Person of Interest Season 6: Why The Show Was Cancelled

When Person of Interest was canceled after season 5 because CBS no longer made a profit from the series, there were plans for what season 6’s story could’ve been about. The action-thriller series was based on the concept of an artificial intelligence called The Machine that could predict murders before they happen. It provided “numbers” to its creator, Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), which would point to a “person of interest“, who could end up being the victim or the perpetrator of a crime. For each case, the main characters would have to discreetly investigate the situation. Person of Interest was unfortunately canceled after five seasons; its final season, which only consisted of 13 episodes, did wrap up lingering plot lines and resolved the conflict between the main characters and their primary antagonist, Samaritan.