DVD boxset collection featuring seasons 1–3 of American crime drama TV series Person of Interest (18 discs).
Person of Interest is an American crime drama television series. You are being watched. The government has a secret system: a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know, because I built it. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people; people like you. Crimes the government considered ‘irrelevant’. They wouldn't act, so I decided I would. But I needed a partner, someone with the skills to intervene. Hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. You'll never find us, but victim or perpetrator, if your number's up… we'll find you.
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Person of Interest TV Show Season 1 Reviews
“This is the rare crime drama that revels in actual mystery, its dark, paranoid tone embodied by two damaged heroes.” TV Guide
“..a hit series from the 2011 CBS lineup that played on the idea that crimes could be stopped by technology, and so they could invert the typical police procedural. Often there are twists and turns, and the simple sci-fi concept spins out hundreds of variations. It's a handsomely produced show with solid actors that is just smart enough to keep the audience fascinated, while entertained. Much has been made that the show sprang from the minds of J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan, who respectively worked on Lost and the much loved recent Dark Knight movie trilogy. You do get a sense of two distinctive styles coming together for the small screen. Abrams provides the twisty, turny plot that carries the show along week to week, which includes the mysterious past of the ex-CIA agent, as well as crooked cops working with organized crime. Nolan offers the gritty reality elements to spice up the fantastic design of Abrams, and a sense of how to edit action and fragmented narrative together effectively. The series looks great, and takes full advantage of New York City as a place where nobody can escape a camera or an electronic device with a GPS in it. The technology creates the paranoia, but it also ingeniously provides all the hope to solve it. The show works because Caviezel plays a convincing bad-ass while Emerson pulls off the brain all too easily. They have a chemistry that works well, and they quickly become a dynamic duo that forces you to believe in the almost comic book world they live in. They add the right gravity, and both men know how to mine a mystery and provide depth to characters that few actors can achieve. The supporting players are certainly up to par with them, but in the end the leads make the show tick…Using the paranoia of surveillance, the smarts of two great actors, and a team that knows how to make an operatic crime story seem real and gritty, Person of Interest becomes a fascinating little television show that is wildly addictive…Guilty of being a rare, crowd-pleasing show that has more than half a brain. Free to go on reinventing the buddy cop procedural genre.” DVD Verdict
“Person of Interest separates itself from the gimmick pack, not only because of superbly nuanced characterization and writing but also because of how it engages a post-9/11 sense of paranoia in its viewers.” San Francisco Chronicle
“Person of Interest excels in almost every regard. When it doesn't, it either comes up with a solution on the spot or lays the groundwork for better things to come…Emerson and Caviezel are quickly becoming a television duo to watch and, more importantly, a team-up worth watching. If the show's scripts, action and intrigue continue to improve as well, Person of Interest will soon be more than an addiction. It'll be one of TV's must-see series.” Blu-ray.com