Person of Interest (TV Series)

One Percent (2013)

Michael Emerson: Harold Finch

Quotes 

• 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.

• 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 : 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.

• Logan Pierce : You don't wanna tell me who you are? That's okay. I already know.

  [to Finch] 

  Logan Pierce : Tell me, how did you make a bug small enough to fit inside this? Your voice too. You hacked into my car's computer and you remotely accessed the accelerator and the brakes. So I guess that makes you the brains of the operation.

  [to John] 

  Logan Pierce : No offense.

  [Back to Finch] 

  Logan Pierce : And judging by your bespoke suit, you're also the bank. And there's you, John. You took out my security guard Zvi. He's a former Mossad agent and an expert in Krav Maga. So what is it, John? Former Special Ops? Ex-CIA? And you, just a very rich hacker?

  Harold Finch : As far as you're concerned, Mr. Pierce, we don't exist.

  Logan Pierce : But that's what's most impressive. John, I've been looking into you. And I'm not talking about your bogus hedge fund cover. You and your partner here don't seem to have a digital footprint. So I have to ask myself, how is this possible in this information age? People with that kind of anonymity, that's real power. So you see, I know who you are. The only thing I don't know is why you do what you do.

• Harold Finch : I'm emailing you the details of several lawsuits involving Logan Pierce. Plaintiffs with a history of violence, prior convictions.

  Detective Joss Carter : Uh, exactly what did you mean by "several lawsuits"?

  Harold Finch : Two hundred, but I've already prioritized them. And no, there's no need to thank me.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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?

• Harold Finch : [Posing as a dry-cleaner]  I guess you ran out of clean suits.

  Logan Pierce : Yeah. I'm actually more of a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy. I only have one suit. A good suit is like the perfect woman. Once you find the right one nothing else will do.

• 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.

• 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.

• Harold Finch : Friendczar is aggressive about purchasing and absorbing small start-ups. And if a small CEO tries to go toe-to-toe with them, he gets sued for patent infringement, no matter how bogus the suit.

  Grant's Lawyer : Could you tell me why Logan Pierce can't even look the man he's suing in the eye?

  Justin Ogilvie : 'Cause he's asleep.

  [Hits Logan with a pen, he pops up] 

  Logan Pierce : You didn't violate our patents, we screwed up. We'll help you raise the venture capital funds you lost.

  Richard Grant : Uh, thank you.