith	March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23)	104	7.78
While a man was enjoying a festival in Mumbai, India with a friend, he wakes up one morning, missing both his friend and one of his kidneys! The International Response Team is called to Mumbai to find whomever is responsible and bring them to justice. Their investigation, however, leads them to believe that this UnSub is much more than a black market organ peddler.
3	"Denial"	Rod Holcomb	Adam Glass	March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30)	107	7.32
The International Team heads to Cairo, Egypt when an ex-U.S. serviceman of Egyptian-American descent is killed in what is revealed to be a gas attack and his best friend has been abducted. Throughout the investigation, the team is thrown many unexpected developments, theorizing back and forth between whether these are hate crimes or terrorism.
4	"Whispering Death"	Larry Teng	Adam Glass	April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06)	110	7.44
The team travels to Tokyo, Japan to help the local officials investigate what is believed to be a set of homicides, made to look like suicides, however, the local officials are not convinced. Meanwhile, Mae tries to encourage Clara to get out more and enjoy herself.
5	"The Lonely Heart"	Constantine Makris	Ticona S. Joy	April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06)	108	7.07
The International Response Team heads to Paris, France to search for an UnSub targeting Americans who live there. It is discovered that the extremely disturbing nature of these crimes is much worse than expected, and this unsub in particular proves difficult to locate.
6	"Love Interrupted"	Paul A. Kaufman	Adam Glass	April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)	102	7.91
When a couple on their honeymoon is believed to have gone missing in Belize, Jack and the team are called out to their last known location to investigate what is believed to have been a targeted abduction of the couple.
7	"Citizens of the World"	Alec Smight	Matthew Lau	April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20)	106	7.55
The International Response Team is called to Morocco to investigate the likely abduction of an elderly couple who had gone on a cruise in Casablanca. Is it discerned that this is definitely not the first offense by the unsub(s).
8	"De Los Inocentes"	Jeannot Szwarc	Christopher Barbour	April 27, 2016 (2016-04-27)	103	6.58
When a woman is killed under strange circumstances while vacationing with her family in Mexico, the team travels to investigate what they believe to be a targeted homicide. The investigation shifts focus, however, onto the husband as the prime suspect after he suddenly flees without a trace.
9	"The Matchmaker"	Matt Earl Beesley	Tim Clemente	May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04)	109	6.82
An American girl has gone missing when she travelled to Turkey to meet whom she was led to believe was her boyfriend; it is discovered that the person behind this is using a ruse to abduct American girls, and try to recruit them as terrorists.
10	"Iqiniso"	Laura Belsey	Christopher Barbour	May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)	111	6.05
The IRT head to Johannesburg, South Africa when an American college student working there is killed and his brother goes missing. The team suspect a gang could be behind both. Meanwhile, Jack works the case with a profiler he’s worked with before who has an unorthodox style of investigation.
11	"The Ballad of Nick & Kat"	Jeremiah Chechik	Daniele Nathanson	May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)	105	5.94
The International Response Team travels the island nation of Cuba to search for possible spree killers after multiple American victims are found in different locations throughout the island. Before they depart, they are warned by Section Chief Mateo Cruz to tread carefully, as this will have been the first time American and Cuban authorities are working in tandem since the Cuban Revolution.
12	"El Toro Bravo"	Tawnia McKiernan	Erica Meredith	May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25)	112	5.74
The International Response Team is asked to travel to Pamplona, Spain and investigate the possibility of a crime when the grizzly discovery is made of the ears of an American tourist, it is suspected that this is only the tip of the iceberg.
13	"Paper Orphans"	Félix Alcalá	Erica Messer	May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)	113	5.19
When the daughter of an American family visiting Haiti to adopt a child is abducted, the IRT travels to there to try and find her. Also, Jack and his wife Karen prepare to send their daughter Josie to college.

Person of Interest

Person of Interest, created by Jonathan Nolan, a man with a proven genius-level IQ, and managed by Showrunner Greg Plageman, is a revolutionary Sci-Fi Crime Drama TV series which showcases the complexities and moral responsibilities of Government in a post-911 world - especially the U.S. - the NSA, the CIA and ISA, and, most prevalently, artificial intelligence and the vast power it can wield and unprecedented crime and terrorism prevention of which it is capable if it is in the right hands, or the extensive violence and social/societal decay it can cause if to have fallen into the wrong hands. Both scenarios have been explored in great detail throughout the course of the series, thus far.

