History Characters / PersonOfInterestPersonsOfInterest

* CoolGuns: His weapon is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welrod Welrod]], a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era bolt-action pistol with an integrated suppressor that renders it extremely quiet (by gun standards).

* WhodunitToMe: With Reese's help, delivers a little LaserGuidedKarma to the man who killed him.

* TraumaCongaLine: For the first time, in the history of the show, its actually quite deserved. He's revealed to be having an affair at his wedding anniversary, his secretary learns he only hired her for her looks, the potential business partner leaves him out to dry, the board of his company learns about his shady criminal and business history, he gets thrown out of his company, he's nearly killed in a falling elevator,then a car accident and finally, he goes to what he thinks is a business meeting but is in fact a trap to kill him.

* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Subverted. He's fully aware that the government has major flaws. [[spoiler: Its how he justifies being paid off to put government feeds in corporate hands.]]

* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Returns in season 5 as a member of a DC-based team of the Machine's Assets. He is also HappilyMarried. ]]

%%* EvilCounterpart: To Reese.

%%* NiceGirl

%%* NiceGirl

* KidSidekick: To Reese

%%* ForensicAccounting

%%* SelfMadeMan

%%* NotSoHarmlessVillain

* BilingualBackfire: She has some nasty words for Reese, assuming he can't speak Portuguese; unfortunately for her, he can.

%%* HappilyMarried
%%* ReformedCriminal

%%* {{Safecracking}}
%%* TiredOfRunning

* PoorCommunicationKills: Very much so.

%%* FallenOnHardTimesJob

%%* HonorBeforeReason

%%* SelfMadeMan

%%* AlmightyJanitor
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* TheOneWhoMadeItOut

* BadassBookworm: When a relatively meek man turns into a DeadManWalking, all pretenses are dropped as he literally has nothing left to lose anymore. The man ''will'' get his justice and revenge if it's the last thing he'll do - which it literally is.

* TradingBarsForStripes: How he got into the Navy, he beat a man into a coma. John emphasises with him over this, alluding to his own experiences.

%%* TheCasanova
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast

%%* TheCracker

%%* DeadpanSnarker

[[folder:Billy Parsons]]
!!Billy Parsons
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/ColinDonnell\\

A car thief.

[[folder:Cyrus Wells]]
!!Cyrus Wells
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/YulVasquez\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E17 /]]"

->''"Took me a long time to see it, but there's an order to things, a plan. And everything that happens is part of it, including you."''

A janitor who was formerly a millionaire banker and businessman.

* CreatureOfHabit: Wells follows the exact same routine every day.
* MoralityPet: He serves briefly as one for Root.

[[folder:Maria Martinez]]
!!Maria Martinez
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/NazneenContractor\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E18 Allegiance]]"

An engineering contractor working for [=HydralCorp=], an international energy company.

[[folder:Leona Wainwright]]
!!Leona Wainwright
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/SandyRosenberg\\
'''Appeared in:''' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E19 Most Likely To...]]"

A clerical assistant to the Office of Personnel Management responsible for security clearances. Due to the nature of her job she would have access to names and contact details of every government official, from accountants to senators, who could access the confidential information in her department, including those who are associated with the Northern Lights program. Vigilance found out and targeted her.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her "rather theatrical death" at the hands of Vigilance, after less than two minutes of screen time, is the catalyst for the chain of events that eventually leads to Samaritan replacing The Machine as the intelligence provider for Northern Lights.
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* ReunionRevenge: With a side of ProphecyTwist: Reese and Shaw think he is going to be on the receiving end when the truth is the opposite.

Illinois' US Congressman and a member of the United States House Committee on Rules. A Relevant number that Team Machine finds themselves forced to protect. [[spoiler: Or so they initially think.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: A single episode [=PoI=]. [[spoiler: His survival ensures that Samaritan comes online.]]

* MeaningfulName: The name "Tomas Korora" alludes to the main character of the 1968 film ''Film/{{The Thomas Crown Affair|1968}}''. "Tomas" is the Spanish equivalent of Thomas, and "Koroa" is the Basque word for crown. Doubles as a BilingualBonus.

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: His whole schtick; when people escape justice, he frames them for a separate crime that ensures imprisonment.

* NoNameGiven

* CoolGuns: His WeaponOfChoice is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welrod Welrod]], a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era bolt-action pistol with an integrated suppressor that renders it extremely quiet (by gun standards).

* AwesomeMcCoolName: He's given his alter ego the name 'Jack Forge'.

* HonorBeforeReason: Joey robs banks, putting his life and liberty at risk, to provide for the family of a deceased Army comrade.

** TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: He is working as the equivalent of Reese in this team, even saving Reese and Shaw from an assassin and the Secret Service.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath

* {{Expy}}: Given the referneces to Batman mythos, she is sort of one to Vicki Vale.

* AdultFear: Control plays on this trope to convince him to bring Samaritan in to replace The Machine, telling him about a dirty bomb terrorist attack that Shaw foiled in the town where his children go to school.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: he figured out that the New York gubernatorial election was rigged.

A bounty hunter from Florida who becomes one of Reese's Numbers.

* ProphecyTwist: She really didn't kill her husband...yet.

* OutGambitted: His girlfriend is the better conman in the end, making off with $4.4 mil.

One of the first persons of interest whose number the Machine sent to Finch.

A prosecutor, former student of East Springs High School, and POI.

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