Person of Interest

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First Aired: May. 03, 2012 on CBS

Rate Episode: 4.68/5 (22 votes)

Season 1 » Episode #21 - Many Happy Returns

Summary: Finch gives Reese his birthday off so that his partner doesn't have to face a Number that is tied to Reese's past.

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Detective Lionel Fusco: Why am I planted out here instead of Wonder Boy?

John Reese: In the end, we're all alone. And no one's coming to save you.

Harold Finch: What will you do, Mr. Reese?
John Reese: Show him what a real monster looks like.

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In the TV series The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan, there is also an episode called "Many Happy Returns" (Season 1 Episode 6). In it, Number 6 is allowed to believe that he has escaped and returned to London. After being returned, he discovers that he was allowed to leave because it was his birthday. In Person of Interest, Jim Caviezel's character is also granted a reprieve on his birthday. Before POI, Caviezel also played the character "Number 6" in the remake of "The Prisoner" as well.