Person of Interest (TV Series)

Liberty (2013)

Bruce Altman: Dr. Ronald Carmichael

Quotes 

• Dr. Ronald Carmichael : I thought it would be good for us to resume our dialogue. I know that you'd rather be talking to the voice, but you're gonna have to settle for talking to me.

  Root : What do you want to talk about?

  Dr. Ronald Carmichael : I'd like to talk about something real, Robin. I know you're very smart. I'd love to know what you're really thinking, so why don't we start with the truth?

  Root : The truth? The truth is a vast thing. I see that now Just how much truth there is. Where would we even begin? The truth is you are not very smart. In fact, you're only the 43rd smartest person in this building.

  Dr. Ronald Carmichael : 43rd, hmm? Okay, did your voice tell you that? That's based on what?

  Root : Every standardized test you ever took averaged together, not including your medical boards, which you cheated on. The truth is you smoke an average of nine cigarettes a week in the parking lot when you think no one's looking. The truth is that you visit a massage parlor once or twice a month, that you pay for it with crisp $100 bills that you get out of the cash machine at the 7-Eleven across the street. The truth is that you fantasize on online forums about having sex with some of your patients, though not me yet. I guess I'm not your type. The truth is, God is 11 years old. That she was born on New Year's Day, 2002, in Manhattan. The truth is that she's chosen me, and I don't know why yet. But for the first time in my life, I'm a little scared about what's going to happen. The truth is, my stuck here for now, and the only "dialogue" you need to be worried about is between me and her. Which is why you might want to give me my phone back, because we're having an argument. Would you like to know the truth doctor? About what we're arguing over?

  Root : [Doctor looks worried]  Whether or not I'm going kill you.

• Dr. Ronald Carmichael : Look, some of the patients have complained about you talking late into the night, And since cell phones are strictly forbidden and you have no roommate, I can only conclude that you're talking to yourself. Is that correct?

  Root : You wouldn't understand.

  Dr. Ronald Carmichael : Try me.

  Root : I have a direct line to a higher power. It speaks to me.

  Dr. Ronald Carmichael : I see. So you're hearing voices. What are those voices telling you to do?

  Root : It's just the one voice really. It wants me to stay here, to work through some issues.

  Dr. Ronald Carmichael : And what issues would those be?

  Root : Methodology. We're discussing how I go about things.

  Dr. Ronald Carmichael : You're not alone. All these news reports about government monitoring our digital lives, recording texts, emails, phone calls, It's unsettling. You know, it's easy to feel violated, even paranoid. Let me ask you this: do you have feelings that you're being watched?

  Root : [Looks at security camera]  Every now and then.