Mystery drama with perfect season and “no shortage of excitement” lands new UK streaming home
Person of Interest, the classic 2010s sci-fi mystery series has found a new UK home on Netflix. Created by Westworld‘s Jonathan Nolan, all five seasons of the drama are available to stream from Sunday (1 March).
Person of Interest centers on tech billionaire Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), who has developed a powerful technology that is capable of preventing terrorist attacks, named ‘The Machine’.
Finch enlists John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former CIA operative to help stop everyday murders alongside two NYPD detectives.
Alonside Emerson and Caviezel, Person of Interest’s main cast includes Empire‘s Taraji P Henson, Angel‘s Amy Acker, Kevin Chapman, and Sarah Shahi.
This Is Us star Sterling K Brown also stars alongside Carrie Preston, Winston Duke, and Leslie Odom Jr.
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Person of Interest was the first foray into TV for Jonathan Nolan, the younger brother of Oscar-winning director Christopher.
Jonathan would go on to create Westworld, as well as executive produce The Peripheral and Prime Video’s Fallout series.
On the big screen he has collaborated with his brother on a number of screenplays, including for The Dark Knight and Interstellar.
Person of Interest ran from 2011 to 2016 on CBS, raking up 103 episodes.
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During its run the series was highly praised by critics and currently holds a 90% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Out of its five seasons, the first is the only not to reach a full 100% Fresh rating, with critics later noting how the show kept getting better.
Upon its premiere in 2011, Paste wrote: “Person of Interest in an interesting premise, albeit flawed, that will hopefully flesh itself out further.”
Writing about season two, TV Fanatic praised the series’ development, saying: “With it’s great combination of action and drama, there’s no shortage of excitement week to week.”
While the AV Club wrote of season three: “A smart show that keeps getting smarter, Person Of Interest evolved from a procedural with a twist into something entirely itself: a well-paced, tightly constructed sci-fi thriller that continually questions its assumptions.”
Person of Interest is streaming now on Netflix.
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