POI has many talented writers and directors on their staff. Their most revered writers are Creator Jonathan Nolan, Showrunner Greg Plageman, Co-Executive Producer Denise Thé, Andy Callahan, and Producers Amanda Segel, Erik Mountain and David Slack. Their best staff directors are Chris Fisher, Richard J. Lewis and Frederick E. O. Toye. They have also used a few famous crime drama directors for support along the way. (e.g. Félix Alcalá, Colin Bucksey and Larry Teng)

Among the Person of Interest staff are former software engineers and even former Military Intelligence Officers. The most noteworthy of them, however, is Tony Camerino. He is a PhD in software engineering and worked for the government, even on projects for the NSA related to artificial intelligence. He served as the show's main technical advisor until mid-Season 3, at which point he became a staff writer and has maintained that responsibility thereafter.

This TV show is equally as special to me as Criminal Minds, just in a different way. Criminal Minds helped me to figure myself out and fight my own personal demons; Person of Interest has sparked a passion in me for law enforcement, computer programming, and protecting those who cannot protect themselves. It has also vastly improved my moral compass and my general understanding of the world and how it works.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	23		September 22, 2011 (2011-09-22)	May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17)
2	22		September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)	May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)
3	23		September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)
4	22		September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)	May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)
5	13		May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03)	June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)

Season 1 (2011–2012)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	David Semel	Jonathan Nolan	September 22, 2011 (2011-09-22)	296807	13.33
John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former CIA agent and Army Special Forces soldier turned homeless alcoholic, has a struggle with a group of hot-headed teenagers on the subway. After this, he is extracted from police custody before Homicide Detective Joss Carter (Taraji P. Henson) can confront him about links to previous killings discovered through fingerprints analysis. Reese is brought to a mysterious and somewhat secretive billionaire, Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), who is the creator of the next-generation software known simply as "The Machine". After 9/11, Finch developed a computer program that can sift through enormous amounts of data, looking for patterns of behavior or activity that would predict another attack. It also provided information about individuals who could be in danger; it can predict the identity of a person involved in a premeditated crime that will happen at some point in the future – however, Finch's back-door link to The Machine only provides the Social Security number of the person, and offers no clues to their involvement or when the crime will take place. Finch, who feels a need to do something to help these people, enlists Reese to aid him in preventing these crimes, hoping that it will give Reese a purpose following the death of his girlfriend, Jessica (Susan Misner). A reluctant Reese agrees to watch the first person on his list, Diane Hansen (Natalie Zea), an Assistant District Attorney currently working on a major prosecution concerning a prominent drug killing. Reese soon learns that Hansen is not the victim, but the perpetrator running a ring of corrupt police officers and planning to kill a fellow DA, Wheeler (Brian d'Arcy James). After blackmailing one of the corrupt officers, Detective Lionel Fusco (Kevin Chapman), into being his source of information inside the NYPD, Reese reveals Hansen's corruption to an open court, kills the corrupt Detective Stills (James Hanlon), and links Fusco to the crime to ensure his future cooperation. Reese agrees to continue preventing violent crimes.
2	2	"Ghosts"	Richard J. Lewis	Greg Plageman & Jonathan Nolan	September 29, 2011 (2011-09-29)	2J6202	12.51
3	3	"Mission Creep"	Steven DePaul	Patrick Harbinson	October 6, 2011 (2011-10-06)	2J6203	11.57
4	4	"Cura Te Ipsum"	Charles Beeson	Denise Thé	October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13)	2J6204	12.04
5	5	"Judgment"	Colin Bucksey	David Slack	October 20, 2011 (2011-10-20)	2J6205	12.42
6	6	"The Fix"	Dennis Smith	Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski	October 27, 2011 (2011-10-27)	2J6206	11.62
7	7	"Witness"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Amanda Segel	November 3, 2011 (2011-11-03)	2J6207	11.76
8	8	"Foe"	Milan Cheylov	Sean Hennen	November 17, 2011 (2011-11-17)	2J6208	11.65
9	9	"Get Carter"	Alex Zakrzewski	Greg Plageman & Denise Thé	December 8, 2011 (2011-12-08)	2J6209	12.66
10	10	"Number Crunch"	Jeffrey Hunt	Patrick Harbinson	December 15, 2011 (2011-12-15)	2J6210	12.93
11	11	"Super"	Stephen Williams	David Slack	January 12, 2012 (2012-01-12)	2J6211	14.86
12	12	"Legacy"	Brad Anderson	Amanda Segel	January 19, 2012 (2012-01-19)	2J6212	14.40
13	13	"Root Cause"	Richard J. Lewis	Erik Mountain	February 2, 2012 (2012-02-02)	2J6213	15.10
14	14	"Wolf and Cub"	Chris Fisher	Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski	February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09)	2J6214	15.14
15	15	"Blue Code"	David Von Ancken	Denise Thé	February 16, 2012 (2012-02-16)	2J6215	13.16
16	16	"Risk"	Jeff T. Thomas	Sean Hennen	February 23, 2012 (2012-02-23)	2J6216	14.56
17	17	"Baby Blue"	Larry Teng	Patrick Harbinson	March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)	2J6217	15.67
18	18	"Identity Crisis"	Charles Beeson	Amy Berg	March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)	2J6218	14.59
19	19	"Flesh and Blood"	Stephen Semel	Amanda Segel	April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05)	2J6219	13.69
20	20	"Matsya Nyaya"	Kevin Bray	Ray Utarnachitt	April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26)	2J6220	12.73
21	21	"Many Happy Returns"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Story by: Erik Mountain & Jonathan Nolan Teleplay by: Erik Mountain	May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)	2J6221	13.27
22	22	"No Good Deed"	Stephen Williams	David Slack	May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10)	2J6222	12.96
23	23	"Firewall"	Richard J. Lewis	Greg Plageman & Jonathan Nolan	May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17)	2J6223	13.47

