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Joss Carter is a fictional character portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the TV series Person of Interest.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Pilot (season 1), they were 41 years old.
They appear in 55 episodes out of a total of 103 aired and have accumulated 32536 positive votes.
The character of Joss Carter is mainly associated with John Reese, Lionel Fusco and Harold Finch.

Joss Carter

by Taraji P. Henson

character

Episodes55

  • 8.3
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    Pilot

    episode S1.E1 september 2011
    A mysterious benefactor gives an ex-government operative a chance at redemption. All they have is the name of a person who will be involved in a violent crime, whether as victim or perpetrator, they don't know, but will find out.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Ghosts

    episode S1.E2 september 2011
    Reese and Finch are given the number of a teenager killed two years ago, making Reese question the sources fallibility.
  • 8
    /10

    Mission Creep

    episode S1.E3 october 2011
    The latest number is an ex-soldier who's now part of a gang that specialize in robberies. Mr. Reese goes undercover inside the gang.
  • 8.4
    /10

    Cura Te Ipsum

    episode S1.E4 october 2011
    Reese and Finch surveil their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she's on call and after hours to unravel the threat surrounding the promising young physician.
  • 8.3
    /10

    Judgement

    episode S1.E5 october 2011
    When the Machine produces the number of a judge renowned for his tough sentencing, Reese and Finch have the added challenge of an uncooperative POI who has too many enemies.
  • 8.6
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    The Fix

    episode S1.E6 october 2011
    Mr. Reese goes undercover as a chauffeur to get closer to the latest number.
  • 8.8
    /10

    Witness

    episode S1.E7 november 2011
    The Machine identifies a school teacher who witnessed a mob hit as their next POI and Reese and Finch rush to save his life.
  • 8.1
    /10

    Foe

    episode S1.E8 november 2011
    When Reese and Finch discover that their latest POI has connections to Cold War Soviet espionage circles, they quickly learn how covert ops were handled in a world before The Machine.
  • 8.7
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    Get Carter

    episode S1.E9 december 2011
    Reese and Finch's game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machine declares that she is their newest POI.
  • 9.1
    /10

    Number Crunch

    episode S1.E10 december 2011
    As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese and Finch, The Machine ups the ante for the duo by giving them four Social Security numbers instead of one.
  • 8.7
    /10

    Super

    episode S1.E11 january 2012
    With Reese still recovering from his injury, Finch does the legwork with their latest POI, a building super who keeps too close an eye on his tenants.
  • 8.2
    /10

    Legacy

    episode S1.E12 january 2012
    When Carter finally comes face-to-face with Reese, he urges her to join forces to help with their latest POI, a scrappy young woman from the wrong side of the tracks who turned her life around and became a lawyer.
  • 8.8
    /10

    Root Cause

    episode S1.E13 february 2012
    Finch and Reese run surveillance on a man who's been unemployed for eight months without his family knowing. Angry that he's been fired, he may pose a threat to society.
  • 8.1
    /10

    Wolf and Cub

    episode S1.E14 february 2012
    The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing concerned that the son of his former business partner is dangerously close to finding out about The Machine.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Blue Code

    episode S1.E15 february 2012
    Reese discovers there's more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.
  • 8.3
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    Risk

    episode S1.E16 february 2012
    The Machine leads Reese and Finch to Wall Street when a sharp young trader at a major investment bank becomes embroiled in a multi-million dollar financial scam.
  • 8.6
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    Baby Blue

    episode S1.E17 march 2012
    When Moretti gets released from prison, Carter and Mr. Reese team up to protect him from Elias. Meanwhile, Finch's new number belongs to a six month old baby girl.
  • 8.4
    /10

    Identity Crisis

    episode S1.E18 march 2012
    Finch and Mr. Reese are going after a person who seems to be leading a double life. However, they soon realize there are 2 people with the same social security number; one of whom is in danger and one who's an impostor.
  • 9
    /10

    Flesh and Blood

    episode S1.E19 april 2012
    Elias is finally ready to eliminate the dons and become the leader of the underground.
  • 8.8
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    Matsya Nyaya

    episode S1.E20 april 2012
    In 2012, Mr. Reese goes undercover as an armored car security guard to prevent a robbery. In 2010, CIA plan to eliminate two of their best agents.
  • 9.1
    /10

