[s5e1] B.s.o.d. ✦ Free Forever

Reese protects a traumatized Finch as they transport the Machine's source code, which is rapidly deteriorating due to power loss.

Left in the dark by the others, Fusco is investigated by Internal Affairs and the FBI for the deaths of crime bosses Dominic and Elias, unknowingly being "cleared" by a Samaritan operative within the agency. [S5E1] B.S.O.D.

The Machine, sensing its imminent erasure, asks Finch what death is and reminds him of his father's struggle with Alzheimer’s, equating memory loss to death. Reese protects a traumatized Finch as they transport

Picking up just hours after the Season 4 finale, the team is fractured and hunted: Picking up just hours after the Season 4

is the premiere episode of the fifth and final season of Person of Interest , following the desperate retreat of Team Machine after the rise of the rival AI, Samaritan. The title refers to the "Blue Screen of Death," a fatal system error screen, symbolizing the near-extinction of the Machine as it fights to survive in a compressed state within a briefcase. Plot Summary