After learning she would be out of commission Shahi made another hard decision: To be the best mother she can be to her two newborns (plus she is also mother to a 5-year-old), she is going to take a significant amount of time off the series. With the blessing of showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Greg Plageman as well as CBS and all the production companies involved with "Person of Interest," she is taking probably two years off with the intention of returning farther down the road.