Season 2 (2012–2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
24	1	"The Contingency"	Richard J. Lewis	Jonathan Nolan & Denise Thé	September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)	2J7201	14.28
25	2	"Bad Code"	Jon Cassar	Greg Plageman & Patrick Harbinson	October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04)	2J7202	14.58
26	3	"Masquerade"	Jeffrey Hunt	Melissa Scrivner Love	October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18)	2J7203	13.93
27	4	"Triggerman"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Erik Mountain	October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25)	2J7204	14.03
28	5	"Bury the Lede"	Jeffrey Hunt	David Slack	November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01)	2J7205	13.66
29	6	"The High Road"	Félix Alcalá	Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski	November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)	2J7206	14.87
30	7	"Critical"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Sean Hennen	November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15)	2J7207	14.57
31	8	"'Til Death"	Helen Shaver	Amanda Segel	November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29)	2J7208	14.43
32	9	"C.O.D."	Clark Johnson	Ray Utarnachitt	December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)	2J7209	14.18
33	10	"Shadow Box"	Stephen Surjik	Patrick Harbinson	December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13)	2J7210	14.08
34	11	"2πR"	Richard J. Lewis	Dan Dietz	January 3, 2013 (2013-01-03)	2J7211	16.23
35	12	"Prisoner's Dilemma"	Chris Fisher	David Slack	January 10, 2013 (2013-01-10)	2J7212	15.67
36	13	"Dead Reckoning"	John Dahl	Erik Mountain	January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31)	2J7213	15.71
37	14	"One Percent"	Chris Fisher	Melissa Scrivner Love & Denise Thé	February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)	2J7214	14.88
38	15	"Booked Solid"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski	February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14)	2J7215	14.87
39	16	"Relevance"	Jonathan Nolan	Amanda Segel & Jonathan Nolan	February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21)	2J7216	14.22
40	17	"Proteus"	Kenneth Fink	Sean Hennen	March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07)	2J7217	14.57
41	18	"All In"	Tricia Brock	Lucas O'Connor	March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)	2J7218	14.34
42	19	"Trojan Horse"	Jeffrey Hunt	Dan Dietz & Erik Mountain	April 4, 2013 (2013-04-04)	2J7219	14.57
43	20	"In Extremis"	Chris Fisher	Greg Plageman & Tony Camerino	April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25)	2J7220	13.22
44	21	"Zero Day"	Jeffrey Hunt	Amanda Segel & David Slack	May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02)	2J7221	12.96
45	22	"God Mode"	Richard J. Lewis	Patrick Harbinson & Jonathan Nolan	May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)	2J7222	13.16