    Many Happy Returns

    episode S1.E21 may 2012
    Finch gives Reese the day off ostensibly as a favor but really because the new number is too close to John. He finds out anyway, leading to the question of how far he will go to protect.
  • 9
    /10

    No Good Deed

    episode S1.E22 may 2012
    Finch and Mr. Reese are tailing a spy working for the NSA. As he gets too close to finding out about the Machine, the Government are out to get him.
  • 9.6
    /10

    Firewall

    episode S1.E23 may 2012
    Reese is trapped next to a person of interest in a part of the city extremely controlled and needs the help of Finch, Fusco and Carter.
  • 9
    /10

    The Contingency

    episode S2.E1 september 2012
    Mr. Reese breaks Finch's code of communicating with the Machine in order to save the new number, Leon, who stole money from some Aryan outlaws. He then convinces the Machine to help him find Finch.
  • 9
    /10

    Bad Code

    episode S2.E2 october 2012
    Detective Carter and Mr. Reese go to Texas to look into Root's past. Root shows to Finch that the people who bought his Machine are evil. Mr. Reese finally finds Finch.
  • 8.3
    /10

    Masquerade

    episode S2.E3 october 2012
    Mr. Reese becomes the new bodyguard of the daughter of a Brazilian diplomat who parties with the wrong type of people. Finch finds it hard to readjust to society after his kidnapping.
  • 8.1
    /10

    Triggerman

    episode S2.E4 october 2012
    Mr. Reese and Finch try to protect a man involved in organized crime that has a bounty on him.
  • 8.7
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    Bury the Lede

    episode S2.E5 november 2012
    The FBI are getting closer to the head of HR. Mr. Reese tries to prevent a young journalist that likes taking risks from being killed. To avoid getting media attention, Mr. Reese starts dating her. Fusco is playing double.
  • 8.3
    /10

    The High Road

    episode S2.E6 november 2012
    John and Zoe go deep undercover as husband and wife to get close to a person who's been using a dead guy's identity for the past 15 years. In a flashback Finch first meets Grace Hendricks.
  • 8.4
    /10

    Critical

    episode S2.E7 november 2012
    Leon is trapped for his own protection. A medical doctor faces a difficult decision. Detective Carter encounters agent Snow.
  • 8.1
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    Til Death

    episode S2.E8 november 2012
    Mr. Reese and Mr. Finch try to stop a rich married couple from killing each other.
  • 8.1
    /10

    C.O.D.

    episode S2.E9 december 2012
    Finch and Mr. Reese try to protect a taxi driver that is being chased by the Estonian mafia. HR try to make a deal with Elias.
  • 8.8
    /10

    Shadow Box

    episode S2.E10 december 2012
    While the FBI refocuses their efforts to catch "The Man in the Suit," Reese's latest POI becomes a personal quest after he learns that she's the sister of a soldier who was killed in action.
  • 8.9
    /10

    2 Pi R

    episode S2.E11 january 2013
    Finch goes undercover as a maths teacher to get close to the new Number, a troubled high school student, with a lot of secrets.
  • 9.4
    /10

    Prisoner's Dilemma

    episode S2.E12 january 2013
    Finch and Carter are trying to get Reese out of Riker's, where he is still being kept prisoner by Donnelly. Meanwhile, Fusco is working alone on the next number.
  • 9.2
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    Dead Reckoning

    episode S2.E13 january 2013
    Reese finds out that being saved from prosecution by Stanton means having a bomb strapped to his chest while he and Snow do her biding.
  • 8.3
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    One Percent

    episode S2.E14 february 2013
    A tech billionaire's erratic behavior makes it very hard for Mr Reese to protect him when his number comes up.
  • 8.5
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    Booked Solid

    episode S2.E15 february 2013
    Finch and Reese go undercover in a hotel to protect a cleaning woman who is the apparent target of Serbian killers. Meanwhile, Carter begins the process of joining the FBI and someone from their past unexpectedly returns.
  • 9.3
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    Relevance

    episode S2.E16 february 2013
    Sam Shaw and her associate Michael Cole receive the Relevant numbers from the Machine.
  • 8.5
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    Proteus

