CBS crime thriller-drama "Person of Interest" has received a lot of critical and audience praise since the series quietly debuted its freshman run back in 2011. But according to Indiewire, the series has struggled with ratings since it has little to no presence on the streaming buffet market.

Well, all that's about to change. Starting on Sept. 1, the first three seasons will debut on Netflix, and season 4 will quickly follow on Sept. 22. WGN is also about to host a 100-episode marathon over the next two weeks for the show, so there is going to be plenty of activity to catch up on.

Series star Michael Emerson also sat down with Indiewire and talked about the show's fifth season on CBS.

In regards to the dark nature of the season 4 finale, Emerson talked about his own surprise.

"I never see what's happening on the show until we get the scripts for the episode, so I really didn't know how the season was going to end until we started shooting it, to tell you the truth," Emerson said.

The machine was essentially destroyed, but it was downloaded just before and can be rebuilt. Emerson spoke about how that will play out.

"Well that'll be the drama of the first part of Season 5. We've shot a bunch of material already where that's the issue, because the argument: Did Mr. Finch cripple the Machine, and make it vulnerable to the likes of Samaritan? And can or should that be undone if the Machine can be revived? Should the Machine have a new set of core principles? And of course, Root will argue for one thing, and Mr. Finch will argue for another, but he may not argue as strenuously as he would have a couple of years ago, because the situation is so bad," Emerson said.

Either way, they will only have a limited number of episodes to do it in because "POI" is getting a mid-season premiere next year and will only carry a partial season load.

Fans can catch a special season 5 trailer on the CBS website.