Season 3 (2013–2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
46	1	"Liberty"	Chris Fisher	Greg Plageman & Denise Thé	September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)	2J7601	12.44
47	2	"Nothing to Hide"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Erik Mountain	October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)	2J7602	12.35
48	3	"Lady Killer"	Omar Madha	Amanda Segel	October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)	2J7603	11.65
49	4	"Reasonable Doubt"	Stephen Williams	Melissa Scrivner Love	October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15)	2J7604	12.69
50	5	"Razgovor" "Разговор"	Kenneth Fink	David Slack	October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)	2J7605	13.17
51	6	"Mors Praematura"	Helen Shaver	Dan Dietz	October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)	2J7606	12.00
52	7	"The Perfect Mark"	Stephen Surjik	Sean Hennen	November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)	2J7607	11.79
53	8	"Endgame"	Sylvain White	Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski	November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12)	2J7608	12.60
54	9	"The Crossing"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Denise Thé	November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19)	2J7609	12.28
55	10	"The Devil's Share"	Chris Fisher	Amanda Segel & Jonathan Nolan	November 26, 2013 (2013-11-26)	2J7610	11.89
56	11	"Lethe"	Richard J. Lewis	Erik Mountain	December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17)	2J7611	12.40
57	12	"Aletheia"	Richard J. Lewis	Lucas O'Connor	January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)	2J7612	12.10
58	13	"4C"	Stephen Williams	Melissa Scrivner Love & Greg Plageman	January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14)	2J7613	12.54
59	14	"Provenance"	Jeffrey Hunt	Sean Hennen	February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)	2J7614	12.35
60	15	"Last Call"	Jeff T. Thomas	Dan Dietz	February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25)	2J7615	11.00
61	16	"RAM"	Stephen Surjik	Nic Van Zeebroeck & Michael Sopczynski	March 4, 2014 (2014-03-04)	2J7616	10.64
62	17	"/" "Root Path"	Jeffrey Lee Gibson	David Slack	March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)	2J7617	10.94
63	18	"Allegiance"	Jeffrey Hunt	Tony Camerino	March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25)	2J7618	12.23
64	19	"Most Likely To..."	Kevin Hooks	Melissa Scrivner Love & Denise Thé	April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01)	2J7619	11.45
65	20	"Death Benefit"	Richard J. Lewis	Erik Mountain & Lucas O'Connor	April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)	2J7620	10.74
66	21	"Beta"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Sean Hennen & Dan Dietz	April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)	2J7621	11.31
67	22	"A House Divided"	Chris Fisher	Amanda Segel	May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)	2J7622	10.50
68	23	"Deus Ex Machina"	Chris Fisher	Greg Plageman & David Slack	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)	2J7623	10.95

