A homeless alcoholic is riding a subway when he is accosted by a gang of teenagers after refusing to relinquish his whisky bottle. Their efforts to teach him to share instead lead him to teach them a lesson. The homeless guy is ex-CIA agent John Reese, who disappeared and is now presumed dead. But he has not fallen off Harold Finch’s all-seeing radar.
After bailing Reese out of police custody, Finch tells him about the Machine and the access he has to its crime prediction service, then makes him an offer. Reese does not accept immediately, but agrees to test the water.
The social security number Reese is given to investigate belongs to Assistant District Attorney Diane Hanson, who is working on a major case involving drugs and murder. As he begins to suspect that a group of corrupt cops are standing in the way of justice, Reese forcibly persuades one of them - Detective Lionel Fusco - to provide some telling information.
But who is at the top of the chain? Will Fusco prove to be a reliable source in the future? And will Reese sign up long-term to Finch’s offer?
Comments (65)
9 months ago
Keith L.
I have a slow sky broadband connection where I live but had no problem viewing this. Not one stop or stutter except for a couple during the adverts only.
9 months ago
Debbie
Been trying to watch this for 3 days and keep buffering and now only got 18 minutes to watch
9 months ago
M Edelman
It's not my broadband. Every other channel, everything else I stream, works just fine. Only 5 is totally rubbish. You people need to sort yourselves out.
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9 months ago
Joanne Clissold
Fantastic episode 1 and was pleased that I could watch it on the computer as forgot to record the first episode. I'm with Orange and had no probles with buffering or freezing at all, played all the way through, adverts were a pain though.
9 months ago
sully
its the broadband, i had virgin media for 2years and i never got a problem i have just changed my broadband company to talktalk and its buffing ever 2mintz. call everyone less reading this tell me which broadband you r usin plz thankz
9 months ago
It guy
for those that can't get this to work properly you need a decent broadband connection otherwise it will stop or be jerky. Recomended broadband speed 5Mb/s or higher
9 months ago
Garry
Wish I culd watch this, gets to second set of adverts then stops. Please sort this problem out
9 months ago
Bev
Thoroughly enjoyed this, only just caught sight of it. Absolutely no problems with video on my old IE
9 months ago
Pubplayer
This is not playing, adverts play fine. Then when the video comes, it doesn't play at all. is this to do with money.
9 months ago
Mike
How do you make it play?
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9 months ago
Derham
shame about the player, I was looking forward to catching up with this.
9 months ago
Gary
Useless player. Jerky and keeps stopping forcing me to watch adverts again and again. Channel 5 check out BBCiplayer to see how to do on demand properly.
9 months ago
Mattew
Very good, just makes you think...... Only able to watch in compact form not full screen though without it stuttering (on Chrome)
9 months ago
David
Those who are experiencing problems - if you are running Firefox, make sure you have the latest version. If else, I don't know - have just watched it with no problems but definite difficulties with Firefox 12.
9 months ago
Anne
Have spent an hour trying to watch this episode and am about to give up. Stopping, starting and goinh back to the adverts continually.
9 months ago
mychalina
Wow this is just amazing compulsive viewing .Hope the high standard is kept up.
9 months ago
Ann
stopping and starting - going back to the adverts (which play fine) - taken 90 mins to watch the first 22mins and episode 2 is starting in 15 Very disappointed with this service
9 months ago
AllenVincent489
Subtitles badly out of sync :(
9 months ago
AllenVincent489
Subtitles badly out of sync :(
9 months ago
stewart
no problems watching video for me guys excellent show
9 months ago
Tim
Really jerky video that's behind the sound; no download option like on the iPlayer, which is disappointing. What I've been able to watch looks promising though. Better make sure I don't miss an episode though because this on-demand is not good :(
9 months ago
lisa
i cant watch this it keeps sticking,i saw a comment someone made about watching it through the american channel,how do i do that??
9 months ago
Neil
yet again not able to watch as it keeps stopping and starting not happy with this service as it has never worked going over to the American site to watch this
9 months ago
Phil S
I've seen the whole season,, great show :D
9 months ago
C
great show! Keep it coming!
