FINCH GOES UNDERCOVER AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER TO SAVE A TEEN GENIUS AND CARTER WORKS AGAINST THE CLOCK TO HELP AN IMPRISONED REESE, ON "PERSON OF INTEREST," THURSDAY, JAN. 3

"2pR" - Finch goes undercover as a high school substitute teacher to protect a teen genius POI as Carter undertakes a dangerous mission to stop the FBI from determining that an imprisoned Reese is the "Man In a Suit," on PERSON OF INTEREST, Thursday, XXXX (9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Jim Caviezel (Reese)
Michael Emerson (Finch)
Taraji P. Henson (Detective Carter)
Kevin Chapman (Detective Fusco)

RECURRING CAST:

Brennan Brown (Special Agent Donnelly)
Creighton James (Packer)
James Knight (Kelly)
Brendan Griffin (Macavoy)

GUEST CAST:

Luke Kleintank (Caleb)
Luke Kirby (Beckner)
Mary McCann (Lori)
Hassan Iniko Johnson (Lorenzo)
Jason Ananias Dixon (Diego)
Susan Blackwell (Principal Lawton)
Stevie Steel (Julia)
Malika Samuel (Lily)
James Colby (Murphy)
Gregory Abbey (Glazer)
John Sharian (Warden Hutchins)
Michael Heckler (Tall Guy)
David Fierro (Stocky Guy)
Jeff Woodman (FBI Tech)

WRITTEN BY: Dan Dietz

DIRECTED BY: Richard J. Lewis

RATING: To Be Announced