Person of Interest (TV Series)

Panopticon (2014)

Michael Emerson: Harold Finch, Harold Whistler

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• Root : You have a god in this fight, Harold, and she's fighting for her life.

  Harold Finch : I wouldn't know. She only talks to you, Ms. Groves.

  Root : Just because you stopped listening to her doesn't mean she isn't looking out for you. This job, your identity, is her keeping you alive. She has the plan, Harold, but she needs you to sit up and pay attention.

  Harold Finch : To what, the numbers? In the face of such a struggle, saving one or two people, what difference would that make?

  Root : Every life matters. You taught me that.

• Harold Finch : What brings you here today, Ms. Groves?

  Root : Your former associates, the mayhem twins. They're back to trying to save people.

  Harold Finch : I'm aware.

  Root : Then you're also aware that they're gonna get themselves caught or killed without your help.

  Harold Finch : I explained as much to John, though I'm not sure how long they'd survive even with my assistance.

  Root : I assure you, the outcome will be determined if you don't get involved.

  Harold Finch : And this advice is coming from you, Ms. Groves, or from the machine?

  Root : Now's not the time to be precious, Harold. You don't get to sit this one out. The world can't afford to indulge your indecision.

  Harold Finch : Oh, I think I made my decision quite clear.

  Root : Sorry. You have to pick a side, because this is war. And the thing we're up against, it has virtually unlimited resources, governments working unwittingly at its behest, operatives around the globe protecting it. You know how many we have? Five.

  [pause] 

  Root : Six, if you count the dog.

• Harold Finch : How goes the day job, Detective Riley?

  John Reese : Personally, I prefer my real job, Finch.

  Harold Finch : Professor Whistler, please.

  John Reese : We're getting numbers again Harold. We need to get back to work.

  Harold Finch : I'm no longer your coworker, Detective. I'm done taking orders from a computer. I thought I made that clear after it instructed us to kill a Congressman.

  John Reese : It also helped us to save Grace. And now more lives need saving.

• Harold Finch : If you or Sameen or anyone else attempt to intervene with these numbers, you will surely find yourselves dead.

  John Reese : We have to do something.

  Harold Finch : We have no resources, John! The library's gone.

  John Reese : So we'll get another place.

  Harold Finch : Don't you understand? They're always watching! We can't even talk on the telephone. There is no sanctuary. You can't just be the man in the suit. You're a cop now. I'm a professor. That's just the way it is.

  John Reese : We don't need jobs, Harold. We need a purpose.

  Harold Finch : The world has changed, John. I'm sorry.

  [Passes over Bear's leash] 

  Harold Finch : For the time being, I think he'll be happier with you.

  [Gets up to leave] 

  John Reese : Well, if it's not about helping the numbers anymore, then what?

  Harold Finch : It's about survival, John.

• [from trailer] 

  Trailer V.O. : CBS next Tuesday: a machine created to protect our lives...

  Harold Finch : [whispering urgently]  They're always watching!

  Trailer V.O. : ...has decided to take over our world.

  Samaritan : [as individual words flashing on screen]  WHAT ARE YOUR COMMANDS

  John Greer : Launch official intelligence.

  Root : This is war.

  Alvin Lee of "Ten Years After" : [slow singing on soundtrack accompanies violent-act visuals]  I'd love to change the world

  John Reese : It's like old times.

  Harold Finch : Hardly.

  Alvin Lee of "Ten Years After" : [simultaneously with next]  But I don't know what to do

  Trailer V.O. : [simultaneously with previous]  Person of Interest season premiere. Next Tuesday, 10, 9 Central.