Amy Acker – Person of Interest

Technology, like the criminal identification used in “Person of Interest” should make the world a better place, right? Well, that’s not as simple as it looks, as illustrated in the show that aired for five seasons. In fact, it deals with issues of privacy, the greater good, and mechanical sentience.

By the finale, it became less about crime-fighting and more about saving the world from a computer program that can think for itself. It also has a bittersweet death as John Reese (Jim Caviezel) sacrifices himself to save the world from the program. Amy Acker, who played Root, had a role in the 2021 TV film “Crashing Through the Snow.”