Person of Interest (TV Series)

The Contingency (2012)

Ken Leung: Leon Tao

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Quotes 

• John Reese : I am looking for a friend of mine. I have a source that says you might be able to help.

  [Shows him a picture of Root and Finch] 

  Leon Tao : I have never seen either of them.

  John Reese : Take another look. My source is never wrong.

  Leon Tao : I've never seen either of them before in my life understand?

  John Reese : You're not lying. So why the hell am I here?

  Leon Tao : I have no idea, dude, truly.

  John Reese : [Looks around the bar, notices several armed patrons]  You gotta be kidding me.

  [Goes back to Leon] 

  John Reese : Let me guess, you're in some kind of trouble A life-threatening kind. I can't believe it. I am the contingency, the backup.

  Leon Tao : The what?

  John Reese : He didn't want me to find if anything went wrong. He just wanted me to keep rescuing people. People like you. So what is it? You pissed these guys off somehow and they're about ready to kill you when I just happened to walk in the door?

  Leon Tao : No, we were just we were just talking...

  Byron : [Interrupts]  You are right, Detective. Leon stole a great deal of money from us and we're just about done talking when you walked in.

  John Reese : Listen, I don't have time for this. I need to find my friend, so I'll take Leon here and we're gonna leave.

  Byron : [Puts a gun on the table]  Leon stole more than enough, in fact to make it worth us killing a cop so maybe we can make a deal. You leave Leon here with us and you can keep looking for your friend.

  John Reese : You know, the guy who owned this badge would probably have accepted the market. But I'm not him.

  Byron : So who are you?

  John Reese : The guy who shot him and stole his badge.

• Detective Lionel Fusco : [after being rescued from the Aryan Brotherhood]  Not a word. You hear me? We're going back to my cruiser in total silence.

  John Reese : Sure thing, Lionel. Like a gag order.

  Leon Tao : Hey, hey, guys, think you could uncuff me?

  John Reese , Detective Lionel Fusco : No!

• John Reese : [Talking at the Machine]  I'm not doing this anymore. I'm not going anywhere until you give me a way to find him.

  Leon Tao : Not this again.

  John Reese : I'm supposed to continue to save people like this idiot. I want something in return. Otherwise, I'm done.

  Leon Tao : Who you talking to? These guys're gonna kill us!

  John Reese : [unfazed]  They probably are.

  Leon Tao : So what the hell is this?

  John Reese : A negotiation.

  [Turns back to a street Cam] 

  John Reese : I know you got your rules, but I'm guessing they don't account for everybody being dead. No one's answering your phone calls, no one saving anyone. No contingency.

  Leon Tao : What do you want? You want me to give up the bonds? Give all the money? It's done. We just have to move, now!

  John Reese : [Completely ignoring Leon]  Do the math and figure out a way to bend your rules because he's my friend. He saved my life. Understand? I will not do this without him.

  The Machine : [the phone rings]  Ayacucho, Golf, Papa, Deterministic, Hotel, Sierra. Camera, Sierra kilo.

  John Reese : Thank you.

• Byron : Titus will here soon, and we both know he's not be as patient as I'm. So for the last time, Leon: Where is the rest of our money?

  Leon Tao : Double dip recession man. It happens. You don't want me to bet against America with your money, did you?

• Leon Tao : What are you, ex-military? One of those Blackwater guys?

  John Reese : Does it matter?

  Leon Tao : Look, you seem - well, crazy, but highly capable. I just need you to take me to my car. You owe me that much.

  John Reese : How do you figure?

  Leon Tao : When you butted in, we were in the middle of a negotiation.

  John Reese : Negotiations don't usually end in bullets, and your friends in there were Aryan brotherhood, something you should have thought of before you stole from them. By the way, how much did you take?

  Leon Tao : 8 million. Hey! Look, I didn't plan on stealing, at least not at first. I had a legitimate job at Bear Stearns. Then the recession hit and we all get axed, so I take a job at this little startup. Took me six months to realize I was working for the corporate arm of the Aryan Nation, laundering profits from their meth business. You wanna call that greedy? I call it payback. Please, I gotta get out of town, or I'm roadkill. Take me to my car.

  [Reese walks up to a police car] 

  Leon Tao : Not this car!

  [Reese breaks the window and handcuffs Leon to the steering wheel] 

  Leon Tao : What're - what're you doing?

  John Reese : Keeping you safe. Like I said, I'm looking for my friend,and I don't have time to babysit you.