John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
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Jim Caviezel
John Reese
Michael Emerson
Harold Finch
Kevin Chapman
Lionel Fusco
Amy Acker
Root
Sarah Shahi
Sameen Shaw
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23 episodes • 2011Avg: 8.5
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Sep 22, 2011 | 8.3 |
| 2 | Ghosts | Sep 29, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Mission Creep | Oct 6, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Cura Te Ipsum | Oct 13, 2011 | 8.3 |
| 5 | Judgement | Oct 20, 2011 | 8.2 |
| 6 | The Fix | Oct 27, 2011 | 8.5 |
| 7 | Witness | Nov 3, 2011 | 8.8 |
| 8 | Foe | Nov 17, 2011 | 8.1 |
| 9 | Get Carter | Dec 8, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 10 | Number Crunch | Dec 15, 2011 | 9.0 |
| 11 | Super | Jan 12, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 12 | Legacy | Jan 19, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 13 | Root Cause | Feb 2, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 14 | Wolf and Cub | Feb 9, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Blue Code | Feb 16, 2012 | 8.5 |
| 16 | Risk | Feb 23, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 17 | Baby Blue | Mar 8, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 18 | Identity Crisis | Mar 29, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 19 | Flesh and Blood | Apr 5, 2012 | 8.9 |
| 20 | Matsya Nyaya | Apr 26, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 21 | Many Happy Returns | May 3, 2012 | 9.1 |
| 22 | No Good Deed | May 10, 2012 | 9.0 |
| 23 | Firewall | May 17, 2012 | 9.6 |
22 episodes • 2012Avg: 8.6
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Contingency | Sep 27, 2012 | 8.9 |
| 2 | Bad Code | Oct 4, 2012 | 9.0 |
| 3 | Masquerade | Oct 18, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 4 | Triggerman | Oct 25, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Bury the Lede | Nov 1, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 6 | The High Road | Nov 8, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 7 | Critical | Nov 15, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 8 | Til Death | Nov 29, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 9 | C.O.D. | Dec 6, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Shadow Box | Dec 13, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 11 | 2πR | Jan 3, 2013 | 8.8 |
| 12 | Prisoner's Dilemma | Jan 10, 2013 | 9.4 |
| 13 | Dead Reckoning | Jan 31, 2013 | 9.2 |
| 14 | One Percent | Feb 7, 2013 | 8.3 |
| 15 | Booked Solid | Feb 14, 2013 | 8.4 |
| 16 | Relevance | Feb 21, 2013 | 9.2 |
| 17 | Proteus | Mar 7, 2013 | 8.4 |
| 18 | All In | Mar 14, 2013 | 8.1 |
| 19 | Trojan Horse | Apr 4, 2013 | 8.6 |
| 20 | In Extremis | Apr 25, 2013 | 8.7 |
| 21 | Zero Day | May 2, 2013 | 9.4 |
| 22 | God Mode | May 9, 2013 | 9.4 |
23 episodes • 2013Avg: 8.8Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty | Sep 24, 2013 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Nothing to Hide | Oct 1, 2013 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Lady Killer | Oct 8, 2013 | 8.5 |
| 4 | Reasonable Doubt | Oct 15, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 5 | Razgovor | Oct 22, 2013 | 9.1 |
| 6 | Mors Praematura | Oct 29, 2013 | 8.9 |
| 7 | The Perfect Mark | Nov 5, 2013 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Endgame | Nov 12, 2013 | 9.4 |
| 9 | The Crossing | Nov 19, 2013 | 9.7 |
| 10 | The Devil's Share | Nov 26, 2013 | 9.7 |
| 11 | Lethe | Dec 17, 2013 | 9.1 |
| 12 | Aletheia | Jan 7, 2014 | 9.1 |
| 13 | 4C | Jan 14, 2014 | 8.8 |
| 14 | Provenance | Feb 4, 2014 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Last Call | Feb 25, 2014 | 8.4 |
| 16 | RAM | Mar 4, 2014 | 9.2 |
| 17 | / | Mar 18, 2014 | 9.0 |
| 18 | Allegiance | Mar 25, 2014 | 8.1 |
| 19 | Most Likely To... | Apr 1, 2014 | 8.5 |
| 20 | Death Benefit | Apr 15, 2014 | 9.1 |
| 21 | Beta | Apr 29, 2014 | 9.2 |
| 22 | A House Divided | May 6, 2014 | 9.1 |
| 23 | Deus Ex Machina | May 13, 2014 | 9.6 |
22 episodes • 2014Avg: 8.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panopticon | Sep 23, 2014 | 8.8 |
| 2 | Nautilus | Sep 30, 2014 | 8.8 |
| 3 | Wingman | Oct 7, 2014 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Brotherhood | Oct 14, 2014 | 8.2 |
| 5 | Prophets | Oct 21, 2014 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Pretenders | Oct 28, 2014 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Honor Among Thieves | Nov 11, 2014 | 8.6 |
| 8 | Point of Origin | Nov 18, 2014 | 8.6 |
| 9 | The Devil You Know | Nov 25, 2014 | 9.4 |
| 10 | The Cold War | Dec 16, 2014 | 9.1 |
| 11 | If-Then-Else | Jan 6, 2015 | 9.8 |
| 12 | Control-Alt-Delete | Jan 13, 2015 | 9.2 |
| 13 | M.I.A. | Feb 3, 2015 | 8.7 |
| 14 | Guilty | Feb 10, 2015 | 8.3 |
| 15 | Q&A | Feb 17, 2015 | 8.6 |
| 16 | Blunt | Feb 24, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 17 | Karma | Mar 10, 2015 | 8.2 |
| 18 | Skip | Mar 24, 2015 | 8.6 |
| 19 | Search and Destroy | Apr 7, 2015 | 8.7 |
| 20 | Terra Incognita | Apr 14, 2015 | 8.8 |
| 21 | Asylum | Apr 28, 2015 | 9.5 |
| 22 | YHWH | May 5, 2015 | 9.7 |
13 episodes • 2016Avg: 9.1
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.S.O.D. | May 3, 2016 | 9.1 |
| 2 | SNAFU | May 9, 2016 | 9.1 |
| 3 | Truth Be Told | May 10, 2016 | 8.5 |
| 4 | 6,741 | May 16, 2016 | 9.3 |
| 5 | ShotSeeker | May 17, 2016 | 8.7 |
| 6 | A More Perfect Union | May 23, 2016 | 8.3 |
| 7 | QSO | May 24, 2016 | 8.8 |
| 8 | Reassortment | May 24, 2016 | 8.7 |
| 9 | Sotto Voce | May 30, 2016 | 9.2 |
| 10 | The Day the World Went Away | May 31, 2016 | 9.7 |
| 11 | Synecdoche | Jun 7, 2016 | 9.2 |
| 12 | .exe | Jun 14, 2016 | 9.5 |
| 13 | return 0 | Jun 21, 2016 | 9.8 |
