Person of Interest will be back for Season 5 in 2016, not with a full 23 episode season but with only 13 hinting that it will be the final installment of the series.
CBS has confirmed the fifth season of Person of Interest. It's a good news for Jonathan Nolan's crime action drama but the show's future is not assured. Person of Interest is still on the edge because CBS has decided not to give the series a full season.
Person of Interest Season 5 will only have 13 episodes and not the usual 23 episodes. Aside from that, CBS will air Person of Interest Season 5 not this year but early next year, 2016. These signs aren't really good for the series.
Person of Interest is loved by the critics and has positive reviews. But that seems to be not enough for Jonathan Nolan's series to garner more viewership.
Person of Interest's continuous decline of ratings might be the reason of CBS' action.
Even before the renewal of Person of Interest for its fifth season it seems that CBS President Nina Tassler has already been doubting the potential of the show. But because of the good ideas presented by the showrunners Nolan and Greg Plagemen for the next season, they decided to renew it for another season.
Showrunners Nolan and Plagement gave hints to the fans about the upcoming season. Person of Interest Season 5 will pick up where Season 4 left off. He said that Finch, portrayed by Michael Emerson, will find a way on how to rebuild the Machine and what upgrades to make.
Plageman added that Season 5 will also show "a rebuilding [one] for our characters. They've been protected to this point by this all-seeing eye of the Machine, and they're now responsible for trying to rebuild that machine, so they're much more vulnerable than we've seen them before. It's going to be a harrowing season."
But with just 13 episodes, will "Person of Interest" season 5 will be its last? The series returns midseason on CBS.
Will Person of Interest Season 5 be the last of the series? Or will pick up its rating and make more?
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