Person of Interest (TV Series)

Til Death (2012)

Michael Emerson: Harold Finch

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• John Reese : I'm proud of you, Finch. You've really gotten comfortable with your breaking and entering duties.

  Harold Finch : Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior.

• Harold Finch : Your friend's wedding was yesterday. I take it you saw Olivia?

  Nathan Ingram : Yeah, I did. I hadn't seen Olivia since the mediation.

  Harold Finch : Did you speak with her?

  Nathan Ingram : I tried. You know the only thing worse than hate? Indifference. I told her so many lies over the years, I don't even remember what half of them were. The truth always catches up to you, Harold, no matter how hard you try and hide it.

• Detective Joss Carter : What is this?

  John Reese : Marriage counseling.

  Detective Joss Carter : Why not just dangle them off the roof and force them to tell us how to find the hitmen?

  Harold Finch : While John would probably enjoy that option, it would be a temporary solution.

• Daniel Drake : Who are you, and why are you doing this?

  Harold Finch : We help people, even when they don't necessarily deserve it.

  Sabrina Drake : You must think we're monsters.

  Harold Finch : No. I have looked into the faces of real monsters, Mrs. Drake. What I see here are two people who stopped talking to one another, whose frustration turned to hatred. Although, though, unlike other couples, you've opted for murder instead of divorce. I suppose I should commend you for being so goal-oriented.

• Harold Finch : So we have two victims who are also perpetrators, not to mention two hit men. You know, Mr. Reese, it did occur to me we could leave the Drakes to their own devices.

  John Reese : Well, that's pretty mercenary of you, Finch. I kind of like it.

  Harold Finch : If that's the case, I may have crossed some moral threshold. I can't help thinking about the innocent people who could use our help while we're spending all our time with a couple that have chosen murder over marriage counseling.

  John Reese : Well, do we have another number?

  Harold Finch : [Looks at his computer]  Sadly, no.

  John Reese : Then it's the Drakes' lucky day.

• Harold Finch : For the workplace this is an RFID duplicator. You simply scan an active card, copy this blank, and you'll have access to all the company's offices.

  John Reese : And where do I get an active card?

  Harold Finch : I can't do everything, Mr. Reese.

• Detective Lionel Fusco : [Finch interrupts Fusco's date]  Hey, I'm kind of in the middle of something here.

  Harold Finch : If I'm to believe the waiter, it sounds like you're near the end of something. You really do need to work on your conversational skills.

• John Reese : Lot of mayhem just to figure out they still loved each other.

  Harold Finch : I suppose anything is worthwhile when life gives you a second chance to be with the one you love.

• Harold Finch : Grace, there's something you should know about me and about what I do.

  Grace Hendricks : Harold, there's nothing you can say that will make me run away. But you should tell me in your own time, when you don't have...

  Harold Finch : That look?

  Grace Hendricks : [laughs]  Besides, our journey starts here, and any mystery around the corner we can discover together.

• John Reese : A man just planted something on her car.

  Harold Finch : What kind of a something, like a tracking device?

  John Reese : Not unless tracking devices come with remote detonators.

• John Reese : Guess murder is one way to break up a marriage. But wouldn't divorce have been simpler?

  Harold Finch : Not if he wants the sale to go through. When Frank McCourt was trying to sell the Dodgers, it was held up for months while he went through one of the most expensive divorce cases in history.

  John Reese : I didn't know you were a baseball fan, Finch. The Mets?

  Harold Finch : Not particularly.

  John Reese : Orioles?

  Harold Finch : I suppose.

  John Reese : The A's?

  Harold Finch : [Smiles, he knows what Reese is up to]  Oakland is fine, and the Cubs, and the Red Sox too, although, I'm not certain my affection for any one of these teams would reveal where I grew up, Mr. Reese.

• John Reese : The Drakes are on the move. They're heading to a book signing for one of their authors.

  Harold Finch : I'm all for cutting greenhouse gases, but you do remember that Mr. Drake is trying to kill his wife?

  John Reese : The husband isn't the type to get his hands dirty. I'm confident he won't kill his wife in the back of their chauffeured town car.

• Nathan Ingram : Something you want to share, Harold? I haven't seen you this nervous since your thesis presentation. Nice pocket square.

  [Chuckles] 

  Nathan Ingram : What, do you have a hot date?

  [Harold is silent] 

  Nathan Ingram : You old dog. What's her story?

  Harold Finch : Stop. It's nothing, Nathan.

  Nathan Ingram : Ah, of course. Talking about your love life would run at cross purposes with your invisible man routine. That's okay, Harold, I get it. Just remember, while mystery is a powerful tool in a relationship a little goes a long way.