Person of Interest (TV Series)
Flesh and Blood (2012)
Taraji P. Henson: Detective Jocelyn 'Joss' Carter
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Quotes
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Taylor Carter : That guy you sent is kind of a bad-ass.
Detective Joss Carter : Yeah, he knows it, too.
Taylor Carter : Who's the guy with the glasses?
Detective Joss Carter : If you find out, let me know.
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Detective Joss Carter : You know I can't hand these guys over to you. I might as well kill them myself.
Carl Elias : If you're up to it, that would be extremely helpful.
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Detective Lionel Fusco : How long you think we can stay here?
Detective Joss Carter : Until we know they're safe.
Detective Lionel Fusco : They're mob bosses, Carter. That ain't gonna happen anytime soon.
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Detective Joss Carter : I guess you should know the FBI has a new task force set up in your honor. They think you're working with Elias.
John Reese : I'm often misunderstood.
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Detective Lionel Fusco : Shouldn't we call for backup?
Detective Joss Carter : You are my backup.
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Detective Lionel Fusco : Who owns this place again?
Detective Joss Carter : A friend.
Detective Lionel Fusco : You got some weird friends, Carter.
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Detective Joss Carter : I don't know who to trust anymore.
Harold Finch : You can trust us, Detective.
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Carl Elias : You're good at your job, Detective. I'm good at mine. I was hoping we could avoid further bloodshed.
Detective Joss Carter : This is where it ends. Right here, right now.
[Hear sirens]
Detective Lionel Fusco : I called for backup. You gotta trust somebody, Carter. This guy doesn't own every cop.
[Elias concedes defeat, he gestures to his guys to drop their weapons]
Detective Lionel Fusco : Get down, get down!
Detective Joss Carter : Carl Elias, you are under arrest. I'll have to check my notes for the list of charges, but murder and kidnapping are at the top.
Carl Elias : You can't stop the inevitable, Detective. Change will happen whether you embrace it or not.
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Detective Joss Carter : Why do you need the bosses dead, Elias? You've already shown how powerful you are.
Carl Elias : You don't understand the evil you're protecting, do you? Let me tell you something about Zambrano. He earns his living by selling heroin to schoolchildren. Grifoni sells guns to the highest bidder. My esteemed half-brother, a man who not only imports drugs, but young girls. These are the men that you are protecting.
Detective Joss Carter : Things would be much better under your watch, huh?
Carl Elias : I run an efficient enterprise. There's no infighting, there's no conflict over territory. I am the evolution of organized crime.
Detective Joss Carter : You're a force of corruption and weakness. My answer is no.
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Detective Joss Carter : If Elias moved all of his money, where did it go?
LaBlanca : I don't know yet. The funds went out to over 1,000 unique payees.
Detective Joss Carter : Did you get any names of the people he paid?
LaBlanca : It's not that easy.
Detective Joss Carter : Yeah, it never is with this guy.
LaBlanca : Everything's going out as cash or wire transfers. We could trace it, but the warrants alone would take a couple weeks. What do you think he's buying?
Detective Joss Carter : lias doesn't care about material things. He buys people. People who'll murder for money. Cops and politicians who'll look the other way.
LaBlanca : Well, whatever it is, he just bought a lot of it.