Person of Interest (TV Series)

Wolf and Cub (2012)

Michael Emerson: Harold Finch

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• John Reese : [Finch is sweeping the library for bugs]  I've never seen you like this. That hacker must've gotten to you.

  Harold Finch : Only the paranoid survive. Sage advice.

• John Reese : Finch, Darren's run off, probably to go after Brick again. And this time he's got the gun they used to kill his brother

  Harold Finch : In other words, the idea of letting a 14-year-old hire you to avenge his brother has backfired?

  John Reese : You can lecture me later. Right now I need you to bring me the bag.

  Harold Finch : Which bag?

  John Reese : The one labeled "Plan B."

• Harold Finch : I'm not sure I'm in favor of your troubling arrangement with young Darren.

  John Reese : I'm not sure I'm in favor of our troubling arrangement, especially when you disappear on mysterious business.

  Harold Finch : [Ignores this]  GPS is up, Mr. Reese.

  Darren McGrady : Who are you talking to?

  John Reese : Tech support.

• John Reese : Witnesses can ID the shooters. They're just too scared.

  Harold Finch : Why would they want to talk to you?

  John Reese : I have my ways.

• Will Ingram : Alicia Corwin; she told me some stuff. I don't know if it's what I wanted to know. You know, I had my dad on a pedestal. Loved him, hated him, but just always admired him. It's kind of hard to believe he was just an ordinary guy, made mistakes like everybody else.

  Harold Finch : Well, whatever she told you, there's one thing you should know about him. Anytime anyone ever asked him what his proudest achievement was, he always said that it was you.

• Will Ingram : [Talking about his dad's old things]  One or two things I'm sure he would have wanted you to have. Mostly it was boring stuff, except for this, which is just strange.

  [Hands Harold a champagne cork wrapped in a piece of paper] 

  Harold Finch : [Reads]  Day one: The machine, February 24, 2005.

  Will Ingram : It's interesting, isn't it?

  Harold Finch : Is it?

  Will Ingram : I told you I'm looking into that period when dad shut down operations at the company. This is right in the middle of that. Now, obviously he was celebrating something, but what? A machine? The machine?

  Harold Finch : I wouldn't know. You know your dad; any excuse for champagne.

  Will Ingram : Well, I guess you're right. But there's still one person who I think of who might know. You probably know her too Alicia Corwin?

  Harold Finch : No. I don't think so.

  Will Ingram : Hers is the only name that appears in any of the files during that seven-year blackout, and she worked for the White House. I guess they were in touch about something.

  Harold Finch : Have you been in contact with her?

  Will Ingram : It wasn't easy. After she quit her job at the government a year ago after dad died, she moved to this remote town in West Virginia - Green Bank.

  Harold Finch : Never heard of it.

  Will Ingram : Me neither. Turns out it's the only place in the US. That doesn't have cell phones or wireless Internet. Apparently, they do something to the radio telescopes.

  Harold Finch : Are you sure you're not chasing shadows here, Will?

  Will Ingram : Maybe, except for one thing. Remember that contract that dad signed with the government for $1? It's the next day - February 25th, 2005.

• John Reese : Finch, any chance your machine gave us the number a few days late?

  Harold Finch : No. Why?

  John Reese : Because I had to crawl through police tape to get inside Darren's apartment.

  Harold Finch : The library may have been compromised, but I can assure you that the machine was not. Whatever happened there, Darren's situation must be ongoing.