Person of Interest (TV Series)

Get Carter (2011)

Jim Caviezel: John Reese

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• Detective Lionel Fusco : [Speaking to a crowd at the scene where Rodney was shot]  My name's Detective Fusco with the NYPD. If anyone has seen or heard anything pertaining to what happened here tonight, you can call me at...

  John Reese : [Appears as the crowd disappears]  I already have your card, Lionel.

  Detective Lionel Fusco : What the hell are you doing here?

  John Reese : Just checking in. What happened here?

  Detective Lionel Fusco : Lead poisoning. It's going around the neighborhood.

• Harold Finch : Is everything okay, Mr. Reese?

  John Reese : We got into this to stop bad things from happening to good people. Carter's been doing that her whole life. She's not just another number, Finch. Some people the world can't afford to lose.

• John Reese : I know this doesn't change anything. I know you'll still arrest me if you get the chance. But you should know, whether you like me or not, Joss, you're not alone.

• Harold Finch : I've been looking into our new number. Carter, detective first grade, homicide task force. Single mom, teenage son, served as an army interrogator.

  John Reese : Passed the bar in '04, gave it up to go back on the force.

  Harold Finch : It's impressive, Mr. Reese.

  John Reese : Impressive lady. Honest to a fault.

  Harold Finch : Which means she made a lot of enemies, both in the criminal world and in her own department. I've narrowed the list of possible suspects to a little over 300 or so.

  John Reese : Day in the life of a homicide detective.

• John Reese : [after blowing up the garage door of Hector's auto shop with a grenade launcher and shooting the three men inside once each with a sub-machine gun]  Knock, knock!

• Detective Lionel Fusco : What, do you miss me already?

  John Reese : You're a hard man to miss, Lionel.

  Detective Lionel Fusco : I'd say this Carter situation's got you worried. What are you gonna do, follow her around from now on?

  John Reese : I'm not. You are. Don't let her get in any trouble.

  Detective Lionel Fusco : Carter's gunning for you. Hell, she's probably going to catch you. Why you spending so much time trying to protect her?

  John Reese : She's a good cop. Good person. Hell, you should try it sometime, Lionel.

  Detective Lionel Fusco : Yeah, thanks, look, I'm just saying, if she wasn't around, it would probably solve a lot of your problems, now, wouldn't it?

  John Reese : If anything happens to her, Lionel, I'm coming for you next.

• John Reese : [Finch is attaching a camera to a figurine]  Didn't know you collected dolls, Finch.

  Harold Finch : As you know, I collect rare books, Mr. Reese. 180g vinyl, and a Xerox Alto when I can find one. This doll is for Detective Fusco.

  John Reese : Fusco's into dolls?

  Harold Finch : He is now, if we want to keep eyes on Detective Carter.

• Harold Finch : Where are you?

  John Reese : At the scene of a homicide, wondering how the machine can see one and miss another.

  Harold Finch : I'm sorry, Mr. Reese. The machine detects acts of premeditation. And I'm afraid we've got a big problem with the one it's seeing right now.

  John Reese : Whose number came up?

  Harold Finch : Mutual friend of ours: Detective Carter.

• John Reese : [to Capt. Lynch]  Elias can't kill a cop without permission; run it up the chain of command... permission's been revoked! Tell Elias that if he so much as touches Detective Carter again, I will put him, you... everyone in the ground. You got that?

• Detective Joss Carter : [On the phone]  I guess I have you to thank for this. How do you always know when something bad's about to go down?

  John Reese : You're in trouble, detective.

  Detective Joss Carter : I'm not the one who's hiding. Look, you keep playing God, and sooner or later, an innocent person's gonna get hurt. I can't let that happen.

  John Reese : Listen, I didn't call to talk about me. Your life's in danger.

  Detective Joss Carter : I'm a cop. My life's always in danger.

  John Reese : You're not listening to me. I'm trying to tell you someone wants you dead.

  Detective Joss Carter : Who told you that? Why are you following me? What do you want?

  John Reese : I want you to start being more careful. For instance, if you're gonna take down Hector Alvarez, you should know the man's running guns. He has an arsenal at his fingertips.

  Detective Joss Carter : What - Why are you helping me? And how do you keep finding out all of this information?

  John Reese : Like you said, I always seem to know.

• John Reese : [about Carter]  Did you know she had a son?

  Harold Finch : Didn't know you cared.

  John Reese : No dad in the picture for some time.

  Harold Finch : You been looking into the detective, Mr. Reese?

  John Reese : It pays to know the person coming after you, Finch.