Person of Interest (TV Series)

No Good Deed (2012)

Jim Caviezel: John Reese

Photos 

Quotes 

• Harold Finch : You're right, Mr. Reese... it's a three-man team!

  John Reese : [Shoots one]  Two and a half.

• John Reese : Time to see what our spy does at night. And so far... not much.

  Harold Finch : Not everyone's a social butterfly, Mr. Reese. For some of us, human interaction is... difficult.

  John Reese : Not calling it human interaction might help...

• Harold Finch : I'm surprised, Mr. Reese. That nice young lady seemed somehow impervious to your charms.

  John Reese : That "nice young lady" had a .45 pointed at me under her desk!

• Harold Finch : [Reviewing Peck's data]  ... Are you following me?

  John Reese : [Looking up from his book]  Financial analyst. Its riveting...

  Harold Finch : They can't all be babies and mafia dons!

• Harold Finch : If something ever happens, I have... a contingency.

  John Reese : Well, sooner or later, you're going to have to let the cat out of the bag, Finch.

  Harold Finch : Curiosity kills cats, Mr. Reese.

• John Reese : Do you know why you were ordered to kill him?

  Fox : Never asked.

• Harold Finch : I suppose we can count our blessings Detective Fusco isn't the inquisitive type, but Peck's in more danger than ever.

  Henry L. Peck : [as Reese breaks into a parked taxi]  Seriously, who the hell *are* you?

  Harold Finch : All Henry Peck did was ask questions. He deserves a normal life. And if we have any hope of giving it to him, we have to destroy all that evidence and stop him from getting any more.

  Henry L. Peck : [dials his cell phone]  Yes, my name is Henry Peck. I'm an analyst with...

  John Reese : [grabs it]  Who'd you just call?

  Henry L. Peck : The Office of Special Counsel, the agency that protects whistleblowers.

  Harold Finch : Oh, I really wish you hadn't let him do that, Mr. Reese. The people who know about the Machine - one of them works for the Office of Special Counsel!

  Henry L. Peck : [Reese throws Peck's phone out the window]  What are you doing? Our own government is spying on us and they want to kill me to cover it up. I have to tell someone!

  John Reese : The people you called aren't who you think they are. There's no one to tell.

• Harold Finch : So far, the most unusual thing about Henry Peck is that he has better-than-average security habits. I haven't been able to hack his voicemail, his email, or any online accounts.

  John Reese : Secretive, solitary. He's just like you, Finch. So how did you get his number?

  Harold Finch : Well, John... there's this machine...!

• John Reese : This isn't over, Finch. The man wrote 78 pages to fight a speeding ticket.

  Harold Finch : I know. He's not gonna give up. And neither are the people who know about the machine.

  John Reese : So what the hell are we gonna do?

  Harold Finch : A good friend once showed me that, even with an intractable problem, one can still find a way to do the right thing.

• John Reese : So Peck asks about your machine, and now someone's trying to kill him. Something you want to tell me, Finch?

  Harold Finch : As with all computer systems, the big problem is human error. Strictly speaking, the machine is not legal. I always knew that certain measures would be taken to protect it, but...

  [pause] 

  Harold Finch : But as I found out myself, the people I've entrusted it to are more... Ruthless than I anticipated.

• Grace Hendricks : I never really thought that I'd meet anyone who got me. You know, spending all your time alone, drawing, isn't exactly the best way to find someone. But Harold found me. I was painting in the park one day, and There was this man, eating an ice cream cone in January. And he smiled at me. He asked me if I wanted one.

  John Reese : Does he live here with you?

  Grace Hendricks : No, he doesn't. Um, he used to. I lost him two years ago. There was an accident.

  John Reese : I'm sorry.

• Henry L. Peck : [On the phone]  Alicia, it's Henry Peck Uh, again. Listen, I really need to talk to you, so please just give me a call and we'll find a place to meet, okay?

  John Reese : Alicia. So who's Alicia? An ex-girlfriend? Or someone he wishes was a girlfriend?

• John Reese : This isn't a financial firm. It's a SCIF.

  Harold Finch : Sensitive compartmented information facility. Secret government installation designed to protect classified data.

  John Reese : Peck's no financial analyst either. He's a NOC, some kind of spy

  Harold Finch : And you thought he didn't have a life.

• Joss Carter : I got everything I could on Henry Peck, which isn't much. Only one charge on his record, and Peck had that expunged.

  John Reese : Does he have a history of drug abuse?

  Joss Carter : Not even close. It was a speeding ticket.

  John Reese : He fought to get a speeding ticket off his record?

  Joss Carter : It was "the principle of the thing. " At least, that's what Peck said in his meticulous, 78-page brief he sent the judge.