The latest number that the Machine dispenses belongs to Michael Cahill , who on the surface is an unassuming and upstanding but solitary citizen, which masks the fact of being involved in a major smuggling ring led by a man named Vargas .

Person of Interest S03E11, Reese leaves the team and heads for Colorado, where his father had lived. The Machine provides a new number to Harold, who at first is reluctant, but eventually accepts it on Root’s insistence. The number belongs to Arthur Claypool , Harold’s close friend during his days at MIT.

The machine gives the numbers of Sameen Shaw , a government assassin, and Michael Cole , a computer specialist working for Special Counsel .