Person of Interest (TV Series)

Relevance (2013)

Jay O. Sanders: Special Counsel

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• Special Counsel : You're late. I'd ask how you knew it was me, but I guess that's what we pay you for - picking the right person out of a crowd.

  Sameen Shaw : Of course I wanted to meet Control. And you're not Control, now, are you?

  Special Counsel : Sadly, no. But I'm as close as you're gonna get.

  Sameen Shaw : Hmm.

  Special Counsel : You'd really put the program in jeopardy just to avenge your partner? I assumed a woman like you would have a more sophisticated world view.

  Sameen Shaw : You people hired me because I don't care about most people. And then you went and killed the one person that I actually liked.

  Special Counsel : Fair enough. Of course, you weren't supposed to be around to carry a grudge.

• Special Counsel : You probably think I made a devil's bargain. And maybe I have. But the program is the reason we haven't had another major attack. If the public knew about what we do, we'd lose that ability.

  Sameen Shaw : And Aquino?

  Special Counsel : Again, a regrettable decision, but a necessary one. No one life is above the safety of millions of Americans. That's the ugly math that I have to deal with every day. You of all people should understand that.

  Sameen Shaw : I do. And if I were in your place, I'd do the exact same thing. I may not be in the program anymore, but I - I still understand how important it is.

  Special Counsel : Then why the cloak and dagger?

  Sameen Shaw : [Pulls out a USB key]  Cole's research on the Aquino case. I wanted to give it to you personally.

  Special Counsel : Why not give it to Wilson?

  Sameen Shaw : You can't hire people like Cole and expect them to act like sheep. Now, I know how to follow orders. But Cole was just brilliant, and he believed in the cause. And Wilson knew that.

  [to Wilson] 

  Sameen Shaw : You know, you could've warned him. Or even me. But instead, you placed a kill order like we were some kinda problem to be solved.

  Wilson : Your partner broke the rules. You're on the hook for that as much as he was.

  Sameen Shaw : And then you screwed that up in such a spectacular fashion. How could I trust this idiot with something so important?

  Special Counsel : Hersh was right. You are a good soldier. You didn't want revenge. You wanted to protect the program.

  Sameen Shaw : A good soldier does both.

  [Shoots Wilson] 

• Hersh : Shaw is one of our best. Trained her myself. You're not gonna find her until she wants to be found.

  Special Counsel : We need to know her game plan. Is Shaw going to look into the Aquino situation, or simply come after us for revenge?

  Hersh : Both. She's a multitasker.

• Special Counsel : So you're telling me we've got a lethal operative off the leash who's aware we terminated her partner and tried to do the same to her and who may have information which endangers our entire project.

  Wilson : That seems to be the situation, sir.