Person of Interest (TV Series)

One Percent (2013)

Jim Caviezel: John Reese

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• Harold Finch : [concerned about Bear]  I read that if there's anxiety in the home, it can make your pets become upset. Have you been under any excess stress?

  John Reese : You mean besides being locked in an 11x13 in Rikers and wearing a bomb vest around Manhattan? Not really.

• Logan Pierce : You saved me. In the Chinese culture, you'd be responsible for me for life.

  John Reese : Glad neither one of us is Chinese then.

• Harold Finch : Remember that you're John Wiley, hedge fund manager.

  John Reese : What about John Rooney, asset manager?

  Harold Finch : No, no, he's a single-digit millionaire. John Wiley is valued at over 100 million.

  John Reese : Exactly how much money do you have?

• John Reese : Our billionaire gave me a little something.

  [Holds up a watch - the same one Logan was wearing before] 

  John Reese : Tells time to the nanosecond.

  John Reese : [Harold looks at it, then smashes it on the ground]  That was a very expensive watch. Not to mention, a gift.

  Harold Finch : A gift equipped with GPS.

  John Reese : A cunning billionaire with unlimited resources.

  Harold Finch : Our friend is just curious enough to be dangerous.

• John Reese : Who has access to your house?

  Logan Pierce : Just a hundred or so of my closest friends.

  [Gets a look] 

  Logan Pierce : I like people. I like to party.

  John Reese : Who knows you're allergic to naproxen?

  Logan Pierce : I don't know, I didn't develop the allergy till recently. Why are you doing this? Did somebody put you up to this? Is this penance for some deep, dark mistake?

  John Reese : Spoken like a man who's made his fair share.

  Logan Pierce : Mistakes don't interest me. I don't look back.

  John Reese : You keep moving.

  Logan Pierce : It's the only way to stay alive.

  John Reese : Philosophy makes sense, coming from a kid whose parents went bankrupt. Knowing people is my business too.

  Logan Pierce : Well, my dad owned a little camera shop. And, um he made most of his money developing film. And he insisted on staying the course, all the way until the point that film became extinct. And then he tried to sell digital cameras, but by then it was too late because everyone had one in their phone. It's like he didn't even see it coming. When the business failed, we lost everything.

  John Reese : You think if you're constantly evolving, this won't happen to you?

  Logan Pierce : Of course it will happen. But if you accept change as inevitable, it doesn't crush you when it does. Every technology ages, John. The only thing that never gets old is connecting with people. That's what everyone wants, a real connection.

  John Reese : Well, you might wanna consider losing a couple hundred of your closest friends.

• John Reese : What are we doing here, Finch? Do we have another number?

  Harold Finch : No, a date.

  John Reese : You got me a date?

  Harold Finch : Not you. Bear. He needs a friend.

• John Reese : I'll make this quick. I have it on good authority that your life's in danger. And normally I'd just follow you around, help behind the scenes, but - well, you've got too much money and too many resources. I can protect you, but only if you let me stick with you for the next 48 hours.

  Logan Pierce : Sounds like fun. See, I knew you were interesting.

• John Reese : One thing I don't get... you warned Emily about Ogilvy. And you knew he was after you. Why didn't you tell me?

  Logan Pierce : Haven't you heard? I have a reckless disregard for my own safety.

  John Reese : You just wanted to see how I worked.

  Logan Pierce : You know, I finally figured it out, why you do what you do. Altruism.

• Harold Finch : [after Logan was almost poisoned]  Is Pierce all right, Mr. Reese?

  John Reese : Yes. But he's gonna have one hell of a hangover.

• John Reese : Finch, I think Pierce just made me.

  Harold Finch : Just mention the carried interest loophole. You'll be fine.

  Logan Pierce : I haven't seen you at one of these things before. What's your story?

  John Reese : John Wiley, hedge fund manager. How's that carried interest loophole treating you?

  Logan Pierce : I'm sorry. I thought you were interesting. My mistake.

• Logan Pierce : You're full of surprises.

  John Reese : You're one to talk.

  Logan Pierce : Yeah?

