John Reese

• military
  • served until he quit in '01 #101
  • served with the 107 in Iraq (Tikrit) in 2005 #103
• cia
  • His alias John Reese, his favorite, was given to him by Cara Stanton. #102
• disappeared (Presumed dead) after his cia handler was killed. (a year) #110
• was abroad when his gf was killed.
• one of his friends cia is Mark Snow.

Harold Finch/Wren

• billionaire
• used to work in a insurance company
• graduated with N. Ingram from MAU
• created the machine
• had a company but made N. Ingram its figure head.
• uses so many aliases
• he was monitoring Reese even on '01

Det. Lionel Fusco

• has a son (seen in 1.05 Judgement)
• corrupt cop

Det. Joss Carter

• Career
  • ???? - served 2 tours in Afghan & Iraq
  • 2004 - (patrol?) officer
  • 2005 - 71st precinct
  • 2007 - 47th precinct
  • 2009 - 8th precinct
  • 2011 - assigned to homicide task force
• Her son Tylor is in freshman year but no dad (most likely dead)

The Machine

• started on 02/24/05
• sold to the gov for 1$ on 02/25/05
• monitors security cameras, internet, cell phones & emails.