    episode S2.E17 march 2013
    The Machine suddenly provides six numbers, one of whom has a place on remote Owen Island. Because of a tropical storm Finch and Reese are trapped there with eight others, and one is them is methodically killing the others, one by one.
  • 8.2
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    All In

    episode S2.E18 march 2013
    After saving Leon Tao yet again, Reese goes to Atlantic City to watch over a retiree who's losing a fortune in the casino. HR smears Szymanski so that he can't testify at a Russian mob trial and Carter risks her life trying to clear him.
  • 8.6
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    Trojan Horse

    episode S2.E19 april 2013
    Finch goes undercover at a tech company to watch a rising VP. The company appears to be riddled with agents who are a front for something more sinister. Shaw reappears and takes an interest in Root. HR decides to rub out an informant.
  • 8.8
    /10

    In Extremis

    episode S2.E20 april 2013
    A respected doctor is poisoned with Polonium and has just 24 hours to help Reese find his killer. Carter, grieving over the death of Cal Beecher, helps Fusco when HR turns Internal Affairs against him.
  • 9.4
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    Zero Day

    episode S2.E21 may 2013
    They wait ten days for a new number due to a system virus, suspecting Root is the problem. It's for Ernest Thornhill, who isn't who, or what, he is supposed to be. At stake is The Machine - will it remain with Finch or end up with Decima?
  • 9.5
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    God Mode

    episode S2.E22 may 2013
    Reese and 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.
  • 8.3
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    Liberty

    episode S3.E1 september 2013
    It's Fleet Week in New York City, making the hunt for one Naval Officer among a sea of sailors even more difficult for Reese, Finch and Shaw.
  • 8.3
    /10

    Nothing to Hide

    episode S3.E2 october 2013
    The head of an Internet company ostensibly for finding lost loved ones is really a front for selling personal info. Carter has to train a new cop while she looks for Beecher's killer and a new vigilante named Collier makes his appearance.
  • 8.6
    /10

    Lady Killer

    episode S3.E3 october 2013
    The team suspects the latest number to be a potential stalker/ killer until he's nearly shot on the street. Root plots her escape from the institution and gives her psychiatrist a big surprise.
  • 8
    /10

    Reasonable Doubt

    episode S3.E4 october 2013
    The next number the machine dispenses is for Vanessa Watkins, a hard-nosed prosecuting attorney who, when Finch and Reese first meet her, has just reported her husband, Jeremy Watkins, missing from their yacht. While Vanessa has put away many a criminal over her storied career, Jeremy has let many go as a flashy and high-priced defense attorney. As her number came in after the report of him missing, they know Jeremy's presumed death is not the reason for the number, yet they don't know if Vanessa is the target or the perpetrator. They learn that the lead investigator on the case of Jeremy's death, Detective Cameron, is looking at her for her husband's murder as all evidence found thus far implicates her. Cameron's main problem?: he doesn't have a body, and thus needs Vanessa to confess to make a conviction stick, which she may or may not know. They will also learn that Cameron has a personal vendetta against her, which places a major obstacle in tracking her as she tries to elude Cameron. As Finch and the team wade through the story of the complicated lives of Jeremy and Vanessa - including their unlikely personal coupling - they find that Vanessa knows her law and is resourceful and strategic in her every surprising move. They may not learn if she is the target or the perpetrator without getting the story directly from her. Even then, as she is a lawyer who knows how to spin, they have to act the judge and jury in their own court of opinion in evaluating her story. Meanwhile, as Carter assists them on this case, she finds that she has to be careful around her new rookie partner, Laskey. She doesn't yet know how careful she truly has to be.
  • 9.1
    /10

    Razgovor

    episode S3.E5 october 2013
    Shaw is tasked with staying close to a 10-year-old girl identified by The Machine. Meanwhile, Carter's continues her mission to take down HR.
  • 9
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    Mors Praematura

    episode S3.E6 october 2013
    Root reappears and kidnaps Shaw. Finch helps an estate investigator who looking into the death of his step brother. A new vigilante group (Vigilance) makes it presence known. Carter's young partner has his loyalty to HR tested.
  • 8.6
    /10

    The Perfect Mark

    episode S3.E7 november 2013
    A hypnotherapist, who's really a con man, pumps his patients for personal information while they are hypnotized. One of his patients is an antique dealer who launders money for HR.
  • 9.4
    /10

    Endgame

    episode S3.E8 november 2013
    Finch receives 38 numbers at once from the Machine. He discovers they are connected to an unknown player who is inciting an all-out war between HR and the Russian mob.
  • 9.7
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    The Crossing

    episode S3.E9 november 2013
    Danger closes in when the epic battle to bring the criminal organization HR to justice reaches new heights. And when the Machine suddenly gives out Reese's number, the POI team faces their greatest threat yet.
  • 8.8
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    Terra Incognita

    episode S4.E20 april 2015
    Reese tries to honor Carter's memory by solving a cold case she was unable to.