  John Reese : Partnering with Kamin, your competition.

  Logan Pierce : The guy's a straight shooter, you know? Plus, Emily's software said we're totally compatible, not so much with his wife though.

• John Reese : I didn't make a good first impression.

  Harold Finch : Only because I didn't realize that we were dealing with a one percenter who finds other one percenters tedious.

• John Reese : You said you had a safe house.

  Logan Pierce : Yeah.

  John Reese : This is a bar.

  Logan Pierce : No, this - this is a bomb shelter made into a bar, and it is totally safe.

• Harold Finch : Pierce is not just a college dropout. He's a self-made billionaire with a genius IQ. Started a social networking site called friendczar. com with his best friend from college.

  John Reese : Thought you invented social networking, Finch.

  Harold Finch : Pierce perfected it. His site has just shy of a billion users.

• John Reese : We need ears on Pierce. I couldn't clone his phone.

  Harold Finch : Wouldn't matter if you could. Pierce changes phones twice a day to avoid corporate espionage.Looks like he's supposed to attend a charity auction tonight. Promised the press a sound bite.

  John Reese : And your plan is?

  Harold Finch : [Takes out a suit]  Classic black, satin notch lapel, bespoke, of course. And I assume you know how to tie one of these?

  [Holds up a bow tie] 

• John Reese : Finch, Pierce just left the auction, but his car's not here. Pierce is gone.

  Harold Finch : What? He has no mode of transport.

  [There's a noise] 

  Harold Finch : Is that a helicopter?

  John Reese : It's against the law to take off from a rooftop in Manhattan. Finch, how do we keep up with a guy who breaks all the rules?

• John Reese : Why get the exact same car when your old one didn't even have a scratch?

  Logan Pierce : 'Cause it's unparalleled. I don't collect toys, just the best of what I need. One car. One watch.

  [Shows the one on his wrist] 

  Logan Pierce : 2 mil, charts the phase and the orbit of the moon, tells time to the nanosecond, and I don't have to wind it.

  John Reese : For $2 million, I certainly hope not.

• Harold Finch : [In John's earpiece]  The board called an emergency meeting. Pierce is no longer CEO of Friendczar.

  Logan Pierce : [looks at John]  Who died? Oh, God. Don't tell me it was me.

  John Reese : The board thinks they can do your job after all. You're out.

  Logan Pierce : Well, here's to unemployment.

• John Reese : What are we doing here?

  Logan Pierce : Do you like pierogies? I have it on very good authority they have the best in the world, so...

  John Reese : You flew me halfway around the world for fried dumplings?

  Logan Pierce : *Double* fried.

• Auctioneer : We'll start the bidding tonight with our most coveted item, a collection of letters handwritten by Albert Einstein. We'll start the bidding for the letters at $1 million. Who will start at $1 million for our opening bid?

  [Pierce bids] 

  Auctioneer : $1 million right here. Looking for 1. 5.

  [Kamin bids, bidding war starts] 

  Auctioneer : I've got $1 million, looking for 1. 5. looking for 2. for $2 million. I've got 1. 5. I need $2 million for these letters.

  John Reese : Kamin's bidding against Pierce

  Auctioneer : $2 million, anyone? $2 million right here, looking for 2. 5. $2,501,000 right here, looking for 3.

  Logan Pierce : [Stands]  You know, I think these letters are worth much more than a piddly 3 mil. You could do better. Am I right, Kamin? 5 million.

  Auctioneer : We've got $5 million, ladies and gentlemen.

  Logan Pierce : That's too rich for Kamin's blood. Anybody else? Hmm?

  John Reese : Hmm? I'm so sorry, Finch, but this guy is too used to getting his own way.

  [Holds up his paddle] 

  John Reese : Ten million.

  Auctioneer : $10 million, ladies and gentlemen! We've got $10 million going once.

  Harold Finch : Mr. Reese, this is not petty cash.

  Auctioneer : We've got 10 million going twice. Sold, right there to the gentleman for $10 million.

• John Reese : Pierce is not just encroaching on Kamin's business. He's encroaching on his wife.

  Harold Finch : Oh dear.