IN A RACE TO SAVE THE MACHINE, THE POI TEAM PARTNERS WITH SURPRISING NEW ALLIES TO FEND OFF ROOT AND THE MYSTERIOUS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DECIMA, ON THE SECOND SEASON FINALE OF "PERSON OF INTEREST," THURSDAY, MAY 9

Carrie Preston, Amy Acker, Sarah Shahi, Brett Cullen, Jay O. Sanders and Enrico Colantoni Guest Star

"God Mode" - Reese & Finch team up with surprising allies in a race to save The Machine from Root and the mysterious international organization Decima, who have both re-emerged with dangerous agendas. As the POI team faces off against enemies old and new, the nature of Finch's relationship with former partner Nathan Ingram is revealed along with his original motivation for wanting to save The Machine's irrelevant numbers. Meanwhile, in her mission to bring Cal Beecher's murderer to justice, Detective Carter finds herself up against the criminal organization known as HR, on the second season finale of PERSON OF INTEREST, Thursday, May 9 (9:01 - 10:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Carrie Preston, Amy Acker, Sarah Shahi, Brett Cullen, Jay O. Sanders and Enrico Colantoni guest star.

SERIES REGULARS:

Jim Caviezel (Reese)
Michael Emerson (Finch)
Taraji P. Henson (Detective Carter)
Kevin Chapman (Detective Fusco)

RECURRING CAST:

Carrie Preston (Grace Hendricks)
Amy Acker (Root)
Sarah Shahi (Sam Shaw)
Brett Cullen (Nathan Ingram)
Enrico Colantoni (Carl Elias)
Jay O. Sanders (Special Counsel)
Boris McGiver (Hersh)
Al Sapienza (Detective Raymond Terney)
Morgan Spector (Peter Yogorov)

GUEST CAST:

Stivi Paskoski (Eastern European Thug)
Peter Friedman (Lawrence Szilard)
Richard Gallagher (Jilted Man)
Anthony Mangano (Detective Kane)
Abraham Makany (Asif)
Hadi Tabbal (Translator)
Susan Cella (Lady Driver)
Tom Galantich (Businessman)
Brad Heberlee (Engineer)
Wesley Broulik (Caretaker)
Jordan Lage (Carson)
Carmen Ruby Floyd (Nurse)
Nick Mills (Uni)

WRITTEN BY: Patrick Harbinson and Jonathan Nolan

DIRECTED BY: Richard J. Lewis

RATING: To Be Announced