9 months ago
Melayahm
Well, worth a look. There's always a danger it will wander off up it's own tailpipe like Lost after the 1st series, but hey, there's always hope. No doubt the 'tech' is being stretched ridiculously to fit the needs of the story, but life can imitate 'art'. Caveizel has an Eric Roberts thing going on.
9 months ago
Karen
Why does this appear on the web page but not on the iPad app? I can't watch it on the web page as there is no flash player. Please put this on the demand 5 app!!
9 months ago
hon
Wow. I'm hard to please, but this show was amazing. Great stuff, keep it coming.
9 months ago
Stella
So far this looks like a hit
9 months ago
Clem
Looking good, i just hope it does not turn out to be like lost, confusing, unrealistic and just plain over-the-top which makes something boring! I Like the guy :)
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9 months ago
Mark the Spark
I loved this, it was better than most things out there. I see by your words on here, it's got you all going, so it can't be that bad. I would give it 8 out 10 myself.
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9 months ago
Lynette
Bit far fetched, but I'm hooked!!!!
9 months ago
jo symonds
really liked it ccant wait for next one, and he's gorgeous mm yummy what a bonus.
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9 months ago
RobbieMunro
Last time I watch ondemand from 5! Video keeps stopping, wont restart untill I refresh the page and then have to watch all the sodding adverts again!!!
9 months ago
Lily
Michael Emerson is great. I haven't sen him in anything since LOST and he was Ben Linus but I'm telling you... this is great. I love it :) Hopefully it'll last a long time
9 months ago
steve parker
Bit unbelievable but hey its what we need in our lives im gonna love it i think
9 months ago
Rat
This has a lot of potential. I like the little twist in this story.
9 months ago
wee jamie
looking good hope it stays not just a wee bit but longer
9 months ago
Kan Galbesar
Why no subtitles on Demand 5 for those with a hearing impairment ?
9 months ago
Alan
Good stuff! Lets hope they dont do the same as they did with Flash Forward!
9 months ago
Rob
I am hooked!! What the heck is the rich guy really after???
9 months ago
G
The adverts play fine. Then when the video comes, it doesn't play at all. Neither Chrome nor IE9. Windows Vista 32 bit, 4 GB RAM, 2.1 Ghz Processor. Come on guys.
9 months ago
Robbie
omg that was shit hot !!!!
9 months ago
lucille
come on 5 get this sorted out please its been long enough
9 months ago
Wozzle
The video keeps buffering except when the flipping adverts come on. I wish there was a way to skip the adverts
9 months ago
mike fischer
This episode seems very familer. Has it been shown somewhere else on satellite tv ?
9 months ago
Beresford
I'm hooked already! Has elements of "Minority Report" about it :)
9 months ago
Typing Fish
If this action guy was trying to hide from the government, then why did he hang around after he beat up those tough guys on the subway?? And how did the rich guy find him as soon as he got arrested before he had been processed through the police computers? Also why did the rich guy feel the need to first meet action guy in a deserted place.. when he had just arranged for action guy to ride in his posh car??
9 months ago
JAY
looking good,need to see more first tho
9 months ago
Daren
unmissable show love it.!!!!!!!!!
9 months ago
Daren
hope it goes on for years has it's brillant and unmissable
9 months ago
Sal ibn Hari
Excellent programme; another hit for Channel5.
9 months ago
Charlie
Jaanki ....yeah i knew it wouldnt be available until after the show had been on tv ... i'm not that thick! But at the stage that i wrote that it wasn't clear whether it would be on demand at all as with some programmes (such as Justifiied) they don't have the rights to make them available on demand. It didnt say 'coming soon to on demand' like some other tv channels do, only that it wasn't available so there was no way to know whether it would be or not.
9 months ago
pinklil
This is brilliant!. Another first class show from 5. :).
9 months ago
Billy
I so hope this series is available through on demand all the time, loving it.
9 months ago
Jaanki
It will be available on demand after the programme has been aired!
9 months ago
Charlie
will it be available on demand at all? It isnt clear here or in the FAQ's. I don't get home until after this (I work nights) so always have to watch shows on demand (don't have a recording device) PLease make this clearer
10 months ago
Steven evans
dont miss it
10 months ago
Graham
Errr what? How has it taken 11 months for the UK to get hold of this? This started in September 2011 in the USA...... I know this because I've already seen this episode as it started when I was on holiday over there....unbelievable!!