Season 4 (2014–2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
69	1	"Panopticon"	Richard J. Lewis	Erik Mountain & Greg Plageman	September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)	3J5401	10.58
70	2	"Nautilus"	Chris Fisher	Dan Dietz & Melissa Scrivner Love	September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30)	3J5402	10.72
71	3	"Wingman"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Amanda Segel	October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)	3J5403	9.64
72	4	"Brotherhood"	Chris Fisher	Denise Thé	October 14, 2014 (2014-10-14)	3J5404	9.72
73	5	"Prophets"	Kenneth Fink	Lucas O'Connor	October 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)	3J5405	9.40
74	6	"Pretenders"	Stephen Surjik	Ashley Gable	October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)	3J5406	9.72
75	7	"Honor Among Thieves"	Sylvain White	David Slack	November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11)	3J5407	9.11
76	8	"Point of Origin"	Richard J. Lewis	Tony Camerino	November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18)	3J5408	9.87
77	9	"The Devil You Know"	Richard J. Lewis	Erik Mountain	November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25)	3J5409	9.04
78	10	"The Cold War"	Michael Offer	Amanda Segel	December 16, 2014 (2014-12-16)	3J5410	8.94
79	11	"If-Then-Else"	Chris Fisher	Denise Thé	January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)	3J5411	10.08
80	12	"Control-Alt-Delete"	Stephen Surjik	Andy Callahan	January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)	3J5412	10.16
81	13	"M.I.A."	Kevin Bray	Lucas O'Connor	February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)	3J5413	9.28
82	14	"Guilty"	Kate Woods	David Slack	February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)	3J5414	9.53
83	15	"Q & A"	Stephen Semel	Dan Dietz	February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17)	3J5415	9.17
84	16	"Blunt"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Amanda Segel & Greg Plageman	February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24)	3J5416	9.63
85	17	"Karma"	Chris Fisher	Hillary Benefiel & Sabir Pirzada	March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)	3J5417	8.67
86	18	"Skip"	Helen Shaver	Ashley Gable	March 24, 2015 (2015-03-24)	3J5418	9.15
87	19	"Search and Destroy"	Stephen Surjik	Zak Schwartz	April 7, 2015 (2015-04-07)	3J5419	8.67
88	20	"Terra Incognita"	Alrick Riley	Erik Mountain & Melissa Scrivner Love	April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14)	3J5420	9.21
89	21	"Asylum"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Andy Callahan & Denise Thé	April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)	3J5421	8.45
90	22	"YHWH"	Chris Fisher	Dan Dietz & Greg Plageman	May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)	3J5422	8.18

Season 5 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
91	1	"B.S.O.D."	Chris Fisher	Greg Plageman & Tony Camerino	May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03)	3J6001	7.35
92	2	"SNAFU"	Chris Fisher	Lucas O'Connor	May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)	3J6002	5.80
93	3	"Truth Be Told"	Stephen Surjik	Erik Mountain	May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)	3J6003	7.34
94	4	"6,741"	Chris Fisher	Lucas O'Connor & Denise Thé	May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16)	3J6007	5.31
95	5	"ShotSeeker"	Maja Vrvilo	Andy Callahan	May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)	3J6004	6.97
96	6	"A More Perfect Union"	Alrick Riley	Melissa Scrivner Love	May 23, 2016 (2016-05-23)	3J6005	5.49
97	7	"QSO"	Kate Woods	Hillary Benefiel	May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)	3J6006	5.33
98	8	"Reassortment"	Kenneth Fink	Tony Camerino	May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)	3J6008	4.92
99	9	"Sotto Voce"	Margot Lulick	Sabir Pirzada	May 30, 2016 (2016-05-30)	3J6009	5.49
100	10	"The Day the World Went Away"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Andy Callahan & Melissa Scrivner Love	May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31)	3J6010	6.66
101	11	"Synecdoche"	Tim Matheson	Jacey Heldrich & Joshua Brown	June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07)	3J6011	6.36
102	12	".exe"	Greg Plageman	Greg Plageman & Erik Mountain	June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14)	3J6012	6.27
103	13	"return 0"	Chris Fisher	Jonathan Nolan & Denise Thé	June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)	3J6013	6.51

Home media releases

Season	Episodes	DVD and Blu-ray release dates
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
1	23	September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04)	March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18)	November 7, 2012 (2012-11-07)
2	22	September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03)	June 16, 2014 (2014-06-16)	October 16, 2013 (2013-10-16)
3	23	September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)	September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)	October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)
4	22	August 11, 2015 (2015-08-11)	September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05)	September 2, 2015 (2015-09-02)
5	13	July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19)	TBA	TBA
Complete series	103	July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19)	TBA	TBA

