Episode
Person of Interest: Panopticon
Overview
Forced to take on new identities provided by Root, the team members try to adapt to their new lives. However, some find it hard to ignore The Machine's numbers, which puts them all at risk of being detected by Samaritan.
Details
- Series
- Person of Interest
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2014-09-23
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Panopticon is Episode 1 in Season 4 of Person of Interest. It aired on 2014-09-23. The runtime is 43 min.
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