Best moments10

  • 9.4
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    88% of the votes

    Endgame

    episode S3.E8 november 2013
    Finch receives 38 numbers at once from the Machine. He discovers they are connected to an unknown player who is inciting an all-out war between HR and the Russian mob.
  • 9.7
    /10
    87% of the votes

    The Crossing

    episode S3.E9 november 2013
    Danger closes in when the epic battle to bring the criminal organization HR to justice reaches new heights. And when the Machine suddenly gives out Reese's number, the POI team faces their greatest threat yet.
  • 8.6
    /10
    80% of the votes

    The Perfect Mark

    episode S3.E7 november 2013
    A hypnotherapist, who's really a con man, pumps his patients for personal information while they are hypnotized. One of his patients is an antique dealer who launders money for HR.
  • 9.4
    /10
    78% of the votes

    Prisoner's Dilemma

    episode S2.E12 january 2013
    Finch and Carter are trying to get Reese out of Riker's, where he is still being kept prisoner by Donnelly. Meanwhile, Fusco is working alone on the next number.
  • 8.8
    /10
    77% of the votes

    Terra Incognita

    episode S4.E20 april 2015
    Reese tries to honor Carter's memory by solving a cold case she was unable to.
  • 8
    /10
    53% of the votes

    Reasonable Doubt

    episode S3.E4 october 2013
    The next number the machine dispenses is for Vanessa Watkins, a hard-nosed prosecuting attorney who, when Finch and Reese first meet her, has just reported her husband, Jeremy Watkins, missing from their yacht. While Vanessa has put away many a criminal over her storied career, Jeremy has let many go as a flashy and high-priced defense attorney. As her number came in after the report of him missing, they know Jeremy's presumed death is not the reason for the number, yet they don't know if Vanessa is the target or the perpetrator. They learn that the lead investigator on the case of Jeremy's death, Detective Cameron, is looking at her for her husband's murder as all evidence found thus far implicates her. Cameron's main problem?: he doesn't have a body, and thus needs Vanessa to confess to make a conviction stick, which she may or may not know. They will also learn that Cameron has a personal vendetta against her, which places a major obstacle in tracking her as she tries to elude Cameron. As Finch and the team wade through the story of the complicated lives of Jeremy and Vanessa - including their unlikely personal coupling - they find that Vanessa knows her law and is resourceful and strategic in her every surprising move. They may not learn if she is the target or the perpetrator without getting the story directly from her. Even then, as she is a lawyer who knows how to spin, they have to act the judge and jury in their own court of opinion in evaluating her story. Meanwhile, as Carter assists them on this case, she finds that she has to be careful around her new rookie partner, Laskey. She doesn't yet know how careful she truly has to be.
  • 8.7
    /10
    42% of the votes

    Get Carter

    episode S1.E9 december 2011
    Reese and Finch's game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machine declares that she is their newest POI.
  • 8.8
    /10
    28% of the votes

    In Extremis

    episode S2.E20 april 2013
    A respected doctor is poisoned with Polonium and has just 24 hours to help Reese find his killer. Carter, grieving over the death of Cal Beecher, helps Fusco when HR turns Internal Affairs against him.
  • 9.1
    /10
    14% of the votes

    Number Crunch

    episode S1.E10 december 2011
    As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese and Finch, The Machine ups the ante for the duo by giving them four Social Security numbers instead of one.
  • 8.5
    /10
    13% of the votes

    Proteus

    episode S2.E17 march 2013
    The Machine suddenly provides six numbers, one of whom has a place on remote Owen Island. Because of a tropical storm Finch and Reese are trapped there with eight others, and one is them is methodically killing the others, one by one.

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