Pivotal Episode Details - Character Appearances

Episode	Point of Interest	Character Description	Most Recent Appearance
106 (2J6206) "The Fix"	First Appearance of: Zoe Morgan. (Paige Turco)	Zoe Morgan, who later becomes an occasional casual-sex partner of Reese, is a political problem "fixer" who periodically uses her advanced people skills to help the team save irrelevant numbers.	419 (3J5419) "Search and Destroy" Lives on to work with Shaw and duplicate Machine.
107 (2J6207) "Witness"	First Appearance of: Carl Elias. (Enrico Colantoni)	Carl Elias is a highly intelligent mob boss, originally a sworn enemy who has taken over the city's criminal syndicates. After being made aware by Reese of the consequences of hurting innocent people, the two come to an understanding; this understanding assures that they will not interfere in the affairs of one another, and he occasionally helps the team deal with gang-related issues especially when such assistance is required to help save irrelevant numbers.	510 (3J6010) "The Day the World Went Away"
113 (2J6213) "Root Cause"	First Appearance of: Samantha "Root" Groves. (Amy Acker)	Root is a former killer-for-hire and highly-skilled hacker who, after displaying malicious intentions to gain access to the Machine, becomes part of the team after being rehabilitated and designated the Machine's "Analog Interface", the only human who can communicate with It directly, tasked with its "Tertiary Operations" which deal with neither, the relevant nor irrelevant numbers, but with tasks to help protect the Machine and its human agents.	510 (3J6010) "The Day the World Went Away"
122 (2J6222) "No Good Deed"	First Appearance of: Special Counsel. (Jay O. Sanders)	Known only as "Special Counsel" he is 2nd in Command of the Government's clandestine operations using The Machine, codenamed "Northern Lights". He acts as a liaison for Control and dispatches teams and units, both large and small, of ISA operatives and their handlers to eliminate "relevant" numbers; he does so under the guise of the Office of Special Counsel. His secondary objective is to eliminate those who discover the Machine's existence, perceived to be an imminent threat to the Northern Lights Program.	222 (2J7222) "God Mode" (real time) & 316 (2J7616) "RAM" (flashbacks)
201 (2J7201) "The Contingency"	First Appearance of: ISA Agent Robert Hersh. (Boris McGiver)	Hersh is a highly-trained Government assassin who acts as an enforcer for Special Counsel, on Control's orders. His first mission is to take out Reese in retaliation for him having killed an entire ISA team single-handedly in an effort to save an irrelevant number. Reese is also considered a liability for the fear that he may pose a threat to the Program. In a shocking subversion of events, Hersh eventually takes over Special Counsel's job as 2nd in command when Control orders Hersh to execute him, after which he eventually becomes an ally, helping to fight a much greater threat.	323 (2J7623) "Deus Ex Machina"
213 (2J7213) "Dead Reckoning"	First Appearance of: John Greer (John Nolan)	John Greer is, by far, the show's ultimate villain, and a self-proclaimed idealist. He has spent his entire time on the show attempting to gain control over the Machine, (unsuccessfully) then Samaritan, which he eventually comes to view as his superior and ultimately, all possible artificial intelligence resources, claiming "information is the new currency" and that "humanity needs a firm hand, not coddling". His motives are vague and amoral at best, but one thing is certain: he holds little to no value to human life, except for his own, and his intentions are to take over the world, with Samaritan as his weapon, Decima his army, and collateral damage unlike anything one could imagine. He is an entrepreneur, and his company of which he is founder and CEO, Decima Technologies, a private intelligence corporation out of Shanghai, China, is the business entity which comes to possess the only other artificial intelligence machine successfully brought online, Samaritan.	512 (3J6013) ".exe"
216 (2J7216) "Relevance"	First Appearance of: ISA Agent Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi)	Sameen Shaw is a highly-trained Government assassin and ISA operative, working for the Northern Lights Program. However, she does not know about the Machine's existence; she is part of a group of operatives designated "Asset Catalyst Indigo" by the Machine; her specific codename as an ISA Agent is "Indigo-5 Alpha", part of a two-person team, acting on the Machine's actionable intelligence derived from "relevant" numbers as her main objective. Her handler is a man named Wilson, who acts as a go-between for the ISA's relevant operations and the Office of Special Counsel, under Special Counsel's orders, and coordinated by Control, with whom none of the "Asset Catalysts" are allowed to interact unless it's on Control's own orders. Her partner, Michael Cole, starts to wonder why the group from which