'Person of Interest" Season 5: Jim Caviezel, Amy Acker, Michael Emerson Return For 13 Episodes!

The Season 4 finale of Person of Interest aired on CBS. In the renewal of Season 5, Finch (Michael Emerson), Reese (Jim Caviezel), and Root (Amy Acker) will be back to "save" the dying Machine from Samaritan, but with a reduced order of episodes, in a 13 episode arc.

In our previous recap, Team Machine found themselves in two different wars. Reese and Elias (Enrico Colantoni) were both captured by rival ganster, Dominic (Winston Duke). While Shaw was being taken to a different location, Root (Amy Acker) and Finch found themselves trapped in Samaritan's base. In order to save them, the Machine gave up its location to Greer (Joh Nolan).

In our recent recap, Fusco arrived in the nick of time with the calvary, arresting Dominic and Elias. While Control (Camryn Manheim)'s men were looking to prevent the bombing of the Supreme Court, Root and Finch discovered the Machine was dying. In order to save the Machine, Finch had to download his program into a portable computer, inside a briefcase.

In the closing minutes, Root realized they had two clips left and their briefcase was running low on double AA batteries. As Samaritan's agents took out Elias and Dominic, Greer's men put a bag over Control's face and took her hostage. As Pink Floyd's Welcome to the Machine started playing, Finch walked out, with no gun, alongside Reese and Root as they started shooting down Samaritan's agents.

According to TV Line, Person of Interest was renewed alongside NCIS, Hawaii Five-0, The Good Wife, and 11 other shows CBS also cancelled Battle Creek, Stalker and The McCarthys.

Deadline reports Season 5 has only been granted 13 episodes. The Mentalist was given 13 episodes to wrap up loose ends before the series finale. We await to hear if Season 5 will actually be the last POI.

It is still a great time to celebrate though. On her official Twitter account, Acker tweets, "Thanks for all the love! Super excited about S5! Yay! #PersonOfInterest @CBSTweet"

The @POIWritersRoom Twitter account states, "Congratulations to the greatest cast & crew and thank you to the best fans! #PersonOfInterest #Season5"

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Don't forget to check out our 5 thoughts on the two-part season 4 finale of Person of Interest.

Person of Interest  will return for Season 5 on CBS.

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