With the premiere date finally announced for Person of Interest: Season 5, IGN can confirm that this will indeed be the final season for the ever-cool and compelling series.

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"We’re extremely excited to be able share this final season with the fans. We’re eternally grateful to our amazing cast and crew, as well as our partners at the studio and network. Most of all, we want to thank the show's fans — the best fans in the world. This subversive little paranoia-inducing cyberpunk-thriller is for you and would not have been possible without your support. As life has come to imitate Person of Interest, it’s been our great privilege to work on show for the past five seasons. We can’t wait for you to experience this thrilling and final chapter."

Person of Interest's season premiere airs Tuesday, May 3rd at 10:00pm ET/PT. After the premiere, POI will air new episodes twice a week – on both Mondays and Tuesdays at 10:00pm, beginning with a new episode on Monday, May 9th. Season 5 is comprised of thirteen episodes in total.Said Person of Interest executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Greg Plageman, in a statement to IGN about the show's conclusion:While Person of Interest fans will no doubt mourn the loss of the show, the good news is that there won't be any unresolved cliffhangers or any sense that the show was simply cut off without closure. As POI executive producer J.J. Abrams told IGN back in January, Season 5 was conceived with the end in mind, and leads up to a proper series finale.For more on what to expect in Person of Interest’s fifth and final season, check out IGN’s interviews with Plageman and the cast below.[widget path="video/embed/playlist" parameters="slug=person-of-interest-nycc-interviews"]

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