# "Person of Interest," a ~10-year old series whose time has come--BACK

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**Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-of-interest-a-10-year-old-series-whose-time-has-come-back/1021824/16 "2026-10-11T18:46:06Z")

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Thinking about his show again, and gave it a shout out here:

> [@AI and the "end of humanity". Explain please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021/223):
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> A good take was the show Person of Interest Spoilered even though its last ep was ten years ago. play_button Summary Enjoyable show.

Season finale had The Machine surviving albeit at least transiently diminished as a version of itself on a satellite still working to fulfill its mission. It’s having grown in ways Finch never intended. And having been raised by Finch, which also presumes having curiosity.

Where do you think a sequel would go, from there?

This really is the show’s time, for where it went more than where it started.

(I feel weird spoilering a show this old, but … and apologies that even linking the thread I mentioned it in is a spoiler.)

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