TV Review: Person of Interest

My latest Netflix binge for the past couple of months, or maybe just one month, I lose count has been or still technically is “Person of Interest” starting Jim Caviezel – wow what a handsome man he is with those dark smouldering eyes and whispery voice.

I am halfway through the third season and just realised that this is the last season available to me on Netflix and have just missed season four on Channel 5, so not sure where I am going to find that season.  I came late to the show, but am glad I decided to watch it.

It is a cool TV show. Season one was very samey and I thought this is good but it’s not going to be very exciting – it seemed to be the same thing each episode – somebody needs saved and they get saved by the ‘Man in the Suit’. But it does get interesting.

We started to find out more about the main characters Harold and John.  So back to the beginning what goes on and who is who?

Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) is the brains behind the operation and John Reese (Jim Caviezel) is the brawn.   They work together to save people who are either in danger themselves or else put others in danger.  They do this with the help of two NYPD detectives (who are working beneath the wire – is that the right expression!) These two detectives are Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco – they both work for Finch and Reese but at the beginning they do not realise it and Carter thinks Fusco is corrupt and working for HR (the corrupt side of the NYPD)

How do they know who to save? At the beginning we aren’t told about how Finch gets the numbers, but it seems that he gets them from a machine. Won’t go into too much detail as don’t want to give too much away as you need to watch the show.

Anyway things don’t always go to plan and trouble comes calling especially at the end of season one and throughout season two and definitely in season three. It is one of those shows which makes you want to watch more in order to find out who exactly Harold is, what is his connection to John prior to him being his boss as there are hints of them being connected long before they met but is unknown to John.

In season two we are introduced to another person, Shaw who seems to be in the same work as John and Finch, but instead of saving people she eliminates them. It seems the machine gives out numbers to two people – relevant ones to the government and non-relevant to Finch.

The relevant numbers are deemed to be a danger to the world e.g. terrorists etc. and the non-relevant numbers are just ordinary people who aren’t deemed worthy to save by the government but these are the ones John and Finch save - the ordinary members of public who are in danger.

As I was watching season three last night – one episode after another – couldn’t stop watching as I needed to know what happened – I thought, well John can’t get any more attractive or badass – oh how I was wrong.  In avenging the death of someone he held very dear to his heart he became like a broken man - the man he once was when he worked for the CIA. He was going off the rails. I had to go to bed but I am interested in seeing what happens next and how everybody involved comes back from the very explosive middle season of season three.