they're told their intel comes, "Research" (which is actually the Machine) is never wrong, and is kept in such extreme secrecy, ever for ISA black-ops. This causes Control to order the execution of Shaw and Cole, which causes the Machine to give Harold & John their numbers, in the "irrelevant" category. The attempted - but failed - execution is carried out by two 3-man ISA teams sent directly by Wilson, a direct betrayal. Thanks to the intervention of Harold and John, team Indigo-5 is alerted in time for Agent Shaw to survive, but Agent Michael Cole, ("Indigo-5 Beta") is killed. After confronting Special Counsel at a Gala and personally handing over Cole's controversial files which could've put the program in jeopardy, she agrees with Special Counsel's obligation to protect the program at all costs, claiming she would've done the same thing, but shoots Wilson in the head for his willingness to accept a kill order rather than simply interrogate Cole. Special Counsel is impressed by her duality in staying loyal to Northern Lights, yet avenging her partner, so he lets her leave. Later she is, however, confronted in the streets by Hersh (the Agent who trained her in the first place) and injected with Aconitine, a neurotoxin which can kill within minutes. As her "body" is being put into the ambulance truck to take her to the morgue Leon Tao, a former number who helps when needed injects her with the antidote, Atropine, which counteracts the effects. With both parties satisfied, the Government thinks Shaw is dead, and Reese and Finch were able to save her, she reluctantly accepts Finch's phone number, but eventually becomes a part of the team, helping to save numbers. She comes to feel happy to do so, as she strikes up a friendship with John's dog, Bear, and takes comfort in the fact that she can continue to use her skills as an Agent without the moral ambiguity of her orders, without any distrust of her employers or any fear she'll be killed. She continues to work for the Machine with Harold, John, Root and Det. Fusco, she was captured by Samaritan operatives in mid-Season 4, but is set to return for Season 5.	421 (3J5421) "Asylum" & 504 (3J6007) "6,741" & 513 (3J6013) "return 0" Lives on with duplicate Machine.
222 (2J7222) "God Mode" (uncredited actress) & 311 (2J7611) "Lethe" (as Camryn Manheim)	First Appearance of: Control. (Camryn Manheim)	Known only by her alias, "Control", to protect her identity, (mirroring real life in that the Director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center is known only by his codename, "Roger", for the same reason) Control, also addressed as "Ma'am", is the Director of the ISA, (Intelligence Support Activity) also known as "the Activity", and she is also the head of the Government's counterterrorism operations using the Machine. (which she and her colleagues refer to as "Research") The Government's program is codenamed "Northern Lights". She works out of an office in the Pentagon and she has been known to take extremely ruthless, violent measures to keep the Machine a secret. Strictly speaking, the Machine is not technically legal, so while Control oversees the ISA operations carried out on actionable intelligence decoded from the Machine's relevant numbers, she has made a "devil's bargain" with corrupt Senator Ross Garrison, blackmailing him with her knowledge of the fact that he's guilty of insider trading with the stock market, (information she obtained using illegal surveillance of the capitol building) to ensure that he keeps the Senate, Congress and the rest of the Government in the dark, thus ensuring no federal obstacles to her objectives with the Machine. She has an undeniable reputation of always getting the job done and of keeping the Country safe from terrorist acts, although her methods, however effective, are sometimes considered corrupt and excessively violent. In September 2010, in order to keep Nathan Ingram - the man who built the Machine with Harold Finch - from talking to a reporter and revealing the Machine to the world, she ordered Special Counsel to send Hersh on a mission to retrieve a convicted terrorist and attempted suicide bomber from Guantanamo Bay, lock him in a van filled with the explosives the bomber built, and detonate them by remote, once Nathan Ingram arrived at a nearby Ferry Terminal to see the reporter. This resulted in not only Nathan Ingram's death, but the deaths of 158 people, injuring countless others, including Harold Finch who had just been approaching the Ferry to see Nathan. This event is what caused Finch's present-day injuries, and the need for his fiancée to believe he'd died, for her own protection. Above all else, Control is a staunch believer in a philosophy that National Security far outweighs the importance of privacy.	422 (3J5422) "YHWH" (real time) & 316 (2J7616) "RAM" (flashbacks) Last appeared in YHWH, but lives on to run [!]Northern Lights 2.0[!], the government's operation using duplicate Machine.