John Reese, a former CIA agent and Army Special Forces soldier turned homeless alcoholic, has a struggle with a group of hot-headed teenagers on the subway.

Reese takes the case of Theresa Whitaker , a girl who supposedly died with her family two years previously.

The Machine produces the Social Security number of Joey Durban , a former soldier. On returning from Afghanistan, Joey joined a gang of former soldiers who have taken to robbing banks.

Reese begins 24-hour surveillance of Dr. Megan Tillman , the latest POI. He and Finch believe that she’s being targeted by Andrew Benton , a serial stalker and sex offender who drugs his victims before raping them, only to discover that Tillman is actually stalking Benton and planning to kill him;

A Polish street gang known as SP-9 kidnaps the son of Samuel Gates , a judge known to be tough on crime. In exchange for his son’s safe return, the leader demands that the judge release a banker who is key to their money-laundering operations without any punishment

Reese takes the case of Zoe Morgan , a professional fixer who uses her influence and her connections to powerful people to perform favors for her own clients.

Reese must protect Charlie Burton , a school teacher who witnessed a Russian mobster shooting an Italian-American mob lieutenant in a Brighton Beach bodega.