When the Machine spits out five numbers, naming the Don of each of New York’s crime families, Reese and Finch suspect Elias is planning to eliminate his competition, and Carter wants them in protective custody.

Reese and Finch get the number of Hayden Price , a hypnotherapist. Finch, who poses as Hayden’s patient, learns that Hayden is a con man who hypnotizes his patients into giving him their security information, which allows him to enter their bank accounts and steal from them. One of his patients, Sven Vanger (Carsten […]

Reese and Finch work to save both the life of a CEO undergoing secret surgery and the wife of the surgeon from a former MI6 agent and a team of ex-SAS operatives;

The team witness Leona Wainwright being killed by a suicide bomber. She worked for the government, managing security clearances; Finch deduces from cell phone information that Vigilance killed her. Their next number, prosecutor Matthew Reed , sends Reese and Shaw to a high school reunion in Westchester.

Detective Carter’s investigation into the Charlie Burton/Carl Elias case has earned her a place on Elias’ hit list, making her the next POI.