Person of Interest (TV Series)

Trojan Horse (2013)

Enrico Colantoni: Carl Elias

Quotes 

• Detective Cal Beecher : [Elias has his chess board out]  Hope you don't expect me to play

  Carl Elias : No offense, Detective, but my opponent is someone who brings a little more to the table, and you're breaking my concentration.

  Detective Cal Beecher : I'll cut to it, then. Detective named Szymanski. Organized crime. Was he on your payroll?

  Carl Elias : Afraid you made a bad move, Detective.

  Detective Cal Beecher : Just trying to get some answers.

  Carl Elias : Then start asking better questions. Who benefits from Szymanski's arrest and murder? How could one arrange these acts without being suspected? And who's at the center of the strings that were quietly pulled? See, I think you know something you don't even know you know, which means you're playing a chess game of your own, detective. You just don't realize it yet.

  Detective Cal Beecher : Did you give money to Szymanski?

  Carl Elias : Absolutely... and he threw it in our faces. He was clean, and you got played by HR. It was nice meeting you, Detective Beecher. Word of advice. Choose your next move wisely, or it's going to be chosen for you.

• Harold Finch : [Playing chess, Elias has removed some of his own pieces]  Interesting strategy, Mr. Elias. Care to explain?

  Carl Elias : Trying to learn how to win at a disadvantage.

  Harold Finch : I assume we're talking about more than just chess. Rook and knight, valuable pieces. The Assistant District Attorney and Detective Szymanski. Their deaths benefited your enemy, Peter Yogorov.

  Carl Elias : That's very good, Harold.

  Harold Finch : And I'm in touch enough to know that a number of your associates inside have recently been transferred elsewhere.

  [Looks at the board] 

  Harold Finch : Who are you playing against? The Russians? HR?

  Carl Elias : A ghost. Someone I'd very much like to identify.

  Harold Finch : From the board, I'd say the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

  Carl Elias : Don't count me out just yet, Harold. I might have a few moves left.